Magic Items

Purchased Magic Items

Name Rarity ▲ Location Table Result Source
Belt of Fire Giant Strength very_rare DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors Show
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Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement)

While wearing this belt, your Strength score changes to 25. The item has no effect on you if your Strength without the belt is equal to or greater than the belt's score.

Six varieties of this belt exist, corresponding with and having rarity according to the six kinds of true giants.

Ioun Stone, Insight very_rare Traded Trade Log Show
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Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement)
Roughly marble sized, Ioun Stones are named after Ioun, a god of knowledge and prophecy revered on some worlds. Many types of Ioun Stones exist, each type a distinct combination of shape and color.

When you take a Magic action to toss an Ioun Stone into the air, the stone orbits your head at a distance of 1d3 feet, conferring its benefit to you while doing so. You can have up to three Ioun Stones orbiting your head at the same time.

Each Ioun Stone orbiting your head is considered to be an object you are wearing. The orbiting stone avoids contact with other creatures and objects, adjusting its orbit to avoid collisions and thwarting all attempts by other creatures to attack or snatch it.

As a Utilize action, you can seize and stow any number of Ioun Stones orbiting your head. If your Attunement to an Ioun Stone ends while it's orbiting your head, the stone falls as though you had dropped it.

Your Wisdom increases by 2, to a maximum of 20, while this incandescent blue sphere orbits your head.

Rod of Alertness very_rare DDAL00-03 Those That Came Before DDAL00-03 Those That Came Before Show
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Rod, very rare (requires attunement)

This slender crystal rod is topped with flanged head made of obsidian, and tipped with horrifically sharp silver needles. The center seems to be filled with a curious liquid, within which several free-floating eyes can be spotted. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

This rod has a flanged head and the following Properties.

Alertness. While holding the rod, you have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and on rolls for Initiative.

Spells. While holding the rod, you can use an action to cast one of the following Spells from it: Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Detect Poison and Disease, or see Invisibility.

Protective Aura. As an action, you can plant the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rod’s head sheds bright light in a 60-foot radius and dim light for an additional 60 feet. While in that bright light, you and any creature that is friendly to you gain a +1 bonus to AC and Saving Throws and can sense the Location of any Invisible Hostile creature that is also in the bright light.

The rod’s head stops glowing and the Effect ends after 10 minutes, or when a creature uses an action to pull the rod from the ground. This property can’t be used again until the next dawn.

Tome of Understanding very_rare Hoard of Tiamat DDHC-ToD-17 Tiamats Return Show
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Wondrous item, very rare
5 lb.
This book contains intuition and insight exercises, and its words are charged with magic. If you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book's contents and practicing its guidelines, your Wisdom score increases by 2, as does your maximum for that score. The manual then loses its magic, but regains it in a century.

Ring of Regeneration very_rare DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors Show
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Ring, very rare (requires attunement)

While wearing this ring, you regain 1d6 hit points every 10 minutes, provided that you have at least 1 hit point. If you lose a body part, the ring causes the missing part to regrow and return to full functionality after 1d6 + 1 days if you have at least 1 hit point the whole time.

Staff of Power very_rare DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors Show
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Staff, very rare (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)

This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack rolls.

The staff has 20 charges for the following properties. The staff regains 2d8 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff retains its +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls but loses all other properties. On a 20, the staff regains 1d8 + 2 charges.

Power Strike. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can expend 1 charge to deal an extra 1d6 force damage to the target.

Spells. While holding this staff, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your spell save DC and spell attack bonus: cone of cold (5 charges), fireball (5th-level version, 5 charges), globe of invulnerability (6 charges), hold monster (5 charges), levitate (2 charges), lightning bolt (5th-level version, 5 charges), magic missile (1 charge), ray of enfeeblement (1 charge), or wall of force (5 charges).

Retributive Strike. You can use an action to break the staff over your knee or against a solid surface, performing a retributive strike. The staff is destroyed and releases its remaining magic in an explosion that expands to fill a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on it.

