Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Building Bhakashal - Magic Item Tables


Randomization is at the heart of Bhakashal, and that includes magic items. Like spells, many magic items in the setting are named after their creators. Many of these creators are also NPCs in the setting, so for example, Ammon Marr is the Magus Warlock of House Tairn, the author of such spells as Ammon Marr’s Feathered Doom, Ammon Marr’s Missile Inversion, Ammon Marr’s Projectile Extension and Ammon Marr’s Wall of Talons and the creator of Ammon Marr’s Helm of Inspiration. Generally, named items are newer, something like a Ring of Components would be older.


The names are meant to convey some of the Vancian flavor of the setting, Gorrendum, Mohrn the Mad, Nozzenur the Malignant, Merronshaster, Yorbil Minnighast, Brugg the Cruel, Firrwin Hollinshae, Miggen Kettlebotham, Jonrigger… names that evoke older cultures without mapping on to any one of them. 


You will notice that there are no potions on this list, or scrolls. The DMG covers those sufficiently.


There are over 250 original magic items here. 


Rather than integrate the tables directly with the DMG tables, Bhakashal offers referees a choice. 

Decide on the balance between Bhakashal magic items and DMG magic items in your campaign. I run my home game 50/50, so first roll a d4, on a 1-2: roll on Magic Item Table A - DMG, on a 3-4: roll on Magic Item Table B - Bhakashal. If you prefer to weigh the standard DMG magic items more, you could split the roll 1-3- Magic Item Table A - DMG, 4 - Magic Item Table B - Bhakashal, and vice versa if you want to weight Bhakashal magic items more. 


Note also that both Magic Item Table B and all of the individual Bhakashal magic item tables are weighted, certain items come up more often than others, by design. The tables are meant to be rolled on, not chosen from, and the weighting is meant to influence the frequency of certain magic items. Temporary items like potions and scrolls are more common, as are armor and weapons, rings, wands and miscellaneous items are comparatively less common.


Finally, compiling these has been a reminder of the nature of putting together a project of this size. The spells and items have all been created, but making weighted tables to distribute those items and spells is a considerable amount of work. It has given me a new respect for AD&D and its ENDLESS WEIGHTED TABLES, LOL.


Gygax was a beast.


Enjoy this taste of the fantastic world of Bhakashal.



Bhakashal Magic Items

Magic Item Table A - DMG

01 -20 - Potions (A)

21 -35 - Scrolls (B.)

36-40 - Rings (C.)

41 -45 - Rods, Staves & Wands (D.)

46-48 - Miscellaneous Magic (E.l.)

49-51 - Miscellaneous Magic (E.2.) 

52-54 - Miscellaneous magic (E.3.) 

55-57 - Miscellaneous Magic (E.4.) 

58-60 - Miscellaneous Magic (E.5.)

61 -75 - Armor & Shields (F.) 

76-86 - Swords (G.) 

87-00 - Miscellaneous Weapons (H.) 

Magic Item Table B - Bhakashal

01-20: DMG Potions Table A 

21-40: DMG Scroll Table B

41-45: Table 1 - Rings

46-50: Table 2 - Rods, Staves and Wands

51-53: Table 3 - Miscellaneous Magic A

54-57: Table 4 - Miscellaneous Magic B 

58-60: Table 5 - Miscellaneous Magic C 

61-70. Table 6 - Armor and Shield

71-86. Table 7. Swords

87-100. Table 8 - Weapons



Bhakashal Magic Item Tables

Table 1 - Rings (d100)

1-15. Cargstad’s Ring of the Phantasm 

16-30. Gorrendum’s Ring of Steadying 

31-50. Mohrn the Mad’s Tippling Ring

51-70. Qar-Shonn’s Ring of Abjuration 

71-80. Ring of Components 

81-94. Ring of Convention

95-100. Ring of Transposition


Table 2 - Rods, Staves and Wands (d100)

