I had a character in one of my games ask how an enemy ranger's arrow quiver was attached to them. I answered that it is strapped around their waist with a belt, latch and all. She immediately pulls out her Chime of Opening to open the latch, causing the quiver to fall and leave the ranger without any arrows. Brilliant play that left the enemy without their method of doing the most damage.
I guess the DM didn't use spell mechanics like "range". Imagine closing ranks on a guy in combat and you have a "key" in your hand. Or a chime? While he is shooting at you? 😕 Now if the range on that chime is 100 feet.... that makes sense.
You can strike it as an action, pointing it at an object within 120 feet of you that can be opened, such as a door, lid, or lock. The chime issues a clear tone, and one lock or latch on the object opens unless the sound can't reach the object. If no locks or latches remain, the object itself opens. @redfaux74 RAW and RAI it works.
Bro, the amount of effort you had to put inro this just for a few hundred people to watch it is sooooooooooo unfair. You make great content and you deserve more views
Exactly, and the answer he gave you is so wholesome... I only watched the intro and it's high quality video, I am a fellow DM who will be helped and thank you so much
@@jaimetheone9150 😂Hey, new dms can have a hard time with power balance lmao, but yeah you can always ask your dm abt it if he is too scarce on them, but i'll defend not giving too many or the player at once bc otherwise you have to trow them enemies that either get one shot or one shot them with less scalability (An older DM should be okay to deal with it though)
@@bullabythecroissant2004 All DMs I know are too afraid of magic items, they always say it's too early, and the most they give you are uncommons, after giving you dirty looks and saying that you are too powerful. I don't know what are they waiting for, since most campaings only go until level 12, 13 tops.
@@jaimetheone9150 maybe try dming bro and you'll understand :) but i understand the frustration, tbh you should talk with them abt it, maybe are they scared it would ruin the game by making it too easy, idk ^^ but balancing is hard so don't put too much on them, be a dm for some time in a campain and you'll get why magic items, starting at rare are scary to give
As a PC, I’ve come to appreciate the items that don’t mess with bounded accuracy so much. Being better “because math” can feel good, but the items that give you a different way to interact with the world, especially in weird ways, ends up being way more fun
Bounded accuracy is interesting.. but it's also part of WHY campaigns fall apart shortly after level 8. "Oh, were most bags of hp and we both hit each other every turn?..." It's just damage output vs damage absorbtion in the most boring way every turn. Your twelvelth level fight swings their axe 7 times and does 85 damage. Then the monster hits for 55 damage.. then the fighter does his 7 attacks for 90 damage... And so on until someone chews through the ~200hp on the field.
@@lvlinty Yeah... It's very challenging to change the dynamic, early on they feel afraid to die (no revive magic and they die easily) so they apply strategy, they take risks, approach fights differently, etc
I always played a sorcerer. We ran 3.5. My dad was always our DM. He and his friends played 2nd when they were in high school. And me and my siblings learned to play from him. My longest running character, my dad made a BBEG with the Ioun Stones. Every encounter we outwitted him, and he shed a stone to my gain. Still best story I've ever played.
dude... that sounds like such an amazing childhood... I don't think I've ever felt such pure, unadulterated jealousy towards another person in my whole life... hahah honestly... I would've killed to grow up in that kind of family...😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you for sharing your story… 40 yrs ago my friends and I basically learned to play from “the older kids” in my neighborhood & played for years and years. Fast fwd to now and I’m getting back into it, and have my own kids who all want to play (and want me to teach/run a starter campaign)… I absolutely love the way your Dad approached the teaching process; I feel very inspired by your story. Thank you again!
I love the ring of mind shielding because it's basically Baby's First Phylactery. My PC had one and became a reoccurring villain in my next campaign. He only ended up defeated because we fed the ring to a goat that could dissolve magic items in her stomach.
Having had the deck of many things for over a year IRL time, I've drawn one card. It gave me the ability to rewrite one event that happened, which I used to prevent the oncoming campaign ending TPK. Was a draw of desperation that saved us all
The ring of spell storing doesn’t store only one spell, but 5 levels of spells. I.E. one 5th level spell, or 5 1st level spells, or one 3rd level spell and a 2nd level spell. Etc.
I am a veteran DM. listening to you is fun and helps me a lot, genuinely. Just such a fun thing and wonderful. I'm super tired and sleep deprived but hearing you go on and on and discuss reminds me of the SOUL of DND, it's awesome to see your creativity and ideas and how you interpret things. It's a type of candid content I really want more of.
I love the traditional 'immovable relative to what?" "What?" "relative to you? relative to the center of the planet? relative to the center of the galaxy?" "what?"
