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  1. Magic item #30: A special high-capacity diaper that regresses you based on how much you use it! Your continence remains totally intact while wearing it, but the amount you regress is entirely contingent on how much you use the diaper. Keep it clean and you won't regress at all! Fill it up a lot and you'd better believe you're going to shrink a lot! This effectively means wearers of these diapers (usually) choose how much they want to shrink~

    #HarposMagicItems #MagicItems #MagicItem

    [Feel free to add your own magic items in the comments below!]

  2. Wonderous figurine: two-headed crocodile. Both ends deliver ferocious bites. Spins around like lightning to fight foes on every side, making it impossible to flank. Heads not well coordinated otherwise, which means it has trouble chasing foes.

    Smiling Crocodiles by Isabel De Obaldia, glass

    #ttrpg #magicitems

  3. Is This Anything?

    The Bop It Idol - Wondrous Artifact

    The Bop-It Idol was built by trickster gnome/shopkeeper/blacksmith/inventor of considerable skill and considerable irritability who loved a good riddle almost as much as he hated anyone who thought they had figured one out.

    This garishly colored scepter is warm to the touch and deeply pleased with itself. It attunes to the first creature that holds it for more than a minute and then it refuses to let go.

    At the start of each of your turns in combat, the idol issues a command in a loud, cheerful voice audible to every creature within 60 feet. Bop It! Twist It! Pull It! Flick It! Spin It! Encore!

    What those commands mean depends on the DM. In one version, the idol is asking: strike a nearby creature, take the dodge action, attempt a grapple, expend a resource like a spell slot or ki point, or perform a flashy weapon flourish with disadvantage because it wants a show. Comply and your turn continues. Refuse and you pay for it in psychic damage, lost actions, or an embarrassing tumble to the floor.

    In the other version, it is not asking at all: your body lurches toward the nearest creature, a spell slot is drained, your attack is redirected, you move differently in the order of things.

    Both versions share one final mechanic. When you drop to zero hit points, the idol speaks one last time in a voice only you can hear: "Pass it." Then it throws itself at whoever is closest.

    Crumwick thought that was the funniest part.

    #iTA #isThisAnything #dnd #TTRPG #homebrewdnd #dnd5e #magicitems #curseditem #cursedartifact #bopit #gnomeinventor #homebrewmagicitem

  4. Is This Anything?

    Two identical blades. One always strikes true. One lies through its teeth. Every morning you wake up not knowing which is which and the only way to find out is to use them.

    The most commonly-cited origin involves a gnome. Records disagree on the name, but the most repeated version i s Crumwick Follensby-Follensby-Follensby-Nimbleton-Follensby-Esq., Esq., a blacksmith of considerable skill and considerable irritability, who loved a good riddle and could not stand to be in the same room as someone who already knew the answer.

    He forged the blades himself. Set the magic himself. Then, by most accounts, dropped them in a random merchant's stock at a busy market, bought a meat pie, and left. Nobody saw him again, or at least nobody who saw him knew who they were looking at.

    Whether Crumwick made THE WITNESS or merely found them and added to them is disputed. Some scholars place the blades a century before any record of the gnome. He has never been available for comment.

    Those who have carried both blades for long enough sometimes describe them less as two weapons and more as one unresolved question.

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    THE WITNESS
    Weapon: Shortswords (or any identical weapon pair)
    Rarity: Very Rare
    Attunement: Required as a pair

    THE WITNESS is two identical blades attuned and wielded as a single weapon system. They cannot be attuned separately. A creature that carries only one, or wields only one while the other is undrawn, gains no benefit from either.

    TRUTH AND LIAR
    At the end of each long rest, the DM secretly designates one blade as Truth and one as Liar. This assignment is not revealed to the wielder. When the wielder makes attacks, both attack dice are rolled openly. The wielder knows which die corresponds to which blade, but does not know which blade is advantaged.

    Truth blade attacks are made at advantage.
    Liar blade attacks are made at disadvantage.

