Magic Items for the Everyday

[kirinke]

make the bag of holding something along the lines of a regular porta-potty.
the hole itself is covered with two concave ceramic slates (that have a permanent 'clean' type cantrip cast on them) that form a hinged bowl that is locked on the sides.

when you are done with your business, simply twist the knobs holding the slates in place and the um oderferous gift is dropped into the bag of devouring. Thanks to the clean cantrip placed on the slates, you don't even have to wipe them down.

Conversely, you could make this a specialized bag of holding. If you don't know the correct activation word, instead of neato items popping into your hand... you well get a fistful of um... offal.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Anything Clothes. A plain-looking shirt/pants/shoes that magically alters into whatever color, pattern, material or style you desire. Wanna go from Bumbershoot to a black-tie reception? Speak the command word and your tie-dye turns into tails. NOTE: Anything Clothes will not remove patchouli oil stench.

Commune-icator. Talk to God for just 5 cents a minute. Long distance charges may apply.

 

[shilsen]

I hope the hole is adjustable. If a smaller character dropped a little too much of themselves through the hole

Actually that aspect of it was intentional. Yes, I am a bastich

 

[Someone]

In one game, my character made the not-so-original quill that writes on it´s own.

 

[Felix]

As for port-a-potties, I would think that Ring Gates could work just as well, eh? Besides, that way, all the Johns in the kingdom could be linked to one particular province where the filth would be piled up.

And you could call that place... Jersey!

 

[Steverooo]

Ever-Full Pan - This covered pan has a hinged lid and is rather flat, to fit easily into a sack or backpack. Despite its small size, when the lid is closed and the holder imagines his or her (Its?) favorite food or drink, the pan will be immediately filled with it. The food produced is normal in all respects, and subject to normal spoilage, once removed from the pan.

Of course, Decanters of Endless Water have great utility in the home, especially if you live in the desert! Other items, such as Ropes of Climbing have utility for the common cottager, as well.

For travellers, an Amazing Oversized Tent which is larger on the inside than the outside, and functions as an extradimensional space (pocket dimension), with two rooms (one for mounts, one for people), kitchen, garden with fountain, bedrooms, furniture, etc. (maybe even an infirmary) would be lovely.

A Better Backpack than Heward's Handy Haversack would be one where, as the PCs advanced in level, the Leomund's Tiny Chest spell was cast at the owner's level. Thus, the higher in level you got, the more you could carry.

 

[Steverooo]

Magical Make-Up Mirror - A favorite of Noblewomen everywhere, by looking into this mind-reading mirror, and imagining her coiffure and makeup, any woman can look like a queen, in mere moments!

Magical Make-Up Mirror, Mark II - It can already read minds... This version can also tell its creator what it sees, there! (And you wondered why Noblewomen loved them!)

 

[Steverooo]

Murlynd's Marvelous Mystical Map

Murlynd's Marvelous Mystical Map inerrantly charts the course of its possessor, filling in the terrain for as far as they can see. It can be zoomed in and out on, and plots the possessors path across the map as a line of footprints... Using this map, a PC can always find north (or any other direction) without a Survival roll, and can always tell where they are in relation to where they have been, on the same plane. Mapping is done regardless of the Possessor's state, and works even during sleep, unconsciousness, etc. (although terrain will not be plotted when the possessor's eyes are closed, in total darkness, etc.) While the map will not help you get to a place that you have never been before, it will inerrantly guide you back to any place that you have ever been.

 

[trowizilla]

The Ring of Air Conditioning is something of a staple of my campaign. Pretty much, it's just endure elements: heat, with protection against sunburn added, but sooo very useful for deserts, rainforests, etc. Some NPCs were using them to preserve corpses as well.

We've also got the Bridle of Reducing Creatures, good for transporting the two horses, two mules, and riding dog my party keeps around aboard ships and such. It reduces any creature of large or smaller size to tiny size as long as the bridle is worn. The creature's nuitritional needs shrink as well. Not that funny, but useful, especially if you're trying to transport an army by ship.

Also, the cleric had a long, long quest to get a chunk of iron hit by lightning so he could have a magnetic ever-burning rock to stick to the front of his armor. He was also the one to go after the self-cooking shishkabob knife...heat metal + an obsession with shooting wildlife = weird trail cuisine.

As far as self-cleaning toilets go, it's not a magic item, but IMC there's a city of dwarves with their own take on a sewer system. They've got a system of tunnels and vertical shafts, with a toilet seat and a bucket of water in a closet at the top of each shaft. In the tunnels are captured oozes. Dwarf does his business, washes the shaft out with the bucket of water, ooze gets a meal of prime "organic material". If my pcs keep acting up, I may have the dwarf king accidentally flush his jewelry down the toilet one of these days and pay them to play plumber. Heh... ::evil grin::

 

[Rel]

Never used it yet, but I'll have to do a portable self-cleaning toilet someday. Which could be pulled off easily enough with a folding chair, a hole and a bag of devouring

We found something approximating this setup a few campaigns ago. But it was a Bag of Holding instead of Devouring. We dumped the bag out (before we knew what it was) and there was quite a mess. We later cleaned it out but we always called it "The Stinky Bag of Holding". The GM laughed at us because we would never store our rations inside it.