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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 6699056" data-attributes="member: 54629">Hi all,For my Tyranny of Dragons campaign, my wife made a dwarf wizard who's best friend is a silver dragon. She wanted him to have an amulet made from one of the dragon's scales, and she was hoping it would be magical. I created a thread about that a while back, and I've since settled on making it function like a ring of warmth - so as long as the dwarf is attuned to the amulet, it grants him resistance to cold damage and lets him be comfortable at temperatures as low as -50 F. My wife also wanted it to make it so the amulet lets the dragon sense whether the dwarf is alive or dead.All good there.But while I was developing that, I thought I'd come up with similar little unique magical gifts for the other PCs in the party too. One of the other PCs is a human noble fighter based off the pregen from the Starter Set. As such, her bond is that her greataxe is a family heirloom. We also recently established that she is from Baldur's Gate, and since the party will be arriving in that city next session, I thought it would be fun to have a little vignette in which she discovers that her heirloom greataxe is actually magical! I still need to work out the details of the scene, but the effect I'm thinking of is the thrown property. Basically she'll be able to make ranged attacks with the axe with a range of 20/60 ft; after each attack, the axe instantly flies back to her hand. I don't think I'll have it do any extra damage, though, as 1d12+Str at range is already pretty good.The next PC is a goliath moon druid. His player has focused on having him only wild shape into bear forms, and we plan on reskinning some other monsters as dire bears and the like for later levels. I'm having a little difficulty finding a good item for him. One thought is a sort of bear totem that lets him use speak with animals at will but only with bears. Another might be an item that lets him talk even while in bear form. It's a shame there aren't very many magic items that are thematically appropriate for a druid in the 5e DMG. I hope they put out some more in a supplement soon.The last PC is an elf arcane trickster. I'm thinking of either letting him have a special magic bow or giving him some sort of elven-themed item, like boots of elvenkind or something, although I'm not sure I want it to be something that "generic", if you know what I mean.The reason I'm posting is twofold:1) Has anyone got any ideas for how I can reveal that the fighter PC's axe is magical? I was thinking that maybe the reason it hasn't ever registered as magical before is that its magic its either suppressed, masked, or depleted. Maybe she needs to go through some kind of ritual or test or something to unlock or recharge the magic. Perhaps she meets with her father or uncle or aunt or something in Baldur's Gate who shows her how to do this. Anyone got any thoughts on that?2) Has anyone got any ideas for thematically appropriate items for the druid and rogue?Thanks in advance!Regards,Jonathan</blockquote>

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