I realize how old this video is now to make this comment but for those watching after this, the potion of speed does still come with the negative effects of the haste spell. The item says you gain the effects of the haste spell, and the lethargy is one of those effects. It happens regardless of whether concentration is dropped or the duration expires, and the potion doesn't say to ignore any part of it (which some magic items do specify). That said, getting the effect without having to concentrate on the spell is still incredibly strong!
I remember when 'The Deck' had hundreds of cards, you could buy an entire box of random cards, was probably 2nd Ed., maybe 3rd, haven't played since the early 90's, but this was a trip down memory lane. I subbed.
This was such an excellent list! One thing I would have liked is a list in text format as well. Because I am old and I shall forget most of this list before long. 😅
Dude. Ive always just homebrewed magic items in the past, but having recently completed a year long Curse of Strahd campaign I was thinking of just using the wotc magic items for my next campaign. This video has convinced me. Amazing work and a heap of effort put in. Really appreciate it
Fun fact: The penalty for lacking proficiency in a shield applies when the shield is "worn" so anyone can use an animated shield. Except for a monk because you lose unarmored defense and movement when a shield is "benefited from" It can also protect a moon druids wild shape or anyone you polymorph since those stop you from using items that are "worn or carried" Anyone currently not using a shield, besides a monk, can use the animated shield quite well. But beware. As it can be targeted by spells directly and destroyed since it is no longer worn or carried
Reading the monk's Unarmored Defense feature on DDB, it makes no special mention about the monk not being able to have shields at all - simply that they must not be *wielding* a shield. I would personally interpret this as holding the shield with intent to use it. With an animated shield, as long as it's animated, you are not holding it - because it explicitly states in its description that it leaps into the air and orbits your space, leaving your hands free. I'd imagine the point of monks not being proficient with shields, and their features being heavily dependent on not wielding shields, is that they need their hands to be free all the time. Their main purpose is to beat the piss out of other creatures with unarmed strikes, after all.
Where did you find this version? The core rulebook reads "Unarmored Defense Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier."
The Bag of Beans is very memorable to me because once it gave a member in my party a permanent +7 to their ability scores (spread across multiple stats) thanks to the random event that spawns a nest of steroid eggs. XD
I've watched this video all the way through in the past. I like to fall asleep listening to DnD content and this video is the video I've woken up to on at least 3 other occasions.
Thank you so much for this video. The time and effort you put into this is truly appreciated by a lot of DMs, myself included. Everyone is giving you your flowers in the comments, and it’s very well deserved
Really good job! I bet that was a ton of work. Amazing reference. Just one pretty major issue that may change your campaigns as well. I’m pretty certain the ring of spell storing can store more than one spell at a time. Like a 3rd and a 2nd, five level 1’s, etc. Have a good one.
Very well thought out and detailed. I will say that if you are a newer DM this video is a great resource for you take notes and think out side the normal mystical box because you know your players will. Happy gaming
I have always feared a deck of many things breaking an immersive campaign. One twist I've wanted to give it (never tried) is that it is found inert. It activates for one draw when 3 nat 20s are rolled by the party in its presence without any nat 1s in between. Maybe signal this to the party by having all the cards have 3 symbols on the back that light up one by one when a nat 20 is rolled and dissipate if a nat 1 is. Make it a puzzle that also depends on luck. But leave it active (disregarding further nat 1s) until used so they still can have that tactical choice of a hail Mary after solving its activation
1:23:50 You said crits can swing the tide of battles, and you are right. I, as a level 4 paladin did 256 damage with a crit plus inspiration for max damage.
Thank you for this. I love peppering my players with small but functional magic items, the joy that washes over their faces when they finally save up enough gold to buy a new shiny magic item, or find a small utility magic item in a loot hoard is fantastic.
Crazy how this guy talked for over 2 1/2 hours about good magic items just for it to get less then 1k likes. Like this is really good information for players and DM’s
Love the video and the channel. Subbed when I saw your story arch video which helped A LOT with creating an outline for my next campaign. You deserve more subs. Keep up the awesome work!
A tip for people playing range characters or use range weapons often you should bring an extra set of dice. Use the dice as a physical tracker of ammunition and make a note at the end of session how much you have left. If you have 24 arrows use a d20 and d4. I use the d12 and d10 to track magic arrows.
So glad I found your channel. Your enthusiasm and great suggestions, coupled with the subject matter makes for some great content! Haven't played in years but kept all my books and manuals which the family enjoys reading and discussing. Thanks for putting this together..
35:20 if I'm not mistaken, it would seem the ring could potentially store five level 1 spells at one time, with each spell taking up one of the five levels of storage the ring has.
One home brew item I made that was well received was the time of fighting which allows a person to gain a fighting style of your choosing. It may also include proficiency in certain weapons or armor.
