Magic Items

Medium armor (half plate armor), very rare
40 lb.

AC 15 + Dex (max 2)
While wearing this armor, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class. In addition, if an effect moves you against your will along the ground, you can take a Reaction to reduce the distance you are moved by up to 10 feet.

The wearer has Disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks.

Ring, rare
You have Resistance to Acid damage while wearing this ring. The ring is set with pearl.

Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement by a bard)
An Instrument of the Bards is superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a bard college. A creature that attempts to play the instrument without being attuned to it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or take 2d4 Psychic damage.

You can play Anstruth Harp to cast one of the following spells: Fly, Invisibility, Levitate, Protection from Evil and Good, Cure Wounds (level 5), Ice Storm, and Wall of Thorns. Once the Anstruth Harp has been used to cast a spell, it can't be used to cast that spell again until the next dawn. The spells use your spellcasting ability and spell save DC.

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.

Wondrous item, very rare
5 lb.
This book contains guidelines for influencing and charming others, 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 Charisma score increases by 2, as does your maximum for that score. The manual then loses its magic, but regains it in a century.

Wondrous item, very rare
5 lb.
This tome contains information and incantations necessary to make a stone golem. To decipher and use the manual, you must be a spellcaster with at least two 5th-level spell slots. A creature that can't use a manual of golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6 psychic damage.

To create a stone golem, you must spend 90 days, working without interruption with the manual at hand and resting no more than 8 hours per day. You must also pay 80,000 gp to purchase supplies.

Once you finish creating the golem, the book is consumed in eldritch flames. The golem becomes animate when the ashes of the manual are sprinkled on it. It is under your control, and it understands and obeys your spoken commands.

Wand, very rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)
1 lb.
This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can expend 1 charge to cast Polymorph (save DC 15) from it.

Regaining Charges. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed.

Weapon (Longbow), rare
Martial weapon, ranged weapon
2 lb.

1d8 Piercing
Ammunition (Range 150/600 ft.; Arrow), Heavy, Two‑Handed
Mastery: Slow
You have a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

Range. A Range weapon has a range in parentheses after the Ammunition or Thrown property. The range lists two numbers. The first is the weapon's normal range in feet, and the second is the weapon's long range. When attacking a target beyond normal range, you have Disadvantage on the attack roll. You can't attack a target beyond the long range.

Ammunition. You can use a weapon that has the Ammunition property to make a ranged attack only if you have ammunition to fire from it. The type of ammunition required is specified with the weapon's range. Each attack expends one piece of ammunition. Drawing the ammunition is part of the attack (you need a free hand to load a one-handed weapon). After a fight, you can spend 1 minute to recover half the ammunition (round down) you used in the fight; the rest is lost.

Heavy. You have Disadvantage on attack rolls with a Heavy weapon if it's a Melee weapon and your Strength score isn't at least 13 or if it's a Ranged weapon and your Dexterity score isn't at least 13.

Two-Handed. A Two-Handed weapon requires two hands when you attack with it.

Mastery: Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to it, you can reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn't exceed 10 feet.

Staff, weapon, rare (requires attunement by a druid)
Simple weapon, melee weapon
4 lb.

1d6 Bludgeoning
Versatile (1d8)
Mastery: Topple
This staff has 6 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 have a +2 bonus to 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
Animal Friendship 1
Awaken 5
Barkskin 2
Locate Animals or Plants 2
Pass without Trace 2
Speak with Animals 1
Speak with Plants 3
Wall of Thorns 6
Tree Form. You can take a Magic action to plant one end of the staff in earth in an unoccupied space and expend 1 charge to transform the staff into a healthy tree. The tree is 60 feet tall and has a 5-foot-diameter trunk, and its branches at the top spread out in a 20-foot radius. The tree appears ordinary but radiates a faint aura of Transmutation magic that can be discerned with the Detect Magic spell. While touching the tree and using a Magic action, you return the staff to its normal form. Any creature in the tree falls when the tree reverts to a staff.

Regaining Charges. The staff regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff loses its properties and becomes a nonmagical Quarterstaff.

Versatile. A Versatile weapon can be used with one or two hands. A damage value in parentheses appears with the property. The weapon deals that damage when used with two hands to make a melee attack.

