Accuser’s Handheld Pyre.................................4
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Agamon, The Scourge of the Mists..............4
Alchemical Attache of the Doom Chicken. 5
Animal Skull of Instinctual Fear ................... 5
Arachne .................................................................. 5
Belladonna Eye Drops........................................6
Blade of the Corpse-Star................................6
Bleakwood Thorn ................................................6
Bleeding Heart Stone Sword .........................7
Bloodletter Greatsword .................................7
Blood Knight’s Blade ...........................................7
Bloodthirster’s Plate......................................... 8
Bob and Dave ........................................................ 8
Boots of the Wild Hunt.....................................9
Bottled Miasma ....................................................9
Cackling Devil’s Crown ................................. 10
Calidan’s Last Stand ....................................... 10
Canopic Jar.......................................................... 11
The Casket of Amun’Karr ............................. 11
Chalice of Mists.................................................12
Cnámharlach, the Grim Carapace ...........12
Couatl Bow .......................................................... 13
The Crimson-Horned Crown .......................14
The Crow King’s Crown.................................14
Cuirass of the Templar ................................. 15
Death Mask.......................................................... 15
Decanter of Failing Reminiscence.............. 15
Ensnaring Mirror ............................................ 16
The Forbidden Key of Neferkamin............ 16
Gertruda’s Ghostly Gown ............................17
Gravelord’s Armor ......................................... 18
Gravelord’s Blade ............................................ 18
Gravelord’s Helm ............................................. 18
Glittering Blade of the Bards......................19
Greataxe of the Blighted ..............................19
Heart- Reaver....................................................19
Helm of Vael Amsgraf .................................. 20
Hourglass of Grave Dirt ...............................21
Hunter’s Breastplate.......................................21
Hunter’s Headdress of the Deep Forest .21
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Lachrymatory Vial ..........................................
Life-Hunt Scythe ...............................................22
Long Arm of the Law......................................22
Lover’s eye ......................................................... 23
Loviatar’s Shackles of Pain.......................... 23
Mace of Divine Bearing .................................24
Magician’s Mirror............................................24
Mantle of Shadow ........................................... 25
Meatlover’s Fork..............................................26
Meteoric Bracer ..............................................26
The Mightiest Quill ..........................................27
Mirror of Inverse Reflection.....................27
Mirror of Projection .....................................27
Moonslicer .......................................................... 28
Mummy Brown Paint Set.............................. 28
Organ Grinder’s Dyskinesia Actuator ....30
Quicksilver Bodkins .........................................30
Sacrificial Sickle ............................................... 31
Scholar’s Prison ................................................ 31
Sharpened Emissary of the
Dark Powers...................................................... 32
Silvered Curtain Call..................................... 32
Snowdrop Ward .............................................. 33
Soul-Render........................................................ 33
Spectre Blade .................................................... 33
Terror of Drath.............................................. 34
Thorned Kiss of the Last Rose.................... 35
Tiyet’s Canopic Jar .......................................... 35
Tome of Warding ............................................ 35
Troll-Fang Shroud ........................................... 36
Velvet-Covered Mirror
of Messaging ...................................................... 36
Wand of Swarms ............................................ 36
Whale Bone Corset of Deep Diving .......... 37
The Wishkeeper’s Bowl ................................. 37
Witch Bane ..........................................................38
Wood Scythe ......................................................38
Yorka, the Biting Shield ................................. 39
Zuleika’s Jawline.............................................. 40
DARREN KENNY
Team Lead, Writer, Layout Designer
Darren Kenny is an Irish TTRPG Designer with a background
in Software Development and Web Design. He has been making
games for the last five years, best known for his enormous
collection of player options, the new Awakened Blades magic
item system and his conversions of other media (such as comic
books and anime) into lore friendly D&D content. Darren is
launching his first ever original TTRPG, Fallen Worlds, this
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Writer, Editor
Frederic Walker, who also works as Kor-Artificer, is a disabled
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literature, maritime history, mythology, and paleontology. His
recent work includes leading the three-volume Odyssey
Anthology series, a compilation of 30 short 5e adventures
inspired by Ancient Greek mythology, culture and literature.
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Writer
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NATHAN DOYLE
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set in Icewind Dale, and Sidekick Class: The Mount which
provides new rules to manage animal companions as sidekicks.
You can find their work on DMs Guild, and on Twitter as
@TheStickyHunter.
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Writer
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design to game mechanics and layouts that support the writing.
This is a great creative counterbalance to his life in academia,
where he works on neurobiology and microscopy development.
His most successful works to date have been in adventure
writing, and he might be best known for his DMs Guild Mithral
bestseller The Lamenting Lighthouse. You can follow his
journey on Twitter @TheRubyFeather.
VALL SYRENE
Writer
Vall Syrene is a best-selling TTRPG artist, writer and creator,
known for his popular Monster Hunts series and
Greasemonkey’s Handbook mech construction guide. Vall’s
work is heavily inspired by the likes of Dark Souls, Mechwarrior,
Warhammer 40,000 and tales of Cosmic Horror. When not
designing new means of terrifying his Dungeons and Dragons
players, Vall enjoys biking around the forests and lakes of
Northern Ireland, occasionally checking for Pokemon along the
way. You can find more of Vall’s content on the DMsGuild, his
blog (valldoesdnd.tumblr.com), or on Twitter as
@VallDoesDnD.
ACCUSER’S HANDHELD PYRE
Wondrous item, uncommon
Schools of Magic: Enchantment,
Evocation
The accuser's handheld pyre was
created to cruelly oust minions
of evil forces, from vampires,
hags, and even liches. You can
ignite the torch as a bonus
action, after burning for an hour
the pyre is destroyed. You can
snuff it out early for use at a later
time. Deduct the time it burned in
increments of 1 minute from the
pyre's total burn time.
You can use an action to throw
the torch at a creature within 15
feet of you or it can be used as an
improvised melee weapon. The
target must make a DC 13
Dexterity saving throw or become
ignited.
Until a creature takes an action to douse the
fire, the target takes 3 (1d6) fire damage at the
start of each of its turns. While ignited the
creature can’t speak a deliberate lie. Any
shapeshifters ignited by the pyre instantly
reverts to its original form and can’t assume a
different form until the flames are
extinguished.
“Fires born of fear and suspicion, handled by
bad children alone. Turned against my
children, I will not have it within my haven
where all is well. Extinguish the flames,
gouge the eyes and break the hands of all
who dare hold them.” - Lorinda, Darklord
of Tepest
AGAMON, THE SCOURGE OF
THE MISTS
Weapon (longsword), legendary (requires
attunement)
School of Magic: Abjuration, Conjuration
This organic sword is infused with the soul of
a creature named Agamon, born in the mists
of Ravenloft. After being slain by a warrior of
Ravenloft, Agamon became imbued within
this blade. Agamon used its powers to return
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to the mists, awaiting the day someone would
stumble across the blade and help it seek
revenge on the world.
You gain a +2 bonus to attack and
damage rolls made with this weapon. You can
cast the spell misty step without expending a
spell slot. While attuned to this weapon you
and any creatures of your choice within 30
feet of you are immune to the effects of the
mists.
Sentience. Agamon is a sentient creature
with a Wisdom score of 14, Intelligence score
of 18 and Charisma score of 24. It has
hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120
feet. The weapon can communicate with its
wielder telepathically. While you are attuned
to it, Agamon understands every language
you know.
Personality. Agamon is an otherworldly
being with little understanding of mortal
concepts such as friendship, joy or anything
outside of its need to find and eviscerate the
warrior who bound it to a blade. More
animalistic and primal than most sentient
creatures, Agamon needs to be placated with
promises of vengeance every so often to keep
it calm.
Curse of Agamon. When Agamon
encounters the creature who killed it, or an
ally of that creature, Agamon goes into a
frenzy of rage and anguish. At the start of
each turn you must make a DC 16 Charisma
saving throw. On a failed saving throw you
must use your movement to move directly
towards that creature, and your action to
attack that creature, making all attacks
against that target.
“Come, meat puppet, bring
me to the one who slew
me. Bring me
vengeance.” -
Agamon, The
Scourge of the
Mists
ALCHEMICAL ATTACHE OF THE ANIMAL SKULL OF
DOOM CHICKEN INSTINCTUAL FEAR
Wondrous item, very rare Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
School of Magic: Conjuration School of Magic: Enchantment
This attache case An animal skull headdress with pinpoints of
contains an emerald light in the sockets that strikes fear in
unlikely assortment many creatures. The skull has 3 charges.
of items—and one While wearing this skull,
very angry chicken… you can expend a charge
to cast the fear spell (save
When closed, this DC 13). The skull
item appears to be an regains all charges at
ordinary, if very battered, dawn.
leather briefcase. When
opened, one side is filled with “How will you fight me when
an assortment of alchemical supplies, you're all so scared?”
including solvents, empty bottles, distillation
implements, and other equipment and
ingredients. The other half contains a nesting ARACHNE
chicken that pops up when the case is Weapon (Bow), very rare (requires
opened, and some of its eggs. attunement)
The attache functions as a set of School of Magic: Conjuration
Alchemist’s Supplies and can only be used by This organic bow is fashioned from the body
someone proficient with this tool. It supplies of a spider and enchanted by the dark powers
up to 100 gp worth of any required of Ravenloft. You gain +1 to attack and
alchemical ingredient when opened. If any of damage rolls with this bow. In addition, you
the ingredients with an attached gold value is can use a bonus action to activate the bow’s
used,reduce the value of the attache’s power and make your next attack either a
ingredients by the cost of the ingredients Web Shot or Egg Sack shot, which have the
used. The attache regenerates the ability to following effects:
provide 1d10 gp worth of valuable
ingredients every dawn, to a maximum of On a hit with a Web Sack shot, the
100 gp. target must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving
throw or be restrained. Large or larger
The chicken is fiercely protective of its creatures are immune to this effect.
eggs and attacks anyone who tries to take one. A creature restrained this way
The chicken only leaves the case, however, if can make a DC 14 Strength
an egg is removed and destroyed before its check to break free.
eyes. If thus provoked, the chicken attacks
the creature that broke its egg until either the On a hit with an Egg Sack
chicken or the creature that broke its egg is shot, the target is
slain. If the chicken is slain, it reappears the swarmed by tiny spiders.
next time the attache is opened. The chicken At the start of each of that
uses the statistics of a tarrasque, except that creature's turns it takes
its size is tiny, it can only use its Bite, Claw 2d4 piercing damage. As
and Swallow attacks, its walking speed is an action the creature can
reduced to 10 feet, and it gains a flying speed destroy the spiders and
of 20 feet. end the effect.
“Cluck, cluck, jackass…” - The Doom Chicken “I don’t care how powerful
it is, I’m not touching that
bow! Did it just twitch?!”