23:42 helm of brilliance only blows up from failing a spell DC that deals fire damage. Way less often than just fire damage. Like unless every enemy is fireballing you, it shouldn't happen
34:05 I'm pretty sure you can store more than one spell in that ring, as long as the total combined spell levels are up to five (five 1st level spells, or one 3rd level and two 1st level spells for example)
# 105: illusionists bracers, very rare, Attunement. Allows same cantrip twice per turn, same target. Sounds week? Inflict debuff, prone status, multiple other conditions generated by cantrips with a doubled chance to take effect.
Great list ... there are a few items in there I'll need to add into my games. My favorite item to give is the Immovable Rod ... it is so versatile, people find the most interesting, useful, and humorous uses for it.
I am using a Portable Hole in our current campaign. A villain has the hole set up like a cellar & warehouse, with a 4’ platform/stairway, a small collection of barrels, crates, casks, bottles, shelving, misc. supplies, equipment, preserved food, etc., and a small desk/chair in the center. A nice little boon for a party that captures it.
There's a scene in The Thirteenth Warrior where Antonio Banderas's character, an Arabic intellectual who's stuck traveling with a dozen meatheaded Viking warriors, has been given a broadsword which he can barely lift. After failing miserably to chop a couple wooden stakes with this heavy clumsy thing, while the Vikings make fun of him for being weak like a girl (their words), he goes over to the village smith and asks to use his grinding wheel. Then, having ground down the broadsword and turned it into a scimitar, he's instantly awesome with it, and slices the log perfectly with a single one-handed stroke. The Scimitar of Speed really makes me think of that scene.
Great video one minor nitpick unless your house ruling it different RAW when the effect of a potion of speed ends You also received the penalty just like if a haste spell had ended 👍
37:56 the thing you miss is math. if the hole has air for 10 minutes for one creature, then your 3 patry members only have 3min 20sec of air if we dont count the missing air 2 additional bodies would displace. However 10min of breathable air is only 22liters and the 6feet wide 10feet long zylinder could hold 7600liters (minus about 80 liters per body) that means a person could last over 2 days in such a space normally.
This was an amazing and really educative video! I usually just homebrew items but this inspired me to just use the DMG magic items from now on. Thank you!
So, talking a bit on the bounded accuracy thing and the scaling you were talking about, around 42:00: For reference, a +1 weapon was ranked #100. A +2 weapon was ranked #70. One singular bump in numbers jumped the item up 30 places. Think about that for a second.
#85... Decantur of Endless Water... makes a great ship engine if you're not sporting a Spelljammer helm. Combine with the Submerge Ship spell to make one helluva Submarine... if ships give chase, a carefully placed Wall of Force can stop'em cold. Mount on the deck and you're a firehose tugboat.
I love using upgraded ammunition as it stacks with the bows bonuses. Ranger hunting a very important target, +2 bow, +3 arrow, +5 total, and why stop at +3 you can go to +5 or +10 to give that character their guaranteed shot when it counts.
I should note for 12:47, in some versions of the Forgotten Realms, there are planes that can really mess up a party. Such as the plane of Air, Water, Pandemonium, Limbo, Radiance, Vacuum, ... etc. For high level parties that have prep time, this downside is diminished, but spamming the item could have some... unforeseen consequences.
I can not believe you did not put a Periapt of Proof Against Poison on this list. One gets IMMUNITY to common damage type, without use of an attunement slot. This is my absolute favorite item - except possibly for the Holy Avenger. I would also add Sunblade somewhere in the middle. How do you figure a dragon's breath weapon is a "magical effect" ?
something to note about the dwarven thrower, both thiefs and artificers can attune to it even if theyre not dwarves. also, if you roll random loot and get a dwarven thrower but dont have any dwarves, or a dwarf in your party cant use it, then you should consider adding the ability for a dwarf to attune an item to someone for them, it makes the situation not suck for whoever gets the thrower, and adds some cool moments of either a cool tracking quest, or a moment of bonding between two characters.
One thing I did was give a barbarian player a weapon which allowed him to reduce his AC to get additional damage equal to the amount he reduced his AC by until the start of his next turn.
One time a DM gave me a version of Picard's Flute. Play it for +2 buffs but roll a 1 and you pass out for 15min and come back with a lifetime of new memories
at first i was like, wait was that item's picture from skyrim? nah must look similar, the i see the skaal's nordic armor as the picture for adamantine armor😂 great job
Gave my party the Amulet of the Planes. They rarely passed the save at the beginning, so they were thrown throughout the planes from constant spamming of the amulet. Eventually, the Cleric refused to let anyone else use it and had to actively fend off the rest of the party from trying to take it back. It allowed for a lot of fun shenanigans later on in late levels as well.
