Staff, rare A mote of swirling, magic water circles the top of this wooden staff, which can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff. The staff can also be used to make special melee attacks by extending and lashing out with the water. You’re proficient with these attacks, which have a reach of 10 feet, can use your Wisdom modifier for their attack rolls and damage rolls instead of Strength, and deal…

Unfortunately, finding these dandyish devils’ contractual loopholes is not nearly as much fun as I had hoped. —ASTARION ON HARVESTER DEVILS

List of Maps from the One-Shot Wonders: 10 Desert One-Shot Adventures.

Sow, Grow, and Reap in the Harvest Cycle The Harvest Domain draws from the cycle beginning with creation, reaching abundance, and ending in culling before repeating endlessly. Deities of farming and crops can focus on one of the harvest’s aspects, but most draw from each phase of the cycle. Clerics of this domain are drawn to the cyclical nature of existence, and they often take on roles as…

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Weapon (any melee weapon), legendary (requires attunement) You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The first time you attack with the weapon on each of your turns, you can transfer some or all of the weapon’s bonus to your Armor Class. For example, you could reduce the bonus to your attack rolls and damage rolls to +1 and gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class.…

Weapon (boomerang), very rare You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The boomerang is a ranged weapon, and any creature proficient with the javelin is also proficient with this weapon. On a miss, a boomerang returns to the thrower's hand.

Type: Martial Melee Weapon Cost: 300 GP Weight: 2 lbs Damage: 1d4 Bludgeoning Properties: Light, Thrown (range 20/60), Returning Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Returning Club, you must take the Advanced Weapon Proficiency feat. This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this…

Weapon (rapier), very rare (requires attunement) This item appears to be a sword hilt that has a small hole on either end of it. The hilt is made of clear quartz and contains an hourglass with sand inside it. Despite the holes on the hilt, the sand never seems to flow out of the hourglass. You can take a Bonus Action and use a command word to cause it to magically form a thin blade of sand. The…

Manyhorn Guild Brokers are the senior officials who draft, organise, and oversee trade negotiations between their guild and other parties. These include negotiations between other Manyhorn guilds, as well as other cities, kingdoms, or political groups. Manyhorn Guild Brokers are generally exceptionally cool-headed, especially in a crisis. They pride themselves on their ability to use logical…

The guild house offers the following services: Customize Equipment. A character can hire an artisan to customize their equipment, such as emblazoning a Shield with a symbol of their choice or embellishing the binding of a Spellbook. The standard rate is 5 GP per piece of equipment. Research. The library contains books on history, magic, and the creatures of the Borderlands. For 1 GP, a character…

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A recent innovation, the Lyrandar Skyskiff is a nimble and compact airship used for short-range travel and rescue missions. When larger airships are marooned in the sky due to elemental engine failures or other malfunctions, crews often enlist a fleet of skyskiffs to tow the marooned ships to a docking tower for maintenance.

The Ruinbound are mutants that can be born to any humanoid species that has contact with the Daelkyr or their minions. A Ruinbound is born with a personal symbiont—an unnatural entity bound to the child. Unlike most symbionts, this entity cannot be separated from its host, and the two are permanently fused. Many Ruinbound have additional disturbing mutations; you can roll on the Ruinbound…

Armor (ring mail), legendary You have a +3 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. This armor is leather armor with heavy rings sewn into it. The rings help reinforce the armor against blows from swords and axes. Ring mail is inferior to chain mail, and it's usually worn only by those who can't afford better armor.

“You stand on the open deck of a skyship, taking in the majestic views of the desert below. From this height, the cracks in the dry, mineral-rich earth create a fractal pattern, like an irregular mosaic. Suddenly, the ground begins racing towards you at speed, and you realise the ship is nose-diving out of the sky. Instincts kicking in, you clutch the railings and brace yourselves for impact.”…

Weapon (boomerang), rare You have a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The boomerang is a ranged weapon, and any creature proficient with the javelin is also proficient with this weapon. On a miss, a boomerang returns to the thrower's hand.

Type: Adventuring Gear Cost: 5 SP Weight: 1 lb A Tinderbox is a small container holding flint, fire steel, and tinder (usually dry cloth soaked in light oil) used to kindle a fire. Using it to light a Candle, Lamp, Lantern, or Torch —or anything else with exposed fuel—takes a Bonus Action. Lighting any other fire takes 1 minute.

Weapon (club), very rare You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Club allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to…

Armor (ring mail), very rare You have a +2 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. This armor is leather armor with heavy rings sewn into it. The rings help reinforce the armor against blows from swords and axes. Ring mail is inferior to chain mail, and it's usually worn only by those who can't afford better armor.

A bodytaker podling is a near-perfect replica of a creature consumed by a bodytaker plant. A podling possesses the appearance and memories of the being it duplicates, but it is entirely loyal to the bodytaker plant that created it. Fundamentally, a podling isn’t its own creature but an expendable appendage of a bodytaker plant. Bodytaker podlings frequently exhibit behaviors that suggest their…

Of course I’m furious! Even when they didn’t just dance away from our blows, we could barely scratch them. Three nimblewrights were too much for my squad to handle. A thousand will put every soldier in this land out of work. —Mafat A’Haddin, soldier

On the Elemental Plane of Earth, galaxies of gemstones twinkle over vaults of treasure. If dao are there, so is wealth worth hunting. —Gundren Rockseeker, Dwarf Treasure Hunter Genies of minerals and gemstones, dao embody the resolve of rock. Using innate magic, they move through the earth unimpeded, exploring depths inaccessible to most. Dao delight in the treasures of the earth, whether raw…

Over the last two centuries, Thayan wizards and merchants worked together to established enclaves—small communities of Red Wizards who traded in magic items and spells—across Faerûn. Governments permitted these enclaves within their borders because they resulted in lucrative trade. According to the charters of the Thayan enclaves, the land within the walls of an enclave is Thayan soil, and Thayan…

Weapon (morningstar), uncommon You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Morningstar allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Sap. If you hit a creature with this weapon, that…

Ability Scores: Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom Feat: Mark of Detection (see “ Dragonmark Feats ”) Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Investigation Tool Proficiency: Disguise Kit Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Disguise Kit, Fine Clothes, 10 GP; or (B) 50 GP As a member of House Medani, your life revolves around subterfuge—not engaging in it, but preventing others from doing so. You see the world…

The apartments offer the following services: Buy Gems. Lenk can buy gems the characters find in their adventures. Lenk exchanges gems at this location for their value in gold. All the gems in this adventure are worth 100 GP; this rate includes Lenk’s appraisal fee. Rent an Apartment. Characters can rent an apartment for 100 GP per month.

Wondrous Item, rare This long key, studded with tiny Siberys dragonshards, can only be used by a creature with the Mark of Hospitality. You can take a Magic action to trace the outline of a door in the air with the key and cast Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Mansion without requiring Material components. The spell ends after 24 hours or when you use the key to lock the door and dismiss the effect; at…

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