Top 5 Underrated But AWESOME Uncommon Items In D&D

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  • @DnDShorts
    @DnDShorts Жыл бұрын

    Keep exploring at brilliant.org/DnDShorts Get started for free, and hurry-the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription! MB on the Amulet of the Drunkard, in the game I'm in, the DM removed the restriction from once per day to once per person! RAW, you can only heal with it once, but we all know you'll be too high on mayonnaise by that point to mind

  • @josephmorse3089

    @josephmorse3089

    Жыл бұрын

    Question: are you gonna finish the Bard and Warlock subclass tournaments? It's been months and the finals are still non-existant

  • @jurgenhanewald673

    @jurgenhanewald673

    Жыл бұрын

    So if I can use a magic the gathering deck for the deck of Illusions, can I drop two Illusion and create infinite felidar guardians with my Kiki-Jiki and scare everyone with my illusion- army?

  • @TwelveTables

    @TwelveTables

    Жыл бұрын

    Still surprised to never see the Coin of Decisionry mame the list. Most dms don't mind me picking it up. Then they ban it forever. At rank 3 this coin is a mini wish allowing you to influence if something goes well or wrong. This can force a paradox that the dm has to resolve (coin determines lucrative but roll is nat 1 dm is now forced to say how a blunder has created a golden opportunity). An artificer can bypass its once per day limit by making new coins at the end of a long rest. Infusion coin, use coin, repeat. Now you can actually plan and the dm is forced to tell you what is most likely to succeed/fail

  • @jacobsimpson6278
    @jacobsimpson6278 Жыл бұрын

    My party has a artificer with an alchemy jug. He found the contents lacking so I am allowing him to attempt to craft potions into it in an attempt to augment what it can produce with the caveat that any auxiliary potions that the bottle can produce are not persistent, (I.E. potions not used disappear at dawn)

  • @MilethCitizen

    @MilethCitizen

    Жыл бұрын

    I had an artificer too in my party with one. We found out that if you burn mayo at a high enough temperature, it's as toxic if not more so to breathe than the exhaust from a diesel engine. That with some useful spells such as Wall of Stone and uhh. Yeah. War Crimes.

  • @darcraven01

    @darcraven01

    Жыл бұрын

    see, to me, this would make sense if the artificer was an alchemist subclass but other subclasses not so much probably

  • @weedweeb9211

    @weedweeb9211

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MilethCitizen Instead of mustard gas, its mayo gas

  • @captainpolar2343

    @captainpolar2343

    Жыл бұрын

    @@weedweeb9211 knowing artificers, someone probably has done mustard gas

  • @tsumihitsuki9538

    @tsumihitsuki9538

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe instead of disappearing at dawn, have the potions be unstable/chaotic/wild-magicky. It would heal, but at what cost? Speaking in rhyme for 2D4 days? Eyebrows unable to stop waggling for 3D8 hours? Fun stuff, not disadvantage to stealth because of a spectral saxophone following you and providing inappropriate background music. (I mean, that could be funny too, but yeah.)

  • @DnDShorts
    @DnDShorts Жыл бұрын

    What's the matter babe? You've barely touched your two gallons of mayonnaise...

  • @jonp8015

    @jonp8015

    Жыл бұрын

    I even used a cantrip to make it taste like something else this time... Just ignore the smell and it's great.

  • @WriterGirl90

    @WriterGirl90

    8 ай бұрын

    Last session in CoS, I used my alchemy jug to creat mayonnaise to set something on fire (yes, it’s flammable!) 😂

  • @1218Draco

    @1218Draco

    3 ай бұрын

    Pardon me, sir; do you have any Grey Poupon?

  • @OddAudreyLeeReally
    @OddAudreyLeeReally Жыл бұрын

    Sadly, the amulet of the drunkard can only restore 4d4+4 once, regaining this ability at the next dawn.

  • @DnDShorts

    @DnDShorts

    Жыл бұрын

    Mb, my dm uses a homebrew and I didn’t realise! The jug is still great though

  • @notacult420

    @notacult420

    Жыл бұрын

    Hate to pile on issues with the jug because I love the thing, but I actually ran the numbers and, rules as written, 1/2 an ounce of basic poison could not coat a single arrow, and would take three pours to do so. A weapon would take eight pours to coat as well. However if you are feeding them the poison than half an ounce will work just fine.

  • @Togethicc468

    @Togethicc468

    Жыл бұрын

    Get more amulets if you can

  • @Veran42

    @Veran42

    11 ай бұрын

    @@notacult420as an archer, Half an ounce could coat more than enough of the arrowhead to seriously injure somebody

  • @notacult420

    @notacult420

    11 ай бұрын

    @veran8770 I agree with you, but if you look at the item description for vial (which is what is used to hold the basic poison item) it says that it holds 4oz. The item description for basic poison says that a single vial of basic poison can coat three arrows. Basic math says that each arrow takes 1 and 1/3 oz. of poison to coat. Is it nitpicking? Absolutely. Is it accurate? Unfortunately so.