Fun fact any item that has a set dc is buffed in the hands of a investment of the chain master familiar because as per the Invocation "any DC the familiar causes can be replaced with your spell save dc"
Note on the magic ammo Sell it as a gem or trinket you can slot in a quiver that enchants a either a rolled number of arrows at dawn or proficiency at dawn Maybe allow up to 3 of these trinkets for a magic quiver or only 1 for a nonmagic quiver.
Maybe not top 10, but for me personally, my favorite and most game breaking item is Quall's Feather Token Tree. DMs who have played with me for a while now ban me from having it cause I can break almost any encounter with one. Instant 60 foot Oak tree, 30 ft diameter is powerful. A door you can't get through? Place it in a crack, a castle wall you need to climb, climb the tree, an enemy on a bridge, pushes the enemy off (did this to giants over a lava bridge once). A flying creature you can't seem to get, hold an action till it dives, catch it in a tree. There are countless ways to use this relatively cheep magic item to take advantage of a situation. Best magic item ever!
The benefit of the rod of absorption or the Staff of the Magi is that you can only be countered if you have used your reaction. I cast disintegrate Wizard casts counterspell at 6th lvl I trigger the rod of absorption gaining 6 charges...and disintegrate the wizard.
My DM was rolling loot tables, and my paladin got a Staff of the Magi at level 7. Kinda sat on it a while because i was a new player, didn't think a paladin would use a staff. Then my paladin died, and i rolled up a wizard, and one of my other party members saved it for me. My wizard had god rolled stats, and arguably the strongest item in the game for him. Absolutely love that staff, said wizard still has it and he's level 16 now, basically a bossfight in and of himself. Also wound up getting his hands on a Tome of Clear thought, boosting his Intelligence to 22 which definitely helped.
I had a character in one of my games ask how an enemy ranger's arrow quiver was attached to them. I answered that it is strapped around their waist with a belt, latch and all. She immediately pulls out her Chime of Opening to open the latch, causing the quiver to fall and leave the ranger without any arrows. Brilliant play that left the enemy without their method of doing the most damage.
Open /close cantrip will do the same
I guess the DM didn't use spell mechanics like "range".
Imagine closing ranks on a guy in combat and you have a "key" in your hand. Or a chime? While he is shooting at you? 😕 Now if the range on that chime is 100 feet.... that makes sense.
@@redfaux74 it's 120 range. . . You could use it before the ranger 🎉
@@christwubbles902 - Do you aim it? 🤨 The rules sure have changed in the last 20ish years.
You can strike it as an action, pointing it at an object within 120 feet of you that can be opened, such as a door, lid, or lock. The chime issues a clear tone, and one lock or latch on the object opens unless the sound can't reach the object. If no locks or latches remain, the object itself opens. @redfaux74
RAW and RAI it works.
Bro, the amount of effort you had to put inro this just for a few hundred people to watch it is sooooooooooo unfair. You make great content and you deserve more views
If I can even help 1 DM run their games better, it's all worth it :)
Completely agree. Up to 2.2k now but still believe this is a great video and series. Helping me tonight mate. Thanks!
@@NauticalMobsterweeks later and still having some growth. Great video
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Exactly, and the answer he gave you is so wholesome...
I only watched the intro and it's high quality video, I am a fellow DM who will be helped and thank you so much
Nothing has made me want to play d&d more than this video.
Looking at all the cool items your character could have usually does! Thanks for commenting
Yes, the magic items are wonderful, but pray to God you don't fall in the hands of a DM that hates giving them to players.
@@jaimetheone9150 😂Hey, new dms can have a hard time with power balance lmao, but yeah you can always ask your dm abt it if he is too scarce on them, but i'll defend not giving too many or the player at once bc otherwise you have to trow them enemies that either get one shot or one shot them with less scalability
(An older DM should be okay to deal with it though)
@@bullabythecroissant2004 All DMs I know are too afraid of magic items, they always say it's too early, and the most they give you are uncommons, after giving you dirty looks and saying that you are too powerful.
I don't know what are they waiting for, since most campaings only go until level 12, 13 tops.
@@jaimetheone9150 maybe try dming bro and you'll understand :) but i understand the frustration, tbh you should talk with them abt it, maybe are they scared it would ruin the game by making it too easy, idk ^^ but balancing is hard so don't put too much on them, be a dm for some time in a campain and you'll get why magic items, starting at rare are scary to give
As a PC, I’ve come to appreciate the items that don’t mess with bounded accuracy so much. Being better “because math” can feel good, but the items that give you a different way to interact with the world, especially in weird ways, ends up being way more fun
Totally agree!
since math is my one of my favorite parts of D&D (which is why i don't love 5e), "because math" makes me happy on the inside.
