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Welcome to the 8^th edition of my weird home brews. Yes, it’s the 8^th edition already! Let’s see what kind of weirdness I have for you this week.

This week is brought to you by the letters W and S. Now that could stand for Weird Stuff, but read on my gamer friends and see what they really stand for.

Wheels of Loco Motion

Wheels (very rare item)

The wheels have gained the name Loco Motion due to their erratic behavior. These magical, solid, wooden wheels are the size of an average dinner plate with a hole in the middle for the insertion of an axle. When not in use, they will easily fit into an adventurer’s backpack and weigh 1lb each.

When they are placed on an axle of a cart, carriage, or wagon, they will magically grow to the proper size wheel of the conveyance. Once installed, get ready for Mr. Toads Wild Ride; as when the command word is spoken, the wheels launch the vehicle forward at maximum speed of 300 inches. The wheels will hold fast to the ground and never slow for turns in the path or when commanded to turn but will never overturn the conveyance. The wheels also stop nearly abruptly, only slowing slightly before locking completely. Therefore, anything not fastened down will be thrown from the conveyance when starting off, cornering, or stopping. Any rider trying to hang on that is not fastened down will need to make a DC17 strength savings throw or be thrown from the conveyance. If thrown from the conveyance, the player will take 1D8 bludgeoning damage.

The Wheels will not tire like a horse and are good for longish journeys, but for every hour of continued use they will need the same amount of unused time to recharge at the end of the trip.

Shield of the Dead

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This has been yet another edition of Reptile’s Weird D&D Home Brews. I hope they find their way into your games and hearts.

As always, Happy Gaming.

Welcome to the 6^th edition of my weird home brews. I hope you are getting some use out of these and some fun reactions from your players.

This week I’m bringing you a tome of training and a paper of friend.

Tome of Sword Play

Wondrous Item, rare  +3 to all sword attacks and +1 to initiative rolls when using a sword

Reading this manual must be done over a six-day period, taking 48 hours of study to complete. Once completed, the tome is no longer needed. The pages will become unreadable to anyone for a period of six months, after which the magic of the book will resume and the pages will be readable again.

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Origami Assistant

Wondrous Item, very rare

Aged-looking, yellowish vellum parchment sheets, measuring 12” x 12,” which emit a subtle glow when detect magic is cast upon them. The sheets are normally found rolled and in a leather tube with a wooden stopper to protect the sheets from damage. The vellum includes a small instruction sheet that shows how to fold five different Origami Figures. Once the figures are folded and placed upon the ground, they will grow into a medium-sized paper Origami Figure waiting to do the bidding of the creator, much the same as a familiar might do. They can be used to spy, take messages to someone, or even fight if needed. If they are used to fight, the figure will have to be an AC12 with 12 HP and have the attributes of the figure, albeit they will be paper. The figure will remain animated for two hours, until destroyed or until the creator cancels the magic. At the end of the magic effect, the page falls to the ground and unfolds itself back to a flat sheet. The sheet will take 1d4 days for its enchantment to recharge if the page is undamaged.

Origami Assistants are vulnerable to fire and acid attacks taking 2x normal damage. They are resistant to cold damage and only take ¼ damage from cold-based attacks. When found, there will be 1d12 sheets of the magical vellum in the tube. The figures that can be created with these sheets are Dragon (no breath weapon), Bear, Scorpion (No poison but claw and stinger attacks) Swan, or Samurai Warrior complete with sword.

Stats:

Reptile’s Wierd D&D Home Brew

Welcome to the 5^th edition of my weird home brew. I hope you have enjoyed the previous editions and found a place for them in your 5E games.

Today I’m going to bring you an NPC and his odd invention. you may want to add to your campaign.

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Lee Trean

10^th level  male human wizard

Armor Class: 12 (Robes only)
Hit Points: 62 (10d6 +20)
Speed: 30 feet

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WID	CHA
10 (+0)	14 (+2)	14 (+2)	19 (+4)	12 (+1)	8 (-1)

• Savings Throws: Int +8  Wis +5
• Skills:
  • Arcana +8
  • Deception +3
  • History +8
  • Investigation +8
  • Stealth +6
• Senses: Passive Perception 11
• Languages: Common, Gnomish, Halfling
• Challenge: ½ XP: 100

Lee is the self proclaimed inventor of the first line of Flushable Chamber Pots he has named “Le Flush”. Using his knowledge of the arcane arts he has created a chamber pot that magically empties it’s self. By use of a programmed dimension door spell placed on the inside of the pot it empties itself after each use. The waste is magically whisked away to an unknown location. Where it empties to is yet unknown, but he figures that is a problem to be solved at another time. In fact he is quite proud of his invention and will talk about it as often as he can, as he is making some good coin selling them.