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BELLADONNA EYE DROPS
Potion, Rare
Schools of Magic: Illusion
This bell-shaped phial contains eye drops
imbued with belladonna, used to attain what
some hold as a standard of beauty that can
only be earned through suffering. You can
apply the eye drops as an action. For the next
10 minutes, you can cast the disguise self spell
once without expending a spell slot, and gain
advantage on Charisma-based ability checks.
Due to the eye drops’ poisonous qualities,
you take 1d4 poison damage after
applying them, and you can
only see out to a range of 60
feet for the duration. The
phial contains 10 uses.
“Power comes from
beauty, and beauty
comes at a cost.”
BLADE OF
THE CORPSE-STAR
Weapon (any sword), very rare (requires
attunement)
Schools of Magic: Necromancy
This elaborate and otherworldly
blade is forged in the essence of a
dying star. Captured within the
heart of the pommel is an
abyssal void that glimmers with
an un-glow that dims the light
from around it. You gain a +2
bonus to attack and damage
rolls made with this magic blade.
When you reduce a creature to 0
hit points with an attack using this
blade, you gain 10 temporary hit
points. At the start of each of your
turns, you lose 1 temporary hit
point.
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Whenever you deal damage with this
weapon, you can use your reaction to take
damage equal to half the damage dealt, in
order to restore hit points equal to the
damage dealt to a creature of your choice
other than you within 30 feet. Damage you
take this way can’t be reduced in any way.
“From my very body, an instrument of death.
A star's final cry before death consumed it.
Wield it to piece the lives of those who
oppose you, but heed the true price of
death.” - Zhudun, the Corpse Star
BLEAKWOOD THORN
Weapon (dagger), very rare
(requires attunement)
Schools of Magic: Enchantment
This green metal dagger contains a
single yellow gem with a black
centre, resembling a yellow
reptilian eye. Whenever you hit
a creature with this dagger, the
creature gains a Bleak Mark,
resembling a patch of blackish
skin like a bruise or dark rash. For
every Bleak Mark a creature has,
your attacks deal an additional 1
damage to that creature. When a
creature gains 10 Bleak Marks, you
can use an action to have the marks
spread over the entire creature,
dealing 8d10 necrotic damage.
When you do, the creature loses all
Bleak Marks.
“Did it just wink at me?”
BLEEDING HEART STONE
SWORD
Weapon (shortsword or longsword),
rare (requires attunement)
School of Magic: Conjuration,
Divination
This stony blade sports a rugged
wooden handle and blossoming
flower on its hilt. You gain a +2 bonus
to attack and damage rolls made with
this weapon, which deals an additional
1d4 poison damage on a hit.
Additionally, the flower on the hilt has 5
petals. It regrows 1d3 petals daily at dawn. As
an action, you can pluck one or more of the
flower’s petals and speak the weapon’s
command word to cast one of the following
spells: detect poison and disease, entangle (2
petals), or locate animals or plants (3 petals)
If you pluck the flower’s last petal, roll a d20.
On a 1, the flower shrivels, and the sword
disintegrates and is destroyed.
“Beware the innocent flower, for they are
more dangerous than you could ever
imagine.”
BLOODLETTER GREATSWORD
Weapon (greatsword), very rare
(requires attunement)
School of Magic: Necromancy
This dark metal greatsword has been
used for ritual bloodletting for
centuries, the very essence of death
and suffering radiating from within
the blade. At the start of your turn you
can choose to take 1d6 necrotic
damage. Your maximum hit points are
reduced by this much. This damage
cannot be reduced by any means.
When you do so, this greatsword deals
an additional 1d6 necrotic damage
with every successful attack until the
start of your next turn. Your
maximum hit points are restored
when you take a long rest, or with
the use of Greater Restoration.
“What’s a little blood between friends?”
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BLOOD KNIGHT’S BLADE
Weapon (any sword), rare (requires
attunement)
School of Magic: Conjuration, Divination
The sigil-engraved blade protrudes from the
mouth of a jawless face on the guard. A
massive pearl in the pommel shimmers white
but fills with a crimson light when the sword
has fed. When you make a melee attack with
this magical blade, but before you know if the
attack hits, you can spend 1 Hit Die to deal an
extra 1d6 necrotic damage. You can spend up
to 3 Hit Dice in this way each turn. When
you roll a 20 on the attack roll or reduce a
hostile creature to 0 hit points with this
weapon, you regain 1 Hit Die. In addition, if
you gain a Hit Die this way, you do not need
to eat or drink until you finish a long rest.
Blood Blessed. If you would gain a Hit
Die from this weapon while you are at your
maximum Hit Dice, you are empowered for 1
minute. Whenever you make a Strength
or Constitution-based ability check
or saving throw, you can roll a d4 and
add the number rolled to your
Constitution or Strength ability
check or saving throw.
Lore. With a successful DC
20 Intelligence (Arcana or
History) check (fighters,
paladins, and those with a
background related to war such
as the knight or soldier gain advantage
on this check) a character
recalls that this sword was wielded by
the vampiric knight Lady Cosmina
Tevish who sought redemption
by vanquishing dread creatures.
She failed, succumbing to her
hunger. She was eventually
hunted and slain by her twin
sister. The sword is imbued with
her thirst for blood, granting those
who wield it vampiric strength.
“It thirsts for life as it thirsts for war.
Yet, deep within is the desire to seek
valor.”
BLOODTHIRSTER’S PLATE
Armor, Very Rare (requires attunement)
School of Magic: Necromancy
This red iron plate armor was forged in the
blood smithy of the vampire noble Lady Emil
Van Dracoth, where its molten metal was
infused with red dragon’s blood and
necromancy magic.
While you wear this armor, you have a +2
bonus to AC and resistance to necrotic and
fire damage.
When a creature dies within 5 feet of you,
you can use your reaction to have the armor
drain the life essence of that creature into the
armor, granting you temporary hit points
equal to the creature’s Constitution score,
which last for 8 hours.
Cursed. Once you attune to the armor, it
magically binds to you, and can only be
removed by a remove curse spell cast at 7th-
level or higher. Your alignment becomes
Lawful Evil, if it wasn’t already, and you can
only be satiated by drinking the blood of a
fresh kill. Should you attempt to consume
any other liquid, it evaporates inches from
your lips. Potions can be consumed only if
they are mixed with at least 1 pint of fresh
blood.
“Hunger consumes us all eventually. But don’t
mind me. Please, try it and see for
yourself.”
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BOB AND DAVE
Weapon (bolas), artifact
School of Magic: Necromancy
These skull bolas were
fashioned from the skulls
of two halfling jesters.
Bob and Dave were a
famous double act—
unusual, for fools, who
often prefer to have all
attention fixed firmly on
themselves. A horse lord
particularly amused by
their jabs at her enemies had them
fashioned into this bola after their
untimely demise in a raid by a rival,
so now they continue to jibe at anyone they
are thrown at.
You gain a +2 bonus to attack and
damage rolls made with these bolas. Instead
of fear, you can cast compulsion with these
bolas when releasing them. The spell save DC
is 15. You must also wait until the next dusk
before you can use this feature again.
On a hit, Bob targets the same target or
one of its allies within 30 feet of it with a
Tasha’s hideous laughter spell, the spell save
DC for which is 15. On a miss, Dave covers
up their failure with a vicious mockery spell
aimed at the target; the target automatically
fails its save against this spell.
Sentience. Bob has an Intelligence of 10, a
Wisdom of 14, and a Charisma of 16. Dave
has an Intelligence of 14, a Wisdom of 10,
and a Charisma of 16. They can
communicate by speaking from their skulls as
if they were still alive, but only in one-liners
or similar puns.
Personality. Bob and Dave were best friends
when alive, and continue to be in death.
They bicker constantly, but this is part of
their act. Bob has street smarts and is wiser in
the ways of the world, while Dave is more
learned and intelligent. They riff off this
difference between them. Bob speaks in an
affected posh accent that ill-conceals his
working class background. Dave speaks in a
strangely nasal voice, considering that he no
longer has a nose.
BOOTS OF THE WILD HUNT
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
School of Magic: Enchantment
The thick leather of these boots is made from
exotic hide. Whenever you make a Wisdom
(Survival) or Dexterity (Stealth) check while
wearing these boots, you can roll a d4 and
add the number rolled to the check. In
addition, you add a d4 to Constitution
checks and saving throws to resist exhaustion
while tracking a creature.
Stalker’s Pursuit. As a bonus action, you
can move up to your speed toward a creature
that you have successfully tracked that you
can see or hear. You must end this move
closer to the creature than you started.
Dance of Predator and Prey. If you are
attacked by a creature that you have
successfully tracked that you can see or hear,
you can use a reaction to add a d4 to your AC
and move 10 feet. This movement provokes
attacks of opportunity.
Lore. With a successful DC 20 Intelligence
(Arcana or History) check (rangers and those
with a background associated with hunting
or tracking have advantage on this check) a
character recalls that these boots were once
worn in a fey Wild Hunt and they echo with
the relentless pursuit of that chase.
“These boots have never walked a path of
their own. They have only traced the steps of
other things.”
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BOTTLED MIASMA
Potion, uncommon
School of Magic: Enchantment,
Necromancy
This bottle appears to be
filled, not with a liquid,
but with a swirling
miasmic mist. The
bottle is plugged with a
cork stopper and usually
also sealed with wax to
prevent the gases
contained therein from
seeping out ever-so-
slowly.
As an action, you can open the bottle and
inhale the miasma. For the next minute, as a
bonus action, you can teleport once, up to 30
feet to an unoccupied space that you can see
as though you had cast the misty step spell.
For the duration, at the start of each of your
turns, roll a d6. On the roll of a 1 you take
3d6 necrotic damage, lowering your hit point
maximum by an amount equal to the damage
taken. This reduction lasts until you finish a
long rest. You die if this effect reduces your
hit point maximum to 0, becoming miasma
and dissipating into the air. If you roll a 5 or a
6 however, you regain the ability to teleport if
you have already used it. Once a minute has
passed, you cannot teleport this way, even if
you haven’t used the ability.
“It contained not a drop of any liquid;
Inside just vapor, he was conflicted.
He popped the cork and breathed it in,
And was never, ever, seen again.”
- Mysterium of the Mysts, The Trials of the
Chosen
CACKLING DEVIL’S CROWN
Wondrous item, very rare (requires
attunement)
School of Magic: Enchantment
While you wear this ruby red crown, you have
advantage on Charisma (Persuasion and
Intimidation) checks when negotiating with
devils.
In addition, the crown has 6 glistening
rubies embedded into its frame, which infuse
your magic with demonic power, granting
you a +2 bonus to your spell attacks and spell
save DC.
Cursed. Each time you cast a spell of 1st-level
or higher, roll a d4. On a 2 or higher, the spell
is cast as normal. On a 1, you take 1d6
psychic damage and cast Tasha’s hideous
laughter, targeting yourself.
“Laughter is good for the soul. Trust me.”
CALIDAN’S LAST STAND
Armor (any heavy armor), rare (requires
attunement)
School of Magic: Abjuration, Enchantment
This plane-looking battered armor is scored
with deep cuts. When you are reduced to
below half your maximum hit points while
wearing this armor, you gain the following
benefits:
• You are immune to spells and effects that
would force you to move against your will.
• You are immune to the frightened and
charmed conditions.
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• If you do not move on your turn, you gain
resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and
slashing damage.
• When you are reduced to 0 hit points and
not slain outright, you can choose to drop
to 1 hit point instead. Once used, this
property can’t be used again until the next
dawn.
Lore. With a successful DC 20 Intelligence
(Arcana or History) check (fighters, paladins,
dwarves, and those with a background related
to war such as the knight and soldier gain
advantage on this check) a character recalls
that Ser Calidan de Danith was a paladin who
led an expedition into the darkness below the
ground to find a lost dwarven hold. What
they found was a cursed city overtaken by
ancient undead. Calidan stood at a gateway
to hold back the horrors so that his
companions could escape. Those that
survived collapsed the passage behind them,
trapping the paladin and the undead below.
But if the tunnel was collapsed, how did the
armor make it out?
“Go. I will hold them here.”
CANOPIC JAR
Wondrous item, uncommon
School of Magic: Necromancy
This lavishly decorated casket is, grotesquely,
intended for the storage of excised organs of
humanoids. The jar may be dedicated to a
god of death, and is used both by cultures
who revere and abhor the undead.
While always a grizzly practice, the use of a
canopic jar can hold immense advantages
that can be used for good. If an organ from a
humanoid creature that died no more than
24 hours ago is placed within the jar, the
body of that creature is permanently affected
by a gentle repose spell. Once the organ is
placed within the jar, it can only be opened
by speaking the command
word, as determined by
whoever placed the
organ inside. The jar
is unbreakable and
can only be
breached with a
wish spell if you do
not know the
command word.
“We live today, we shall live again. In
many forms shall we return.”—ancient
death prayer
THE CASKET OF AMUN’KARR
Wondrous item, Very Rare
School of Magic: Conjuration, Necromancy
This gold-decorated steel casket contains the
ashen remains of the vampire lord Baron
Strauss Amun’Karr, forever sealed within the
chest’s warded interior.
The casket has three charges. It regains
1d3 expended charges daily at midnight. As
an action you can also pour three pints of
fresh blood into the casket to have it
immediately regain 1 charge.
As an action, you can open the casket,
speak its command word, and expend a
number of charges to call forth the late
vampire’s evil power, which manifests into
one of the following creatures:
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A specter (1 charge), will-o-wisp (2
charges), or ghost (3 charges).
The summoned creature is friendly to you
and your allies, and takes its turn
immediately after yours. It can be verbally
commanded with a bonus action, which it
follows to the best of its ability. If you issue
no command to the creature, it hunts down
and attacks the nearest creature it can see,
other than those it is friendly towards.
The summoned creature remains for 1
hour or until it is reduced to 0 hit points or
you use your action to close the casket again,
at which point it vanishes back into the
casket. If the creature successfully kills one or
more Medium or larger creatures, it can use
its action to drain the fresh corpse of blood
to extend its summoned duration by 1 hour,
to a maximum of 8 hours.
You can only have the evil power manifest
as a single creature at a time. If you use the
casket to manifest a new creature, it replaces
the old one.
Cursed. When you expend a charge from the
casket, you immediately take 10 (3d6) points
of necrotic damage, and your maximum hit
points are reduced by the damage dealt. Your
hit point maximum remains reduced in this
way for as long as a creature remains
summoned from the casket. If this damage
would reduce you to 0 hit points, your body
disintegrates into ash and your soul becomes
bound into the casket. Increasing the casket’s
maximum charges by 1.
“In life I slaughtered hundreds, and in
unlife I ruled thousands. Who are you to
command me?”
CHALICE OF MISTS Lore. With a successful DC 20 Intelligence
(Arcana or History) check (backgrounds
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement) associated with the Planes of Dread have
School of Magic: Conjuration, Necromancy advantage on this check) a character knows
This ancient bowl is the broken top of a once that this chalice marks one as a servant to the
beautiful chalice. While rimmed with gold Dark Power. It is used to communicate with
and studded with gems, the metal has their mortal thralls. The chalice itself was
dimmed and several stones are missing. Mist once a powerful holy relic shattered by the
constantly streams from the cup, swirling prince of nightwalkers, Duairceas Scáth. The
and dancing around the one who holds it. fragments of this chalice are now used to
While attuned to the chalice, you can see imprison the prince in the Planes of Dread.
through fog, mist, and other such weather “There are shadows and whispers in the
conditions without impairment. mist, and they call to me, beckoning.”
The chalice has 7 charges. While holding
it, you can expend some of its charges to cast CNÁMHARLACH, THE GRIM
one of the following spells from it (DC 15):
fog cloud (1 charge, fog created by this CARAPACE
chalice fills twice its normal area), misty step Armor (any heavy armor), rare (requires
(2 charges, double the distance), and gaseous attunement)
form (3 charges, double duration). School of Magic: Enchantment, Necromancy
The chalice regains 1 charge daily at dawn This macabre armor is wrought of bones and
while outside the Planes of Dread. While skulls seemingly sewn together by shadows.
within the domains of Ravenloft of the Dark When you attune to this armor, while
Powers, the chalice regains 1d6 charges daily wearing it your creature becomes undead in
at dawn. addition to your current creature type, and
Servant of the Mists. If you hold the you gain the following benefits:
chalice, you are immune to the exhaustion • You have advantage on saving throws
effect of the Mists but you can still become against disease and being poisoned, and
lost. In addition, the Dark Powers of the you have resistance to necrotic and
Domains of Dread can whisper advice or poison damage.
warning to you. However, such advice often
comes at a price, usually in the form of
services, such as hunting down certain
creatures or destroying specific information
pertaining to the Domains of Dread, the
Mists, the Dark Powers, or the powerful evil
trapped in these demiplanes.
While in service of the Dark
Powers, undead and
shapeshifters have
disadvantage on
attack rolls against
you and you have
advantage on
saving throws
against their
spells and
effects.

