D&D 5E EN5ider #521 - Enchanted Trinkets: Treasured Toadstools

The trick is to make sure you're getting what you mean to—things can go horribly wrong otherwise.

Of course the druid or ranger wants to forage about in the sewers or wilderness so let them have some fun with mushrooms! Here are 20 fantastic fungi for adventurers to pick up—although it's not so simple as that. Each has a counterpart that can be difficult to distinguish, and those who don't take care might find that the mushbubble they've pulled over their head to breathe underwater is actually a frogwallop that tries to suffocate, or that the frost agaric they're eating to stay warm is really a flame agaric that makes them chillier instead! Diplanetic designs by Andrew Engelbrite, illustrated by Rachel Maduro.


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  • 521. Enchanted Trinkets: Treasured Toadstools. Of course the druid or ranger wants to forage about in the sewers or wilderness so let them have some fun with mushrooms! Here are 20 fantastic fungi for adventurers to pick up—although it's not so simple as that. Each has a counterpart that can be difficult to distinguish, and those who don't take care might find that the mushbubble they've pulled over their head to breathe underwater is actually a frogwallop that tries to suffocate, or that the frost agaric they're eating to stay warm is really a flame agaric that makes them chillier instead! Diplanetic designs by Andrew Engelbrite, illustrated by Rachel Maduro.
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Mike Myler

Mike Myler

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I thought the whole point of 5e was to make it less complex? if you want to add something like this there are much more content on this that would cover herbalism and such for rangers and druids both as well as a spelless ranger that uses poultices to do things.
 

Mike Myler

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I thought the whole point of 5e was to make it less complex? if you want to add something like this there are much more content on this that would cover herbalism and such for rangers and druids both as well as a spelless ranger that uses poultices to do things.
This article specifically is about 20 different magical fungi that can be mistaken for counterparts, but you could poke around in #7 Nature’s Remedy and #266 Herbalist's Knapsack for more down-to-earth rules on herbalism. The archive is pretty big and I bet there's probably another article or two pointed in that general direction.
 



Vincent55

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This article specifically is about 20 different magical fungi that can be mistaken for counterparts, but you could poke around in #7 Nature’s Remedy and #266 Herbalist's Knapsack for more down-to-earth rules on herbalism. The archive is pretty big and I bet there's probably another article or two pointed in that general direction.
yes well why pay a sub for crap that has what like 20 things or a short 5 page thing about something when i can buy a full book like Alchemy & Herbalists that may be 3.5 but easy to adapt.
 

Mike Myler

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yes well why pay a sub for crap that has what like 20 things or a short 5 page thing about something when i can buy a full book like Alchemy & Herbalists that may be 3.5 but easy to adapt.
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Vincent55

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1) EN5ider is quality stuff. We would not have reached over 500 issues if it wasn't. The proof is in the pudding.

2) The EN5ider pudding is without any doubt whatsoever the best bang for your D&D 5E buck. It's all of $5 a month to become a patron, and you have unlimited access to the archive right off the bat.

3) Don't subscribe to EN5ider and instead support the people who make the products you like! We're not hurting for support and I bet 3.5 era publishers like Bastion Press are not only eager to get all the eyes on their stuff that they can get, but are also worth putting more of your money behind (and conversion time too; for subsystems that kind of thing can be a snap). ☺
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