D&D 5E Xanathar's Guide to Everything: Common Magic Items

[Mistwell]

I like the "add a new cantrip from your spell list" item. That's pretty sweet.

 

[guachi]

I'm running UK3 from 1983 and there's a magic item in it that prevents/cures insomnia. Seems like the kind of thing that would be a common magic item.

And with magic items being so unnecessary in 5e common magic items are quite important and useful.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

So basically these common magic items can be what some of those mysterious trinkets that seem magical could turn out to be. I can see these being mined for all sorts of ideas.

 

[IchneumonWasp]

I love this. I'm so going to throw these things at my players.

 

[Li Shenron]

You are a fool if you think players won't find a way to make these useful! I think they are going to be great additions.

 

[IgnatiusJ.Reilly]

Well, given the context of the book itself, at least some of then are more useful to players than seventeen pages of character names.

 

[Remathilis]

You are a fool if you think players won't find a way to make these useful! I think they are going to be great additions.

I think they were aiming for "this gives a neat minor effect" vs "this makes your stats better in some way or allows you to circumvent the rules"

 

[Parmandur]

Well, given the context of the book itself, at least some of then are more useful to players than seventeen pages of character names.

I mean, based on the narrative, it's not that they "didn't have time" for real magic items, so much as putting them in was a last minute idea. I would have been fine with 27 pages of name tables (hmm, sweet, sweet name tables in a printed book), but this does seem like something folks will have fun with.

 

[mattkorz]

There are lots of little things these are going to be useful for:
* Filling out low-level loot piles in high-magic campaigns
* Tournament prizes
* Pick-pocketing nobles

Parties will find uses for even "useless" items. The creativity will help foster more interesting games.

 

[Ancalagon]

I am glad to see this. Wasn't it a bit strange that common magical items were... uncommon? I mean there were what, 3 in the game? I too was bothered by it.