  • @kilo3989
    @kilo3989 Жыл бұрын

    Playing in the Grim Hollow setting with a werewolf in the party during a full moon--the Eversmoking Bottle saved the party's life by keeping them from losing control of their werewolf form. It's so useful!

  • @alittleantidote5852

    @alittleantidote5852

    Жыл бұрын

    Oooo I've just started a grim hollow campaign and am suspicious of another player being a werewolf... I wonder if I can get my hands on one

  • @kilo3989

    @kilo3989

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alittleantidote5852 My character had to do some... heinous things to get it on sale for half price, but it is very good. Best of luck to y'all out there!

  • @kaseymathew1893
    @kaseymathew1893 Жыл бұрын

    The Eversmoking Bottle also has prank potential, because it looks quite similar to an Efriti Bottle. Pull the stopper expecting a plume of smoke followed by a potentially wish-granting spooky dude, and you just get smoke. And it won't stop until you speak the command word, which is kind of hard to do while choking on smoke.

  • @burkhardstackelberg1203
    @burkhardstackelberg1203 Жыл бұрын

    Whoa! The eversmoking bottle connected with blindsight fighting style is the ultimate strategy against any beholder...

  • @jameslucas8660
    @jameslucas8660 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if one could modify an alchemy jug to produce a rather different kind of "acid" and, say, garnish the water supply of an enemy stronghold. Then have the party spellcaster cast a few "stimulating" illusions, after which one could retreat to a safe spot and break out the popcorn as the local denizens go completely "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" for a day or so.

  • @jameslucas8660

    @jameslucas8660

    Жыл бұрын

    Not to mention the ramifications of selling the same contents to an entire kingdom....

  • @benkayvfalsifier3817
    @benkayvfalsifier3817 Жыл бұрын

    I used an eversmoking bottle in a battle royal setting with my blindsight fighter. Everyone got ticked off and went for me first but it took 6 rounds for them to find me.

  • @BlursedSYNthesis
    @BlursedSYNthesis Жыл бұрын

    My favorite underated common item is the staff of flowers. It Counts as a magic weapon, and It holds 7 charges and refills 1d6+1 every dawn. As an action You can spend one charge to instantly grow any type of non-magical flower. Initially it just seems like simply a piece of pretty nature RP, until you stop to think about all the different interesting flowers one might grow. For example, some flowers like saffron make potent and valuable spices, many flowers have medicinal properties across a wide range of issues, from pain management to food storage, wound care just to name a few. Cannabis, poppies and hops are all flowers with interesting properties. Garlic is a flower, go fight some vampires. It's a cool early magic weapon for a way of healing Monk, not only is a staff a monk weapon, but at 3rd level when you get the proficiency in the herbalism kit you can use the staff to spawn herbal flowers for free potion reagents on the go. Maybe make it a side quest to find new types of flowers or recipes for potions.

  • @Hejjo_7

    @Hejjo_7

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually, the flower Eyebright in D&D cures a disease mentioned in the DMG and is pretty rare, so making 7 doses of that cure would be insanely valuable and would probably sell for a lot.

  • @philiphockenbury6563

    @philiphockenbury6563

    Жыл бұрын

    That sounds like a cool character

  • @ClashBluelight

    @ClashBluelight

    10 ай бұрын

    You could clear a room by growing a corpse flower, or lock somebody indoors by growing some giant hogweeds around them. Many flowers are vines, which naturally cling to surfaces. Use these to bind enemies, or block up doors and windows. There's a whole lot you can do with the ability to grow any flower at any time.

  • @Krwzprtt
    @Krwzprtt Жыл бұрын

    Plus, you can get REALLY creative with the characteristics of each liquid the alchemy jug can create. One time, one of my players used it to spray mayo on an invisible imp so it'd be covered in mayo, hence visible. It WORKED.

  • @lyntoncollins2758

    @lyntoncollins2758

    Жыл бұрын

    In one of the books by Hugh Cook (chronicles of an age of darkness - which I used as a backdrop to a campaign once), they have a jug where a character spits into it, then fills the room so they can escape out the trap door in the ceiling, gross, but effective :)

  • @bdp4

    @bdp4

    Жыл бұрын

    For maybe a second before the mayo goes invisible as well.

  • @michaelsorensen7567

    @michaelsorensen7567

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bdp4 don't think mayo counts as wearing an item, under what rules would they mayo be invisible too?

  • @LundunDansqua

    @LundunDansqua

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michaelsorensen7567 you aren’t wearing a sword when it’s in your hand, but that is invisible. The spirit of invisibly is really anything that isn’t the ground that you are touching becomes invisible. Though with it being thrown on after the spell took effect I would say the magic wouldn’t interact with a new thing being in contact. But if they got sprayed and then cast it again then I would say yes they and the mayo would become invisible.

