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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 979409" data-attributes="member: 4441">The other day, I was in an antique store (yes, I'm an antique freak, I collect porcelain shoes, old bottles, and anything shaped like a crab or lobster), and I saw something really cool.  It was a tin box, covered with red velour, with gold colored edging on four little feet.  And It had a really nicely detailed butterfly on the lid with flowers and leaves worked into its wings.  Next to it was another tin box with a domed lid, in silver and gold, with an angel on it.  And I got to thinking - "Wouldn't those make great little treasure chests in D&D?"  Since both were cheap, I snapped them up (they're actually old candy tins).Then I got to thinking - "Well, if I use these as props, I need treasure to go in them!"  A trip to the candy store solved my problem for gold coins.  A trip to the hobby store got me some fake gems and pearls.  A trip to two different stores having sales got me some cheap jewelry (some of it was even vintage!).  And now I have the ultimate treasure chest.  But what was even cooler than the fake gems and coins was the jewelry.  I started wondering what kinds of magical properties they might have.  Here's what I've come up with (some aren't fixed).  Note that most of these are for a 1-2 level party.Silver chain with a quarter man-in-the-moon pendent - either a Necklace of the Moon Eyes that grants the wearer darkvision, or a Necklace of Moon's Favor providing an +2 AC bonus against lycanthropes.Silver pin shaped like a leaf - either a druid's pin giving the wearer the nature sense ability or a woodman's pin giving +4 to Wilderness Lore checks.Tiny bracelet with tiny hematite beads and larger silver a wood beads - a faithful blade amulet.  When wrapped around the hilt of a sword, the weilder can have magic weapon cast upon the blade by the amulet 3 times per day.Gold bracelet with amulets depicting sea creatures and objects (fish, turtles, shells, starfish) - This is the sea's friend bracelet that allows the user to breathe water and to have a swim speed equal to her base for 3 hours 1/day.Very long silver necklace with large silver beads at regular intervals - this is either a double-looped necklace on a Medium humanoid, or a double-looped belt on a Small humanoid.  Created by halflings, it is called the belt of hin's luck.  It grants the user +1 to all saving throws for 3 hours 1/day.Solid red ring - Carved from a single red stone (garnet, ruby, or other), this is called the bloodsaver ring.  The wearer automatically stabalizes when at negative hit points and never suffers the effects of a wounding weapon or attack.Gold ring with small green stones making up the leaves and three small pearls making up a flower - This green ring allows one to speak with plants 1/day for 5 minutes.  Butterfly made out of gold, decorated with red enamel and diamonds and rubies, it's thorax is a perfume bottle - I'm using this as is, though the perfume may have magical properties.  Perhaps wearing it gives one a +2 bonus to Charisma checks against fey, though it only lasts for 2 hours.  So who else has used physical props in the game?  Have you made up new magic items from things you've picked up?  Do tell!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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