    The wielder may determine the assignment through observation over the course of the day.

    THE FALSE READ
    When the Liar blade misses, the wielder becomes aware that a read has occurred. The DM provides one piece of false information about the target. This may include but is not limited to: current HP threshold, intended next action, damage vulnerabilities or resistances, or current condition. The information is delivered confidently and without indication that it is false.

    UNATTUNED
    If the blades are carried without attunement, both are treated as attacking at disadvantage at all times. The False Read does not trigger.

    NOTE: THE WITNESS is written here as shortswords. The mechanic applies equally to any pair of identical one-handed weapons suitable for dual wielding.

    OPTIONAL: THE WITNESS may be treated as sentient. If so, neither blade speaks unprompted. What, if anything, they say is left to the DM.

    #iTA #isThisAnything #DnD #TTRPG #Homebrew #MagicWeapons #MagicItems

  5. # Quilt of Many Squares
    *Wondrous Item, Requires Attunement*

    A patchwork quilt sewn from scraps of magical fabric -- remnants of cloaks, capes, cloth armor, and other enchanted textiles gathered across a lifetime of adventure. Though each scrap is a fraction of what it once was, a skilled hand can coax the memory of magic back into the stitching. The quilt is never truly finished.

    ---

    **A Note on Torn Magic.**
    Magic does not wholly abandon fabric when it is cut or torn. It lingers in the weave, diminished and dormant, waiting for a careful hand to wake it.

    ---

    ## Adding Patches

    Between adventures, the attuned creature may sew a new patch into the quilt as a downtime activity requiring one full workday. The source material must be a scrap of fabric that once held magical properties -- remnants of destroyed, spent, or otherwise defunct magic items are suitable; scraps cut from functioning items are not.

    The DM determines whether a given scrap retains enough magic to function as a patch, and how many patches the quilt can hold before it becomes too saturated to accept more. As a guideline, a quilt rarely holds more patches than its maker has character levels, and never fewer than 5.

    ---

    ## Passive Patches

    Some patches hum quietly at all times while the quilt is worn and attuned. A patch is passive if its source effect required no action to activate -- protection, warmth, subtle warding, and similar properties typically fall into this category. Passive patches provide a diminished version of their original effect, as determined by the DM.

    ---

    ## Active Patches

    Some patches must be deliberately invoked. As a bonus action, the attuned creature may activate up to **3 patches** simultaneously by touching each one. An active patch produces a diminished version of its original effect, as determined by the DM, centered on or limited to the patch itself unless the DM rules otherwise.

    Active patches remain active until the creature dismisses them (no action required), until the creature is no longer attuned to the quilt, or until the start of the creature's next long rest.

    ---

    ## Diminished Effects

    No patch replicates its source in full. As a general principle, effects that once applied to a creature or a wide area now apply only to the patch itself or a small radius around it (typically no more than 5 feet). Duration, range, and potency are reduced at DM discretion. The DM is encouraged to lean into the absurdity where it arises -- a patch of a Cloak of Billowing billows only slightly. A patch of a Cloak of Invisibility is a small area of invisibility. A patch that once shed light sheds just a little light.

    ---

    *Attunement to this item requires the creature to have sewn at least one patch into it themselves.*

    #iTA #isThisAnything #DnD #TTRPG #Homebrew #MagicItems #Crafting #Quilting

  6. # Quilt of Many Squares
    *Wondrous Item, Requires Attunement*

    A patchwork quilt sewn from scraps of magical fabric -- remnants of cloaks, capes, cloth armor, and other enchanted textiles gathered across a lifetime of adventure. Though each scrap is a fraction of what it once was, a skilled hand can coax the memory of magic back into the stitching. The quilt is never truly finished.

    ---

    **A Note on Torn Magic.**
    Magic does not wholly abandon fabric when it is cut or torn. It lingers in the weave, diminished and dormant, waiting for a careful hand to wake it.