  • @michaelsorensen7567

    @michaelsorensen7567

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LundunDansqua you aren't wearing a sword, true. But you're carrying it, and usually terminology is "worn or carried"

  • @abadidea5984
    @abadidea5984 Жыл бұрын

    I remember in a game when the GM was allowing our players to take their pick of wondrous items as a quest reward. One player requested Boots of Flying while I requested the Decanter of Endless Water. And while this GM was normally an "anything goes" kind of GM, I was surprised to hear him assertively veto the Decanter and not the Boots. Probably because knew just as well as we did that the Decanter had much more destructive potential than the boots did.

  • @SundayKnightDM
    @SundayKnightDM Жыл бұрын

    I once pulled the red dragon card from the deck of illusion. and the entire party used the distraction of the red dragon card to defeat a green dragon, as it thought the dragon was real... we even used all out attacks to look like they came from the dragon. It was epic, as my wizard used 6th lvl fireball. And the other attacks came from the same 'action' 150 points of damage from an illusionary dragon.

  • @nicholaslanze6963
    @nicholaslanze6963 Жыл бұрын

    My Sorceress was given an eversmoking bottle and a ring that gives her blindsight. I haven't had to use this combo yet but I'm excited for when I'll need it.

  • @OneNameMarty

    @OneNameMarty

    Жыл бұрын

    My rouge got this exact combo. They were a real chore to balance encounters around.

  • @nicholaslanze6963

    @nicholaslanze6963

    Жыл бұрын

    @@OneNameMarty I am a fair player and I will not abuse this ability. I've had the combo for 5 sessions and have yet to use it. It'll basically be my time to save the party option.

  • @OneNameMarty

    @OneNameMarty

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nicholaslanze6963 oh, by no means did I say it was a cheap combo, and the rest of my party had their own tricks and the rouge managed to sync up the smoking bottle with other martial PCs for great effect! (Spellcasters we’re a little annoyed losing sight though :P), and they all managed to keep it fresh each session, which I quite enjoyed. Use this tactic to your DM’s content!

  • @LittleThymbol
    @LittleThymbol Жыл бұрын

    Funny thing about the Bag of Tricks, it doesn't specify how long the creatures actually last for as far as rules as written goes. The "until dawn" part refers to when the bag can be used again for pulling out creatures. In my campaign, my rogue had a brown bear that he pulled from the bag that just wouldn't die, even in the most challenging fights. Eventually they entered the Feywild which gave me an opportunity to get rid of the bear by having a fey creature cast awaken on it when the part left it behind. Since then the bear has read a few special books and now teaches at a prestigious school.

  • @uni123369

    @uni123369

    Жыл бұрын

    >The creature vanishes at the next dawn or when it is reduced to 0 hit points.

  • @brad6817

    @brad6817

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks for the laugh

  • @LittleThymbol

    @LittleThymbol

    Жыл бұрын

    @Rue Gemini if you're looking at the Roll20 version, that is 100% errata. Try and find the DMG version, says nothing about 0hp or dawn for it vanishing.

  • @randa4382

    @randa4382

    Жыл бұрын

    Oook?

  • @LittleThymbol

    @LittleThymbol

    Жыл бұрын

    @@randa4382 ?

  • @Kantohammer
    @Kantohammer Жыл бұрын

    We have a pub on our spelljammer ship. There is a “stool of the drunkard” for each player at the bar that is functionally the amulet. There’s even an option to use the tankard of sobriety if they want to heal quick without the consequences.

  • @taigenraine
    @taigenraine Жыл бұрын

    The other hidden value of the eversmoking bottle is that nearly every spell requires line of sight. This can shut down a lich or a beholder nearly entirely, so if you have a mostly martial group this can be the most powerful item in the game.

  • @kvar_runeback
    @kvar_runeback Жыл бұрын

    The jug was the item I chose for free when I made a drunken master, and in that same campaign the party got a bag of tricks. These were really fun! And since they don't require attunement, we could also loot the ton of homebrew items the DM made (all attunement to avoid decking us out too much too early) The eversmoking bottle was just bought by a player I DM for and they are going to get such a blast from it (I am going to suffer but that's my fault)

  • @Ailieorz

    @Ailieorz

    Жыл бұрын

    Same, my wizard was a brewer in hell so there was nothing she could drink. Multi class to artificer and problem solved

  • @lythrum42069
    @lythrum42069 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing, I've been looking for fun, balanced items to give my party. The deck of illusions sounds like the exact thing they would enjoy. Thanks so much!

  • @Lurklen
    @Lurklen Жыл бұрын

    Bag of tricks saved my party as we sailed on sunless seas in the Underdark. Before they retconned it that the creature disappeared, we brought out several animals and ate them, for that was the only food in that desolate place. We then had an immensity of bone jewelry to sell. Also, there's only so much acid the market will bear, at some point you'll be depreciating the value of acid. Then you'll have the alchemists guild on your arse! (They got a sweet deal going!)

  • @devonharvey48
    @devonharvey48 Жыл бұрын

    I had a character who used the deck of illusions to tell live stories to crowds for fun. My dm allowed me to pull any cards of my choice in non-combat scenarios, so that i could have a bit more interaction with the crowds. he was fun and i hope to play him again someday.

