One hundred different items that can add intrigue to your campaign.
d100 | Entry |
---|---|
1 | A shining pendant of white stone, engraved with a symbol that you vaguely recognize. |
2 | An ivory chess piece that once belonged to an Elven king. An adventuring ancestor of yours stole it and it has been passed down for many generations. |
3 | A quill pen crafted from the feather of a griffon. The feather can change the color of the ink being used on command. |
4 | A faded flag that belonged to a mysterious sea vessel. The ship was never found and you came across the flag washed ashore on the beach. |
5 | A troll's fang hanging from a leather cord. The troll was slain by a local folk hero and given to you as a gift. |
6 | The signet ring of a vanished monarchy. |
7 | Skull of a creature that nobody can recognize. It resembles a large bird with a hollow bone tube protruding from its forehead. |
8 | A large and curious-looking bulb (botanical). Nobody knows what will grow if it's planted. |
9 | A jar of unrecognizable spicy sauce that is from a foreign land. |
10 | A set of four bone dice, so worn that you can barely make out the symbols. |
11 | A silver ring with a small hidden compartment. |
12 | A fist sized glass eye. |
13 | An old music box that plays a vaguely recognizable song nobody can place. |
14 | A pocket-size photo that can blink. |
15 | A worn-out book of jokes your grandpa use to win your grandma. It's dedicated to you even if you didn't meet him. |
16 | A tiny dragon preserved in amber. |
17 | A river stone that crumbles when you hold it, but never gets smaller. |
18 | A mouse skull that floats when placed over a fire |
19 | A small tooth with a romantic scene carved into it in the finest detail. |
20 | A gem that projects an illusion of a girl in white, she seems to be asking for something. |
21 | A stamp for a wax seal of a design you’ve never seen before. |
22 | A matchstick with a statue carved out of the head. |
23 | A bottle of wine with a label dated from before the Spellplague. |
24 | A medal known to be awarded to heroes of a long forgotten kingdom. |
25 | An unsigned contract with an otherworldly entity that grants the undersigned a favor at the cost of one returned, any time any where any how. |
26 | A flower of unknown species that grows in an empty vase in a darkened room - no soil no water no light. |
27 | An engraved dagger that supposedly belonged to an adventuring family member. |
28 | A dark amulet found in a relative's desk/dresser drawer. |
29 | A piece of paper with the names of your present or future party members on it. |
30 | A mummified finger that crawls like an inch worm. |
31 | A small mirror that reflects how you might look in ten years time. |
32 | A tiny bell that sprinkles fine glitter when rung. |
33 | A intricately chased pommel that must have come from a very special sword. |
34 | A coin that always lands on its edge when tossed/dropped. |
35 | A trio of interlinked rings, which rotate slowly when put on a flat surface. |
36 | A vial with a liquid inside that never comes full to rest. |
37 | A rectangle of brass with cutouts and notches at regular intervals. |
38 | A tin box with a small, eternally lit ember inside. |
39 | A ring of dozens of keys, with no two matching. |
40 | An ancient animal femur, smooth and brown, with a silvered head. |
41 | A pearl earring that occasionally produces a mild electric shock. |
42 | A silvered horseshoe that points towards strong sources of magic. |
43 | An onyx astrolabe, also usable as a spell focus for the astrologically-inclined. |
44 | The skull of a doppelganger carved into a mask. Sometimes it still shifts and takes new shapes. |
45 | A silver pin in the shape of a lily with a blue gem set at its heart. |
46 | An ornately carved wooden ink pen that improves your handwriting. |
47 | A twisted stone ring with seemingly only one edge if you trace it with your finger. Grants the wearer pleasant dreams. |
48 | An old weathered stone that glitters in the firelight. |
49 | A small leather coin pouch that looks as if it can only carry one coin - a lucky coin. |
50 | A well worn copper coin with a hole in it, threaded on a cord. You always feel warm wearing it. |
51 | A small wooden lock box. The interior has a spot carved for an object, but the object is missing. |
52 | A pitcher in the shape of a cat that pours cream no matter what liquid is inside. |
53 | A stone carved in the shape of a squat frog. Whatever surface it is placed on becomes damp. |
54 | A miniature carved stone wizards tower, no longer than your hand. At night, the window at the top glows with a pleasant light. |
55 | An cold-iron nail twisted into the shape of a holy symbol. |
56 | A set of jadeite bangles with silver clasps, meant to be worn on the wrist. |
57 | A small, perfectly round crystal sphere, with a strangely shaped gold piece embedded in the center. The coin is from a distant and ancient kingdom. |