Mastery: Topple. If you hit a creature with this weapon, you can force the creature to make a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 plus the ability modifier used to make the attack roll and your Proficiency Bonus). On a failed save, the creature has the Prone condition.

Rod, very rare (requires attunement by a warlock)

"Formed from the severed tentacle of a powerful star spawn, this rod plagues its wielder with dreams of alien creatures that beckon them to travel deep within the Thunder Peaks, where something patiently awaits their arrival."

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 spell slot as a Magic action while holding the rod. You can't use this property again until you finish a Long Rest.

Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)
"These dark-red bracers with golden trim bear the seal of Candlekeep’s Gatewarden."

While wearing these bracers, you have proficiency with the Longbow and Shortbow, and you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls made with such weapons.

Shield (shield), rare (requires attunement)

"This gold-trimmed red shield is emblazoned with Candlekeep’s coat of arms."

You gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class against ranged attack rolls while you wield this Shield. This bonus is in addition to the Shield's normal bonus to AC.

Whenever an attacker makes a ranged attack roll against a target within 5 feet of you, you can take a Reaction to become the target of the attack instead.

+3 Amulet of the Devout, Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement by a cleric or paladin)

This amulet bears the symbol of a deity inlaid with precious stones or metals. While you wear the holy symbol, you gain a +3 bonus to spell attack rolls and the saving throw DCs of your spells.

While you wear this amulet, you can use your Channel Divinity feature without expending one of the feature's uses. Once this property is used, it can't be used again until the next dawn.

Secret Message.
On the stroke of the new moon, the amulet’s reverse shows a microlined verse only visible in moon-shadow: “Entries amended by the Keeper’s eye may yet be read where ink runs dry.” (A riddle pointing to a hidden archive or dry well.)

Appearance. A heavy, cold medallion of dark electrum stamped with a slashed, pupil-less eye inside a ring of tiny tally marks. The chain is stitched black thread reinforced with fine links. When turned in the light, faint lines of “ledger rulings” seem to run beneath the metal like watermark paper.

Attunement Rite (flavor). You prick your thumb and press it to the seal; the drop is absorbed without a trace. For a heartbeat, you hear a page turn. A hair-thin ink stitch appears on your palm and fades.

Manifestations (cosmetic).:

When you cast, your voice seems to arrive as written words first, then sound follows.

Sigils you conjure appear as blotted ink that snaps into sharp lines at the moment of release.

In dim light, the amulet casts a small, crisp eye-shaped shadow.

Vecnan Devotion Oath (optional). Inscribed on the back in microscopic script:

“Truth belongs to the Keeper. All oaths are entries; all entries may be edited.”
Speaking it aloud (no mechanical change) causes the medallion to briefly smell of old vellum.

Drawbacks (narrative only). The Seal occasionally “corrects” paperwork around you: a misspelled name mends itself, a line in a wanted poster vanishes, a ledger entry comes up blank. This is omen, not rule text—use it for mood.

Chime of Opening, Wondrous item, rare
This hollow metal tube measures about 1 foot long and weighs 1 pound. As a Magic action, you can strike the chime to cast Knock. The spell's customary knocking sound is replaced by the clear, ringing tone of the chime, which is audible out to 300 feet. The chime can be used 10 times. After the tenth time, it cracks and becomes useless.

Key. When struck before the crypt gate, the chime’s tone harmonizes with the door’s iron like two tuning forks. Dust motes spiral into neat lines as the bar unlatches itself, as if “correcting” an indexing error.

Appearance. A foot-long, hollow rod of dark electrum etched with ledger lines and a tiny slashed eye near one end. Inside rattles a thin bone sliver that never quite touches the metal—until struck.

How it works (flavor). The tone “re-indexes” the mechanism you target—locks forget they were shut, seals misfile their own bindings, and wards briefly accept you as the proper entry in their ledger.

Quirks (cosmetic only).

While the tone rings, nearby writing straightens as if proofread.

Keys on your belt vibrate faintly in harmony.

If used on a container holding a written secret, the tone briefly harmonizes into a whispered note only the user hears (no information given—just a chill).