  • @nabra97
    @nabra97 Жыл бұрын

    "- If I'm lucky enough, I'd like to create a racoon and just leave it on it's own to make some troubles in the city. - I believe you need three of them. Mark them '1', '2' and '4' and watch as guards will search for racoon number 3"

  • @bobon123
    @bobon123 Жыл бұрын

    Amulet of the drunkard can be used once per day, not once per day per person. "Once the amulet has restored hit points, it can't do so again until the next dawn."

  • @albertonishiyama1980

    @albertonishiyama1980

    Жыл бұрын

    I think he's talking about a perfect setup where all the Beer is consumed by targets with Drunkyard Amulets. It's kinda irrealistic, but the whole point of the channel is talking about this theorical limits. Just like the elf sword that lives 50billion years is the feywild and pulls the "years become seconds" effect in the chart.

  • @darklordofsword
    @darklordofsword Жыл бұрын

    I once made a rather fun homebrew item based on the Bag of Tricks, "The Wrong Hat". A battered black tophat with a white ribbon band, of the sort used by stage magicians. The hat functions as *all three colors* of the Bag of Tricks magic item. When reaching into the hat, roll 1d4. Results of 2-4 determine which bag's roll table you use to determine the animal summoned, and otherwise function as normal Bag of Tricks animal summons. 1s produce a "dud" result; reaching into the hat produces, rather than a normal fuzzy ball, the fully formed head and neck of a creature from the Tan Bag list (DM's choice) which will snarl, then retreat back into the hat, expending one daily charge.

  • @mathewgaspay5877
    @mathewgaspay5877 Жыл бұрын

    9:12 my party of 6 which had 4 spellcasters in it sorcerer, bard, cleric, thought that Lorehold Primer was really broken. This is because I as the warlock told them how we can all have familiars by passing around a Lorehold Primer. It would work like this the bard attunes to the Lorehold Primer and after a long rest with the Primer gets the Find Familiar spell and casts it after they wake up. After they're done casting the spell have to unattune from the primer and pass it on to a different party member for them to repeat what they did. I was the only 1 who was okay with doing it.

  • @AresiusMajere
    @AresiusMajere Жыл бұрын

    The amulet of the drunkard can't be used that way. Only once can it heal someone, then it ceases to function.

  • @TheCrystalHive
    @TheCrystalHive Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, your math on Amulet of the Drunkard is incorrect. The item specifically states, "Once the amulet has restored hit points, it can't do so again until the next dawn." So, at most, it does 4d4+4 healing to 1 person per day.

  • @specialkender
    @specialkender Жыл бұрын

    I swear yours are the only ads that I don't mind. You have an actual talent for sponsors :P

  • @boywithgirlsname
    @boywithgirlsname Жыл бұрын

    As a player who has the Alchemy Jug and Bag of Tricks, I can attest these are VERY fun items. I give them out often in the games DM in. I've also given out the Eversmoking Bottle. Be prepared for shenanigans! Frustrating, but fun for a DM for sure .

  • @seethlaemmert5175
    @seethlaemmert5175 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent as always. I'm going to have to let my players get that bottle... After fighting the criminals that have it, of course.

  • @GrandDuchessTaco
    @GrandDuchessTaco Жыл бұрын

    I love the idea of creating a mayonnaise oil slick to make the enemies cry.

  • @richmeszaros3982
    @richmeszaros3982 Жыл бұрын

    Such a good video. Thanks for doing these videos.

  • @Matt-qt1oh
    @Matt-qt1oh Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for these. It helps keep my DMing interesting, and leaves my DMs impressed while I character play.

  • @markgnepper5636
    @markgnepper5636 Жыл бұрын

    Great stuff friend 👏 👍

  • @vgmfarnz
    @vgmfarnz Жыл бұрын

    Awesome job

  • @Zamun
    @Zamun Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the content.

  • @LordBrittish
    @LordBrittish Жыл бұрын

    I got an Eversmoking Bottle on one of my “Teenage Magic Ninja Tortles”. Perfect item for a Gloomstalker Ranger with the Blindsight Fighting Style.

  • @Ailieorz
    @Ailieorz Жыл бұрын

    So nice to see you trimmed your beard for the 'fuzzy object' 🤣

  • @Rothgar2137
    @Rothgar2137 Жыл бұрын

    "Selling content from the alchemy jugs is not a good thing for the game's balance." Meanwhile me, a Forge Cleric that recently started creating adamantine slabs for a befriended blacksmith:

  • @gamedokter
    @gamedokter Жыл бұрын

    I was literally *just* looking this up!

  • @emogarg
    @emogarg Жыл бұрын

    I always love the bag of tricks so so much.

