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The Kleptogoblicon - Free Compendium - Volume 1
The Kleptogoblicon - Free Compendium - Volume 1
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Items
Bottled Oil
A bottle of glimmering yellow oil. The label reads 'Massage in a bottle'.
Baaracelet
A thick silver bracelet with sheep engraved into it. You can wind up the
centre of the bracelet and it will slowly rotate for 1 hour, making anyone
who watches it become drowsy. 1% chance of spawning a large sheep
when the inner ring stops rotating.
Eyelet Bolt
A metal crossbow bolt with a rigid metal ring fashioned on the end. The
eyelet shrinks and tightly grips anything threaded through the ring.
Tapping the bolt 3 times returns the eyelet to its original size.
Tavern Rag
A damp, tattered looking rag that smells of stale ale. Once per day, you
may wring a pint of ale from the rag.
Arrow of Wasps
At the point of impact, the arrow transforms into a nest of angry wasps.
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Ringading Ring
A brass ring with a paired desk bell. Whilst wearing this ring, you can tap
it to make the desk bell ring, no matter how far away it is.
Large Eyeball
An eyeball the size of a basketball.
Maggot Box
A small wooden box. It is slightly tacky to the touch and has a pungent air
of ammonia. If you place a small piece of meat inside the box and shut it
for 1 hour, 5d20 maggots will appear inside of the box.
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Arrow of Warning
This arrow always just misses the target but instils a great sense of fear
into them as it passes by.
Rubber Shark
A small rubber shark that floats in water. The shark is enchanted to float
towards the nearest moving lifeform within the body of water that it is in.
Brandyfire Brooch
A festive brooch in the shape of a Christmas pudding. When activated, the
brooch erupts a blue flash of flame across the entirety of your body. The
flame is harmless to you but will burn anybody else.
Schieblos Shirt
A light cotton shirt with a red and white target design on it. Whilst wearing
this shirt, ranged attackers are more likely to target you.
Lettuce Pray
A holy prayer book from a cult that focuses their worship around lettuce.
The pages are made from dried and preserved lettuce.
Rocking Horse
When unobserved, it slowly rocks back and forth on its own.
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Earrings of Oronlas
A pair of earrings in the shape of padlocks. Clipping the padlocks shut
makes you deaf. The padlocks can be locked and unlocked at will.
However, each time you shut them there is a 5% chance that they will jam
shut and they will need delicate lockpicking or less delicate destruction to
remove them.
Fishing Rod
A long dead fish is still on the hook.
Pollard Pike
A long spear with a serrated leaf-shaped steel point. Whilst wielding this
pike, you do additional damage against horned creatures. A critical hit
with the pike will easily sever a horn. The pike also comes in handy for
chopping off tall tree branches.
Splhat
A top hat made from firm jelly, they come in a variety of colours. Whilst
wearing this hat, roll 1d6 if you take a fall that would normally inflict
damage. If you roll a 6, you temporarily turn into a gelatinous form on
impact and splat flat against the ground. You then quickly reform back to
normal, taking no damage from the impact.
Stoneberry Jam
A sweet preserve that instantly hardens when placed in a keyhole, fixing
the lock in its current position. According to Dwarves, it also goes nicely
on toast.
McFlyffe's Pigment of Multicolarity
A cardboard box with a metallic hue that changes colour depending on
what angle you are viewing it from. Inside is a small glass bottle of viscous
prismatic fluid that has a strong chemical scent. After drinking this
potion, your hair is dyed 5 random and vibrant colours. There is also a 5%
chance that you will develop the habit of only cooking whilst nude. These
effects wear off the next time you submerge your head in water.
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Bucket of Freezing
A thick-walled metal bucket. The air inside of the bucket is bitterly cold.
Anything left inside of this bucket freezes solid after 1 hour. Please don't
try to wear this as a helmet.