1-5. Nozzenur the Malignant’s Rod of Necromancy 

6-10. Rod of Hephaestus 

11-15. Rod of Divinity 

16-20. Rod of Restoration 

21-25. Rod of the Sentinel

26-30. Scepter of Sanctification 

31-35. Moon Staff 

36-40. Staff of the Canon 

41-50. Staff of the Marshland 

51-60. Staff of Mouths 

61-65. Staff of Unison

66-70. Merronshaster’s Whistling Staff

71-75. Munnar the Mad’s Wand of Evocation

76-77. Vinreaver’s Wand of Blurring 

78-80. Wand of Doom 

81-84. Wand of Monstrous Location 

85-89. Wand of Preservation 

90-92. Wand of Reptilian Passage  

93-97. Wand of Screams 

98-100. Willon the Wail’s Wand of Corpse Detection


Table 3 - Miscellaneous Magic A (d100)

1-3. Tornwith’s Amulet of Conjuration 

4. The Arms of Hallisen the Bold 

5-6. Kon’s Bag of Silver 

7. Yorbil Minnighast’s Bag of Bubbles 

8-10. The Bandolier of Brugg the Cruel 

11-12. Onnkar Dahl’s Bands of Disruption 

13-15. Belt of the Brawler

16. Metamorphosis Belt 

17-19. Bissandrith’s Belt of Blinding Speed 

20-21. Winnemeath’s Belt of the Burglar

22-24. Bombastyn's Giant Boots 

25-27. Josteloth’s Boots of Smoke 

28-29. Kennar Luftwillin’s Boots of Kicking 

30-32. Kreeneer’s Boots of Stomping 

33. Meggenbotham’s Boots of Skating and Skiing

34-35. Xir Caan’s Skin Boots

36. Boots of the Titan

37-38. Boots of Transformation 

39-40. Zinfader’s Cacophonic Boots 

41-42. Munnar the Mad’s Boots of the Jester 

43-48. Ugill's Boots of Purchase 

49-50. Bintar’s Bracer of the Hound 

51-55. Bondelbrand’s Bracers of Avoidance 

56-57. Mir Thensic’s Devil Bracers 

58-59. Bracers of Pugilism

60-65. Bracers of Speed 

66-70. Firrwin Hollinshae’s Bracers of Adhesion 

71-75.Olreen's Broach of Alteration

76-79. Broach of Ratri 

80. Yogloth's Iron Cage 

81-82. Candle of Apollo 

83-84. Candle of Divinity 

85-86. Jorlin’s Cane of Mist 

87-88. Korgander’s Carpet of Sinking 

89-91. Caul of Selene 

92-94. Chalice of Divinity 

95-96. Lonrigger’s Disarming Cloak 

97-100. Jaetar’s Cloak of Mourning 


Table 4 - Miscellaneous Magic B (d100)