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• You have advantage on death saving
throws and on saving throws against any
effect that turns undead.
• You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe,
and you don’t age.
• You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t
put you to sleep. You can finish a long rest
in 4 hours if you spend those hours in an
inactive, motionless state, during which
you retain consciousness.
• As a bonus action or reaction to being
attacked, you can become incorporeal for
1 minute. While incorporeal, you can
move through other creatures and objects
as if they were difficult terrain. You take 5
(1d10) force damage if you end your turn
inside an object. In addition, you gain
resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and
slashing damage from nonmagical attacks,
and you are immune to the restrained
condition. Once used, this property can’t
be used again until the next dawn.
Curse. This armor is cursed, and becoming
attuned to the armor extends the curse to
you. Until the curse is broken with remove
curse or similar magic, you are unwilling to
part with the armor, wearing it at all times.
You have disadvantage on attack rolls and
saving throws against undead with an
Intelligence score of 10 or higher. In
addition, you cannot attack such an undead
unless you pass DC 15 Wisdom saving throw.
Lore. With a successful DC 20 Intelligence
(Arcana or History) check (necromancers,
death domain clerics, and those with a
background related to undead such as the
haunted one gain advantage on this check) a
character recollects that this eerie armor was
crafted by the lich known as the Sable Queen
as a gift to a fallen paladin named Lady
Elsbeth who sought immortality through
undeath. Bound within the armor is the
lich’s will to ensure her servants could never
betray her so she wouldn’t suffer the fate of
Vecna and Kas.
“Merely being near this armor makes me feel
that I am losing myself.”
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COUATL BOW
Weapon (shortbow), uncommon (requires
attunement by a creature of non-evil
alignment)
School of Magic: Conjuration
The couatls are divine beings who follow the
ancient commandments of their long
forgotten deity to protect certain realms of
the multiverse. Alas, many such places have
fallen to the Dark Powers after their couatl
protectors succumbed to their oppressive
gloom. This bow is forged from the feathers
of one of these fallen couatls, allowing the
brave protector to carry on their mission by
guiding the arrows of a worthy adventurer.
You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage
rolls made with this bow, and you do not
have disadvantage when attacking at the
weapon’s long range.
The couatl bow has 3 charges. You can
expend one charge to make a special ranged
attack with a range of 60 feet. You attack as if
shooting the bow as usual, but instead of
shooting an arrow you shoot the bow itself at
the target. The bow uncoils and transforms
into the sinuous shape of a spectral couatl.
On a hit, the bow wraps itself around the
target and the target is grappled by the bow
(escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the
target is restrained. When the
target escapes the grapple or
when you command the bow
to end the grapple as a bonus
action, the bow transforms back
into its usual form. On a miss or
when the grapple ends, the bow
flies back to your hand in couatl
form if you are still on the same
plane of existence.
The couatl bow regains all
expended charges daily at dawn.
“A light touch, on that bow. Do
not grasp it too tightly—you may
find it grasps back.”—Yuril,
master ranger
THE CRIMSON-HORNED
CROWN
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
School of Magic: Enchantment
Four blood-stained horns crown this red
helm, which smells strongly of copper and
salt. While wearing the helm, you are never
unarmed. The horns are a magical melee
weapon damage that you are proficient with
that deals 1d10 piercing damage. When you
use the Attack action to make a melee attack
or when you use the Dash action, you can
make a melee attack or attempt to shove a
creature with the horns as a bonus action. In
addition, if you reduce a hostile creature to 0
hit points that is not a construct or an
undead with the horns, you gain 10
temporary hit points. While you have
temporary hit points, your speed increases by
10 feet and you have advantage on Strength
and Constitution-based ability checks and
saving throws.
Lore. With a successful DC 20 Intelligence
(Arcana or History) check (fighters, paladins,
and those with a background related to war
such as the knight and soldier gain advantage
on this check) a character recalls that this
helm was worn by the merciless warlord
Kelthal Zod. The warrior who would become
this dread butcher was a farmer whose family
was slaughtered in a border dispute between
the lord of the land he lived on and a
neighbor, a dispute that had nothing to do
with him or his family. Grief-stricken, the
farmer beseeched aid from anything that
would listen, and Baphomet answered,
granting him this helm.
“To don this
crown is to bear
the weight of
murder.”
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THE CROW KING’S CROWN
Wondrous item, very rare (requires
attunement)
School of Magic: Conjuration, Enchantment
This golden-winged mask is decorated with a
gilt effigy of a crow skull topped by a
glittering crown. The mask has 7 charges. It
regains 1d4 charges daily at dawn. The mask
grants you the ability to cast the speak with
animals and animal messenger spells at will,
but you can target only corvids with them.
Crow Swarm Form (3 charges). As a bonus
action or reaction when attacked, you
transform into a swarm of crows (treated as a
swarm of ravens, see the Monster Manual for
statistics) for 1 hour. You retain your
Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma, and
languages. The form ends early if you are
reduced to 0 hit points or when you end it as
a bonus action.
Call Crows (1 charge). As an action, you
summon a swarm of crows (treated as a
swarm of ravens, see the Monster Manual for
statistics). The swarm is under your control
and acts on your initiative count after your
turn. The swarm remains for 10 minutes or
until you dismiss it as a bonus action.
Lore. With a successful DC 22 Intelligence
(Arcana or History) check (warlocks and
those with a background related to research
such as the scholar gain advantage on this
check) a character recalls that this mask was,
indeed, the magical crown of a Feywild
prince calling himself the Crow King. This
so-called king ventured into the Shadowfell
to speak with the Raven
Queen and never returned.
“When I dream, I dream
of the sky, of black
feathers and flying.”
CUIRASS OF THE TEMPLAR
Armor (studded leather), rarity varies
School of Magic: Enchantment
These cuirasses of hardened leather are
studded with silver and imbued with
protective magic. They grant their wearers
with additional protection against certain
denizens of evil that would threaten the lives
of mortal men and women. Often, the studs
and rivets will be patterned with religious
iconography, but not always.
While wearing this armor, anytime a
creature with resistance or immunity to
bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage
from nonmagical attacks that aren’t silvered
makes a melee attack against you, that attack
has disadvantage.
While a cuirass of the templar usually
only has the basic magical enhancements
needed to keep certain evils at bay
(uncommon), some of them are woven with
much stronger enchantments, which grant a
+1 (very rare), or +2 (legendary) bonus to
your AC.
“The warriors, so quick and nymble;
Upon their chest, a holy symbol.
The beast, he felt the hunger pangs,
But could not pierce them with his fangs.”
- The Templar’s Folly, The Trials of the
Chosen
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DEATH MASK
Wondrous item, uncommon
School of Magic: Enchantment
A crude plaster cast mask that looks like your
own face. You gain a +2 bonus to Charisma-
based ability checks that involve looking,
sounding, or acting undead. If you roll a 1 on
the d20 when attempting a Charisma-based
ability check while
wearing this mask, you
convince yourself that
you are dead for the
next minute.
“A mask of my own face
- I’d wear that.”
DECANTER OF FAILING
REMINISCENCE
Wondrous item, uncommon
Schools of Magic: Enchantment
This elaborate decanter consists of a silver
goblet that sits below a dragonic sculpture.
Drops fall from the dragon’s mouth, filling
the goblet with an equally silvery and misty
liquid. The concoction was designed for
conversations that need to be had, but are
best forgotten. When a creature drinks from
the decanter, they permanently forget all
memory of events that took place in the last
10 minutes.
The memories are stored within the decanter,
allowing you to revisit any stolen memory as
a 10-minute ritual. The decanter magicly
refills the goblet once every four hours. As a
protective measure, a creature takes 4d10
psychic damage each time it attempts to recall
the memories forgotten, but takes this
damage no more than once each day. A
remove curse or greater restoration
spell cast on an affected creature
restores the target's true memory.
“Within Bluetspur where your
memories are a feast for
aberrations, sometimes it is
better to forget or just never
remember.” - Tomas
Vindlebre, Bluetspur
survivor
ENSNARING MIRROR
Wondrous item, rarity varies
Schools of Magic: Enchantment
At some point in time, many spellcasters or
artificers of some renown attempted to make
smaller portable versions of the infamous
mirror of life trapping. These hand mirrors
are the fruits of their labors. Somewhat of a
rare oddity due to their propensity to shatter
after a time.
When a creature looks into one of these glass
hand mirrors, it must succeed on a DC 14
Charisma saving throw or become trapped in
the mirror, along with anything it is wearing
or carrying, for an amount of time depending
on the mirror’s rarity.
As a bonus action, you can hold up the
mirror until the start of your next turn.
Unless surprised, a creature can avert its eyes
to avoid the saving throw at the start of its
turn. If the creature does so, it can't see you
or the mirror until the start of its next turn,
when it can avert its eyes again. If the creature
looks at you, and subsequently the mirror in
the meantime, it must immediately make the
save. When the time runs out, the mirror
shatters and the trapped creature appears in
the nearest unoccupied space. Intentionally
breaking the mirror will also release the
creature trapped inside it. While a creature is
trapped in a mirror, you can see them inside
the reflection.
Mirror Rarity Table
Common 13 Minutes
Uncommon 13 Days
Rare 13 Months
Very Rare 13 Years
Casting the dispel magic or remove curse
spell on the mirror with a creature trapped
inside will release the trapped creature - the
mirror has a 50% chance of shattering if the
captive creature is released this way.
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“To risk seven years of such bad luck,
To see your amor no longer stuck.
Cast it down and hear the clatter;
The mirror then, it will shatter.”
- Dream of the Blue Veil, The Trials of the
Chosen
THE FORBIDDEN KEY OF
NEFERKAMIN
Weapon (dagger), very rare
School of Magic: Transmutation
You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage
rolls with this magic weapon, which shudders
slightly when a hidden door is nearby.
The dagger doubles as a set of Thieves’
tools, and can be used to attempt to unlock
any door, be it magical or otherwise. If
attempting to use the dagger to unlock a
door with no keyhole or means of access,
such as the door created by the
Mordenkainen’s magnificent mansion spell,
the dagger creates one. The DC to unlock a
door depends on the door’s concealment and
strength of magic.
• Ordinary doors: DC 10
• Doors warded by magic of
3rd-level or lower, or hidden
by nonmagical means: DC
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• Doors generated by spells
or hidden by magic of 4th-
level - 6th level: DC 20
• Doors warded by magic of
7th-level or higher: DC 25
• Doors warded or hidden by
ancient spells or extraplanar
entities, gods or divine
beings: DC 30
“Beware the unlocked door, for
it yearns to be opened by a foolish
hand”.
GERTRUDA’S GHOSTLY
GOWN
Wondrous item, artifact
School of Magic: Conjuration
This ghostly gown is possessed by the ghost
of Gertruda, a former bride of Strahd. She
met with an untimely end when Strahd got
bored of her. Instead of departing, her
innocent spirit entered one of the long
abandoned evening gowns at Castle
Ravenloft. All she ever wanted was to be a
princess, and now she lives that dream in
eternal unlife. The Haunt save DC for
Gertruda becomes 15.
Sentience. Gertruda has an Intelligence of
10, a Wisdom of 8, and a Charisma of 15. She
has hearing and normal vision out to a range
of 30 feet. She can communicate in a thin
disembodied voice, but only when there are
no more than two other creatures within 15
feet of her—due to her upbringing, she is
very shy. Otherwise, she can only utter small
noises, like a tiny scoff or a coy giggle. She
speaks Common.
Personality. Gertruda has an almost child-
like purity. Her mother kept her locked away
for most of her life, so she only had her own
dreams of life as a princess to keep her
company. She is well mannered, but naive.
Most of the time, she is gentle and attentive,
but she can get affronted easily and is
then prone to fretting. Usually,
however, these phases do not last
long.
This finely made gown is worked
from flax-golden thread. The
long ruffles on its arms and the
hem hanging to the ground sway
gently as it moves—completely of
its own volition! It is possessed by
a lonely spirit who comes out to
play with the characters who own
the gown if called upon, and
does their bidding.
When inactive, the ghostly
gown is like any other
mundane dress. When you
gently call for the spirit to come
out and play, as a bonus action, it
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animates and moves as if worn by a real
human being. The spirit never manifests
visibly. The gown can remain animated for
up to 1 hour, and must rest for 24 hours
afterward before the spirit can be called upon
again.
While animated, the gown has a flying speed
of 30 feet and can hover. The spirit cannot
take any actions except Dash, Hide and
Haunt (see below), and acts upon your verbal
commands on your turn (requiring no action
from you). It cannot interact with any
objects, is immune to all damage, and is
immune to all conditions. If you do not give
any orders, it follows you as best it can but
does not take any other actions.
Haunt. In addition to the standard actions it
can take, the gown can take the Haunt action
upon your verbal command. It spins around
in a hauntingly beautiful ballroom dance,
targets all creatures of its choice within 30
feet of itself, and you decide whether to
charm or frighten them. If a target can see the
gown, it must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving
throw. On a failed save, the target is affected
by the chosen condition for 1 minute. The
target can repeat the saving throw at the end
of its turn, if it does not have line of sight
with the gown, ending the effect early on a
success.
While frightened in this way, a target takes 3
(1d6) psychic damage at the start of its
turn.
While charmed in this way, you can
instruct the gown to cast command on
it on your turn; the gown can only cast
one command spell per turn but
choose which of the charmed targets
are affected, including all of them.
A target that succeeded on a saving
throw against Haunt cannot be
affected by it for 24 hours.
“The wind has the branches of
trees / to play, it’s never lonely—
yes! / I must swing alone in
the breeze / when I dance
at night in my dress!”—
Barovian children’s rhyme
GRAVELORD’S ARMOR GRAVELORD’S HELM
Armor (breastplate), very rare (requires Helm, very rare (requires attunement)
attunement) Schools of Magic: Necromancy
Schools of Magic: Abjuration
This skull-shaped helm allows you to raise
This skull-adorned armor is imbued with the undead minions to aid you. This helm has 3
power of undeath. Those who wear this plate charges. You can expend a charge to cast the
are connected to the undead that linger in the animate dead spell. The helm regains 1d4 -
world. While wearing this armor, you gain 1 charges each dawn.
resistance to necrotic damage.
Gravelord’s Set. If you are attuned to
Gravelord’s Set. If you are attuned to the the Gravelord’s Armor or Gravelord’s Blade,
Gravelord’s Helm or Gravelord’s Blade, you any undead created by your animate dead can
gain +2 to your armor class. If you are add your proficiency bonus to their attack
attuned to both the Gravelord’s Helm and and damage rolls. If you are attuned to both
the Gravelord’s Blade you gain immunity to the Gravelord’s Armor and the Gravelord’s
necrotic damage. Blade, any attacks made against you by
undead creatures have disadvantage.
“By his body, we live eternal.”
“By his mind, our thoughts are focused.”
GRAVELORD’S BLADE
Weapon (longsword), very rare, Gravelord’s Curse. Upon attuning to all
(requires attunement) three items of the Gravelord’s set, you are
Schools of Magic: Enchantment, immediately killed. You return to life after 1
Necromancy minute as a revenant with the following
traits.
This blade is forged of
ancient bones, imbued • You no longer require food or sleep.
with the power of the • You regain 1 hit point at the start of each
grave. You gain a +1 bonus to of your turns.
attack and damage rolls made
with this weapon. Whenever
you hit a creature with this
weapon that is not a construct
or an undead, you deal an
additional 1d6 necrotic
damage and gain that number
of temporary hit points.
Gravelord’s Set. If you are
attuned to the Gravelord’s
Armor or Gravelord’s Helm,
you gain +2 to attack and
damage rolls, instead of +1. If
you are attuned to both the Gravelord’s
Armor and the Gravelord’s Helm, you gain
+3 to attack and damage rolls, instead of +1.
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GLITTERING BLADE OF If targeting yourself, your movement speed
becomes 0, you can’t benefit from any bonus
THE BARDS to your speed, and you have disadvantage on
Weapon (shortsword or rapier), rare Dexterity saving throws until the end of your
(requires attunement by a next turn. However, any melee attack you
bard) make with the greataxe while bound by roots
School of Magic: Enchantment deals +10 damage.
While you remain attuned to this “And from his blood, he tainted not just the
glimmering magical sword, it grants soil, but the roots and vines alike. Gulthias’
you an additional 2 uses of your legacy lives on in blights, just as it lives on in
Bardic Inspiration, and increases the that mournful greataxe you wield.” -
maximum number of uses available Druidic remarks on the Greataxe of the
by 2. Blighted
Additionally, the weapon can be
used as a spellcasting focus for your HEART- REAVER
bard spells. Weapon (greatsword), very rare
“Someone once said the greatest (requires attunement)
weapon of war was the pen of a ruler. Schools of Magic: Necromancy
Clearly they were mistaken.”
This crimson greatsword is fueled
by the blood of its fallen enemies.
GREATAXE OF THE You gain a +2 bonus to
attack and damage rolls
BLIGHTED made with this weapon.
Weapon (greataxe), rare (requires On a successful hit you
attunement) deal an additional 1d6
Schools of Magic: Necromancy necrotic damage. Whenever
you reduce a creature that is
This oddity of a weapon not a construct or an undead
appears like an ancient to 0 hit points, you can use
axe-head with a gnarled your reaction to drain the
root of a handle. You gain a blood from the creature. When
+1 bonus to attack and you do so, you immediately
damage rolls made with this regain 1d10 + 5 hit points.
magic axe.
“Do you hear it’s beating
As a bonus action, you can heart? Can you sense it’s
extend roots towards a growing hunger?”
creature within 15 feet or
yourself. The target must
make a DC 15 Dexterity
saving throw or become
grappled by you (escape DC
15). Until the grapple ends, on
your subsequent turns you can
use your bonus action to deal
1d6 bludgeoning damage to
the rooted creature. Only one
creature may be rooted at a
time; if you use this feature against a creature
while another creature is already rooted, the
first rooted creature is freed.