Staadslam Warhammer
A sentient Warhammer with a head fashioned in the shape on an anvil. It
values the holder keeping their equipment in good condition and detests
cowardice. If the hammer has a good relationship with the wielder, it will
try to aid them. When the hammer is swung downwards, the head will
take on the weight of a fully-sized anvil to increase impact damage.
However, if the hammer dislikes the wielder, it may change weights at
more inopportune times.
How to Start a Rabbit Farm
A small book with green pages, each page containing a tip about keeping
rabbits. Some of the pages have been ripped out, this book has 2d6 pages
when found. Feeding a page of this book to a rabbit will make another
rabbit appear nearby with a loud popping sound. There is a 5% chance
that this new rabbit will be surprisingly strong and extremely aggressive
towards you.
Rumour Rune
An ear-shaped runestone. When you hold it, you hear a disembodied voice
say “Figures in yellow hooded robes have been seen entering and leaving
the cheese shop late at night.”
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Serpenspew Serum
A glass vial moulded to form a snake bent in the shape of the letter ‘S’.
After drinking this potion, you vomit a small poisonous snake every time
you use a word with the letter ‘S’ in it. This effect lasts for 20 minutes.
Sooty Cat
A once-white, soot-covered cat. It's completely unphased by loud noises
and loves to be by an open fire.
Ring of Kartenhai
A silver ring encrusted with tiny red diamonds. Holding this ring against a
playing card allows you to change it to another card of your choice.
However, there is a 5% chance that the card will spontaneously ignite.
This can be done 3 times per day.
Giant Snail Shell
50% chance of containing a giant snail.
Chef's Uniform
An immaculate white uniform, complete with hat.
Obsidian Fishing Magnet
A large disc of obsidian, enchanted to stick to basalt. It is attached to a
heavy-duty metal cable. People think that once you throw an item into
lava, it is destroyed for good. But, some items end up encased in basalt
geodes, ready to be cracked open. This magnet allows you to attempt to
fish for such geodes. There is a 5% chance that the magnet will be
consumed by lava every time you throw it in.
Scarf of Nonstopnitt
A chunky hand-knitted scarf with a striped rainbow design. When worn,
the scarf slowly adds to itself, gradually getting longer. After 3 days, a
brand-new scarf with a random design detaches from the original and that
too has the same generative abilities when worn.
Muffle Bag
A cylindrical canvas bag with handles. The bag is 3 times bigger on the
inside. Once closed, anything noise made from within the bag is barely
audible.
Pectus Pills
A small wooden chest containing 4d6 powdery brown pills. Consuming a
pill transforms you into a wooden chest. Anything on your person at the
point of transformation is stored in the chest. This effect lasts for 5
minutes.
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Box of Blobsession
Cursed. A specimen box filled with test tubes and petri dishes. Upon
opening this box, you become obsessed with collecting ooze and slime
samples. This obsession disappears after you have filled 3d6 vials with
different specimens.
Ladder of Breathing
A 10ft bamboo ladder. You can breathe clean air whilst holding onto a
rung of this ladder providing one end of the ladder is in clean air.
Bolt of Bacon
At the point of impact, the bolt releases the strong and irresistible scent of
bacon frying on a Saturday morning.
Hot Sauce
A bottle of phenomenally hot sauce.
Jolly Jelly
A cup of bright yellow jelly. Instantly improves the mood of any creature
that consumes it.
Lantern of Semperlux
Cursed. A cumbersome iron lantern with a large ring handle. The lantern
remains brightly lit at all times, even underwater. As soon as your hand
touches the handle, it clenches shut around it and won’t let go.
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Knitted Hat
A warm knitted hat.
Vatten Vial
A large vial of colourless, tasteless and scentless liquid. After drinking this
potion, you feel hydrated for 4 hours.
Apron
A leather apron with a pouch for tools on the front.