Lee has a criminal background and is not above scamming the wealthy out of their coin. Though with his latest invention he now tries to sell himself off as one who was always part of the wealthy class. He dresses in flashy bright blue and gold robes topped off with the classic tall pointed wizard’s hat adorned with gold stars and crescent moon. He wears lots of flashy rings and gold chains around his neck and from one hangs a small working rendition of his “Le Flush” chamber pot. He likes to use it to give small demonstrations of how his invention works. He will surround himself with other wealthy looking people and will spend gold on lavish meals and drink. While he will always keep up the appearance of having great resources he is often close to being broke. So he will push the sales of his invention as often as he can and is not above thievery if the occasion arises.

Actions: 

• Basic Attack: One target per attack action.
• Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack:+4 to hit, reach 5 ft. 1d6+0 bludgeoning damage. (if used 2 handed in melee, does 1d8+0 damage.)
• Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. 1d4+2 piercing damage. (if thrown, normal range to 20 ft,; disadvantage long range 21 to 60 ft.)

Spell casting:

• Spell Attack Modifier +8
• Spell Save DC 16

Cantrips Known:

• Blade Ward
• Fire Bolt
• Mage Hand
• Minor Illusion
• Prestidigitation.

Prepared Spells:

• 1^st Lvl: Catapult, Mage Armor, Detect Magic, Charm Person
• 2^nd Lvl: Aganazzar’s Scorcher, Invisibility, Misty Step
• 3^rd Lvl: Fireball, Fly
• 4^th Lvl: Confusion, Conjure Minor Elementals
• 5^th Lvl: Steel Wind Strike, Cloudkill, Cone of Cold.

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Lee Trean’s “Le Flush”

 Le Flush is a Magical Chamber Pot invented by the wizard Lee Trean as a quick money making gimmick.

The pot is made of  polished copper with 3 legs. It is 11 inches across and stands 11 inches tall. The pot is normally placed on a chair or some other slightly taller platform when used. The pot doesn’t look to be anything out of the ordinary other than it’s well polished with a constant gleaming sheen. To use the pot one simply relieves themselves in it and once done there is a quiet whooshing sound and the pot is instantly empty and clean.

The pot has been imbued on the inside with a programmed dimension door spell. A trick the Wizard Trean has kept quite secret but manages to make enough of these to sell among the wealthier circles of the realm. If one is found among the poorer classes it was likely stolen. One of the problems with the Le Flush is Trean has never truly worked out where the contents of the pot ends up. The fact that he has never solved that issue has never slowed him down from making and selling them.

Note to DM: You can use this as a humorous point in your game by being creative as to where the wastes from the Le Flush ends up.

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 I hope you have some fun with this latest edition of Reptile’s Weird D&D Home Brew.  There is some opportunity with this weeks edition to get some interesting reactions from your players.

As always hit me up at Reptile@PopCultHQ.com with any thoughts, comments or questions.

Game on My Friends.

Welcome back, my D&D friends, to another edition of Reptile’s Weird Home Brews.

This week will feature a couple of magic items inspired by my family for those Rogue-minded players who are always sneaking around and taking things that don’t belong to them.

Amulet of the Animated Shadow:

With this amulet, let your shadow do the exploring for you. While wearing the amulet, you can will your shadow to remove itself from you and act on its own. The amulet can only be used twice per day. Your shadow can spy or search ahead and has the ability to move under doors, around corners. and through cracks as small as twelve (12) inches.

To use the power of the amulet, the wearer must be in an area where their full shadow can be cast. This power cannot be used in areas the wielder doesn’t cast a shadow. Once cast, the shadow can move in darkness and through other shadows to a maximum distance of ninety (90) feet. Once the shadow is released, it can relay all it hears and sees into the mind of the wearer.

While using the amulet, the wearer will not cast a shadow, as the light energy cast upon the wearer is absorbed to power the shadow. If the wearer moves out of the light or the light source is removed, the spell will end and the shadow will cease to be. The shadow can also be destroyed by shining a focused light source at it or if a light spell is cast upon it. If the spell is broken before the wearer ends it, the shadow will instantly return and the wearer of the amulet will take 1D6 points of radiant damage. The duration of this spell is up to 15 minutes or until the shadow is destroyed.

Ring of Spell Stealing:

Are you addicted to magic or a caster who never seems to have enough spells? Maybe you’re an adventurer who needs that extra little something. Then the Ring of Spell Stealing is for you. The ring looks like an ordinary signet ring made of good quality silver with the wearer’s initial engraved on the top (the initial will change to the wearer’s initial as the ring changes owners).

The ring can store up to five (5) levels of spells that can be reloaded once per long rest. For example, if a wearer steals a 2^nd level spell, he can still steal up to three (3) more spell levels that day, before they have to take a long rest and refill the ring. If the stolen spells are not used before a long rest, they are removed from the ring and the cycle starts again.

In order to load the ring, the wearer simply needs to touch a spellbook or scroll and say the power phrase (DM’s choice) and the ring will lift a random spell. The spell will not be erased from the spellbook or scroll, it is only a copy. But, if you can’t find a spell book or scroll, and you know casters that have no need of such trappings, you just touch them, say the power phrase, and copy a random one of their memorized spells into the ring.  Again, the spell will not be removed from their memory, but it might confuse them to see you use a spell they have memorized. This item requires attunement. 