  • @RIVERSRPGChannel
    @RIVERSRPGChannel Жыл бұрын

    Cool list

  • @stateofhibernation
    @stateofhibernation Жыл бұрын

    Deck of illusions and smoke bottle are a pretty great combo too. I used them to help take out most of a orc camp when I was just trying to be a distraction 🤣 There was a large clearing before we could reach the camp so I told the party to take a wide birth around to the camp as I'd make a distraction. I had my tiny servant, a box, hold the opened bottle in his head with the deck of illusion and some rocks with a sling shot. He rode on top of my owl familiar with a sattle I made with my lvl 3 conjuration magic. Once the two were close enough to the gates the deck was used and summoned the illusion of a knight and 4 guards that were just yelling and smashing their swords and Shields together as a battle cry as they emerged from the fog before being overtaken once again by it.The orcs attacked nothing 🤣 I cast through my owl, Dragons breathe on itself (posion) as my owl and tiny servant (who has blind sight) took out several orcs feet above their heads where they reasonably wouldnt be looking or even see🤣 The rest of the party was able to sneak up to the camp until someone stepped on a twig or something then the rest of the orcs seemed to not care about the knight and guards anymore 😅 or well, went way better than I hoped 😋👌

  • @jurakarok3343
    @jurakarok3343 Жыл бұрын

    I played a charlatan before who had an alchemy jug. His favourite scam was to create mayonnaise, re-flavour it with prestidigitation, place a perfumed item nearby to cover the smell, and sell the mayo as luxury desserts, either flan or pudding.

  • @jaysonallan3241
    @jaysonallan3241 Жыл бұрын

    Our Dm got pissy because of our use of the bag of tricks, especially when the giant elk yeeted his abominable yeti of the cliff it was standing infront off, even with 26 perception i didnt see it get stolen, then a few days later the town was destroyed by a dragon with the thieves and their gear getting toasted

  • @ieldore
    @ieldore Жыл бұрын

    The first half of the advert was absolutely worth watching

  • @21eiroeiro12
    @21eiroeiro12 Жыл бұрын

    as someone who recently got back into it i found the robe of many usefull items very handy as it gives you items that can be handy but you often dont think of getting

  • @milvioproductions6882
    @milvioproductions6882 Жыл бұрын

    Alchemy jug has becoming a running gag in my party. We find one in EVERY official campaign we played. Each time, DM say we found a jug, and each time it goes like "Oh ! It's the Alchemy Jug return ! Time to stop adventuring and start a business of beers, french fries and mayonaise !"

  • @suzannepottsshorts
    @suzannepottsshorts Жыл бұрын

    Felix the Tabaxi The wonderful wonderful Tabaxi Whenever he gets in a fix He reaches into his bag of tricks

  • @RealSaintB
    @RealSaintB Жыл бұрын

    Last Thursday the players in my game used an alchemy jug to spread mayonnaise on trapped floor tiles. Later on a gnoll beastmaster used a bag of tricks to summon a giant boar and the rogue used a robe of useful objects to trap the boar beneath an iron door...

  • @shadowolfnara4749
    @shadowolfnara4749 Жыл бұрын

    I got the ever smoking bottle. As a bugbear monk rogue that I'm in and it cover so i can sneak up in and attacks enemies. Just the thought of a bugbear quickly and silently is somewhat frightening.

  • @ianbraun271

    @ianbraun271

    Жыл бұрын

    except that you are blinded too while in the smoke.

  • @backonlazer791
    @backonlazer791 Жыл бұрын

    1:45 Do note that RAW animals that don't have hands can't grapple unless they have a feature which allows them to do so (which none of the Bag of Tricks beasts have). So apes and baboons are the only ones that can for sure grapple, while the argument could also be made for the bears and possibly the giant badger.

  • @MS-us9jv

    @MS-us9jv

    Жыл бұрын

    Unless you decide otherwise

  • @brianmaday9227
    @brianmaday9227 Жыл бұрын

    I cracked up at 'mayonnaise-fueled pirates.' Well-played.

  • @Hazel-xl8in
    @Hazel-xl8in Жыл бұрын

    as a DM i see the alchemy jug’s options as guidelines rather than rules: mayonnaise is there as a reference for how much liquid it should be able to make if the players have an “unorthodox” alchemy jug (or if you just let them make any liquids!), you could allow them to make other condiments at the same rate.

  • @shallendor
    @shallendor Жыл бұрын

    I had an Eversmoking bottle that my character had a hose and nozzle connected to it, so he could easily use it! in 1 high level game, i used it to calm down the combat when our 9 elves were charmed to kill the rest of us, while we had one player running around opening doors for the dispel magic effect!!

  • @AtlasGmng
    @AtlasGmng Жыл бұрын

    I actually have a tan bag of tricks in a campaign I'm playing in as a hexblade warlock. The party was trying to sneak across a military compound courtyard and avoid the guards eyesight from the watchtower in the center of the yard. We made it halfway across the courtyard to an alleyway and as we turned the corner I threw out a puffball that turned into a Baboon. I told the baboon to "distract that guard in the tower" and he ran across the courtyard, began to climb the watchtower, the guard saw him and took a shot with his arcane rifle, rolled a nat 1 and missed the baboon, the baboon got to the top of the tower, rolled a 17 to disarm that guard and proceeded to make an attack roll with the guards own rifle. Nat 20. The DM was doing all the rolls. The baboon dodged a rifle shot while climbing straight up, stole the guards gun and shot him in the face with it. We have memorialized Chester the baboon as a permanent member of the squad.

