Tuesday, January 30, 2024

3 Magic Items

Boots of Traveler’s Bane

A pair of nice dusty black leather boots. The tongue of the boots show stitching depicting a traveler looking out on a vista about to start their journey. 

The bottom of the soles show an engraving of what looks like the same traveler writhing on the ground in pain as his feet have swollen to massive size. 

A cursed pair of leather boots. Once you put them on they feel very comfortable and keep your feet warm. The boots seem to match your exact size as well.

For every 50ft the wearer walks, a pebble forms insides one of the boots. If there is no more room for pebbles to form, they start forming inside the feet. The wearer isn’t injured by these pebbles.

The boots won’t come off until the curse is removed from the one affected. Another way is to accrue enough pebbles inside your feet that the swelling tears the shoes at the seems. The pebbles inside the feet only disappear if the curse is magically removed.


Nightingale Whistle

A birch wood whistle. Depicts a mustached mouth and closed hands with extended pinkies. The tongue and the tips of the pinkies are between the slightly clenched teeth, creating the fipple.

 A fragile magical whistle. If blown a harsh wind radiates up to 500ft from the blower, strong enough to easily topple and snap trees. It quickly crumbles to dust after blown.


Numb Ring

An iron ring. It’s entire surface is covered in smooth tiny bumps and gaps that feel nice to touch.

A cursed ring that once put on causes your legs to fall asleep as long as you wear the ring. It can’t come off unless the curse is removed from the one wearing the ring.


Author's Note.
Found some old TTRPG stuff and wanted to post it. No real inspirations I can remember for the first and third one. The second is directly inspired by Nightingale the Robber. Who I was first exposed to Along Unknown Paths (1983). Much more comic relief as far as I remember than a threat. 

Looking back on these I think I really like the boots item the most. Particularly the details on the tongue and sole of the boots.

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