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HELM OF VAEL AMSGRAF Sentience. Vael Amsgraf is a sentient lawful
evil helmet with an Intelligence of 12, a
Armor (helmet), artifact (requires Wisdom of 14, and a Charisma of 18. He has
attunement) hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120
School of Magic: Enchantment feet. He is proficient with the History (+3),
Not much is known about Vael Amsgraf, or Insight (+4) and Perception (+4) skills, as
how he came to be just an empty helmet. But well as with the Dragonchess gaming set. He
the story he will tell is that he had left his wife has a solid understanding of military tactics
and child behind some time in the past to and strategy, knowing much about the great
fight in a war and lost his life in the process. battles of the past and how to decipher a foe's
He longs to return to his wife and child but tactics. His passive Perception is 14.Vael
knows not how to get back home or how Amsgraf communicates telepathically with
long he has been like this. his wearer, and can speak, read, and
understand Common, Elven, and Dwarven.
If a character is attuned to the helmet,
and Vael considers that creature an ally, that Personality. Vael Amsgraf is quite selfish in
creature has advantage on melee attack rolls prioritizing his goals and desire to be reunited
against creatures with an AC lower than with his wife and child again at all costs. He
Vael’s passive Perception if they are wearing cares little for the lives of others and someone
the helmet. only has value to him if they are helping him
to accomplish his goals. He will not remain
While not being worn, Vael has a fly speed long with any group of people not trying to
of 30 feet, glowing red lights appear where his help him get home - at least not willingly.
eyes should be, and can innately cast the
spells chill touch and mage hand at will, “You know that knyght is likely dead;
Charisma is the spellcasting modifier for But he might help you get ahead.
these spells (+4).
Keep him with you if you dare;
Additionally, Vael can possess a suit of And avoid the red of his glare.”
plate armor granting it the stats of animated
armor except with Vael’s own mental - Heartless and Homeward, The Trials of the
abilities. While thusly possessing armor, Vael Chosen
can easily wield weapons or shields, as he is
proficient with them. Vael is also fully
capable of riding a horse, although living
horses are uneasy if he is within 5 feet of
them, needing a DC 13 Wisdom (Animal
Handling) check performed by a living
creature to calm it down enough for him to
mount it.
Vael can cast animate dead as a 1st-level
spell once per day, but can only gain control
of undead with it. However, with this spell
he can gain control of any zombie or skeleton
that isn’t being controlled by another.
If Vael is the target of the dispel magic or
remove curse spell, then he goes into a state
of torpor until someone dons the helmet and
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HOURGLASS OF GRAVE DIRT HUNTER’S HEADDRESS OF THE
Wondrous item, legendary DEEP FOREST
School of Magic: Dunamancy, Necromancy Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement
An ornate dark metal hourglass with pure by a barbarian, druid, or ranger)
white sand inside. As an action you can flip School of Magic: Divination
the hourglass to manipulate the life forces of
creatures around you. For the next minute, This gnarly piece of leather headwear is
any time a creature within 30 adorned with the antlers of a young peryton.
feet of the hourglass would Anyone donning the headdress while attuned
gain hit points, it instead to it sees the world with a hunter’s eyes, like
loses that many hit the fierce peryton.
points, and any time While wearing the headdress, you have
a creature in range advantage on all perception checks that rely
would lose hit on sight or smell. In addition, you gain
points, it instead darkvision out to a
gains that many hit range of 120 feet if
points. Once this you don’t already
item has been used, have it, and you do
the sand in the not have
hourglass turns a disadvantage when
midnight black, and using ranged weapons
it can’t be used again at long range. Also, you
until the next dawn, at gain proficiency in the
which point the sand Stealth skill if you don’t
turns white again. already have it, and you
“Let the falling sand remind you of the dust double your proficiency
to which everything will one day decay.” bonus for that skill.
You can use a bonus action to mark a
creature you can see within 120 feet of you as
HUNTER’S BREASTPLATE your prey. As long as the target remains on
Armor (breastplate), rare the same plane of existence as you, you always
know its direction and if you are within 500
This breastplate was designed for mobility feet of it or not. While you have line of sight
and defenses against undead. While wearing with your target, all of your attacks against it
this breastplate any bite attack made against have advantage, but you cannot attack any
you by an undead creature has disadvantage. other targets, as you are compelled to hunt
If an undead scores a critical hit against you, down your prey. You can only have one target
you can use your reaction to change the marked in this way and lose the connection
attack to a normal hit. to your current target if you mark a new one.
“Listen, if the difference You can also end this effect as a bonus action.
between me getting Once you have marked a creature as prey or
my blood sucked is eliminated a creature marked in this way, you
this ‘stupid cannot mark another target until you
looking armor’ complete a long rest.
then I’ll look “Man hunts to live. The wolf lives to
stupid and keep hunt.”—Barovian saying
my blood where it
belongs.”