58 | A chain of rose gold and nine tiny rose gold bells in the shape of acorns. |
59 | A tiny, carved, rock crystal swan. |
60 | A two sided red and white chalcedony cameo necklace, banded with gold. The carving is of a pastoral scene on one side, and a snarling beast on the other. |
61 | A necklace of gold braid and nine knots, with an ivory clasp. |
62 | Brass toy cart with a removeable little brass hedgehog rider, pulled by a brass rooster. The cart is decorated with a noble family crest. |
63 | A dusty pink rose quartzite prism deeply etched with monogrammed initials. |
64 | A gold and azurite brooch in the shape of a knotted branch and berries. |
65 | A carved stone horned toad made of Labradorite weighing approximately 2 kilograms. The toad is comprised of four pieces and fit together like a jigsaw. |
66 | A scrap of folded paper containing a message. Every time it is folded and unfolded the message changes. |
67 | A pocket watch that won’t stop spinning. |
68 | A glass lens that makes the world appear black and white when looked through. |
69 | A jar with an eyeball floating inside that occasionally moves. |
70 | A solid sphere of ice that emits smoke but cannot melt. |
71 | A glove made of writhing vines. |
72 | A copper, hexagonal coin. On one side is a smiling face and the words “remember to live”. On the other is a skull and the words “remember you will die”. |
73 | A platinum hatpin with an image of a sailing ship. |
74 | A brass disk divided by a 23 pointed star, and inset 7 small glass beads around the edge, with a series of small gauged holes and notches drilled in the disk. They are astonishingly precise, and are a wonder of manufacturing skill and machined tolerances. |
75 | A tiny wooden box with a hollow globe of crystal filled with quicksilver and a fine-sized crystal glass boat and boatman inside it. The boatman occasionally changes poses, and sometimes catches little crystal fish. |
76 | A compact, rugged brass clock in a small travelling case, which tells the time accurately and never loses a minute so long as it is carefully wound each day. It accurately records the phases of the moon, as well as local noon, sunrise, sunset, star-rise, and local midnight. |
77 | A rectangle of cloudy white crystal, edged with silver. Looking through it will always show the position of the sun on a cloudy day. |
78 | A complete deck of antique playing cards that once belonged to a royal family. The face of one of the queens has been scribbled out. |
79 | A fine-toothed comb carved from a beautiful seashell and inlaid with silver. |
80 | A small bunch of grapes carved from a dark red crystal. Licking them or placing them in your mouth will give you the flavor of grapes, but no sustenance. |
81 | A curiously made coin of magically toughened glass, stamped with obscure ritual imagery and filled with quicksilver, without seams or air bubbles. They are about 20% larger than the size of a standard gold coin, but five times thicker and weighing 5 times as much as a single coin (10 per pound). To a numismatist collector it may be worth anywhere from 30 to 150gp. It contains 30gp worth of quicksilver. |
82 | A polished looking-glass made from a thin-slab of pyrite the size of one's hand. The back is etched with a sort of symbolic nonsense that resists decipherment. It weighs 4 pounds. |
83 | A heavy brass tube two feet long, and an inch across, in the shape of a stylized dragon's head and mouth. |
84 | An small statue of an animal, with a mouthpiece or whistle, and all made from terra-cotta pottery. When one blows through the end, the statue sounds authentically like the animal it looks like. |
85 | A small crystal ball filled with smoke. The smoke changes color to reflect the weather in a specific location. |
86 | A scrap of parchment outlining the solution to a puzzle. |
87 | A broach made from a large opal and the bones of giant insects. |
88 | A clear gem on a chain, that gradually changes color when exposed to different schools of magic. |
89 | A bracelet of silver beads. If a bead is separated from the bracelet, it will always roll in the direction of the wearer. |
90 | A whistle that attracts small mammalian creatures when blown. |
91 | A miniature trident, with fey patterns inscribed on it. |
92 | A small porcelain frog, which releases a little spray of water if stroked along its back. |
93 | A platinum gambling chip, with a small crescent piece carved out of the center. |
94 | A smooth reddish river stone, with veins of quartz and gold running through it. |
95 | A tiny book made of exquisite porcelain reliefs. |
96 | A clockwork caterpillar that walks in ever widening spirals. |
97 | A functional small scale model of a cannon. |
98 | A set of bone dice in a leather and velvet case. The dice bear runes instead of numbers. |
99 | A metal apple with individual segments made of lead, tin, copper, bronze, iron, silver, gold and platinum. |
100 | A nose to chin mask, which forces the wearer to talk in whispers. |