    ---

    ## Adding Patches

    Between adventures, the attuned creature may sew a new patch into the quilt as a downtime activity requiring one full workday. The source material must be a scrap of fabric that once held magical properties -- remnants of destroyed, spent, or otherwise defunct magic items are suitable; scraps cut from functioning items are not.

    The DM determines whether a given scrap retains enough magic to function as a patch, and how many patches the quilt can hold before it becomes too saturated to accept more. As a guideline, a quilt rarely holds more patches than its maker has character levels, and never fewer than 5.

    ---

    ## Passive Patches

    Some patches hum quietly at all times while the quilt is worn and attuned. A patch is passive if its source effect required no action to activate -- protection, warmth, subtle warding, and similar properties typically fall into this category. Passive patches provide a diminished version of their original effect, as determined by the DM.

    ---

    ## Active Patches

    Some patches must be deliberately invoked. As a bonus action, the attuned creature may activate up to **3 patches** simultaneously by touching each one. An active patch produces a diminished version of its original effect, as determined by the DM, centered on or limited to the patch itself unless the DM rules otherwise.

    Active patches remain active until the creature dismisses them (no action required), until the creature is no longer attuned to the quilt, or until the start of the creature's next long rest.

    ---

    ## Diminished Effects

    No patch replicates its source in full. As a general principle, effects that once applied to a creature or a wide area now apply only to the patch itself or a small radius around it (typically no more than 5 feet). Duration, range, and potency are reduced at DM discretion. The DM is encouraged to lean into the absurdity where it arises -- a patch of a Cloak of Billowing billows only slightly. A patch of a Cloak of Invisibility is a small area of invisibility. A patch that once shed light sheds just a little light.

    ---

    *Attunement to this item requires the creature to have sewn at least one patch into it themselves.*

    #iTA #isThisAnything #DnD #TTRPG #Homebrew #MagicItems #Crafting #Quilting

  7. So the priestess in The Northman organizes a sacrifice to pacify the evil spirit of the magic sword, right? Which naturally gets me thinking of a bidding war breaking out between someone carrying a demon weapon & the people on the other side. "Blood & souls for my lord Arioch!" "Blood, souls, & grandma's jewelry to stay in your sheath!" "Blood, souls, grandma's jewelry & my favorite hat for my lord Arioch!"

    #ttrpg #magicitems

  8. Once again, #Stonetop: Can someone please show me a #TTRPG – specifically an #OSR / #DND – book that has such cool, inspiring Minor & Major Arcana ( aka #magicitems )? Even when skimming through them, I want to adapt them for every #fantasy #ttrpg, they’re so much cooler than your +5 Unholy Avenger.

  9. Objects in the rear view mirror can only be seen in the mirror since they're stalking you on the Astral Plane.

    #ttrpg #magicitems

  10. Objects in the rear view mirror can only be seen in the mirror since they're stalking you on the Astral Plane.

    #ttrpg #magicitems

  11. Serpentrazor - marks whoever carries it as a friend to snakes. Render aid or assistance to a snake while you're carrying one & it or its friends (if you're avenging one) will lead you to buried treasure. Snake has no use for money so you might as well have it.

    Iran, ca. 2600-2400 BC, housed at the Musée du Louvre. ("housed", uh-huh ...)

    #ttrpg #magicitems

  12. Serpentrazor - marks whoever carries it as a friend to snakes. Render aid or assistance to a snake while you're carrying one & it or its friends (if you're avenging one) will lead you to buried treasure. Snake has no use for money so you might as well have it.

    Iran, ca. 2600-2400 BC, housed at the Musée du Louvre. ("housed", uh-huh ...)

    #ttrpg #magicitems

  13. Magic item #2: An ordinary-looking pacifier that acts differently after you touch it just once. It teleports into your mouth any time you call somebody else a baby!

    #HarposMagicItems #MagicItems #MagicItem

    [Feel free to add your own items in the comments below!]