Zobeck: Magic Items for Sale

Reaction Roll

Sometime a player may choose to schmooze or intimidate a purveyors of magic item. These NPCs start off at indifferent unless they are dealers of illicit goods, which start at hostile. Player makes a Charisma (ability) check to modify the NPC's initial reaction.

Example: Rodger goes to see his friendly neighborhood magic item purveyor, Tannis. Rodger is 1st level and has a +5 to his Charisma (Persuasion). Rodger rolls an 16 for a total of 21, moving Tannis' current reaction up to Friendly. More rolls like this or maybe a special mission and Rodger may permanently increase Tannis' base reaction.

Conversation Reaction Table

Loyal DC	Friendly DC	Indifferent DC	Unfriendly DC	Hostile DC	Current Reaction	Discount %
			0	10	Hostile	0
		0	10	20	Unfriendly	5
	0	10	20		Indifferent	10
0	10	20			Friendly	15
10	20				Loyal	20

Magic Stock Roll

Once per session a single player can make a Charisma (ability) roll DC 15. The amount above 15 is number of times they roll on Table 1 below (minimum 1).

Example: Rodger talks to Tannis about his magic item stock and is asked to roll Charisma (Persuasion). He gets a 12 for a total of 17; two rolls on the table! Rodger rolls a 67 and a 24, two common magic items individually priced at 85GP takling in the 15% discount from his reaction.

Table 1: Magic Item Stock

d100	Table	Cost (-React DC%)
01-75	Table A: Minor Common Magic Items	100GP
76-99	Table B: Minor Uncommon Magic Items	500GP
00	Table C: Minor Rare Magic Items	5,000GP

Minor common

d12	d10	Item	Type	Attune?
1	1-2	Armor of gleaming	Armor	No
1	3-4	Bead of nourishment	Wondrous item	No
1	5-6	Bead of refreshment	Wondrous item	No
1	7-8	Boots of false tracks	Wondrous item	No
1	9-0	Candle of the deep	Wondrous item	No
2	1-2	Cast-off armor	Armor	No

d12	d10	Item	Type	Attune?
2	3-4	Charlatan's die	Wondrous item	Yes
2	5-6	Cloak of billowing	Wondrous item	No
2	7-8	Cloak of many fashions	Wondrous item	No
2	9-0	Clockwork amulet	Wondrous item	No
3	1-2	Clothes of mending	Wondrous item	No
3	3-4	Dark shard amulet	Wondrous item	Yes (Wk)
3	5-6	Dread helm	Wondrous item	No
3	7-8	Ear horn of hearing	Wondrous item	No
3	9-0	Enduring spellbook	Wondrous item	No
4	1-2	Ersatz eye	Wondrous item	Yes
4	3-4	Hat of vermin	Wondrous item	No
4	5-6	Hat of wizardry	Wondrous item	Yes (Wz)
4	7-8	Heward's handy spice pouch	Wondrous item	No
4	9-0	Horn of silent alarm	Wondrous item	No
5	1-2	Instrument of illusions	Wondrous item	Yes
5	3-4	Instrument of scribing	Wondrous item	Yes
5	5-6	Lock of trickery	Wondrous item	No
5	7-8	Moon-touched sword	Weapon	No
5	9-0	Mystery key	Wondrous item	No
6	1-2	Orb of direction	Wondrous item	No
6	3-4	Orb of time	Wondrous item	No
6	5-6	Perfume of bewitching	Wondrous item	No
6	7-8	Pipe of smoke monsters	Wondrous item	No
6	9-0	Pole of angling	Wondrous item	No
7	1-2	Pole of collapsing	Wondrous item	No
7	3-4	Pot of awakening	Wondrous item	No
7	5-8	Potion of climbing	Potion	No
7	9-0	Rope of mending	Wondrous item	No
7	1-2	Ruby of the war mage	Wondrous item	Yes (SC)
8	3-4	Shield of expression	Armor	No
8	5-6	Smoldering armor	Armor	No
8	7-8	Spell scroll (cantrip)	Scroll	No
8	9-0	Spell scroll (1st level)	Scroll	No
8	1-2	Staff of adornment	Staff	No
9	3-4	Staff of birdcalls	Staff	No
9	5-6	Staff of flowers	Staff	No
9	7-8	Talking doll	Wondrous item	Yes
9	9-0	Tankard of sobriety	Wondrous item	No

d12	d10	Item	Type	Attune?
9	1-2	Unbreakable arrow	Weapon	No
10	3-4	Veteran?s cane	Wondrous item	No
10	5-6	Walloping ammunition	Weapon	No
10	7-8	Wand of conducting	Wand	No
10	9-0	Wand of pyrotechnics	Wand	No
10	1-2	Wand of scowls	Wand	No
11	3-4	Wand of smiles	Wand	No
11	5-6	Brawler's Leather	Weapon	No
11	7-8	Lifeblood Gear, Small	Wondrous item	No
11	9-0	Spicebox Spoon	Wondrous item	No
12	1-4	Tactile Unguent	Potion	No
12	5-6	Tailor's Clasp	Wondrous item	No
12	7-8	Whispering Powder	Wondrous item	No
12	9-0	Roll Again Twice	-	-