Bounded accuracy is interesting.. but it's also part of WHY campaigns fall apart shortly after level 8.
"Oh, were most bags of hp and we both hit each other every turn?..."
It's just damage output vs damage absorbtion in the most boring way every turn.
Your twelvelth level fight swings their axe 7 times and does 85 damage. Then the monster hits for 55 damage.. then the fighter does his 7 attacks for 90 damage... And so on until someone chews through the ~200hp on the field.
@@lvlinty
Yeah... It's very challenging to change the dynamic, early on they feel afraid to die (no revive magic and they die easily) so they apply strategy, they take risks, approach fights differently, etc
@@lvlinty that's why fights should be dynamic
I always played a sorcerer. We ran 3.5. My dad was always our DM. He and his friends played 2nd when they were in high school. And me and my siblings learned to play from him. My longest running character, my dad made a BBEG with the Ioun Stones. Every encounter we outwitted him, and he shed a stone to my gain. Still best story I've ever played.
Sounds like you had a great dad and siblings.
dude... that sounds like such an amazing childhood... I don't think I've ever felt such pure, unadulterated jealousy towards another person in my whole life... hahah honestly... I would've killed to grow up in that kind of family...😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you for sharing your story… 40 yrs ago my friends and I basically learned to play from “the older kids” in my neighborhood & played for years and years. Fast fwd to now and I’m getting back into it, and have my own kids who all want to play (and want me to teach/run a starter campaign)… I absolutely love the way your Dad approached the teaching process; I feel very inspired by your story. Thank you again!
I love the ring of mind shielding because it's basically Baby's First Phylactery.
My PC had one and became a reoccurring villain in my next campaign. He only ended up defeated because we fed the ring to a goat that could dissolve magic items in her stomach.
The research and prep that must’ve gone into this is truly admirable. Amazing video!
Having had the deck of many things for over a year IRL time, I've drawn one card. It gave me the ability to rewrite one event that happened, which I used to prevent the oncoming campaign ending TPK. Was a draw of desperation that saved us all
The ring of spell storing doesn’t store only one spell, but 5 levels of spells. I.E. one 5th level spell, or 5 1st level spells, or one 3rd level spell and a 2nd level spell. Etc.
Thank you I was just about to say. As soon as I heard it the antenna went up like hold on that's not right.
@@erikwulfrik1934 it makes it a far better item than originally listed. That being said, I get the mistake. Sometimes we forget the fine prints.
The ring of 5 shield spells, as some folks use it.
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Or better than 5 shield spells, how about using it to have non-casters (or even possibly familiars) cast concentration spells.
I saw the view count on this video and it really surprised me. The quality of this video is better than I've seen on channels with 500k+ subs.
I am a veteran DM. listening to you is fun and helps me a lot, genuinely. Just such a fun thing and wonderful. I'm super tired and sleep deprived but hearing you go on and on and discuss reminds me of the SOUL of DND, it's awesome to see your creativity and ideas and how you interpret things. It's a type of candid content I really want more of.
I was waiting to see the immovable rod, love this item. So useful and fun with a rogue build.
I love the traditional 'immovable relative to what?"
"What?"
"relative to you? relative to the center of the planet? relative to the center of the galaxy?"
"what?"
I realize how old this video is now to make this comment but for those watching after this, the potion of speed does still come with the negative effects of the haste spell. The item says you gain the effects of the haste spell, and the lethargy is one of those effects. It happens regardless of whether concentration is dropped or the duration expires, and the potion doesn't say to ignore any part of it (which some magic items do specify). That said, getting the effect without having to concentrate on the spell is still incredibly strong!
I remember when 'The Deck' had hundreds of cards, you could buy an entire box of random cards, was probably 2nd Ed., maybe 3rd, haven't played since the early 90's, but this was a trip down memory lane.
I subbed.
This was such an excellent list! One thing I would have liked is a list in text format as well. Because I am old and I shall forget most of this list before long. 😅
All of this info came from the D&D guides that are all available for download for a few dollars.
“Oh that’s in Elden Ring”
Dude. Ive always just homebrewed magic items in the past, but having recently completed a year long Curse of Strahd campaign I was thinking of just using the wotc magic items for my next campaign. This video has convinced me. Amazing work and a heap of effort put in. Really appreciate it
Fun fact: The penalty for lacking proficiency in a shield applies when the shield is "worn" so anyone can use an animated shield. Except for a monk because you lose unarmored defense and movement when a shield is "benefited from"
It can also protect a moon druids wild shape or anyone you polymorph since those stop you from using items that are "worn or carried"
Anyone currently not using a shield, besides a monk, can use the animated shield quite well. But beware. As it can be targeted by spells directly and destroyed since it is no longer worn or carried
Reading the monk's Unarmored Defense feature on DDB, it makes no special mention about the monk not being able to have shields at all - simply that they must not be *wielding* a shield. I would personally interpret this as holding the shield with intent to use it.
