Wondrous Item, rare
This large egg features strange but colorful patterns on its shell. It is 1 foot in diameter and weighs 10 pounds. If you keep the egg warm and undisturbed for 30 consecutive days, it hatches. Roll a d12 and consult the following table to determine the creature that emerges.
The creature is friendly to you and your companions, and it acts on your turn, unless otherwise stated. You can use a bonus action to command how a friendly hatched creature moves and what action it takes on its next turn, or to give it general orders, such as to attack your enemies. In the absence of such orders, the creature acts in a fashion appropriate to its nature.
d12 | Creature |
1 | Badger |
2 | Black bear |
3 | Boar |
4 | Fox (use the jackal statistics) |
5 | Frog |
6 | Deer |
7 | Hawk |
8 | Otter (use the weasel statistics, plus a 30 ft. swim speed) |
9 | Owl |
10 | Pony |
11 | Raven |
12 | Swarm of wasps (attacks you immediately upon hatching) |
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I LOVE THIS MAGIC ITEM!!!!!
Why don't these have art on them?
I had some players win an item very similar to this for beating some pixies at a game of chance...
Unless there's a dire version of a frog, I feel like that would be the most disappointing result. OTOH, a 10-pound frog would be quite the sight! Even the Goliath frog is barely over 7 pounds.
I really like this item. My only suggestion would be to put the Swarm of Wasps on the 1 slot rather than the 12 slot. People love rolling high, so getting attacked by a rare magic item would be quite the disappointment.
Well then it wouldn't be alphabetical anymore.