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LACHRYMATORY VIAL LONG ARM OF THE LAW
Potion, uncommon Weapon (any thrown), common or uncommon
School of Magic: Enchantment (requires attunement by a paladin)
School of Magic: Enchantment
A simple long glass-blown vial contains tears
from those having lived horrific events. These thrown weapons, usually spears or
When you drink this potion, you gain javelins, are crafted and imbued with sacred
advantage on any Intelligence power in such a way as to allow the
(History) checks for the next channeling of holy power. A paladin that
hour. The vial contains 5 uses. makes an attack using a long arm of the law
can channel their ability to smite into the
“Tears cried by those who attack (including both the Divine Smite
have witnessed true feature and smite spells such as branding
horror.” smite) despite it being a ranged attack.
These weapons come in two
LIFE-HUNT SCYTHE different varieties, the
Weapon (halberd), legendary (requires common variety that are
attunement) destroyed after they are
School of Magic: Necromancy used to smite a foe, and
an uncommon variety
This dark metal scythe glows with a yellow that after being used to
light when battle begins. You gain a +2 bonus deliver a smite, cannot be
to attack and damage rolls made with this used to deliver a smite
weapon. On a successful hit the target again until the next dawn.
creature takes an additional 1d10 necrotic
damage and its maximum hit points are “She raised her hand into
reduced by that much. When you kill a the sky;
creature with this weapon you immediately With awesome force, let
regain 2 hit dice, and can use your reaction to the javelyn fly.
immediately expend a hit die to regain his
points in the same manner as taking a short The grinning dhampyr,
rest. about to bite;
“I hear the whispers of the fallen… When I Was slayn with a terrible
sleep at night I hear them. They are not smyte.”
gone… the blade has them now.” - The Paladyn and the
Dhampyr Knave, The
Trials of the
Chosen

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LOVER’S EYE
Wondrous item, uncommon (requires
attunement by two creatures)
Schools of Magic: Divination
A set of two bronze brooches surrounded by
pearls, each shows a painterly version of the
other person's eye. The brooches are attuned
to each other and their wearers. While worn,
you can sense the precise location of the
other wearer within 120 feet of you. Provided
the other wearer is willing, as an action, you
can see through the other wearer’s eyes, and
hear what they hear until the start of your
next turn, gaining the benefits of any special
senses the other wearer has. During this time
your senses are dulled and you are blind to
your surroundings.
“I only have eyes for you, you only have my
eyes.”
As an action, you can don these shackles.
While wearing the shackles, you cannot use
any two-handed ranged weapons and you can
effectively wield either a single one-handed
weapon or a two-handed melee weapon. If
you wield two one-handed weapons or a one-
handed weapon and a shield, you have
disadvantage on all attacks.
As a bonus action, you can insert the nails
into your own wrists. You immediately take
2d4 piercing damage. As the ecstasy of pain
rushes through you, Loviatar grants you
impunity against the lesser sufferings of this
world. You gain resistance to non-magical
bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage,
and you become immune to being frightened
and charmed. If you are already frightened or
charmed, the effect immediately ends, as the
pain flushes these sensations from your mind.
In addition, you have advantage on Wisdom
and Charisma saving throws for as long as the
effect persists. The effect lasts for 1 minute,
and you must complete a short or long rest
before you can benefit from this effect again.
“Thank you for your kiss, mistress. I will pass
it on, as you ask.”—from a prayer to Loviatar

LOVIATAR’S SHACKLES OF
PAIN
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
Abjuration, transmutation
These heavy iron shackles are stained with
rust—or is it blood? The small kindness that
they are padded with leather around the
wrists is offset by one long iron nail that can
be inserted into the wrist through each
shackle. This item is not intended for the
torture of prisoners however, oh no—it is an
implement of worship dedicated to Loviatar,
the goddess of pain. Her devout shackle
themselves, and insert the iron thorn into
their wrists, to demonstrate their faith—and
Loviatar, being a merciful goddess, rewards
them.

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MACE OF DIVINE BEARING
Weapon (mace), rare
Schools of Magic: Conjuration, Evocation
This mace is forged from a repurposed
religious censer placed on the end of a maul’s
handle. As an action, you can throw the mace
to a point within 30 feet of you and speak a
command word. Ball bearings ping from the
mace, covering a square area that is 10 feet on
a side. A creature moving across the covered
area must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity
saving throw or fall prone. A creature moving
through the area at half speed doesn't need to
make the save.
In addition, the ball bearings uncork a
thin cloud of incense which emerges from
the mace to cover the same 10 foot cube for 1
minute. Each creature that starts its turn in
the incense must succeed on a DC 14
Constitution saving throw or take 1d8
radiant damage. The damage increased by
1d8 if the target is an undead or a fiend. This
property can’t be used again until the next
dawn.
“Such divine incense held within a meager
and crude container. A subtle
teaching of the Morninglord. His
light shines through us all,
enshrouds our senses like
incense but occasionally
darkness must be
bludgeoned aside.” - The
Abbot of Saint Markovia
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MAGICIAN’S MIRROR
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement
by a spellcaster)
Schools of Magic: Abjuration, Conjuration
You can use this hand mirror as a spell focus
for any spell if you are an illusionist wizard,
or, if you are not an illusionist, you can use it
as a spell focus for any illusion spell.
The mirror has 7 charges. While holding
it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more
of its charges to cast one of the following
spells from it, using your spell save DC: fog
cloud (1 charge per level), silent image (1
charge), mirror image (2 charges), misty step
(2 charges), major illusion (3 charges, or 6 to
cast at 6th-level).
The mirror regains 1d6 + 1 expended
charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last
charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the mirror shatters,
then disappears in a puff of smoke, leaving
you paranoid about having seven years of bad
luck.
“Smoke and mirrors! The rabble said;
Pulled a rabbit from the hat on her head.
She showed them all a different spell,
And news of her talents, they did tell.”
- The Magician’s Apprentice, The Trials of
the Chosen
MANTLE OF SHADOW
Wondrous item, legendary (requires
attunement)
School of Magic. Enchantment
These cloaks were supposedly made by a
powerful wizard for their most trusted
assassins long ago, though very few of them
remain, after the assassins turned on the
wizard and many of the cloaks were destroyed
in the betrayal. Those that survive to this day
are either lost to forgotten treasure hoards or
are closely-guarded secrets.
When you attune to this cloak, which can
only be done at midnight, you must choose
body or mind, this choice cannot be changed
unless you unattune from the cloak and
attune to it again. The cloak has up to 7
charges. While wearing the cloak you can see
normally in darkness, both magical and
nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet.
Body. If you selected “body” when you
attuned to the cloak, while in darkness or
dim light, you can spend 1 charge when you
make your first attack during a round to gain
advantage on that attack.
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Mind. If you selected “mind” when you
attuned to the cloak, while in darkness or
dim light, you can spend 1 charge when you
cast a spell of 1st level or higher, to increase
the level of the spell cast by one, without
expending a higher level spell slot to do so.
This cloak regainst 1d6+1 charges daily at
dawn.
Curse. While the mantle of shadow
grants one powers while in the dark, you
become weaker while in bright light and
sunlight. If you selected “body” when you
attuned to this item, while in bright light,
your attacks have disadvantage. If you
selected “mind,” while in bright light, you
must either spend a spell slot one level higher
than the spell you are trying to cast, or have
the spell cast one level lower than you are
trying to cast it (this cannot be chosen when
casting a spell at its base level). While you are
in bright light you cannot receive any magical
healing. Additionally, while attuned to the
cloak, if your skin is exposed to sunlight you
take 10 radiant damage at the start of your
turn, that cannot be reduced or prevented by
any means short of a wish spell.
“Gird yourself with the dark of nyght,
And stalk your prey just out of spyte.
And with the dawning of the day,
You and your hatred will go away.”
- Dawn, The Trials of the Chosen
MEATLOVER’S FORK Meteoric Spell Table
Wondrous item, uncommon
School of Magic: Enchantment d6 Effect Appearance
This strange copper fork’s battered faerie fire appears as an
appearance suggests it has changed ever-shimmering stardust,
hands many times, and for now finds 1 Faerie Fire from outside of its effect the
itself in your possession. When you use (1st-Level) area appears to be a
the fork to consume a meal, upon sta�onary yet perpetually
falling meteor.
finishing it, you immediately gain
temporary hit points equal to the chroma�c orb takes the
number rolled on one of your Hit Die. Chroma�c appearance of a comet, the
2 Orb (1st- tail taking the colour and
Cursed. Evil hag magic permeates Level) characteris�cs of the
through the fork, cursing those who damage type.
eat from it with a lust for living meat.
At the beginning of every new dawn, a Flaming flaming sphere takes the
creature that has eaten a meal using the 3 form of a meteor that has
Sphere (2nd- just impacted, s�ll glowing
fork within the last week must make a Level) bright a�er entry.
DC 11 Wisdom saving throw. On a
successful save, the creature feels slightly ill, Melf’s minute meteors
but suffers no other effects. On a failure, the Melf’s Minute appear as several small
4 Meteors (3rd-
creature becomes compelled to consume the Level) meteors, star�ng as far
flesh from the next corpse it passes by. If a away shoo�ng stars.
creature fails three or more of these saving Destruc�ve wave appears
throws in a single month, it is magically as a meteors impact
transformed into a ghoul on the dawn of the centering on you. Plumes of
day after its third failed save, and is hostile to Destruc�ve
Wave (5th- shockwave,appear
starry fire as the
5
all creatures. The transformation can be Level) though this is
lifted by remove curse, greater restoration, or only illusionary and doesn’t
similar magic. The creature also reverts back burn or obstruct any
creature's view.
to its original form when it dies.
“Deary me, just look at you! All skin and Meteor swarm appears as a
Meteor
mile-wide comet, spli�ng
bones, you are. Come, try the meat. I 6 Swarm (9th- into several smaller chunks
assure you - it’s much better raw.” Level) before making contact.

