The New Magic Items in the 2024 Dungeon Masters Guide | Nerd Immersion

[@blueperry5409]

Hag eye should recover charges at midnight, not dawn, just feels more thematic.

[@Richinnameonly]

I'm total going to homebrew it that way if it ever comes up.

[@DM_Jame]

I think it's fine with dawn. I personally don't think midnight, night, and the moon should be associated with all evil monsters and creatures. But that's just me. o7

[@melvixen1943]

The summoning cube is essentialy a pokeball.

[@NerdImmersion]

Pretty much

[@snieves4]

This! Aberration is choose you!

[@deanospimoniful]

It's so going to play Pop Goes the Weasel every time I use it.

[@TylerMc119]

Nah see…cause it’s a cube. Totally legally distinct 😂👍

[@llAlukall]

Fortunately it is cube-shaped and thus does not violate their patent 😂

[@DonkThePlonk]

I don't think the Executioners Axe is supposed to work with the grace property if the axe deals extra damage on a hit and grace lets you deal damage on a miss. But ofc you can play as you want as long as people at your table is happy with it.

[@tabletopgamingwithwolfphototec]

*Graze

[@Markcrazeer]

No. It just does not deal the extra damage on a grace.

[@DHS60521]

Oh someone is going to reskin the Lute of Thunderous Thumping into a guitar/axe for a Dwarven bard.

[@NerdImmersion]

@@DHS60521 hell yeah

[@Jimmy-p9n]

🤘

[@SortKaffe]

Put on an Australian accent and sing: _Thunder_ 🎸 _Thunder_ 🎸 _You've been_ 🪓 _Thunderstruck_ ⚡

[@lmt831]

@@SortKaffean underdark accent

[@Richard-sq1ml]

I would totally be a troll and give a gloomstalker that energy bow.

[@Sandsquid21]

That Nothic eye you have on the desk is pretty sick!

[@NerdImmersion]

Thank you!

[@UltimateMustacheX]

Is there any level requirements to craft magic items? Since bastions have to wait until lv 9 to do it, I wasn't sure if there was a similar requirement to make them yourself. Also, I'm disappointed the enspelled items can't use any item as the base. I recall them showing a table of base items the tools can make for other magic items (boots, rings, etc.), so they should all be fair game to put a spell into. Just make it like the staff where it's any spell with the chance of breaking on the last use. I'll probably ask my DM to allow that whenever we swap to the new rules.

[@nickh3205]

The thunderous lute sounds similar to the lute that edgin from the D&D movie uses

[@RokuroCarisu]

Except his wasn't magical.

[@nickh3205]

@@RokuroCarisu you should look up his stats that are on D&DBEYOND

[@chainclaw07]

24:30 - imagine this - you're a green clad plate armor fighter, the bbeg casts meteor storm - you "toss down your shield generator" and like master chief in the halo 3 trailer you take a meteor to the face and survive, charging out of it once the effect is gone toward the enemy - to finish the fight

[@cmurph321]

Hag eye is serving me 1981 Clash of the Titans movie energy!

[@LoreFoundry]

That Hags eye looks pretty neat. Could be cool to give to a Hexblood character that wants to participate in a Coven.

[@carlosvillanueva8530]

Diana's staff is the acrobatic thief staff from the cartoon. Bobby's "the barbarian's" hammer is there too, Hanks arrows don't say they must be fired immediately you could draw the bow and slowly release to create arrows for others to have free force arrows.

[@grr-OUCH]

Bobby uses a club, not a hammer.

[@carlosvillanueva8530]

@@grr-OUCH But no one uses a club as a weapon, so they put it in a hammer.

[@grr-OUCH]

@@carlosvillanueva8530 Who is they? WotC made it as Thunderous Greatclub. That is not a hammer.

[@carlosvillanueva8530]

@@grr-OUCH 10-4

[@HAOSxy]

The monsters and resistance part is very funny, because the way they changed the classes and the way they changed monsters (since Monsters of the Multiverse), at high level, a Barbarian is a worse tank than any Fighter and the famous debate martial/casters has an even greater problem, especially if you add the resistance to all physical damage in the mix. Also the strongest race for a high level game is the Amethyst Dragonborne.

[@DeadmanwalkingXI]

Notably, some creatures with resistance to nonmagical stuff are seemingly just gonna lose it. That's what happened to the imp. So I agree that they're getting rid of 'resistant to non-magical damage' stuff, but I think whether creatures instead just get resistance to weapons is gonna be a lot more variable based on whether them being resistant to weapons was part of their specific niche thematically. Some will have those resistances and some will just not, while some may also get resistance to only some types of damage, like only Bludgeoning or whatever.