Table B: Minor Uncommon Magic Items

2d8	Item	Type	Attune?
11	Alchemy jug	Wondrous item	No
12	Ammunition,+1	Weapon	No
13	Bag of holding	Wondrous item	No
14	Cap of water breathing	Wondrous item	No
15	Cloak of the manta ray	Wondrous item	No
16	Decanter of endless water	Wondrous item	No
17	Driftglobe	Wondrous item	No
18	Dust of disappearance	Wondrous item	No
21	Dust of dryness	Wondrous item	No
22	Dust of sneezing and choking	Wondrous item	No
23	Elemental gem	Wondrous item	No
24-25	Eyes of minute seeing	Wondrous item	No
25	Goggles of night	Wondrous item	No
26-27	Helm of comprehending languages	Wondrous item	No
28-31	Immovable rod	Rod	No
32-33	Keoghtom?s ointment	Wondrous item	No
34-35	Lantern of revealing	Wondrous item	No
36-37	Mariner's armor	Armor	No
38-41	Mithral armor	Armor	No
42-43	Oil of slipperiness	Potion	No
44-45	Periapt of health	Wondrous item	No
46-47	Philter of love	Potion	No
48	Potion of animal friendship	Potion	No
51	Potion of fire breath	Potion	No

2d8	Item	Type	Attune?
52	Potion of healing, greater	Potion	No
53	Potion of growth	Potion	No
54	Potion of hill giant strength	Potion	No
55-56	Potion of poison	Potion	No
57-58	Potion of resistance	Potion	No
61	Potion of water breathing	Potion	No
62	Ring of swimming	Ring	No
63	Robe of useful items	Wondrous item	No
64	Rope of climbing	Wondrous item	No
65	Saddle of the cavalier	Wondrous item	No
66	Sending stones	Wondrous item	No
67	Spell scroll(2nd level)	Scroll	No
68	Spell scroll(3rd level)	Scroll	No
71	Wand of magic detection	Wand	No
72	Wand of secrets	Wand	No
73	Alchemical Lantern	Wondrous item	No
74	Blinding Lantern	Wondrous item	No
75	Boots of Solid Footing	Wondrous item	No
76	Burglar's Lock and Key	Wondrous item	No
77	Clockwork Hand	Wondrous item	Yes
78	Fanged Mask	Wondrous item	Yes
81	Gliding Cloak	Wondrous item	Yes
82-83	Hardening Polish	Potion	No
84	Jungle Mess Kit	Wondrous item	No
85	Scoundrel's Gambit	Wondrous item	No
86	Shifting Shirt	Wondrous item	No
87	Shoes of the Shingled Canopy	Wondrous item	Yes
88	Spider Grenade	Wondrous item	No

Table C: Minor Rare Magic Items

d8	Item	Type	Attune?
1	Bag of Traps	Wondrous item	No
2	Boots of the Swift Striker	Wondrous item	Yes
3	Catalyst Oil	Wondrous item	No
4	Ring of Giant Mingling	Wondrous item	Yes
5	Scarf of Deception	Wondrous item	No
6	*Shadowhound's Muzzle	Wondrous item	Yes
7	*Tick Stop Watch	Wondrous item No
8	*Tipstaff	Weapon	Yes

*Illegal and only available only at shady stores/sellers.

Inspiration

In the fifth edition dungeons and dragons, rules as written, inspiration can be used for advantage on a roll, before the roll is made. Most tables allow inspiration to add that die after the initial roll, I've taken that a step further and stole some rules from reddit and other places to make inspiration more useful. This can be dropped right into and d20 based system, and maybe a few others. What good is more uses for inspiration if you rarely get it? Worry no more, I have also came up with new ways to gain inspiration. Remember, role playing is a team sport so make sure to remind your dungeon master if you or someone else should gain inspiration.

Ways to use your inspiration*:


Reroll (not advantage, just reroll) any roll (even mine!).
Add a flat 5 to the roll.
Take an extra single action.
Auto stablize.
"If only I..."
You can use it to have retroactively planned or done something plausible offscreen, but you have to act it out.
You can use it to introduce a plot connection with a character that's plausible.
Regain one short rest ability.
Add advantage to a roll.

Ways to gain inspiration:


Role play a flaw (may need to remind the DM).
Doing nothing during downtime.
Press through multiple encounters without a rest (after 2nd recieve at begining of next encounter).
Reminding me of something not in their favor (Lair Action, exhaustion, etc).
Choosing to go into danger to move the story forward.

*Inspiration can not be traded or used for someone else except for changing rolls.

Travel

Traveling for long distances can be dangerous, to complete a travel scene players must complete a skill challenge. Each player can use a skill they are proficient in (with no assistance from others) and describe ho they helped the journey along. Region type traveled through determines base DC. For multiple regions take a weighted average of terrains traveled through. **For example**, 2 days through *civilized* terrain and 5 days through *wildlands* would be DC 14.

Terrain Difficulty Table

Difficulty	Example Terrain	DC*
Easy	Civilization	10
Moderate	Borderlands	15
Hard	Wildlands	20
Very Hard	Hostile	25
Nearly Impossible	Other Planes	30

*Each full week beyond the first adds +1 DC

The base range for the skill challenge is 8 successes before 3 failures, although this can be modified for different kinds of journeys. Each time a failure is rolled, the player must roll on the Travel Challenge Failure Table below. Except for encounters, these effects take place immediately and happens to each character present.

Travel Challenge Failure

d6
1	Lose 1 per each character level worth of abilities, spells count as 1/2 an ability.
2	+1 Exhaustion.
3-4	Encounter (2nd or third means harder encounter) upon arrival.
5	Lose level divided by 2 hit dice.
6-8	Lose 2 times the number of PCs pieces of equipment (bolts/arrows etc count as sold).
9-11	Lost add 1 day per level.
12	Lose 1 from attribute used until long rest.

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