METEORIC BRACER “You may be well traveled, but this bracer has
seen ice, rock, and stars far beyond your
Wondrous Item, very rare (requires comprehension.”
attunement outdoors at night)
School of Magic: Evocation
A bracer of pure meteorite covered in pockets
of crystals that glow with imbued magical
energy. As an action, while you are exposed
to the sky, you can channel the bracer’s
energy to cast spells that draw power from
the stars. Roll 1d6 and consult the Meteoric
Magic table for which spell is cast and at what
level. Once a spell is cast, the bracer loses its
glow and can’t be used again until dusk.

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THE MIGHTIEST QUILL
Weapon (shortsword), very rare (requires
attunement)
Schools of Magic: Conjuration, Enchantment
To the uneducated, they would call the
Mightiest Quill a blade in the shape of a
feather. While it is sharp, the danger lies in
the mind of who holds the quill-shaped
sword, because after all; the quill is mightier
than the sword. While attuned to this
weapon, you gain the following benefits:
You gain a +2 bonus to attack and
damage rolls made with this magic sword.
As a bonus action, you can summon forth
a spectral quill and ink pot to dictate to. It
lasts for up to an hour, transcribing your
every word down on any paper provided. If
the purpose is to entertain or persuade, you
have advantage on any corresponding
Charisma (Persuasion or Performance)
checks.
When you successfully hit a creature with
an attack made with this weapon, you can
make a Charisma or Intelligence check
contested by your target’s Charisma or
Intelligence check (your choice). If
successful, you deal an additional
number of d4 psychic damage equal
to the difference between your
results divided by two (rounded
down). Once you use this ability,
it can’t be used again until the
next dawn.
“For the endless debate of
what is mightier; the pen or
the sword. This weapon
certainly adds a unique
crinkle.” - Unnamed
bard
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MIRROR OF INVERSE
REFLECTION
Wondrous item, uncommon (dressing mirror),
rare (hand mirror)
Schools of Magic: Divination
These mirrors can either come as hand
mirrors or as dressing mirrors; they are
favored by vampires with vanity, as they are
capable of showing the reflection of soulless
beings and spirits as they were in life.
A mirror of inverse reflection shows only
the reflections of undead, and constructs.
Additionally it shows the reflections of
incorporeal undead as they appeared when
alive, and it shows the reflections of
vampires. The mirror does not show
reflections of most normal living creatures,
unless those creatures are on the ethereal
plane or the border ethereal.
“You cannot see the bloodless dead;
In mirror universe they dare not tread.
And then one day they smile back;
And give you quite the heart attack.”
- The Dunwich Comedy, The Trials of the
Chosen
MIRROR OF PROJECTION
Wondrous item, rarity varies (requires
attunement)
Schools of Magic: Abjuration
This enchanted mirror is favored by people
fearful that interactions with some people
will go poorly about without apt witnesses or
by people who wish to remember important
events. These mirrors can contain specific
reflections indefinitely or until another
reflection is recorded and replaces the
previous record.
When a command word is spoken by the
attuned character, this mirror records
everything that is reflected on its surface for
up to 13 minutes. The recording is only
visual, as a reflection can hold no sound. The
mirror can still record things if it has some
cracks but has not shattered, but the amount
of time it can record is reduced to 7 minutes.
When the command word is spoken, the
mirror deletes the previously recorded
reflection and replaces it with the reflection it
is currently recording.
When a second command word is spoken
by anyone the mirror will play back the
recorded reflection. Some of these mirrors
show the recorded reflection in the glass,
while others can project an illusion to make it
easier for many people to view the reflection.
If the mirror is cracked and it is the type that
projects an illusion instead of just the
reflection, the projected reflection will appear
broken in places matching the mirror’s
cracks.
Mirror Rarity Table
Dressing
Uncommon Rare
Mirror
Hand Mirror Rare Very Rare
“He saw himself in the looking glass;
Horrific behavior, and totally crass.
Upon his family he brought much shame;
No longer to seek glory and fame.”
MOONSLICER
Weapon (any slashing weapon), rare
Schools of Magic: Abjuration
These weapons were said to be blessed by the
moon to fight against creatures that hunt in
the night. Supposedly, if you begin crafting a
blade during the waxing crescent phase of the
moon and finish on the night of a full moon,
then the weapon might be blessed in such a
manner.
This weapon has a number of charges
determined by the current phase of the
moon: during a full moon it has 4 charges,
during a gibbous phase it has 3 charges,
during a quarter phase it has 2 charges,
during a crescent phase it has 1 charge, and
during the new moon it has none.
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When you hit a creature with
this weapon, you can expend one
charge to deal an additional 2d8
radiant damage to the target, in
addition to the weapon's damage.
The damage increases by 1d8 if the
target is a fiend, undead, or a
shapeshifter. Additionally, when
you hit a creature with this weapon,
if it is not in its natural form, it must
succeed at a DC 13 Charisma saving
throw or revert to its natural form.
A creature can choose to fail this
save.
"When the moon is new, its power
lacks;
Bolt the door, lest he attacks.
When the moon is full, its power
high;
Smyte the wolf and he shall die."
- Tale of the Moonslicer, Trials of the Chosen
MUMMY BROWN PAINT SET
Wondrous item, very rare
Schools of Magic: Conjuration
A paint set made from natural sources,
including flowers, bones, and mummified
flesh, its palette is made from slowly rotting
wood. These pigments are made from
ground-up mummified remains as a base, a
process of disdainful disrespect which can
trap a spirit within the pigment. When you
use this paint set, your hands are magically
guided for one hour to paint the face of the
dead individual whose mummified corpse
was ground up to produce the pigment. The
painting perfectly depicts their face when
they were alive, with a background that
depicts their homeland as it was when they
were alive with the same accuracy.
When finished, the face on the
painting is inhabited by the spirit of the
depicted individual. The face becomes
animated as if it were alive. While a painting
is inhabited by the spirit, it can speak audibly
through the painting (the spirit can only
speak, read and understand the languages it
knew in life), and has hearing and darkvision
out to a range of 60 feet.
The block of pigment contains enough for 5
paintings. While two or more paintings have
been completed, the spirit can inhabit each
one at will. Whenever one painting is
inhabited by the spirit, their face is missing
from all other paintings.
Personality. The spirit can be of any
alignment, and has motivations of its own
(often to take revenge on those who
desecrated its corpse, or their descendants). It
may cooperate with the creator of the
painting, and is able to answer questions
about how their world was during their
lifetime.
Cursed. If the spirit trapped within the
painting is malevolent, when a creature
touches the painting that the spirit is
inhabiting, the spirit may attempt to swap
places with it, trapping the creature in the
painting while the spirit becomes free. A
creature must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma
saving throw or be trapped in the painting,
releasing the spirit in the process. A creature
trapped inside the painting is trapped in an
extradimensional space that resembles the
background of the painting. While trapped
this way, a creature does not age, and does
not require food, water, or sleep. If each of
the paintings are destroyed, the creature
trapped within it appears at a random
location in the astral plane. The remove curse
spell or similar magic frees a trapped creature,
but does not return the spirit to the painting.
The freed spirit assumes a mortal form,
typically a humanoid noble, reflecting their
status in life to earn their elaborate burial.
The involvement of player characters with
this object, and subsequent action of freeing
a being from it could be used as a bigger
threat than is presented, whether as a short
interaction, or even a campaign BBEG.
“Restorative history tells what words could
not. Please don’t
touch the artworks.” -
Van Richten
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Sample Spirit: Shak-amen
When the ancient warlord Shak-amen was
murdered by a close advisor at the height of
their power, they were given an extravagant
burial, and an empire mourned. As their
body was embalmed and interred in a
monumental tomb, surrounded by lavish
grave goods and the wealth of their
conquests, their rage at their betrayer
lingered, halting Shak-Amen’s passage to the
afterlife.
After millenia had passed, Shak-amen’s rage
was unable to stop the eventual exhumation
and desecration of their tomb, the theft of
their opulent grave goods, and the final,
crushing indignity of their anointed body
being ground into a paste to create artworks.
The spirit of Shak-amen trapped within the
paint has refocused millenia of rage on this
ultimate act of posthumous humiliation.
Personality. Shak-amen’s heated anger has
simmered in limbo for many hundreds of
years, to a deeply embedded cruelty. They
show no mercy in their actions, opting for
quick and precise actions and reactions,
shown in their sharp mannerisms and
tendency towards shorter sentences. They
care only for revenge on those who have
wronged them. They are very goal driven,
with no regard for those who cower from
them or their goals. Shak-amen is lawful evil
and uses the rules for a warlord if freed from
their painting.
Goals. Shak-amen seeks to reclaim their
stolen grave goods, and wreak terrible
vengeance upon those who destroyed their
body, including slaying the thieves and all of
their descendants. Once their campaign of
vengeance is complete, they return to their
tomb, satisfied with their work, millennia of
rage finally soothed after being unleashed on
what they see as a worthwhile target.
ORGAN GRINDER’S
DYSKINESIA ACTUATOR
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
Schools of Magic: Enchantment
This barrel is actually an automatic
mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be
mobile enough to play its music in the street
when a crank is turned by an organ grinder.
This particular barrel organ is able to force
people to dance to its eerily haunting music if
you will it to - purportedly the sadistic design
of a mad artificer that fancied themself a
master musician, they constructed the device
after people refused to dance to their music.
The organ weighs 50 pounds and is worn
slung over the shoulder.
This item can have up to 21 charges. As an
action, you can use the barrel organ to cast
Otto’s irresistible dance by turning the crank.
Doing so expends a number of charges equal
to the target creature’s intelligence score. The
spell doesn’t require concentration as
normal, instead, on rounds after the round
you’ve cast it, you can spend your bonus
action to continue grinding the crank,
keeping the music going. Using your bonus
action in this way requires a free hand which
is occupied with turning the crank until the
start of your next turn. The organ regains
1d20 charges daily at dawn.
“He turns the crank, you stamp your feet;
The merryment, so bittersweet.
The laughter is replaced with tears;
His cackle, the source of all your fears.”
- Misery Makes Merryment, The Trials of the
Chosen
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QUICKSILVER BODKINS
Weapon (arrow), uncommon
Schools of Magic: Enchantment
These unnaturally cold
arrowheads are toxic to most
creatures, melting into a
liquid on impact which is
absorbed into the body at
normal body temperatures.
Furthermore, they are a
terrific anathema to
creatures that are normally
only able to be harmed by
silver. Usually found
unattached from arrows and
thus needing to be attached
by a person who is both a
competent fletcher as well as
familiar with handling toxins. These weapons
are seen as quite a boon to those who hunt
creatures of the night such as lycanthropes,
vampires, and devils.
A non-construct creature hit by an arrow
with a quicksilver bodkin must make a DC
13 Constitution saving throw, taking 2d10
poison damage on a failed save, or half as
much damage on a successful one.
Furthermore, if the affected creature is
either resistant or immune to bludgeoning,
piercing, or slashing damage from
nonmagical attacks that aren’t silvered, then
it also takes an additional 4d10 radiant
damage on a failed save, or half as much on a
successful one.
Other types of ammunition heads of this
kind exist, such as quicksilver points for a
crossbow bolt or quicksilver bullets for a sling
that don’t even need special care to attach to
a shaft, though arrows are most common.
“The arrow pierced its monstrous heart,
The holy poison then did start;
To spread throughout the creature’s blood,
And leave it face-down in the mud.”
- Dealings With Devils, The Trials of the
Chosen
SACRIFICIAL SICKLE
Weapon (sickle), rare (requires attunement
by a druid)
Schools of Magic: Necromancy
This sickle is crafted from solid silver, covered
in sacred druidic runes. The writing is faded
with age and illegible by now, so it remains
unclear what god the weapon is dedicated to.
Its edge, however, gleams an entrancing blue
at night, waxing and waning with the phases
of the moon. This hints at an original
dedication to the moon goddess Selûne—or,
perhaps, an older and more primordial
power?
You gain a +1 bonus to attack and
damage rolls made with this sickle. When you
kill a humanoid creature with this sickle, you
immediately gain temporary hit points equal
to the creature’s CR. Also, the sickle gains 1
charge.
The sickle can store a maximum of 10
charges. You can use an action to draw the
stored energy into yourself while holding the
sickle, or guide it into another willing
humanoid creature you touch. The target’s
physical age is instantly reduced by a number
of years equal to the number of charges you
expend. The target’s age cannot be reduced
beyond the point where it reached complete
physical maturity (i.e. late teens or early 20s
for most humans).
You can also use the sickle to cast raise
dead, without requiring material
components, by expending 10 charges.
“There is power in blood, all but forgotten
even by those who bathe in it on the
battlefield. I will show you…”—Cyrmil, mad
druid
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SCHOLAR’S PRISON
Wondrous item, rare
Schools of Magic: Abjuration, Necromancy
This polished glass orb often contains a
jarringly lifelike humanoid portrait, one that
looks around or appears to be screaming in
anguish. You can use an action to trap the
soul of a deceased creature within the orb.
Choose a corpse of a Medium or Small
humanoid within 10 feet that died within the
last hour. The creature must succeed on a
DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or find their
soul trapped within the Scholar’s Prison. The
orb can only contain one trapped soul at a
time, attempting to trap another released the
first soul.
The trapped soul retains its alignment,
languages, proficiencies, Intelligence,
Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You can use a
bonus action to temporarily release the soul
for 10 minutes, during which you can
communicate with it freely. However, they
are under no compulsion to be assistive if you
are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an
enemy. Once every 30 days, the trapped soul
can make a DC 30 Intelligence (Arcana)
check. On a success, the soul breaks free and
destroys the orb.
“Oh yes! Bartholomew was quite sharp
witted and decent company, such a shame he
stepped out of place. Rather than waste his
mind, I put him in his rightful place. A
prison of my design. He seems happier for it,
or at the very least I am.” - Duchess Saidra
d’Honaire, Darklord of Dementlieu
SHARPENED EMISSARY OF THE
DARK POWERS
Weapon (any sword), legendary
(requires attunement)
Schools of Magic: All of them
This ebon blade reflects no
light, an entity of ephemeral
shadow and darkness. It
hovers above the ground and
can never be sheathed,
instead it evaporates or
appears at the whims of its
wielder. You gain a +3 bonus to
attack and damage rolls made
with this magic weapon. Damage
dealt by this weapon cannot be
prevented by any means. In
addition, when you hit a creature
with this blade it must succeed on a
DC 18 Constitution saving throw or
suffer an extra 2d8 necrotic damage.
Dark Powers. The Sharpened Emissary of the
Dark Powers has 7 charges and regains 1d4
+3 charges daily at dawn. While holding the
sword, you can use an action to expend any
number of charges for one of the following
effects:
• You can cast banishment, sending the
creature to be tormented among the Dark
Powers (3 charges). You can ask for the
banishment to become permanent, only if
you accept a deal with the Dark Powers.
• You can cast the commune spell to speak
with the Dark Powers (3 charges), who
always answer truthfully, but in their own
best interest.
• You can cast raise dead (7 charges)
without needing the material
components. After the sword has been
used this way, it vanishes from your
possession and your soul is now forfeit to
the Dark Powers.
Sentience. The Emissary of the Dark Powers
is a sentient weapon of evil alignment, with
an Intelligence of 22, a Wisdom of 20, and a
Charisma of 20. It has hearing and darkvision
out to a range of 120 feet, and it can
communicate telepathically with any creature
that is holding it.
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Personality. The Emissary doesn’t represent
a single Dark Power, but instead all of them.
The Dark Powers being malevolent vestiges
of dead gods, entities of pure evil. They
attempt to garner control over the world of
mortals with promises of power, all paid at a
high cost. The Emissary acts as a neutral
party, to guide and connect mortals to a
suitable Dark Power. They are deceptive,
manipulative, and sickly sweet, anything to
achieve their goal.
“Within us all, we have a dark desire and
a yearning for power. I am the instrument,
the cosmic bridge, the host to bring those in
need into the hands of those who have.” -
Emissary of the Dark Powers
SILVERED CURTAIN CALL
Weapon (halberd), rare
Schools of Magic: Evocation
This pristine silvered scythe
remains as sharp as the day
it was forged. You gain a
+1 bonus to attack and
damage rolls made
with this magic scythe. When you hit a
creature afflicted with lycanthropy with
this weapon, they must succeed on a DC
Constitution saving throw equal to the
amount of damage dealt or 10 (whichever
is higher). On a failure, the creature is
cured of the curse of lycanthropy and the
scythe gains 1 charge.
Awakened. When the scythe gains 10
charges, it awakens. Once awakened, the
scythe sheds moonlight while in your
hands, creating bright light in a 15-foot
radius and dim light for an additional 15
feet. Any shapeshifters caught in the
bright light instantly reverts to its original
form and can’t assume a different form.
In addition, you deal an additional 3d8
radiant damage to shapeshifters when using
this scythe.
“A beautiful weapon by any means, but such
crude implementation. Take heed, never
force the beast out of a man. Those scornful
tactics truly make any man the beast.” -
Harkon Lucas, Darklord of Kartakass
SNOWDROP WARD
Wondrous item, rare
School of Magic:
Necromancy
A simple white snowdrop
flower with a slight shimmer to its
coloration. While worn, you can
use your reaction to reduce the
damage you would take from a
spell by 4d8. Once the
Snowdrop Ward has been used,
it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
“Snowdrop. It’ll bring you luck.”
SOUL-RENDER
Weapon (greataxe), very rare (requires
attunement)
School of Magic: Necromancy
The Soul-Render is a
powerful greataxe crafted
to fight evil spirits
hidden deep within
the Domains of
Dread. You gain a
+3 bonus to attack
and damage rolls
with this magic
weapon.
While attuned to Soul-Render,
you can perceive creatures in the
Ethereal Plane that are within 30
feet of you, and can target them
with weapon attacks made using
Soul Render.
In addition, when you attack a
creature with this magic
weapon, you can forgo the
attack roll to force the target
creature to make a DC 16
Charisma saving throw. On a
failure, the attack successfully hits the
creature regardless of its AC, and it inflicts
force damage instead of the weapon’s normal
damage type.
“Ignore the beast’s undiluted rage, for it
knows its time is short. Come, mighty
creature of the night. Let me show you what
it means to sever the soul.”
SPECTRE BLADE
Weapon (any sword), rare (requires
attunement)
School of Magic: Necromancy
The ornate hilt and crossguard are
formed of seamless gold.
Where the blade once was is
now a shard of broken
crystal glittering with blue
light, the gemstone
blade shattered long
ago. While grasping
the hilt, you can use a
bonus action to cause a
ghostly blade to flare from
the crystal fragment, or make
the blade disappear. The
sword sheds dim light in a
40-foot radius and deals
necrotic damage instead of its
normal damage. When you make
an attack roll with the spectral
blade, you can roll a d6 and add it
to the attack roll. If you roll a 6 on
this die, the sword inflicts an
additional 2d6 necrotic damage.
Lore. With a successful DC 20
Intelligence (Arcana or History) check
(clerics, paladins, and those with a
background related to research such as the
scholar gain advantage on this check) a
character recalls that this sword was once a
holy relic with a crystal blade, a sentient
weapon forged in the Heavens. However, the
sword was shattered and the presence within
slain, leaving behind a haunted thing that
whispers of the tragedies of the distant past.
If the sword still contains a sentience, it is but
a shadow with no will or thought, only an
echo.
“Did you hear that? The blade whispers
faint words of sorrow.”