Sticky Finger Gloves
Black leather gloves that are tacky to the touch. You will have a greater
chance of successfully pickpocketing whilst wearing these. After 10
pickpocket attempts, these gloves become caked with pocket lint and other
debris, rendering them useless.
Pickled Eggs
A jar of 2d4 pickled eggs.
Waterproof Boots
A pair of thigh-high waterproof boots.
Old Key
Allows access to 'The Unholy Heart Sanatorium'.
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Pioneering Pies
A book with a browned cover that has the texture and scent of pie crust. It
contains a brief history of pies and a large selection of unusual recipes.
After reading this book, you can make a decent pie from just about
anything. Some more exotic combinations may even develop magical
effects.
Holy Helmet of Diving
A diving helmet blessed by a monk who lived in a lighthouse. He believed a
holy relic was somewhere nearby in a shipwreck. Whilst wearing this
helmet you can breathe underwater and it emits a holy light that
illuminates 30ft in front of you. Perfect for exploring the midnight sea.
Captain’s Crowbar
A rust-flecked crowbar with several limpets fixed to the surface. One end
of the crowbar bends off in two directions to resemble an anchor. Once per
day, you may activate the crowbar to make the anchor end take on the
weight of a full-sized anchor. This effect normally wears off after 10
seconds, however there is a 5% chance that the effect will remain
indefinitely.
Swag Bag
A bag of stolen goods. It contains pieces of tavern paraphernalia including
tankards, cutlery, and a set of keys.
Town Newsletter
It has next week's date on it.
Brian’s Blessed Helm of Hollering
A golden helmet with two long horns on the top. You can activate this
helm to amplify your voice by 5 times. This can be done 3 times per day.
Bountybreak Brew
A syrupy potion that cycles between gold and transparent. Drinking this
potion temporarily removes any bounties put out on you and your party
for 1d4 hours.
Sincinerator
A small, red metal scroll box. You can write down a sin you have
committed and then burn it in the Sincinerator to absolve yourself of the
wrongdoing. There is a 50% chance that a relevant sacrifice will be taken
as the paper burns. For example, the sin of theft may result in some of
your coins disappearing.
Gregor's Giant Flask
A tall, opaque potion flask that reseals itself with red wax each day. If you
hold the flask, you hear a booming voice inside your head coming from
someone who refers to themselves as 'The Flaskmaster'. The flask fills with
a random potion each day. But, to break the wax seal and open the flask,
you must first complete a task assigned by 'The Flaskmaster'.
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Potion of Poculence
A vial of slightly syrupy clear liquid. It has a safety cap to stop children
from opening it and smells faintly chemical. Just one drop of this potion
can cleanse a bucket of unsanitary water and make it safe to drink.
Giant Globstopper
A large green gobstopper flecked with specks of black and deep purple.
They are extremely popular with children as they last a long time but even
more popular with adventurers as the globstopper can be thrown at
gelatinous or ooze-like creatures who will stop in their tracks as they try to
dissolve this hard ball of candy.
Audiospook Bookmark
Place the bookmark within the pages of a book and a disembodied voice
will narrate from that page onwards until the bookmark is removed.
Journal
It details notes regarding strange lights and voices coming from the
swamp. Eventually the notes devolve into mad ramblings before abruptly
stopping.
Recurve Bow of Retorta
A warped recurve bow, it is awkward to handle. Any arrow fired from this
bow will sharply swerve just before the point of impact, making the arrow
hit at an angle that doesn't indicate the location of who fired the bow.
Untrained archers will find it hard to fire this bow accurately.
Wooden Sign
'No Trespassing' is painted on it in red.
Tin of Spam
An enchanted tin of spam. It refills every Wednesday.
Flammable Thread
A small reel of black thread, it feels rough against your fingers. The thread
is flammable and will slowly burn if lit. 30cm of it will take around a
minute to burn completely.
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Gelatinous Arrow
At the point of impact, the arrow transforms into a 5ft cube of jelly.
Flavours may vary.
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