With an animated shield, as long as it's animated, you are not holding it - because it explicitly states in its description that it leaps into the air and orbits your space, leaving your hands free.
I'd imagine the point of monks not being proficient with shields, and their features being heavily dependent on not wielding shields, is that they need their hands to be free all the time. Their main purpose is to beat the piss out of other creatures with unarmed strikes, after all.
Where did you find this version? The core rulebook reads
"Unarmored Defense
Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier."
As a DM I like single use magic items. I give them out a lot more liberally than regular magic items, especially at lower levels.
Excellent Work! Really inspiring my artificer in my current game!
Which newer D&D item have you had the most fun using. Let me know in the comments below!
The vaporal sword (Sneaker-Snak) the happy cries when a 20 was rolled were insane😂🎉. The player was the only martial and he went from 0 to hero.
Scimitar of speed on my elven rouge/warrior assassin. Was fun getting the extra attack a round.
The Bag of Beans is very memorable to me because once it gave a member in my party a permanent +7 to their ability scores (spread across multiple stats) thanks to the random event that spawns a nest of steroid eggs. XD
Mask of the dragon queen on my bear totem barbarian that owns a vorpal greatsword
As a DM this is precisely the kind of content we need more of. Thank you so much for all your hard work. Subbed for sure!!!
I've watched this video all the way through in the past. I like to fall asleep listening to DnD content and this video is the video I've woken up to on at least 3 other occasions.
Thank you so much for this video. The time and effort you put into this is truly appreciated by a lot of DMs, myself included. Everyone is giving you your flowers in the comments, and it’s very well deserved
The pure effort you put into this vid is more legendary than the items. Subbed 🍻
Really good job! I bet that was a ton of work. Amazing reference. Just one pretty major issue that may change your campaigns as well.
I’m pretty certain the ring of spell storing can store more than one spell at a time. Like a 3rd and a 2nd, five level 1’s, etc. Have a good one.
Very well thought out and detailed. I will say that if you are a newer DM this video is a great resource for you take notes and think out side the normal mystical box because you know your players will. Happy gaming
Thanks man! I’m the black smith for my group and really needed this
I have always feared a deck of many things breaking an immersive campaign. One twist I've wanted to give it (never tried) is that it is found inert. It activates for one draw when 3 nat 20s are rolled by the party in its presence without any nat 1s in between. Maybe signal this to the party by having all the cards have 3 symbols on the back that light up one by one when a nat 20 is rolled and dissipate if a nat 1 is. Make it a puzzle that also depends on luck. But leave it active (disregarding further nat 1s) until used so they still can have that tactical choice of a hail Mary after solving its activation
1:23:50
You said crits can swing the tide of battles, and you are right. I, as a level 4 paladin did 256 damage with a crit plus inspiration for max damage.
How?! It doesn't seem possible!
Deserved W of a video on a killer channel. I love the slow growth
Thank you for this. I love peppering my players with small but functional magic items, the joy that washes over their faces when they finally save up enough gold to buy a new shiny magic item, or find a small utility magic item in a loot hoard is fantastic.
So far, I have seen this video 7 times. And I will probably continue to rewatch the video a lot more in the future.
Best D&D video I’ve seen in a long, long time. This was SO well done. Thank you for all your effort, personal insights, and overall information.
And you've just won a new DM suscritor, nice video dude! :D
A pixie wearing dwarven heavy plate because it's also wearing gauntlets of ogre power is just a hilarious mental image.
The effort this took deserves my like at least. And i shall give it good sir.
Crazy how this guy talked for over 2 1/2 hours about good magic items just for it to get less then 1k likes. Like this is really good information for players and DM’s
Well to be fair when I first released the video it barely got 50 likes to quote Borat "great success!"
months later, almost 450k views and over 8.5k likes
this video got the love it deserved
Love the video and the channel. Subbed when I saw your story arch video which helped A LOT with creating an outline for my next campaign. You deserve more subs. Keep up the awesome work!
Thank you for the support and the kind words!
I could really write a good story around the Decantur of Endless Water . A farming town that thrives on it sending the adventurers on a quest.
Or, you know, build a medieval jetski?
A tip for people playing range characters or use range weapons often you should bring an extra set of dice. Use the dice as a physical tracker of ammunition and make a note at the end of session how much you have left. If you have 24 arrows use a d20 and d4. I use the d12 and d10 to track magic arrows.