  • @renaissancenerd3801
    @renaissancenerd380111 ай бұрын

    my party had one of our most badass moments in our history because of a deck of illusions. we were effectively trying to escape the mob and did so by using various means to fly over the city's wall they had on their border. we were being chased by both the mob and also law enforcement, and one of the party thought a distraction would help, so he drew a card and it turned out to be a red dragon. everyone assumed he'd summoned it somehow since he was a powerful spellcaster, so they all freaked out, especially their mounts, while we just flew off laughing

  • @FarothFuin
    @FarothFuin Жыл бұрын

    A few stories using the items from the list: •Bag of tricks: im dming, the party is on stealth mode, a pc want to get a small critter from the gray bag of tricks... randomly release a giant elk (huge size, reskined as a rhynoceros on the campaing) on a 5ft wide wood hallway and destroy the walls and now everyone knows they're there... 😂🤣 every time the party drag the rhyno called Pedro, he is just send on a rampage line to distract and die, is now a common joke, even if they want other critter for other reason, if they drag out Pedro, they HAVE to send him to die to be a distraction... and it always works! AlchemyJug: as a DM i translated all the contents to metric system (litres)... because is EASIER!!! (Ask any baker/chef and actually anyone out of the USA) Deck of illusions: the party literally play yugioh and easte all cards on a single session between them 🤣😂🤣😂 worth it thou •not yet used the primers or anything from strixheaven, now that i tjink about it • eversmoking bottle: the artificer/rogue have it and use it so many times with the same result: the smoke appears... and nobody can see anything... party included 😂🤣 and usually the party is more affected than enemies extra story: it also happens when the rogue throws essence of ether, usually do it in between two creatures, herself and an npc, she thinks is like a smokebomb to run away, so both roll consaves and usually is her who fall unconscious and the npc is in awkward situation when the other pcs just grab her and drag her away😂🤣

  • @FarothFuin

    @FarothFuin

    Жыл бұрын

    ALCHEMY JUG Liquid | Max Amount | Metric •Acid | 8 ounces (one dose)| 0.227305 L •Basic poison | 1/2 ounce (one dose) | 0.0142065 L •Beer | 4 gallons | 18.1844 L •Honey | 1 gallon | 4.54609 L •Mayonnaise | 2 gallons | 9.09218 L •Oil | 1 quart | 1.13652 L •Vinegar | 2 gallons | 9.09218 L •Water, fresh | 8 gallons | 36.3687 L •Water, salt | 12 gallons | 54.5531 L •Wine | 1 gallon | 4.54609 L you're welcome!

  • @bradwolf07
    @bradwolf07 Жыл бұрын

    I a campaign last year, I had a grey bag of tricks...had so much fun.

  • @AtelierGod
    @AtelierGod Жыл бұрын

    You hurt Poptart the weasel? Your suffering will never end!

  • @thepicklebro9902
    @thepicklebro99028 ай бұрын

    Alright ya got me I'm subscribed

  • @GamerGrovyle
    @GamerGrovyle Жыл бұрын

    11:33 I am actually hosting a game like this inspired by your earlier short next week. Didn't know there'd be a guide for it but I am just gonna stick to my original plans.

  • @kittyloaf8730
    @kittyloaf8730 Жыл бұрын

    My husband played an Artificer. He picked up the Alchemy Jug. He had the Catapult spell. I immediately spent some time looking up suggested rules for poison and acid by weight. Well. He made two pounds of mayonnaise every single day and stored it in containers in his Bag of Holding. When he fought a Living Lightning Bolt in the Mournlands, he launched gallons of mayonnaise at it. I ended up making one of my first Reddit posts titled "Mayonnaise and Lightning". Eventually someone linked a video of a real life human being testing Mayo's efficacy as thermal paste. I love my husband, the Alchemy Jug, and Reddit.

  • @Xyronyte
    @Xyronyte Жыл бұрын

    MYzium Apparatus from Ravenekah is GAMEBREAKING! It's an uncommon item that let's you cast any spell in the game! Be sure to dip one level into every class and pick up expertise in arcana!

  • @Gerilyn2003
    @Gerilyn2003 Жыл бұрын

    Ahh...as my brother called it back in the 80's (we were teenagers)...the "Bubba Bag." Because he named every animal that came out "Bubba." We heard movement behind a door in a dungeon...he grabbed a furball, we opened the door, he threw the ball into the room yelling "Get 'm Bubba!" And we slammed the door shut. There was a squeak...a squelch...then sounds of disgust and several doors slamming shut. We had thrown a skunk into a room full of orcs.

