Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;764428A character with his or her Good Luck Charm on their person can, once per day, roll a single save with a d24 instead of a d20. Or they can roll a d30, but this permanently burns all the good luck out of the charm until they find a new one the next time they raise a level*.



*I just pulled this out of my ass. It's not an actual D&DV rule.

Yeah I think your ass got closer too the truth that you think...

The list reminds me a lot of the starting list of random stuff in DCC. Throw in the funky dice and think you may have discovered the secret inspiration for this table. Hmmmm... who plays DCC that we know worked as a consultant on this project?

Anyhow I like it. As I stated elsewhere I'm glad they were willing to include some of the developments in fantasy RPG gaming that have come along. It's a whole full circle thing.

And random lists are fun.

49: A Silver Spoon with an M engraved on it...

Coincidence Im sure...

Quote from: Warthur;764300Wasn't Pundit saying a while back that had Mike Mearls got his way more with the 5E design process, it'd have ended up looking a lot more like Numenera?

Nope, I certainly didn't say that.

RPGPundit

When Mearls talked about the trinket thing I thought that's just stupid. But now that I saw the actual table. ...it makes everyone a walking plot/adventure/quest hook. Not even counting the homebrew stuff in this thread. And it's just FUN!

The devs have said there will be plenty of random tables in Next. Expect the DMG to be full of them.

152) Fashionable top hat of fine molehide.
153) A glass eye. Hourglass pupil like a goat.
154) 1d100 GP in Hobgoblin paper money.
155) A monocle.
156) Big gaudy silver belt buckle. Rot grub encased in glass at center, "'CRAWLER" written in cheap gems at bottom.
157) Pocket-sized Orc-to-Common phrase book.
158) Vial holds a single tear from a nymph, seduced and abandoned by a heartless adventurer.
159) Ancient flint arrowhead.
160) Black iron spur from a devil's scourge.
161) Single scale from a demon's ass.
162) The creepiest old doll anyone has ever seen.
163) "Broken" compass. Only accurate underground.
164) Key. Intended to wind up some unknown clockwork machine.
165) Vial of the Elf Queen's bathwater. Armpit hair floating in it.
166) Airtight vial holds the hot breath of a nymph, captured in the throes of passion.
167) Single Dwarf dragonlard candle. Burns with a low red light that won't disrupt darkvision.
168) Single fishwood torch. As normal torch but needs no oxygen, can even burn underwater.
168) The hilt from a great hero's broken sword.

Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;765183153) A glass eye.

Mearls beat you to it. #60. Glass Eye...

Quote from: RPGPundit;765121Nope, I certainly didn't say that.

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Huh, I'm fairly sure someone said something along those lines. Maybe Mearls himself?

They remind me a lot of the random items tables from Gamma World 1e.

Quote from: Omega;765233Mearls beat you to it. #60. Glass Eye...

Make it a glass eye that always stares toward the south.

Edit: or it is the "other" glass eye. They're a pair...

I actually did a similar list for Castles & Crusades. Well, somewhat similar. Mine isn't quite as quirky--I rather like the 5e one, though!

http://www.rpgblog2.com/2014/07/additional-random-starting-items.html

Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;765183152) Fashionable top hat of fine molehide.
153) A glass eye.
154) 1d100 GP in Hobgoblin paper money.
155) A monocle.
156) Big gaudy silver belt buckle. Rot grub encased in glass at center, "'CRAWLER" written in cheap gems at bottom.
157) Pocket-sized Orc-to-Common phrase book.
158) Vial holds a single tear from a nymph, seduced and abandoned by a heartless adventurer.
159) Ancient flint arrowhead.
160) Black iron spur from a devil's scourge.
161) Single scale from a demon's ass.
162) The creepiest old doll anyone has ever seen.
163) "Broken" compass. Onlny accurate underground.
164) Key. Intended to wind up some unknown clockwork machine.
165) Vial of the Elf Queen's bathwater. Armpit hair floating in it.
166) Airtight vial holds the hot breath of a nymph, captured in the throes of passion.
167) Single Dwarf dragonlard candle. Burns with a low red light that won't disrupt darkvision.
168) Single fishwood torch. As normal torch but needs no oxygen, can even burn underwater.
168) The hilt from a great hero's broken sword.

4-5 of these are obvious magic items but I love the effort and imagination. Carry on sir.

Quote from: Necrozius;765342Make it a glass eye that always stares toward the south.

Edit: or it is the "other" glass eye. They're a pair...

169) Glass eye #six of a set of 8. Stamped "Lolth Post-Adventurer Recovery Kit..."

Quote from: Omega;765487169) Glass eye #six of a set of 8. Stamped "Lolth Post-Adventurer Recovery Kit..."

HAHA that's awesome!

The Dungeon Dozen's random tables are great for this sort of thing. Someone did an Index to all of the tables.

My favorites:

Cheap Dungeon Gross-Outs
Choice Items in a Garbage Pit
Unexpected Sarcophagus Contents

Quote from: Omega;765233Mearls beat you to it. #60. Glass Eye...

Fixed.