You have a 50 percent chance to instantly travel to a random plane of existence, avoiding the explosion. If you fail to avoid the effect, you take force damage equal to 16 × the number of charges in the staff. Every other creature in the area must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes an amount of damage based on how far away it is from the point of origin, as shown in the following table. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage.

Distance from Origin Damage
10 ft. away or closer 8 x the number of charges in the staff
11 to 20 ft. away 6 x the number of charges in the staff
21 to 30 ft. away 4 x the number of charges in the staff

Rod of the Pact Keeper +3 very_rare DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors Show
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Rod, very rare (requires attunement by a warlock)

While holding this rod, you gain a +3 bonus to spell attack rolls and to the saving throw DCs of your warlock spells.

In addition, you can regain one warlock spell slot as an action while holding the rod. You can’t use this property again until you finish a long rest.

Animated Shield very_rare DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors Show
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Armor (shield), very rare (requires attunement)

While holding this shield, you can speak its command word as a bonus action to cause it to animate. The shield leaps into the air and hovers in your space to protect you as if you were wielding it, leaving your hands free. The shield remains animated for 1 minute, until you use a bonus action to end this effect, or until you are incapacitated or die, at which point the shield falls to the ground or into your hand if you have one free.

Illithid Staff (Staff of Power) very_rare FR-DC-MIND-01 Mindflayed Adventures (Hoard) FR-DC-MIND-01 Mindflayed Adventures Show
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Staff, weapon, very rare (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)
Simple weapon, melee weapon
4 lb.

1d6 Bludgeoning
Versatile (1d8)
Mastery: Topple
This staff has 20 charges and can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack rolls.

Spells. While holding the staff , you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it, using your spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell.

Spell Charge Cost
Cone of Cold 5
Fireball (level 5 version) 5
Globe of Invulnerability 6
Hold Monster 5
Levitate 2
Lightning Bolt (level 5 version) 5
Magic Missile 1
Ray of Enfeeblement 1
Wall of Force 5
Regaining Charges. The staff regains 2d8 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff retains its +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls but loses all other properties. On a 20, the staff regains 1d8 + 2 charges.

Retributive Strike. You can take a Magic action to break the staff over your knee or against a solid surface. The staff is destroyed and releases its magic in an explosion that fills a 30-foot Emanation originating from itself. You have a 50 percent chance to instantly travel to a random plane of existence, avoiding the explosion. If you fail to avoid the effect, you take Force damage equal to 16 times the number of charges in the staff . Each other creature in the area makes a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes Force damage equal to 4 times the number of charges in the staff . On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage.

Harmonious. Attuning to this item takes only 1 minute.

Defender legendary DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors DDHC-TYP - Tomb of Horrors Show
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Weapon (Rapier), legendary (requires attunement)
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

The first time you attack with the sword on each of your turns, you can transfer some or all of the sword’s bonus to your Armor Class, instead of using the bonus on any attacks that turn. For example, you could reduce the bonus to your attack and damage rolls to +1 and gain a +2 bonus to AC. The adjusted bonuses remain in effect until the start of your next turn, although you must hold the sword to gain a bonus to AC from it.

Ring of Spell Turning legendary Hoard of Tiamat DDHC-ToD-17 Tiamats Return Show
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Ring, legendary (requires attunement)
While wearing this ring, you have Advantage on saving throws against spells. If you succeed on the save for a spell of level 7 or lower, the spell has no effect on you. If that spell targeted only you and didn't create an area of effect, you can take a Reaction to deflect the spell back at the spell's caster; the caster must make a saving throw against the spell using their own spell save DC.

Psychic Splinter (Blessing of Magic Resistance) unique FR-DC-MIND-01 Mindflayed Adventures FR-DC-MIND-01 Mindflayed Adventures Show
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Blessing

You have Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

The intense psionic scream of a dying elder brain dragon left a psychic splinter in your brain. For the better or worse it grants you resistance against spells and magical effects. Now you have to just find a way how to deal with the voices in your head!

Blessing of Understanding unique DDHC-KftGV-13 Fire and Darkness (Redemption Hook) Service Rewards 50th Anniversary 1.2 Show
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Blessing

Your Wisdom score increases by 2, up to a maximum of 22.