  • @Fucknsbm
    @Fucknsbm Жыл бұрын

    Funny story so earlier on in this campaign one of the other players missed 2 times in a row for no good reason and our dm gave him crabs (our dm is the dudes sister) so she felt bad and gave him an alchemy jug and let him make crab shampoo🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @connormeriwether4486

    @connormeriwether4486

    Жыл бұрын

    Crab Shampoo?

  • @terijackson2958
    @terijackson2958 Жыл бұрын

    so good 💙🌼

  • @leenhellemans
    @leenhellemans Жыл бұрын

    I got a bag of tricks in one campaign and that item was sooo good. Pets galore and helped so much in combat

  • @seansimons1257
    @seansimons125711 ай бұрын

    once i played in an apocolypse setting where basically 99% of all plants and animals were petrified, and i was an artificer, so i used one of my infusions to make an alchemy jug to supplement a decent chunk of the party's food with mayo.

  • @nabra97
    @nabra97 Жыл бұрын

    I have heard an idea that on top of that as creatures pulled from Deck of illinois behave totally realistic and many of them being sentient, you can talk to whatever you pulled. I don't think you can get some new information, but at least it may be interesting roleplay opportunity.

  • @davisyoung5444
    @davisyoung5444 Жыл бұрын

    I like the idea with the eversmoking bottle

  • @benjaminkingsley-jones7832
    @benjaminkingsley-jones7832 Жыл бұрын

    I will say - the Mystery Key is straight up busted. As a common magic item that’s single use, it’s super cheap It has a 5% chance of unlocking a lock when used. The thing is, it can be used repeatedly on the same lock, effectively making it a game of ‘how many times do I have to roll before I get a nat 20, and it takes that many turns to open the door’. That makes it similar to a free knock spell, except completely silent. Even better, artificers can take it as an infusion, and so they can make one, for free, every long rest. Not as good when in a rush, but it’s invaluable in a stealth scenario.

  • @Year2047
    @Year2047 Жыл бұрын

    The bag of tricks with the the giant elk was the first magic item I was ever given. I love it.

  • @syrupchugger421
    @syrupchugger4217 ай бұрын

    Never even heard of any of theae. Thanks for rhe video

  • @Quadraxis
    @Quadraxis Жыл бұрын

    Grog: "And the jar was suddenly full of mayonnaise!" Vex: "So you have a giant jug of mayonnaise now?" Grog: ".... no I ate that too..."

  • @Rabijeel
    @Rabijeel Жыл бұрын

    Fill the Acid for the Spellcaster with Catapult. And I am a big Fan of the MegaMan-System: Have the actual BEG they fight - or the actual Bossbattle they did/do - have such an Item as a "Ninja" would produce a Eversmoking Bottle. Have them have the Chance of getting some stuff that gives them a breath Waepon when extracted and processed that "Fluids" from a Dragon - that even makes Alchemists great again as a Job. What made that "Monster" so iconic - let them have it and furthermore use it to their advantage, implemented in their Options of overcoming Obstacles. Rakshasa Hide (or Fur, if you have a CN Party into shaving Kittens) can be made into a "Cloak of Counterspell", a "Cloak of Mage Armor" and/or a "Cloak of Illusion" granting either invisibility or Disguise Self once a Day. A Merilith can drop a "Sword of Multiattack", granting the Warlock Invocation "Thirsting Blade" with it - making the Hexblade very happy for now getting 4 melee Attacks when Dualwielding or at least a Spellcaster feeling strong while aren't (no to-hit-bonus, additional Attack does not stack with other sources). And "Boots of Stealth" made from Goblin Hide are a wonderful Item to depict the "Evilness" of the Goblins they were found on - or the Group that made them.

  • @matttaylor1996
    @matttaylor1996 Жыл бұрын

    The amulet of the drunkard only procs once per dawn so while still a good combination it's not as big number levels of broken as you made it sound.

  • @halo2player3
    @halo2player3 Жыл бұрын

    I have a trickery domain cleric with a bag of tricks, safe to say it works together with the whole memeage

  • @CaptainWobbs
    @CaptainWobbs19 күн бұрын

    I recently bought a Robe of Useful Items for 500 gold, and among the items contained on it was 2500 more gold. Pretty solid purchase.

  • @davidbonatz1275
    @davidbonatz1275Ай бұрын

    During one interaction with a kid NPC, I had him pull out a fuzzy creature out of my bag of tricks. Luckily it was only a weasel, but I was kind of hoping he would pull out a wolf and we would get the chance to watch his parents have a panic attack. Either way it was a great little RP bonus.

  • @BassRacerx
    @BassRacerx Жыл бұрын

    I love the robe of useful items. so many opportunities to get you out of trouble or solve problems. like you never know when you will need a rowboat or a 20 foot ladder right? placing a patch on the wall that turns into an actual door. Literally get yourself out of jail with this thing!

