Magic Items (5A)

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Magic items follow the general rules of Gear (5A), but also these more detailed rules.

Using Magic Items

Magic items can't be used by just anyone.

Abilities Governed by User

I like it when the user matters more than the item.

• A magic item always uses your save DC and Spell Attack Bonus. If you lack such values, use the values listed in the item description.
• A magic item cannot do more dice of damage than the user's level.

Who Can Use What

Specific class abilities can override these general rules.

Scrolls can be used by any spellcaster who has or will gain the spell to their spell list from class choices already made.

Potions, elixirs, ointments etc. Any creature can gain the benefits of a potion, even creatures that lack a metabolism. Can be used by anyone who can open the bottle and drink the contents. This excludes creatures with an Int of 2 or less or who lack manipulator limbs. This includes most familiars. Such a creature can still be fed a potion.

It is a bonus action to take out and use a potion (not ointment etc) on yourself, an action to take from and/or use a potion on a willing or helpless creature within 5 feet.

Staffs and Wands either cast a spell or require a command word. If a staff or wand fails to note this in its description, it is still assumed to be so. A creature must be able to speak to do this. Animal noises are not sufficient. This precludes familiars from using such items.

Use-Activated Items Any creature of intelligence 3 or more can use a use-activated item as long as it can do the action required.

Command Word Command word activated items are activated by words, not grunts or animal noises. A creature must have an Intelligence of 5 or more and be able to speak to do this. This precludes most familiars from using command word activated items.

Attunement

Any creature can attune the same number of magic items, intelligent or not. A creature need not be intelligent to attune a magic item, but its use of the item is certainly limited by Intelligence.

Minor Item Attunement

This is a radical rule, subject to change.

You can attune any number of items with a cost is less than or equal to the listed cost limit of a consumable of half your level. This does not count against your attunement limit.

Magic Item Prices and Levels

We will be using the values for magic items given in 5A Magic Item Prices. For items not on this list, the GM will set the prices.

Common Magic Items

These items are generally available on the market.

Item	Use	Source	Price
Candle of the Deep	Consumable	XGE	2
Bead of Nourishment	Consumable	XGE	5
Bead of Refreshment	Consumable	XGE	5
Moodmark Paint	Consumable	GGR	5
Spell Scroll (cantrip)	Consumable	DMG	10
Breathing Bubble (1-use)	Consumable	EGW	20
Perfume of Bewitching	Consumable	XGE	20
Pressure Capsule	Consumable	GoS	20
Ammunition +1	Consumable	DMG	25
Mystery Key	Consumable	XGE	25
Walloping Ammunition	Consumable	XGE	25
Feather Token	Consumable	E:RLW	30
Spellwrought Tattoo (cantrip)	Consumable	TCE	40
Pot of Awakening	Consumable	XGE	50
Potion of Healing (2d4+2)	Consumable	DMG	50
Veteran's Cane	Consumable	XGE	60
Spell Scroll (level 1)	Consumable	DMG	60 plus component price
Philter of Love	Consumable	DMG	90
Pixie Dust	Consumable	WBW	100
Potion of Animal Friendship	Consumable	DMG	100
Potion of Climbing	Consumable	DMG	100
Spellshard	-	E:RLW	1 per page
Shiftweave	-	E:RLW	10 per outfit
Cloak of Billowing	-	XGE	10
Pole of Angling	-	XGE	10
Smoldering Armor	-	XGE	10
Sekolahian Worshipping Statuette	-	GoS	20
Cleansing Stone	-	E:RLW	20
Ear Horn of Hearing	-	XGE	20
Coin of Delving	-	EGW	20
Dread Helm	-	XGE	20
Pipe of Remembrance	-	GoS	20
Pipe of Smoke Monsters	-	XGE	20
Horn of Silent Alarm	-	XGE	25
Orb of Direction	-	XGE	25
Pole of Collapsing	-	XGE	25
Shield of Expression	-	XGE	25
Orb of Time	-	XGE	30
Clothes of Mending	-	XGE	40
Glamerweave	-	E:RLW	40
Hat of Vermin	-	XGE	40
Ruby of the War Mage	Attuned	XGE	40
Armor of Gleaming	-	XGE	50
Lock of Trickery	-	XGE	5 x Lock Price, commonly 50
Masquerade Tattoo	Attuned	TCE	50
Vox Seeker	-	EGW	50
Rope of Mending	-	XGE	60
Staff of Flowers	-	XGE	60
Thermal Cube	-	ID:RF	60
Wand of Pyrotechnics	-	XGE	60
Scribe's Pen	Attuned	E:RLW	65
Orb of Shielding	Attuned	E:RLW	65
Wand Sheath	Attuned	E:RLW	75
Heward's Handy Spice Pouch	-	XGE	75
Instrument of Scribing	Attuned	XGE	75
Staff of Adornment	-	XGE	75
Wand of Scowls	-	XGE	75
Wand of Smiles	-	XGE	75
Ersatz Eye	Attuned	XGE	80
Everbright Lantern	-	E:RLW	80
Prosthetic Limb	-	TCE	80
Imbued Wood Focus	-	E:RLW	90
Hat of Wizardry	Attuned	XGE	90
Illuminator's Tattoo	Attuned	TCE	90
Charlatan's Die	Attuned	XGE	100
Cracked Driftglobe	-	CM	100
Enduring Spellbook	-	XGE	100
Instrument of Illusions	Attuned	XGE	100
Talking Doll	Attuned	XGE	100
Cast-Off Armor	-	XGE	120
Moon-Touched Sword	-	XGE	120
Dark Shard Amulet	Attuned	XGE	120
Tankard of Sobriety	-	XGE	120
Wand of Conducting	-	XGE	120
Breathing Bubble (reuseable)	-	EGW	150
Clockwork Amulet	-	XGE	150
Staff of Birdcalls	-	XGE	150
Boots of False Tracks	-	XGE	200
Pyroconverger	Attuned	GGR	200
Alchemy Jug (Orange)	-	CM	200
Hook of Fisher's Delight	-	ID:RF	200
Cloak of Many Fashions	-	XGE	200
Spellshard (book of 200 pages)	-	E:RLW	200
Lantern of Tracking	-	ID:RF	250

New Magic items

Gadget

A gadget is similar to a spell scroll in that it can cast a spell once, but instead of having the spell on your spell list, you need proficiency with tinker's tools to use a gadget. You do not need to cast the spell in order to craft a gadget. A gadget costs twice as much as a spell scroll, and can only hold spells up to 5th level.

Spell Fetish

Spell fetches are an earlier variant of spell scrolls

A spell fetish bears the magic of a single spell, expressed as a tiny work of art. If the spell is on your class’s spell list, you can use the fetish and cast its spell without providing any material components. Otherwise, the fetish is unintelligible. Casting the spell by using a scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the fetish crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the fetish is not lost.

If the spell is on your class's spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a failed check, the spell the fetish crumbles to dust with no other effect.

Unlike a spell scroll, a wizard can't copy a spell from a fetish.

The cost, save DC, and rarity of a spell fetish is the same as that of a Spell Scroll of the same level.

External Links

• 5A Magic Item Prices
• Sane Magic Item Prices
  • Tasha's Sane Magic Item Prices
  • Eberron Sane Magic Item Prices