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TERROR OF DRATH
Weapon (greatsword), legendary (requires
attunement)
School of Magic: Necromancy
This obsidian-like weapon appears grown
rather than forged. Held at the rain-guard is a
sinister skull, its horns curving out to form
the crossguard. While attuned to this sword,
you have darkvision out to 120 feet and you
can see in magical darkness. The sword has 10
charges for the following properties. The
sword regains 1 charge daily at dusk, 1 charge
when you reduce a hostile creature that isn’t a
construct or undead to 0 hit points with the
sword, and 1 charge when you roll a 20 on an
attack roll with the sword.
Spells. While holding this sword you can use
an action to expend 1 or more of its charges
to cast one of the following spells from it
(DC 17): bane (1 charge), darkness (2
charges), and fear (3 charges).
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Shadow Wrath. When you hit with a melee
attack using this sword, you can expend up to
3 of its charges. For each charge you expend,
the target takes an extra 1d8 necrotic damage.
A creature that takes damage in this way
must make a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or
be frightened of you for 1 minute. If a
creature frightened by this effect ends its turn
more than 30 feet away from you, it can
attempt another Wisdom saving throw to
end the effect on it.
Essence Reaper. When you reduce a hostile
creature that isn’t a construct or undead to 0
hit points with this sword, you gain 10
temporary hit points and the weapon gains a
magical +1 bonus to damage, up to +6. This
bonus lasts until the next dusk. In addition,
you earn the memories (ideals, bonds, and
flaws) of the creature slain by this weapon
that had an Intelligence score of 4 or higher.
A creature slain by this weapon can only be
returned to life with a true resurrection or
wish spell. When the sword consumes a
creature, it sheds dim light in a 10-foot
radius, the light and shadows flickering with
images of the recently devoured.
Lore. With a successful DC 25 Intelligence
(Arcana or History) check (clerics, paladins,
and those with a background related to
research such as the scholar gain advantage
on this check) a character remembers that
this sword was a terrifying weapon capable of
consuming the souls of its victims. It was
born in the Shadowfell, rising from the
coalescence of fear and despair of that bleak
plane. It was found by the banished
oathbreaker Drath, who brought it to the
Prime Material to sow a campaign of terror.
“The blade is forged of fear and sharpened
by tragedy.”
THORNED KISS OF THE LAST
ROSE
Weapon (dagger), rare
School of Magic: Necromancy
This splintered white wood dagger appears of
natural creation, except for the glass dome at the
end of the dagger’s hilt that contains a perfectly
preserved rose. The dagger has 7 charges,
regaining 1d4 + 1 charges daily at dawn. You
can use your bonus action to gain one of the
following effects, expending the necessary
number of charges:
• Crushing a petal in your hand, you gain
advantage on your next Charisma
(Persuasion) check (1 charge).
• After hitting a creature with this dagger, you
can force thorns to briefly spike across the
blade dealing an additional 2d6 piercing
damage (2 charges).
• You can cast charm person (4 charges, spell
save DC 14).
If you expend the dagger’s last charge, roll a d20.
On a 1, the dagger crumbles into ashes and is
destroyed.
“Ah yes, I recall this blade. Delivers the very
same poison of my blood. Such preserved
perfection, but like all things it grew lackluster
and hardly worth my time.” - Ivana Boritsi,
Darklord of Borca
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TIYET’S CANOPIC JAR
Wondrous item, artifact
This particularly powerful canopic jar was
originally used by Tiyet, the darklord of Sedua
in the Domains of Dread.
When the organ of a humanoid is placed
inside this jar, the creature is restored to 1 hit
point whenever it is reduced to 0 hit points, and
cannot die of natural causes. If the creature’s
body is dismembered or disintegrated, it
spontaneously reforms within 1d10 days as a
Tiny copy of its former self within the canopic
jar. It grows to its original size within 2d12
hours once it emerges.
TOME OF WARDING
Wondrous item, rare
School of Magic: Evocation
This hefty sentient tome with a snarling face on
its cover is filled with pages upon pages of ways
to inflict an explosive demise. Using this tome
you can cast the glyph of warding spell at 3rd
level without expending a spell slot. After you
do so, the book slams shut and doesn’t open
until the next dawn, when the spell recharges.
Sentience. The Tome of Warding is a sentient
chaotic evil book with an Intelligence of 17, a
Wisdom of 10, and a Charisma of 13. It has
hearing and darkvision out to a range of 60 feet.
The book communicates telepathically with its
carrier and can speak, read and understand
common.
Personality. The tome is increasingly sarcastic
to its carrier, often defaulting to flippant
remarks or remaining silent if its carrier hasn’t
spoken to it for a while. It does show genuine
interest when talking about wards, spells to do
with explosions, or anything else destructive in
nature, particularly
watching the spells it has
cast reach their explosive
potential.
“Oh, the wizard told
you not to read me?
Gosh you better not,
then. Here, why
don’t I just read
myself.”
TROLL-FANG SHROUD VELVET-COVERED MIRROR OF
Armor (leather, studded leather, or hide), MESSAGING
rare (requires attunement) Wondrous item, rare
School of Magic: Abjuration, Necromancy School of Magic: Evocation.
This armor is decorated with the grotesque An embellished hand mirror covered
fangs and flesh of ancient trolls and bestows with a thick black velvet, which is
regenerative properties and ravenous hunger cold to the touch. Voices from
to the wearer. You regain 1d6 hit point at the beyond carry your message
start of your turn if you are below half your outward. Using this item, you
hit point maximum and not at 0 hit points. If can cast the sending spell
you take acid or fire damage, this trait doesn't once per day. When cast this
function at the start of your next turn. In way, the message can consist
addition, you inherit a troll’s sensitive nose of only 5 words, and the
and robust gut, granting you advantage on receiver takes 1d6 cold
Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on damage.
smell, and you can subsist on raw or rotten
flesh. “Eternal sleep, can’t make
me’ the voice
Curse. This armor is cursed, and those who whispered, as a chilling
don it inherit the troll’s voracious appetite. tingle ran down my spine.”
Becoming attuned to it extends the curse to
you. Until the curse is broken with remove
curse or similar magic, you are unwilling to WAND OF SWARMS
part with the armor, wearing it at all times.
You require four times as much food as Wand, very rare (requires attunement by a
normal and prefer meat. When presented spellcaster)
with a corpse, you must make a DC 15 School of Magic: Conjuration, Enchantment.
Wisdom saving throw or spend a turn This arcane focus hums with the buzzing of
consuming some of its flesh. the thousands of tiny insects that reside
Lore. With a within. This wand has 7 charges. While
successful DC 20 holding it you can use an action to expend
Intelligence some of its charges to cast one of the
(Arcana or following spells (save DC 17):
History) Infestation (1 Charge).
check (those
with a Giant Insect, Web (3 Charges).
background
related to research Insect Swarm (5 Charges).
such as the scholar The wand regains 1d4 + 1 charges daily
gain advantage on at dawn. If you expend the wand’s last
this check) a charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand
character discerns crumbles apart and a swarm of
that the crafting of insects appears in your space,
this armor was a foul and intensive process as acting after you in initiative,
the troll had to be alive during most of the using its action to attack you.
crafting and tanning. As such, the armor is
soaked in the troll’s malice, pain, and hunger. “I’m not saying it’s not a
useful wand, I'm saying
“Oh, by the gods! I think I can feel it it’s disgusting and I
squirming.” want it away from
me.”

