Weekly Wonders – Eldritch Items by Alex Riggs and Joshua Zaback is a role playing game supplement published by Necromancers of the Northwest for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result.
The supplement is available as an eight-page PDF from DriveThruRPG for $1.49 but was purchased at a reduced price as part of a special bundle. Two pages are the front and rear covers, one the front matter and one the Open Game License.
The Introduction explains that some magic items are strange items with dark origins that sometimes have a terrible price for use.
The amulet of assumption appears as the same type of creature as the beholder, though it only affects outsiders and aberrations.
The armor of aberrant augmentation is enchanted plate that can also grant bite and tentacle attacks.
The black book of names will write what a humanoid creature whose name is spoken is doing for up to a week.
The blue book of tales grants a bonus to Knowledge checks for identifying aberrations, Great Old Ones or behemoths.
The brain box can hold a single brain after death.
The cloak of man skin grants a bonus on attempts to appear human and can even transform into a human being.
The coffin of stone protection can enter the Ethereal Plane and the occupant can transport their projection to the Material Plane.
The dagger of the transformative death can transform its victims into terrible monsters.
The finger bone of curses replaces a severed digit and the user suffers bad luck but can inflict curses.
The hand of death can cast finger of death, as well as making resurrection extremely difficult after repeated uses.
The mask of the unspeaking grants its wearer the ability to communicate telepathically with other psychic spellcasters and a bonus on spells with thought components, but cannot speak or cast spells with a verbal component.
The mirror of dreams reflects the dreams of a sleeping creature and can be used to inflict nightmares.
The oil of serpents grants snake-like abilities to the user, more after each application.
The tongue of the goat must be sewn into the mouth and the user can speak any language, has the ability to charm person and even speak a word that can kill.
Weekly Wonders – Eldritch Items in Review
The PDF is bookmarked with the various sections linked. Navigation is decent. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are no illustrations. Presentation is adequate.
This is a collection of magic items that, whilst not truly spectacular, is interesting, and the need to make sacrifices to use some of the items does add something to those. Most are fairly standard items, but a few are more interesting. Weekly Wonders – Eldritch Items can be found by clicking here.
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