Thanks!
So glad I found your channel. Your enthusiasm and great suggestions, coupled with the subject matter makes for some great content! Haven't played in years but kept all my books and manuals which the family enjoys reading and discussing. Thanks for putting this together..
Commenting because this deserves more views, also subbed🤘
35:20 if I'm not mistaken, it would seem the ring could potentially store five level 1 spells at one time, with each spell taking up one of the five levels of storage the ring has.
Yep it can store as many spells u want only up to five levels so like a level 2 and 3 spell can be in it at the same time
One home brew item I made that was well received was the time of fighting which allows a person to gain a fighting style of your choosing. It may also include proficiency in certain weapons or armor.
Hands down the most useful dnd video I have watched to date!
23:42 helm of brilliance only blows up from failing a spell DC that deals fire damage. Way less often than just fire damage. Like unless every enemy is fireballing you, it shouldn't happen
Or burning hands, just saying
I completely understand how much work you must have put in this video. Youre amazing!
Now i ask, can we get a top 20 for "useless" magic items?
Love your list and all the experience you impart at the same time is invaluable.
34:05 I'm pretty sure you can store more than one spell in that ring, as long as the total combined spell levels are up to five (five 1st level spells, or one 3rd level and two 1st level spells for example)
# 105: illusionists bracers, very rare, Attunement. Allows same cantrip twice per turn, same target. Sounds week? Inflict debuff, prone status, multiple other conditions generated by cantrips with a doubled chance to take effect.
Wow, that took some time to create. Was well done and fun to watch.
Great list ... there are a few items in there I'll need to add into my games. My favorite item to give is the Immovable Rod ... it is so versatile, people find the most interesting, useful, and humorous uses for it.
thanks for that, very useful guide to items for someone who has difficulty reading, good emphasis on multi-user stuff
Im just now trying to get into Dnd. This video is great. Thank you
Back in 2e. We often used a Daerns Instant Fortress to dig holes for construction quickly. As the fortress also made a 10x10 hole when used back then.
I am using a Portable Hole in our current campaign. A villain has the hole set up like a cellar & warehouse, with a 4’ platform/stairway, a small collection of barrels, crates, casks, bottles, shelving, misc. supplies, equipment, preserved food, etc., and a small desk/chair in the center. A nice little boon for a party that captures it.
There's a scene in The Thirteenth Warrior where Antonio Banderas's character, an Arabic intellectual who's stuck traveling with a dozen meatheaded Viking warriors, has been given a broadsword which he can barely lift. After failing miserably to chop a couple wooden stakes with this heavy clumsy thing, while the Vikings make fun of him for being weak like a girl (their words), he goes over to the village smith and asks to use his grinding wheel. Then, having ground down the broadsword and turned it into a scimitar, he's instantly awesome with it, and slices the log perfectly with a single one-handed stroke. The Scimitar of Speed really makes me think of that scene.
Besides the fact that it's completely unrealistic, yes.
Great video one minor nitpick unless your house ruling it different RAW when the effect of a potion of speed ends You also received the penalty just like if a haste spell had ended 👍
37:56 the thing you miss is math. if the hole has air for 10 minutes for one creature, then your 3 patry members only have 3min 20sec of air if we dont count the missing air 2 additional bodies would displace. However 10min of breathable air is only 22liters and the 6feet wide 10feet long zylinder could hold 7600liters (minus about 80 liters per body) that means a person could last over 2 days in such a space normally.
Thanks for posting- such a great collection of tips, wowza!
This was an amazing and really educative video! I usually just homebrew items but this inspired me to just use the DMG magic items from now on. Thank you!
So, talking a bit on the bounded accuracy thing and the scaling you were talking about, around 42:00:
For reference, a +1 weapon was ranked #100.
A +2 weapon was ranked #70.
One singular bump in numbers jumped the item up 30 places.
Think about that for a second.
#85... Decantur of Endless Water... makes a great ship engine if you're not sporting a Spelljammer helm. Combine with the Submerge Ship spell to make one helluva Submarine... if ships give chase, a carefully placed Wall of Force can stop'em cold. Mount on the deck and you're a firehose tugboat.
I love using upgraded ammunition as it stacks with the bows bonuses. Ranger hunting a very important target, +2 bow, +3 arrow, +5 total, and why stop at +3 you can go to +5 or +10 to give that character their guaranteed shot when it counts.
This was an absolutely amazing breakdown. Thank you!
Amazing video! Very thorough and informative. Thank you :)
Awesome video :D very helpful
VERY ambitious video. Youve got yourself a subscriber! Good job!
I should note for 12:47, in some versions of the Forgotten Realms, there are planes that can really mess up a party. Such as the plane of Air, Water, Pandemonium, Limbo, Radiance, Vacuum, ... etc. For high level parties that have prep time, this downside is diminished, but spamming the item could have some... unforeseen consequences.
Thank you so much for this if you ever see this comment was struggling to think of items for my adventures
I can not believe you did not put a Periapt of Proof Against Poison on this list. One gets IMMUNITY to common damage type, without use of an attunement slot. This is my absolute favorite item - except possibly for the Holy Avenger.
I would also add Sunblade somewhere in the middle.
How do you figure a dragon's breath weapon is a "magical effect" ?
As someone who's just getting into this shit, I'm straight cracking out on the sheer depth of this game.
This is awesome! Been a Dungeons & Dragons fan since I was in high school! Keep it up! New subscriber here! ❤
From a "marketing" perspective.. why didnt you make it like 10 videos?
Amazing work anyway and thank you for your this very cool video!
Great job! Great content! Not sold on the ranking for the ring of invisibility though!
Great video, great voice. I sleep through 1/3 of the video 😂
something to note about the dwarven thrower, both thiefs and artificers can attune to it even if theyre not dwarves.
also, if you roll random loot and get a dwarven thrower but dont have any dwarves, or a dwarf in your party cant use it,
then you should consider adding the ability for a dwarf to attune an item to someone for them, it makes the situation not suck
for whoever gets the thrower, and adds some cool moments of either a cool tracking quest, or a moment of bonding between two characters.
Bro, thank you so much for this list. It's been very informative
What a great video, man! Congrats!
One thing I did was give a barbarian player a weapon which allowed him to reduce his AC to get additional damage equal to the amount he reduced his AC by until the start of his next turn.
Good list and very well made.
One time a DM gave me a version of Picard's Flute. Play it for +2 buffs but roll a 1 and you pass out for 15min and come back with a lifetime of new memories
Thank you for the hard work you put into this. It’s amazing subscribed for sure
This video is incredible. INCREDIBLE.
at first i was like, wait was that item's picture from skyrim? nah must look similar, the i see the skaal's nordic armor as the picture for adamantine armor😂 great job
Gave my party the Amulet of the Planes. They rarely passed the save at the beginning, so they were thrown throughout the planes from constant spamming of the amulet. Eventually, the Cleric refused to let anyone else use it and had to actively fend off the rest of the party from trying to take it back. It allowed for a lot of fun shenanigans later on in late levels as well.
16,9k now. This is awesome content.
This video must be the most detailed, best put togeather piece of content about DnD items i've seen
This list was insanely helpful. Thank you!
Great video, lots of awesome ideas!
What I don't understand is how the staff of the magi is lower than the wand of war mage 🤔
Is there a written down lost of this? It's been my sleep aid and it's taking days to get through this. Great material thanks!!
Do you have a google docs for this list? it would be very helpful to reference in a moment.
Fun fact any item that has a set dc is buffed in the hands of a investment of the chain master familiar because as per the Invocation "any DC the familiar causes can be replaced with your spell save dc"
Note on the magic ammo
Sell it as a gem or trinket you can slot in a quiver that enchants a either a rolled number of arrows at dawn or proficiency at dawn
Maybe allow up to 3 of these trinkets for a magic quiver or only 1 for a nonmagic quiver.
Maybe not top 10, but for me personally, my favorite and most game breaking item is Quall's Feather Token Tree. DMs who have played with me for a while now ban me from having it cause I can break almost any encounter with one. Instant 60 foot Oak tree, 30 ft diameter is powerful. A door you can't get through? Place it in a crack, a castle wall you need to climb, climb the tree, an enemy on a bridge, pushes the enemy off (did this to giants over a lava bridge once). A flying creature you can't seem to get, hold an action till it dives, catch it in a tree. There are countless ways to use this relatively cheep magic item to take advantage of a situation. Best magic item ever!
The benefit of the rod of absorption or the Staff of the Magi is that you can only be countered if you have used your reaction.
I cast disintegrate
Wizard casts counterspell at 6th lvl
I trigger the rod of absorption gaining 6 charges...and disintegrate the wizard.
My DM was rolling loot tables, and my paladin got a Staff of the Magi at level 7. Kinda sat on it a while because i was a new player, didn't think a paladin would use a staff. Then my paladin died, and i rolled up a wizard, and one of my other party members saved it for me. My wizard had god rolled stats, and arguably the strongest item in the game for him. Absolutely love that staff, said wizard still has it and he's level 16 now, basically a bossfight in and of himself. Also wound up getting his hands on a Tome of Clear thought, boosting his Intelligence to 22 which definitely helped.
What a great video! It’s very informative and I learned quite a bit of knowledge on new items for DND Games! Thank you!