The Catalogue of Common Magic Items is a role playing game supplement written and published by LightninJohn for use with Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition.
The supplement is available as a four page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. One page is the front cover.
The supplement contains 17 new magic items.
Barking beans make one sound like an animal.
Cast iron cauldron grants temporary hit points from food cooked in it.
Cup of ambition makes one immune to the frightened condition.
Doctor’s band makes a failed saving throw against disease a success.
Fabrication shirt can change its colour.
Faulty pen can shoot ink and blind an opponent.
Flameless teapot boils liquids without fire.
Foldable stepladder folds up very small.
Gel of healing heals some hit points if fire damage has been suffered.
Illumination stone sheds dim light.
Illuminated stone adds a bonus to Intelligence based skill checks.
Orthopaedic shoes come in two versions, one removing disadvantage from a disadvantaged Dexterity saving throw, the other does the same but adds Constitution and Strength as the options.
Rod of goblin understanding allows the user to read goblin.
Tinker toy will make sounds of battle and move forward.
Vest of life preserving is a vest that automatically inflates if completely submerged in water and lifts the wearer to the surface.
Volo’s Guide to the Nearest Tavern does what it says.
Yarn of Forgetfulness allows the user to forget the past hour.
The Catalogue of Common Magic Items in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is short enough that these aren’t needed. Navigation is fine. The text maintains a single column format and some minor errors were noticed. Bar the cover, there are no illustrations. Presentation is adequate.
Annoyingly, the pages are images, and not very high-resolution ones at that. Zooming in causes the writing to become less clear and nothing can be copied from them. This is a comfort detriment for all users and even worse for anyone using a text reader.
Other than that, this is a collection of minor magical items, many by the looks of it based on modern items or folk tales. This is a useful little collection for adding minor bits and pieces of magic for characters to find or buy. The Catalogue of Common Magic Items can be found by clicking here.
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