  • @teamcyeborg
    @teamcyeborg Жыл бұрын

    Bag of Tricks is my go-to item for characters that get to start with items if I don't have any great ideas. It's just so useful, and gives a whole lot of character to what might otherwise end up as a bland one-shot PC

  • @gaelofariandel6747
    @gaelofariandel67476 ай бұрын

    10:55 I strongly agree with everything you say regarding the ESB, but they can't see you AND you can't see them, which means no one gets advantage/disadvantage but you/they don't need physical objects to hide (could even stand where they are, lol). This item is GREAT for Rogues if allies are near the enemy to still get Sneak Attack.

  • @Martick05545
    @Martick05545 Жыл бұрын

    How is quaal’s feather token (tree) not in this video! Forever considered the sleeper OP item since 3rd edition.

  • @matthewvonreighner5762

    @matthewvonreighner5762

    Жыл бұрын

    because is rare ?

  • @Cyb3rM1nd

    @Cyb3rM1nd

    Жыл бұрын

    They're rare and one-use only.

  • @alexanderlea7882

    @alexanderlea7882

    Жыл бұрын

    feather token (tree) is not at all powerful lmao

  • @clarkkent163000

    @clarkkent163000

    Жыл бұрын

    How is that OP?

  • @MrKezzerdrix

    @MrKezzerdrix

    Жыл бұрын

    Too well known at this point.

  • @gatorman5547
    @gatorman5547 Жыл бұрын

    My DM made the call to allow us to purchase magic items, one of the items was a bag of tricks. I’m playing as a swashbuckler battle master bugbear, one of my friends is playing as a dwarf echo knight, one of my friends is playing an oath of vengeance paladin half elf and one of my friends was playing as a shadow sorcerer human. Essentially our plans revolve around dumping out the bags’ contents and our sorcerer gives two of the smaller animals dragon breath to overlap a funnel of breath damage while the rest of the party circles around the outside for opportunity attacks at our victims who desperately try to get at the animals. Pretty useful item.

  • @jacobc246
    @jacobc246 Жыл бұрын

    for a common magic item combo artificer level 2 with two fabricate magic item pots of awakening. Wait a month for the pots to break and make whatever you want afterwards, the pots are to modify the shrub and are consumed afterwards so they don't disappear after losing the infusion. They're also not too OP to be banned but now you have two small shrubs following you around and getting information for you as they stealth around. Or if your DM let's you wait 10 years you get 240 of them

  • @TaraFromTerra
    @TaraFromTerra Жыл бұрын

    Might wanna reread Amulet of the Drunkard.

  • @godsamongmen8003
    @godsamongmen8003 Жыл бұрын

    I can't believe he mentioned selling acid, but not poison at 75 gold per vial. I'm definitely making good use of this with my artificer.

  • @HandsomeLongshanks
    @HandsomeLongshanks Жыл бұрын

    I'm totally getting a bag of tricks. You can easily get around the randomness but summoning them before you need them and coming up with a basic strategy before you get into combat. Granted, the element of surprising an emeny with a bear is then lost.

  • @wellcomewaggon8569
    @wellcomewaggon856911 ай бұрын

    "Mayonnaise prevents scurvy" *Pirate macaroni salad intensifies*

  • @edwardg8912
    @edwardg8912 Жыл бұрын

    First campaign I DMed (at age 16 in 2016) one of my players found a bag of tricks. Best use was when he was chased up a tree by an undead, he threw one that turned into a baboon at it, killing both the undead and the baboon with the resulting 100 foot fall

  • @dreamweaver6816
    @dreamweaver6816 Жыл бұрын

    I am SO GLAD to see a DM that uses Magic: The Gathering Cards in his game!!! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @emilsstrazdins3020
    @emilsstrazdins3020 Жыл бұрын

    Damn im early, nice to be a subscriber.

  • @MrSHADOWANGEL999
    @MrSHADOWANGEL999 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome indeed

  • @charmer129
    @charmer129 Жыл бұрын

    The bag of tricks kickstarter made it even better

  • @krose6451
    @krose6451 Жыл бұрын

    Why is my brain like this? When animal summoning came up and a goat was show all I could think about was the goat fro Shadow and Bone. I Havent Even Seen The Show! Just heard about it. But yeah, I would be summoning cuddly animals to comfort and calm party members, distract people, or use them to appear more approachable and friendly when needed.

  • @cottonsparrot
    @cottonsparrot Жыл бұрын

    My DM gave my character a bag of tricks and it is my favorite object in my inventory. I have had a giant boar destroy enemies in battle multiple times because of the charge ability lol.

  • @timberwolfbrother
    @timberwolfbrother Жыл бұрын

    I was an artificer in the middle of a desert once A group of raiders rode up to us I convinced them to give us a ride because my Alchemy Jug could make water but it would stop working shortly after I died

  • @OmneAurumNon
    @OmneAurumNon Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, the smoking bottle could be used at the set up to a great mystery one-shot with the king assassination thing. The smoke clears, and now you have to find the killer... before someone accuses you first

  • @the_mad_fool
    @the_mad_fool Жыл бұрын

    What a brilliant ad read.

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