1-3. Miggen Kettlebotham’s Cloak of Protection From Skull-Drudgery 

4-6. Miggen Kettlebotham’s Cloak of Protection From Slashing and Stabbing

7-9. Miggen Kettlebotham’s Cloak of Protection From Projectiles 

10. Miggen Kettlebotham’s Cloak of Protection From Spells 

11-12. Cloak of the Pauper 

Ammon Marr’s Chameleon Coat 

13-16. Coin of Janus

17-18. Crown of the Gladiator

19-20. Sjin’ Saar’s Dust of Unity

21-24. Dilmethayor’s Earring of Hearing

25. Phoenix Egg 

26-30. Eyes of The Lycans 

31-35. Murgh Mactavish’s Eyes of Avarice

36-38. Sun Feathers 

39-42. Figurines of Wondrous Power: The Nesting Crows 

43-44. Ammon Marr’s Movable Gate

45-47. Amnar-Re’s Gloves of Accuracy 

48. Brugg the Cruel’s Demon Gloves 

49-51. Kallen-Khal’s Gloves of Distraction 

52-53. Solomor's Fist of The Pyre (Glove

54-55. Gloves of the Boar

56. Torubalt’s Spider Gloves 

57-58. Morghull’s Gauntlets of the Crow 

59-60. Ilmaater’s Gauntlets of Frost 

61-63. Kohr Khan’s Gauntlets of Throwing 

64. Amsargoth’s Gauntlet’s of Repayment 

65-66. Lwenwaller’s Gloves of Digital Dalliance 

67-69. Farranthir the Vain’s Gloves of Cleanliness 

70-71. Spirit Gun

72-74. Rondall's Hat of Distraction 

75-79. The Magsman’s Mantle (Hat

80-81. Reglement’s Hat of The Arbiter 

82-84. Amermemon’s Hat of the Dandy 

85-86. Helm of Fasting 

87. Jonnigaster’s Spider Helm 

88. Helm of Lunar Transmogrification 

89-90. Ammon Marr’s Helm of Inspiration 

91-92. Helm of Divination 

93-94. Voornogogg’s Helm of Shades 

95-100. Konkarrin’s Jewel of Discharge 


Table 5 - Miscellaneous Magic C (d100)

1-3. Umber Hulk Knuckles 

4-6. Dogweller’s Lantern of Divination 

7-8. Gorgull’s Lanthorn of Shades 

9-13. Quillon’s Lens of Assessment

14. The Mercurial Map of Mar Kassan 

15-18. Aronir’s Mask of a Hundred Faces 

19-20. Meerschaum of Madness 

21-23. Dormwillan the Doughty’s Dragon’s Foot Necklace

24-25. Sin ’Kaal Sarn’s Necklace of Fangs 

26-28. Vox Necklace 

29-30. Tinnemar’s Necklace of Obfuscation

31-35. LyrrTashun’s Magpie Nest 

36-38. Oil of Anointment 

39-40. Ointment of Extraction 

41-43. Doggweiller’s Purse of Emptiness

44-46. Bissandrith’s Wizard Parchment

47-48. Trombir’s Periapt of the Mouse 

49-50. Periapt of Curses 

51-52.  Pouch of Puissance 

53-55. Sorcerer’s Quill 

56-60. Fonlonce’s Fantastic Quiver 

61-63. Phossamer's Robe of Beguiling 

64-65. Robe of Suffering 

66-67. Querrt’s Robe of Night 

68-70. Kennamir's Saddle of the Knight 

71-72. Onnu the Silent’s Sash of Stunning 

73. KhorKhan’s Missing Satchel 

74-75. Holy Water Sprinkler 

76-77. Tollminder’s Scarab of Credence 

78-79. Konkarrin’s Iron Sentinel 

80. Morshoggoth’s Sheets of the Thaumaturge 

81. Konnelaggon’s Shelf of the Sorceress 

82-83. Gnar’s Shoes of Tumbling 

84-85. Jonnigast’s Changeling Spheres . 

86-88. Rittigan’s Industrious Spider 

89-91. Onnu the Silent’s Iron Tape 

92. Mind Flayer Tea

93-94. Tokrin Beastly Tokens 

95-96. Rajmurangi’s Torch of the Footpad 

97-98. Thurible of Supplication 

99-100. Vestments of Banishment


Table 6 - Armor and Shield (d100)

1-2. Agony Armor 

3-5. Armor of Absorption 

6-10. Armor of Awareness 

11. Armor of The Abyss 

12-15. Armor of Abjuration 

16-18. Armor of Adhesion 

19-20. Armor of Bone 

21-22. Armor of the Deep 

23-25. Armor of Destruction 

26-27. Armor of Glory 

28-29. Armor of Hope 

30. Armor of Ice 

31-33. Armor of Pacification 

34-36. Armor of Reflection 

37-40. Armor of Resonance 

41-44. Armor of Restitution 

45-50. Armor of Speed 

51-53. Armor of the Kraken 

54-60. Dalkin’s Armor of Night

61-65. Forester’s Armor 

66-69. Jade Armor  

70-74. Spider Armor 

75-80. Wave Armor 

81-85. Shield of Fangs 

86-88. Shield of the Many 

89-90. Shield of the Rhino 

91-94. Shield of Terror 

95-97. Shield of Thunder 

98-100. Shield of Turning 


Table 7 - Swords (d100)

1-2. Beak and Claw 

3-4. Blade of the Pack 

5-6. Burglar's Blade 

7. Chinook Blade 

8-9. Blade of Flowers 

10-11. Blade of the Gate 

12-13. Guile Blade 

14-15. Hummingbird Blade 

16. Hydra Blade 

17-18. Marsh Blade 

19-20. Monkey’s Tooth Blade

21. Moon Blade 

22-23. Proximity Blade 

24. Sword of the Pyre 

25. Ratcatcher Blade 

26-27. Raven’s Beak Blade 

28. Shadow Blade

29-30. Blade of the Steed 

31-32. Smoke Blade 

33-34. Rogues Blade 

35. Corpse Blade 

36-37. Cutpurse's Cleaver 

38-39. The Filcher’s Falchion 

40. Filcher's Rapier 

41-42. Frog Sword 

43-44. Bissandrith’s Sword of Cleaving 

45. Borghental’s Razor Sword 

46-47. Cartwheel Sword 

48-49. Grappling Sword 

50. Grasshopper Sword 

51. Guild Sword

52. Hoarfrost Sword 

53-54. Hyena Sword 

55. Inferno Sword

56-57. Jinntar’s Sword of the Wasp 

58. Magpie Sword 

59-60. Salamander Sword 

61-62. Sillintall’s Sword of the Sharper 

63-64. Spark Sword 

65-66. Sword of Bolting 

67. Sword of Bluster - Kaggeyathi’s Sword 

68. Sword of Chains 

69-70. Sword of Confusion 

71. Sword of Eloquence 

72. Sword of Evocation 

73-74. Sword of Feathers 

75-76. Sword of Filching 

77. Sword of Freedom 

78-79. Sword of Impact 

80. Sword of Minerva 

81. Sword of the Pendulum 

82-83. Sword of Pilfering 

84. Sword of Retribution 

85-86. Sword of Reverberation 

87-88. Sword of Scales 

89-90. Sword of Seeking  

91. Sword of the Sentinel 

92-93. Sword of the Sparrow 

94-95. Sword of Stealth 

96-97. Sword of Suspension 

98. Sword of Swiftness 

99-100. Sword of the Waghalter


Table 8. Weapons (d100)

1-2. Arrow of Restoration 

3-8. Jonrigger’s Axe of Sharpness 

9-12. +1 Bardiche of Absence

13-18. Inarrak’s Brassard and Bardiche 

19-22. Crossbow, Folding 

23-25. Lagmenter’s Dagger of Crows

26-31. Flail of Faith 

32-35. Flail of Radiance 

36-40. Gronn the Gruesome’s Hunger Flail 

41-45. +1 Military Fork, "Devil’s Horns"

46-48. +1 Guisarme-Voulge - Ape’s Paw

49-50. +1 Halberd of Striking

51-55. Bantar’s Hammer of Crushing

56-58. Mullentagg’s Lance of Piercing

59-61. Bantar’s Mace of Shattering 

62-65. Gronn the Gruesome’s Mace of Impact 

66-67. Mace of Conviction 

68-69. Morning Star of Retribution 

70-75. Bantar’s Sling of Separation 

76-79. Omm-Karon’s Spear of Vengeance 

80-82. SiegTorson’s Mighty Spear "Giant’s Bane" 

83-87. +2 Feather Spetum

88-90. Quennar’s Stinging Stick 

91-95. Svintooth’s Portable Weapons  

96-100. Kohr Khan’s Universal Weapon


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