Lore. Cult scribes of the Eldritch Eye carried these to “correct” doors that refused to open. Helm’s faithful claim they’re dishonest keys; Vecna’s call them proper citations.

Ersatz Eye, Wondrous item, common

This magical eye replaces a real one that was lost or removed. While the Ersatz Eye is embedded in your eye socket, you can see through the tiny orb as though it were your natural eye. You can insert or remove the Ersatz Eye as a Magic action, and it can't be removed against your will while you are alive.

Guardian.
A heartbeat before danger, the smoky iris tightens and a cold page-turn whispers in your ear. Your hand moves before your mind does (+2 initiative while you’re not incapacitated).

Appearance. A tiny, polished orb of smoked glass with a hair-thin slashed-eye sigil drifting inside like an inclusion. Held to the light, faint letters ripple across its surface and vanish.

Story. Forged by scribes of the Eldritch Eye to “complete the face of a witness,” these replacements are traded as alms to the maimed—and as favors to those who prefer to see without being seen.

Cosmetic Manifestations (choose 1–2).

When you focus, a faint ink ring halos the iris for a heartbeat.

In deep darkness, the eye catches the softest glint like wet ink, though it sheds no light.

Whispers & Quirks (narrative only).

Mirrors sometimes blur written names behind you.

Cats and ravens seem unusually interested in your new eye.

Blessing of Wound Closure, Blessing

This Blessing grants you the benefits of a Periapt of Wound Closure.

Source/Aspect. A shard of Vecna’s will threads through your life’s ledger, “stitching” your story until He is finished reading it.

Look/Mark. A thin, ink-black stitch appears on your chest over your heart (or where your sigils lie), ending in a tiny knot shaped like a slashed eye. When you bleed, the blood briefly darkens to ink before reddening again.

Omen. In silence, you hear the faint rustle of turning pages. Your wounds close with a papery hiss, as if skin were parchment pressed flat.

Manifestations (purely cosmetic).:

A ghostly bone quill scratches notes in the air when you heal, then fades.

Fresh scars align into neat ledger lines before softening.

Roleplay Prompts.

You feel compelled to record the names of the fallen after each battle.

You hesitate before speaking certain truths, tasting ink on your tongue.

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
While wearing this cloak, you have Advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. In an area of Dim Light or Darkness, you can grip the edges of the cloak and use it to gain a Fly Speed of 40 feet. If you ever fail to grip the cloak's edges while flying in this way, or if you are no longer in Dim Light or Darkness, you lose this Fly Speed.

While wearing the cloak in an area of Dim Light or Darkness, you can cast Polymorph on yourself, shape-shifting into a Bat. While in that form, you retain your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. The cloak can't be used this way again until the next dawn.

Heavy armor (chain mail), uncommon
55 lb.

AC 16
Mithral is a light, flexible metal. A mithral chain shirt or breastplate can be worn under normal clothes.

If the armor normally imposes disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks or has a Strength requirement, the mithral version of the armor doesn't.

The wearer has Disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks.

If the wearer has a Strength score lower than 13, their speed is reduced by 10 feet.

Weapon (Longsword), rare (requires attunement)
Martial weapon, melee weapon
3 lb.

1d8 Radiant
Finesse, Versatile (1d10)
Mastery: Sap
This item appears to be a sword hilt.

Blade of Radiance. While grasping the hilt, you can take a Bonus Action to cause a blade of pure radiance to spring into existence or make the blade disappear. While the blade exists, this magic weapon functions as a Longsword with Finesse. If you are proficient with Longswords or Shortswords, you are proficient with the Sun Blade.

You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this weapon, which deals Radiant damage instead of Slashing damage. When you hit an Undead with it, that target takes an extra 1d8 Radiant damage.

Sunlight. The sword's luminous blade emits Bright Light in a 15-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 15 feet. The light is sunlight. While the blade persists, you can take a Magic action to expand or reduce its radius of Bright Light and Dim Light by 5 feet each, to a maximum of 30 feet each or a minimum of 10 feet each.

Medium armor (scale mail), rare
45 lb.

AC 14 + Dex (max 2)
You have a +1 bonus to AC while wearing this armor.

The wearer has Disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks.