AV&ES- Roll those dice!

Grave Salt

‘Well, even if that necromancer is around, we have denied him a few playthings,’ Bakra-do said as he dropped the small vial to the ground and looked at his dark blue hand.
‘Your hand, they will know, the dead,’ the dwarf said as he nodded at the mercenary’s hand.
Bakra-do looked over at the wizard.
‘I have a couple of spells to get us out of here, probably our best bet,’ the wizard suggested.
‘Let’s do it, and hope we never come across this weird salt again,’ the mercenary snarled.

Gray salt that is very rare and expensive, when sold at all. You could cook with it, yet I would not suggest it.

Benefit: A generous sprinkling of this salt on a freshly deceased corpse will keep that body from rising as an undead creature. However, doing so marks the user of the salt’s hand, marking it a deep blue, even if gloves are worn, the hand wrapped otherwise or the salt sprinkled from its container. This causes all non-corporeal spirits in the vicinity to notice and possibly attack (50% chance).

Usable by: Anyone.

Voracious Sling Stone

Darsh the druid woke up face down in the forest, pockets empty, yet still had his staff.
Halfling bandits that lurked about the edges of this forest, he had been warned.
Wiping the dirt and lichen from his face he devised a plan.

Halflings often have quirky magic items on their shifty little bodies, this is the type of thing they have, even with its obvious downside to their kind. Small stone with a wide, hungry face etched on it.

Benefit: This enchanted stone deals 1d4+1 points of damage on a successful hit and then returns to the pouch or pocket where it is normally kept. It also consumes one ration per day, whether used or not. Can Knockout for one turn on a natural ’20’ to Hit.

Usable by: Anyone who can use a sling.

Arrow of the Held Tongue

‘The wizard Arakam winced as he was struck in the back by an arrow his companions in front of him could not see. His mouth opened to scream, yet no sound came out.
‘Is this a game of charades or something?’ asked Thoz the thief.
Arakam flailed his arms and whirled around after the second arrow hit, revealing the damage.
‘I’m on healing,’ Nuli said as she began a healing prayer for the wizard. Krogi and Thoz pulled the arrows out of the spellcaster. Thoz, finding the magical arrow, handed it to Krogi.
‘I am sure that will come in handy,’ he said to the fighter.
Krogi took a moment to consider if the magic worked if he just jabbed someone with the arrow’s point, thinking of the possibilities.
‘It might,’ Krogi agreed.

An arrow with arcane writing engraved on it. Very popular with rangers and scouts who try to pick off scouts and spies, and other rangers before they can raise an alarm.

Benefit: This +1 to Hit arrow deals 1d6 damage and the target, if struck, cannot speak for one turn (ten minutes), while the archer cannot speak for 1 round.

Usable by: Anyone who can use a bow. Or maybe just jab someone with it. Maybe.

Berylwisp’s Slippery Sling

‘Take the halfing down!’ Krogi shouted.
‘Which one?’ Arakam asked as he contemplated a spell.
‘The one with the sling that seems to hit every time, regardless of cover!’
Nuli rolled a healing potion over to the fighter as Thoz threw a dagger at the halfling as he prepared another shot. The thief growled and shook as the enemy mage cast a spell that shocked him with a jolt of electricity.
Another halfing stepped in on the other side of the ravine and fired a crossbow.
‘Ogres are easier to deal with than these guys!’ Krogi lamented out loud.

A leather sling with arcane writing on it in silver. Used as an eyepatch by its previous owner when not in a conflict.

Benefit: This sling is +3 to Hit and stones fired ignore cover bonuses. However, if a ‘1’ is rolled to Hit the stone flies around and strikes the sling’s wielder in the back of the head for 1d4+1 damage.

Usable by: Anyone who can use a sling.

Scale of Serpents

Krogi gasped out in pain as the kobolds suddenly appeared, taking the adventurers by surprise.
‘The new armor?’ Nuli asked.
Krogi grunted and pulled out a short sword.
‘You really need to trade that for something better,’ suggested Arakam after he had cast his spell.
Three kobold arrows bounced off of the fighter’s armor.
‘Should I? How often are we taken by surprise?’
‘He somewhat has a point,’ Thoz commented as he lunged at one of the small, vicious humanoids with a short sword of his own.

Scalemail with a greenish tinge. It fits very comfortably and seems to almost move a little on its own from time to time eerily.

Benefit: This enchanted armor gives a +1 to AC and a +2 to Saves versus Poisons of any kind. However, if surprised, such as by an ambush, the armor constricts around the wearer, dealing 1d3 points of damage. This strange constriction eases two rounds after either combat ends or the source of surprise is gone.

Usable by: Anyone who can wear the armor.

Laughing Pike

Uzeb the Wise and Jaundo spied the ogre below.
‘I believe we should approach this foe from opposite sides,’ Uzeb suggested.
‘Why?’ the fighter asked.
Uzeb nodded at the pike that Jaundo had found in the strange lair under a nearby waterfall.
‘Oh, yeah, right.’
‘It is a blessing, and a curse, in one,’ Uzeb said as he began a spell to befuddle the large humanoid in the glade below.

This ancient weapon has a blade similar to a pike (the fish) that appears to be snickering or laughing, attached to an oak shaft covered in scales, runes and carvings of pike. A clever pun and a deadly weapon all in one.

Benefit: As combat is about to begin this strange weapon begins laughing hysterically. This ruins surprises and ambushes and the bearer is -2 to initiative. When combat begins this enchanted pike, still laughing, is +1 to Hit and deals 1d8+1 damage. Those who take damage are -2 on Charisma and Constitution for one turn (ten minutes) per strike. After combat the uproarious laughter of the weapon dies down.

Usable by: Anyone who can wield the weapon.