I hope you will enjoy these and as always, drop me a line at Reptile@PopcultHQ.com with your feedback or requests for items you would like me to dream up for you.

Game on and stay weird my friends.

Reptile

Welcome to the 3^rd edition of Reptile’s Weird D&D Home Brews.

This edition is slightly delayed due to the July 4^th holiday here in the United States. If you are here in the States, I hope you had a safe and happy Independence Day and perhaps played a little Dungeons and Dragons.

This week, I bring you a ring and a coin – one of time jumping and one of luck.

Tenant’s Time Loop:

This ring will allow the wearer to jump backwards in time 1 minute. Which may not seem like much, but it could mean the difference between a total party kill or saving the day. Unfortunately, like all really cool magics there is a downside.

The wearer can only use this once a week and will suffer 3D6 damage from the effects of the time jump. Only the wearer and their possessions can jump, no other being can travel with them. The jump will only carry the wearer back to where they were standing exactly one minute ago so that they may make a new choice of action. The wearer must be able to turn the ring on their finger in order to make their jump.

The ring is a simple band of blue with white flecks, looking much like stars in the evening sky and must be attuned to be able to use it.

Coin of Luck:

With the coin in hand, roll any savings throw or attack with advantage on the roll then add 1 to the higher number. The coin can only be used once per day and after it’s use the player will roll a 1D4 to find out if the following 2 rolls for savings or attack are made at disadvantage. Even numbers  (i.e. 2 and 4) will mean no disadvantage and odd numbers (i.e, 1 and 3) will require the player to roll at disadvantage and subtract 1 from the lower number. Lady Luck can be fickle; try your luck and see.

The coin appears to be a gold coin, about 3 centimetres across with an image of a shining sun on one side and a frowning face mask on the other. The coin must be in the hand or touching the hand of the user at the time of it’s use.

With this 3^rd installment I hope you are enjoying these weird home brews and find use for them in your games. As always feedback is welcomed and if you have a suggestion of something you would like to see drop me a line at, Reptile@PopcultHQ.com and I will see what I can pull together for you.

I hope you enjoyed last week’s premiere edition and continue to follow PopCultHQ.Com for further weirdness.

This week, I bring you a Cursed item and a fun item.

Book of Desired Magic

This book appears to be a highly magical item. Its cover is decorated in magical glyphs and it is bound in fine leather. The pages are edged in gold leaf and the book radiates a noticeable magic aura when a detect magic spell is used. The book offers a large amount of knowledge on spell craft, but when used the caster will find the spells confusing and unworkable. Due to the curse, the user will be enticed to continue to try to make the spells work even choosing to use them in key situations (i.e. at crucial times, like during battle or trying to save another party member).

The book is actually cursed and causes the user to think the knowledge in it is true and workable. The curse goes further by filling the user with the desire to use the book. The longer the book is in their possession, the harder it becomes to break the desire.

A savings roll can be made once a day; on the first day a Wisdom save of 15 is needed, on the second day a 16, on the third day a 17, on the fourth day an 18, a 19 for the fifth day, and a 20 for the 6^th day. It will then remain a DC 20 save until the desire is broken. If the desire is not broken, the player will use a spell from the book as their action in a key moment. Once the desire is broken, the owner can break the curse by reading the book backwards, which will take 1D6 days. During which time, he will still be compelled to use the spells from it. After that, the book will hold no sway over the reader.

If a party member steals the book from the owner or tries to destroy it, the current owner of the book will do everything they can to get the book back including jumping into a fire to retrieve it.

Index of Spells offered by the book and uses (none of which will work)

Fire All: Fire will sweep forward from the caster for 30 feet and cover a 30 foot area.
Irresistible Sleep: Heavy restless sleep will fall over up to 4 victims for 4 hours.
Remove Wounds: All wounds from self or ally vanish (the caster will think this actually worked but nothing will have happened).
Silence Movement: Up to 5 allies will move without a sound (this spell actually will increase sound by 25%).
Freeze Ray: Ray of light beams from caster’s finger freezing target up to 60 feet away.
Persuasion: When cast upon an intelligent target, they will be forced to follow your commands (actually, there is 50% chance of only angering the target).

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Mask of Faces

This mask looks like a nondescript party mask. It appears to be made out of some sort of thin, flexible flesh-like material. The mask was actually made by a mad wizard who took the face of a Doppelganger and created a mask.

While wearing this mask, you will be able to appear as anyone you choose. The wearer will even sound like the person they are mimicking.  Though the mask will change the appearance of the wearer’s face and voice, it will not change the their body as it is only a mask and not a suit. The magic of the mask is very effective and will continue to hold the appearance of the wearer’s choice for as long as they are wearing it. Being made of a doppelganger, dispel magic and detect magic will not reveal the wearers true face.