Heroic Ideas — Bi-monthly Runner Up poll! Choose 2 community item ideas to be made! (Patreon)

Hey heroes!

Each week on Discord, community members nominate other members' suggested items to be made into official Saddlebag items. The top two most voted-for item ideas each week get made, following back and forth workshopping and discussion.

You can submit your ideas on Discord, too! Come join us in the #patron-item-workshop channel!

You may recognize some returning item suggestions! Items can be renominated and re-drawn for weekly polls following a week-long cooldown.

Here are the randomly selected item ideas drawn from this week's nominations!

Ideas

1) Solacesteel Preserver — A necklace for a cleric or paladin made from a shattered mourningsteel weapon, strung on a braided silver chain. It acts as a holy symbol, prevents you from being frightened, and has charges that can be used to cast healing and charming spells. Your charms are effective even when targeting a creature you are fighting, as are your healing spells for fallen creatures at the cost of you taking necrotic damage.

2) Blood Whistle — A dull whistle that produces no sound. When you blow into it, you can attempt to temporarily curdle the blood of a nearby target, preventing it from taking actions or moving until the start of your next turn.

3) Dune Armor — This armor is fashioned to look like a vest and includes wicking materials to withstand hot temperatures. You gain a bonus to your AC and you have advantage on initiative rolls while holding a weapon. You can use the armor to make a special attack, creating a column of ammunition that rains down on an area dealing damage. While attuned to other "dune" items you can gain additional abilities for a short duration.

4) Tenth Circle — A powerful, sickly sword that revels in various blood sacrifices. Its single eye can paralyze or strike fear into foes that look at it, as well as rejuvenate allies using your life force.

5) Ring of Perpetual Momentum — This ring is made of hollow glass, and a metal bearing perpetually rolls through it. When you are stunned, paralyzed, or affected by lethargy from the haste spell, you instead suffer the effects of the slow spell for the duration of the original effect.

6) Deep Beast Barding — A set of armor for a beast that grants it a bonus to AC and its Charisma score. If the creature is a Ranger companion, the Ranger can speak the barding's command word to transform the companion into a Glavrezu, Hezrou, or Vrock.

7) Torrdok's Magnificent Top Hat — This colorful top hat is part of a collection of items from a renowned illusionist. The wearer gains a bonus to the DC of their illusion spells, as well as access to the hypnotic pattern and major image spells once a day.

Keep on adventuring!