Wondrous Item, Very Rare (Requires Attunement) This black or dark-blue robe is embroidered with small white or silver stars. You gain a +1 bonus to saving throws while you wear it. Six stars, located on the robe’s upper-front portion, are particularly large. While wearing this robe, you can take a Magic action to remove one of the stars and expend it to cast the level 5 version of Magic Missile .…

Weapon (glaive, greatsword, longsword, rapier, scimitar, or shortsword), very rare (requires attunement) When you hit with an attack roll using this magic weapon, the target takes an extra 1d6 Cold damage. In addition, while you hold the weapon, you have Resistance to Fire damage. In freezing temperatures, the weapon sheds Bright Light in a 10-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 10 feet.…

Weapon (Glaive, Greatsword, Longsword, Rapier, Scimitar, or Shortsword), Very Rare (Requires Attunement) When you hit with an attack roll using this magic weapon, the target takes an extra 1d6 Cold damage. In addition, while you hold the weapon, you have Resistance to Fire damage. In freezing temperatures, the weapon sheds Bright Light in a 10-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 10 feet.…

Weapon (spear), very rare (requires attunement) This crystalline Spear bends the light it generates in such a way that it becomes tangible. You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon, which has the Light property. While you hold the Spear in one hand and have another hand free, you can use a command word as a Magic action to create a ghostly projection of the…

Ring, rare (requires attunement) This unassuming platinum ring is polished to a mirror finish. When you reduce a Small or larger enemy to 0 Hit Points while wearing the ring, you can take a Reaction to cause the ring to capture a portion of that creature’s essence. Looking into the ring shows the reflection of the creature whose essence is held inside. Once you capture an essence with the ring,…

Ring, Rare (Requires Attunement) Top to Bottom: Band of Mirrored Essence, Bands of the Found and Lost, Bard in a Box This unassuming platinum ring is polished to a mirror finish. When you reduce a Small or larger enemy to 0 Hit Points while wearing the ring, you can take a Reaction to cause the ring to capture a portion of that creature’s essence. Looking into the ring shows the reflection of the…

Armor (Shield), Very Rare (Requires Attunement) This mirror-like Shield is enchanted with Abjuration magic that can reflect spells back at their source. While holding the Shield, you can take a Reaction when you’re hit by an attack to cast the Shield spell from it. You can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. The Shield has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 expended…

Weapon (Spear), Very Rare (Requires Attunement) This crystalline Spear bends the light it generates in such a way that it becomes tangible. You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon, which has the Light property. While you hold the Spear in one hand and have another hand free, you can use a command word as a Magic action to create a ghostly projection of the…

Wondrous Item, Very Rare This simple silver mirror is 6 inches tall and 3 inches wide. The mirror weighs 2 pounds and has AC 10, HP 3, Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage, and Vulnerability to Bludgeoning damage. It shatters and is destroyed when reduced to 0 Hit Points. If you view the mirror directly and are within 5 feet of it, the mirror’s surface will show images of either your greatest…

Wondrous Item, very rare When this 4-foot-tall, 2-foot-wide mirror is viewed indirectly, its surface shows faint images of creatures. The mirror weighs 50 pounds, and it has AC 11, HP 10, Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage, and Vulnerability to Bludgeoning damage. It shatters and is destroyed when reduced to 0 Hit Points. If the mirror is hanging on a vertical surface and you are within 5 feet…

Wondrous Item, Very Rare When this 4-foot-tall, 2-foot-wide mirror is viewed indirectly, its surface shows faint images of creatures. The mirror weighs 50 pounds, and it has AC 11, HP 10, Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage, and Vulnerability to Bludgeoning damage. It shatters and is destroyed when reduced to 0 Hit Points. If the mirror is hanging on a vertical surface and you are within 5 feet…

Wondrous Item, Very Rare This fine wooden box contains 1d4 pots of pigment and a brush (weighing 1 pound in total). Using the brush and expending 1 pot of pigment, you can paint any number of three-dimensional objects and terrain features (such as walls, doors, trees, flowers, weapons, webs, and pits), provided these elements are all confined to a 20-foot Cube. The effort takes 10 minutes…

You create dozens of illusory mirrors to confuse up to three creatures of your choice that you can see within range. Each target makes an Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, a target takes 7d6 Psychic damage and has the Stunned condition. While the target is Stunned, its Speed is halved. On a successful save, a target takes half as much damage only. A Stunned target repeats the…

Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Wizard) This staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff vanishes and is lost. Spells. You can expend 1 or more charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your spell save DC; you gain a +2 bonus to your spell save DC when casting a spell in this way:…

Type: Adventuring Gear Cost: 5 GP Weight: 1/2 lb A handheld steel Mirror is useful for personal cosmetics but also for peeking around corners and reflecting light as a signal.

Magic Items for Starting Characters If you’re starting a campaign for characters above level 1, the Player’s Handbook offers suggestions for how many magic items such characters should start with and the rarity of those items. Consider these approaches to determining the items each character receives: DM Choice: Choose items for each character using your own judgment. Player Choice: Let the…

Armor (scale mail), uncommon Mithral is a light, flexible metal. If the armor normally imposes disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks or has a Strength requirement, the mithral version of the armor doesn't. This armor consists of a coat and leggings (and perhaps a separate skirt) of leather covered with overlapping pieces of metal, much like the scales of a fish. The suit includes gauntlets.

Wondrous Item, Uncommon When you eat this spicy chocolate sweet as a Magic action, you have Resistance to Fire damage for 1 hour, and you can tolerate temperatures as low as −50 degrees Fahrenheit without any additional protection for the duration. Upset Stomach. You can only be under the effects of one sugarbomb that has this property at a time. Eating a sugarbomb that has this property while…

Spells Prepared. You determine what spells you can prepare for each class individually, as if you were a single-classed member of that class. If you are a level 4 Ranger / level 3 Sorcerer, for example, you can prepare five level 1 Ranger spells, and you can prepare six Sorcerer spells of level 1 or 2 (as well as four Sorcerer cantrips). Each spell you prepare is associated with one of your…

Weapon (scimitar), rare (requires attunement) This roughly hewn crystal sword bends light in unexpected and dangerous ways. As a Magic action, you can use a command word to cause it to emit up to two ghostly projections of itself. The sword can have up to two of these projections at a time, which last until you dismiss them (no action required). When swung, the ghostly projections make the sword…

Type: Adventuring Gear Cost: 15 GP Weight: 6 lbs Fine Clothes are made of expensive fabrics and adorned with expertly crafted details. Some events and locations admit only people wearing these clothes.

Magic items are presented in alphabetical order. If a magic item description capitalizes a creature’s name and presents it in bold type, that’s a visual cue pointing you to the creature’s stat block. How to read and use a stat block is explained in “ How to Use a Monster ” and to a lesser degree in the “ Rules Glossary ”.

Characters earn an advancement towards their next level. If they decline the advancement, they also do not earn any treasure but are still eligible to earn marks of prestige or other non-treasure rewards.