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WHALE BONE CORSET OF Once per day at dawn the bowl magically fills
with a dark liquid, which you can drink to
DEEP DIVING gain one piece of knowledge, which lasts for 8
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement) hours:
School of Magic: Enchantment • Knowledge of Life. You can innately
A lace-trimmed corset made from the bone cast the cure wounds and healing word
of slaughtered leviathans. While worn, you spells twice each. Wisdom is your
can hold your breath underwater for 1 hour, spellcasting modifier for these spells.
and you gain a swimming speed of 40 feet. • Knowledge of Death. You can innately
Curse. Once you put on this corset, you cast the animate dead spell three times
can’t take it off unless you are targeted by the without requiring material components.
remove curse spell or similar magic. While • Knowledge of the Arcane. You can
wearing the corset away from water, your innately cast the identify and shield spells
breaths are as strained as those of a stranded twice each without requiring material
leviathan. While not submerged in water, you components.
can breathe for a number of hours equal to 1
+ your Constitution modifier (minimum of • Knowledge of Truth. You can innately
1) after which you gain a level of exhaustion cast the zone of truth and suggestion
for each subsequent hour spells twice each.
it is worn. • Knowledge of the Mad King. You can
Submerging innately cast the wish spell once.
in water for 10
minutes Cursed. Upon drinking from the bowl, you
removes levels of feel your mind assailed by the madness of
exhaustion gained King Veradice, and are afflicted with
in this way. indefinite madness, which lasts for 8 hours. If
you attempt to innately cast the wish spell,
“Pained, laboured you can only replicate a spell of 5th-level or
breaths; an ever lower. If you attempt to use any other
tightening features of the spell, the casting fails and you
sensation in the are immediately afflicted with a random long-
chest. What a term madness (see Dungeon Master’s Guide
small price to pg. 260 for madness effects).
pay...”
“What knowledge does thy mind offer me
today? Murder and Intrigue? Power and
THE WISHKEEPER’S BOWL Magic? Or perhaps, today is the day I learn
Wondrous item, very rare the truth... Oh, blessed waters, allow me to
School of Magic: Enchantment listen to your wisdom once more…”

This simple silver bowl is said to have been

created by the mad king Veradice, and
contains a drifting fragment of the ancient
ruler’s dark magic.

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WITCH BANE
Weapon (rapier), very rare (requires
attunement)
School of Magic: Abjuration
Forged from otherworldly metals under the
light of the north star, this eldritch weapon
hums with magical power and glows brightly
when a spellcaster is near.
You gain a +1 bonus to attack and
damage rolls with this magic weapon. When
you attack a spellcaster using this weapon,
you gain advantage on the attack roll, and the
weapon deals an additional 1d8 force damage
on a successful hit.
Additionally, the weapon has three
charges. You can use your reaction and
expend 1 or more charges to cast the
counterspell spell, at either 3rd-level (1
charge), 4th-level (2 charges) or 5th-level (3
charges).
Furthermore, when you are subjected to a
spell that targets only you, you can use your
reaction and thrust the
blade into the air to
force the caster to
make a DC 15
check using their
spellcasting
ability modifier. On a failure, the
spell fails to cast, and its essence is
drawn into the blade. The weapon
then regains 1 charge.You can use
this feature once. The blade regains
the use of this feature at the next
dawn.
“I have not lived through a
hundred battles to be bested by a
mere sword. But of course, this is
no mere sword.. Is it?”
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WOOD SCYTHE
Weapon (halberd), rare
School of Magic: Conjuration
This golden scythe blade is held by a gnarly
growth of wood, still magically green of leaf.
The artifact seems to quiver with power, the
might of a deadly blade held in check by
equally powerful living wood—the struggle
of nature and industry. It almost seems as
though the blade periodically tries to shake
itself free from the wood, but the wood
always grows stronger and maintains its hold.
You gain a +2 bonus to attack and
damage rolls made with this weapon. Once
per turn, when you attack a creature that
wields a weapon made of metal, that creature
must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving
throw or it is disarmed. Its weapon falls to the
ground at its feet, held in place by strong
roots that spontaneously spring up around it.
Picking up the weapon again requires a
successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check.
The scythe has 3 charges, which recover
daily at dawn. By expending
one charge, as part of your
attack action, you can cast
the entangle spell,
centered on yourself.
The spell save DC
against this spell is
15, and you are
immune against it
while wielding the wood scythe.
While wielding this weapon
you have disadvantage on attacks
against Plant creatures with this
weapon.
“Be careful where you put your axe
around these woods… they may not
like it.”—Tara, guide
YORKA, THE BITING SHIELD Deafening Scream (1 charge). As a bonus
action, you can cause the shield to scream.
Armor (shield), rare (requires attunement) Each creature in a 20-foot cone originating
School of Magic: Conjuration from the shield must make a Constitution
This ancient bronze shield depicts a curious, saving throw. On a failed save, a creature
almost comical, fiendish face that scowls and takes 2d8 thunder damage, is pushed 10 feet
growls. While you hold the shield, on your directly away from the shield, and is deafened
initiative count but after your turn, it until the beginning of its next turn. On a
attempts to bite a hostile creature within 5 successful save, the creature takes half as
feet of it. It makes a melee attack roll at +6 much damage and isn't pushed or deafened.
and deals 1d8 + 3 piercing damage. The In addition, unsecured objects that are
attack is magical. completely within the area of effect are
automatically pushed 10 feet away from the
The shield has 3 charges for the shield by the effect, and the scream emits a
following properties (DC 15). The shield thunderous boom audible out to 500 feet.
regains 1 charge daily at dawn and 1 charge
when it reduces a hostile creature to 0 hit Lore. With a successful DC 20 Intelligence
points. The shield must be fed 10 pounds of (Arcana or History) check (warlocks and
flesh every day. If it is not fed before those with a background related to research
completing a long rest, it will attempt to bite such as the sage gain advantage on this check)
the wielder once at the end of that long rest, a character recalls that this shield is a type of
and once during each following short or long peculiar construct forged in the lower planes
rest until it is fed. During this period it does and is not sentient. Its magic is fueled by
not regain charges. blood and flesh. The shield isn’t evil. It is
simply a tool.
Intercede (1 charge). As a reaction to being
attacked or making a Dexterity saving throw, “So, uh, what is with this thing? Is it sentient?
you can cause the shield to grant you half Haunted? Or just hungry?”
cover.
Guttural Roar (3 charges). As an action,
you can cause the shield to roar loudly. Each
creature in a 30-foot radius centered on the
shield must succeed on a Wisdom saving
throw or drop whatever it is holding and
become frightened for the duration. While
frightened, a creature must take the Dash
action and move away from the shield by the
safest available route on each of its turns,
unless there is nowhere to move. If the
creature ends its turn in a location where it
doesn't have line of sight of the shield, the
creature can make a Wisdom saving throw.
On a successful save, the spell ends for that
creature.

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ZULEIKA’S JAWLINE The amulet regains all expended charges
daily at dusk.
Wondrous Item, rare (requires attunement),
School of Magic: Transmutation Cursed. This item is cursed, which cannot
be revealed by an identify spell or similar
These two aged jawbones of a werewolf are magic, or by attuning to it. While
tied together at the joints with a blood- transformed, you must roll a d20 whenever
drenched prayer ribbon. Suspended by the you deal damage. On a roll of 1 while in
bands between them is the unholy symbol of hybrid form, or on a roll of 1-2 while in wolf
Mother Night, the Barovian deity of shadows form, your alignment shifts to neutral if you
and darkness. A dangerous and dark allure were good or to evil if you were neutral;
oozes from this amulet, like mist from a nothing happens if you are evil.
tomb.
“Zuleika was a murderous, monstrous thing.
This amulet has three charges. While Don’t think that wild blood doesn’t still run
wearing the amulet, you can use your action through that bone.”— Carl Zuleknikov,
to expend charges and invoke the animalistic werewolf hunter
spirit trapped within to transform yourself
into a werewolf (2 charges for wolf form, or 1
charge for hybrid form). Your transformation
lasts for one hour. It ends early if you are
reduced to 0 hit points or when you end it as
a bonus action. Equipment worn by you
melds into your wolf form. You cannot cast
spells while transformed but you can
maintain concentration on a spell you cast
before. You retain your Intelligence, Wisdom
and Charisma scores and your personality.
You can use all your abilities as usual while in
hybrid form, but only your werewolf abilities
while in wolf form.

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