Heroic Ideas — 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)  The Two-Faced Staff  — A staff that cruel tricksters and faux-polite aristocrats that has two forms. One provides a bonus to Charisma (Deception) checks and you can expend charges to cast spells such as disguise self and major image, while the other form gives a bonus to Charisma (Intimidation) checks and you can expend charges to cast offensive spells such as cloudkill and phantasmal killer.

2)  Soul Sword  — A longsword that can be activated by expending your Hit Dice to boost its attack and damage. When you do, it changes appearance and damage type based on your alignment.

3)  Solacesteel Preserver  — A necklace made from a shattered mourningsteel weapon, now formed into a holy symbol that prevents you from being frightened, and has charges that can be used to cast various spells, including more effective charm spells. Additionally, your healing for creatures at 0 hit points is doubled, but you take a portion of the healing as necrotic damage.

4)  Champion's Shield  — This shield is etched with a number of mythical foes. While holding it you gain an additional bonus to your AC. Additionally, you gain temporary hit points when a creature uses a Legendary Action within range and a new etching of that creature appears if it is slain. If you recount a story of one of the etchings, they move with the story as if by the programmed illusion spell.

5)  Collapsing Cart  — A small wooden cart that can be quickly disassembled for easy transportation. You can speak its command word to have it transform into a 2-foot box or a full sized cart. You can also speak another command word to cast the minor illusion spell to change the appearance of the cart's contents.

6)  Amber Red Nunchaku  — This red stained wooden club is sectioned in two, connected by a chain. It gains charges as it is used, eventually releasing the charges in the form of additional necrotic damage.

7)  Metallurgist's Grip  — Designed by a metallurgist for safe use with caustic components, this heavy metal arm can be worn as a gauntlet or function as a prosthetic arm. It grants resistance to acid damage and a bonus to your AC. It can also simulate the effects of the haste spell, but you take acid damage while the effect lasts.

Thanks to everyone who submitted item ideas and voted for them this week!

Keep on adventuring!