[@jakewarman7277]

All the new summoning spells get attacks equal to half the spell level all the way across from everything I've read.

[@SortKaffe]

Indeed. They're unchanged from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

[@ryanscanlon2151]

Some of these new enspelled items are very interesting. I imagine lots of staffs of eldeitch blast going around. Weapons or shields of blade ward are going to be great for fighters, rogues, monks and anyone else who isn't using their concentrating on anything else. And divine favor for barbarians or anyone else who wants it too

[@Deathmvp1]

Dagger of healing word or cure wounds .

[@keatsmeister]

Enspelled Armor with Nystul’s Magic Aura for a Fighter/Paladin is pretty damned handy. A freeby change your creature type for targeting removes them from being targeted by some nasty spells which target humanoids like Hold Person saving spell slots for the party casters

[@marcducorsky8736]

Waiting for Shield of Shield. +2 ac with a few charges of an additional +5 AC..

[@Nero1920]

But doesn't it count against the rule of "using a magic action"? Reactions aren't included, are they?

[@Jimmy-p9n]

Or Hex item. Good for fighters. Scary if everyone had Spirit Guardian items.

[@Richinnameonly]

Sylven talon is a good one for crafting early game. If you have access to message I assume you can craft them.

[@slagmoth]

Animal Lord? Those were back in 2E. Cat Lord was pretty fun.

[@oniminikui]

I definitely want the Quarterstaff of the Acrobat for a few of my druid characters. Cast shillelagh on it for some extra damage.

[@Noob_DnD_Dad]

Nice! Thank you! I was wondering why silvered weapons were not in the new PHB 2024

[@taylorsmith9197]

Graze property I believe specifically states, "This damage cannot be increased by any other means than increasing the ability score that is originally used" or something like that. Capping it at five unless your STR or DEx scores are above 20. Leaving the Barb and Monk as the only base classes who can deal more than 5 dmg with Graze outside of magic items.

[@fxsantazo]

Diana's Acrobat Staff is just Ruyi Jingu Bang

[@Richinnameonly]

Adamantine weapons have a property that should be problematic in my mind. Remember forces are equal but opposite in the real world. Say you target an opponent for an attack with your regular sword. Also say the opponent blocks with an adamantine weapon or possibly shield. The attack of the normal sword hits the adamantine one therefore the normal sword takes an equal force from the adamantine one. A force equal to a hit so it's as though you hit the regular sword with an adamantine one. The regular sword should shatter like glass against a rock just because you blocked it.

[@SortKaffe]

Nice inspiration for an NPC rolling a Nat 1 against a PC wearing an Adamantine item. I love it

[@agilemind6241]

Nothing special about Adamantine there. If you just use a sword to directly block a blow from another weapon there is a good chance your sword will break. Defense in combat is much more about deflecting blows than blocking them because far less force is transferred to you if you deflect it as opposed to blocking it. Parrying with a weapon is not primarily directly blocking an attack and absorbing all that force with your own weapon, it is applying just enough force at an angle to deflect the blow which you can then smoothly move into a counter attack while they are vulnerable.

[@Richinnameonly]

@@agilemind6241 I wasn't really thinking about a miss. It's only if an attack hits you. Like if you are wearing robes and take an arrow. Healing magic will heal the wound but not your robe. It is kinda hard to say if an attack hits someone is it hitting the shield the clothes straight flesh or anything else. So it's basically always just up to the dm. I wish there were specific rules like "if you have a shield equipped assume it actually contributes to your defense".

[@MagiofAsura]

Adamantine weapons would be cooler if the object destruction system was more robust. Most things have low hp no damage threshholds. Else you could just break someones sword with just about any weapon RAW

[@pebbles2626]

Potions: I may have missed it, but are general potions an Action to drink, or do all potions need only a Bonus Action to drink?

[@goatskull9702]

I was wondering the same thing

[@andyrandall6474]

Potions don't have general rules. They tell you in their respective descriptions what action it takes to consume them. Healing potions in the player's handbook specify that you drink them using a bonus action.

[@koreydell4071]

Yes, but we didn't hear what they were here. They just said you drink it... assuming action but never know.

[@kyleweir689]

Considering they’re a magic item, I’d assume that, generally, they’re going to require a magic action.

[@TS-om7vb]

There was the cat lord in 1st edition ...

[@sillvvasensei]

My Berserker Barbarian craves the Executioner Halberd

[@popburnsy3207]

Between the cover with Venger and the Warduke and the classic D&D cartoon magic items in the book, I'm sold. Yes, I'm easy.

[@Kineteken]

Halberd has Cleave.

[@adrenalineunlimited]

That hat + arcane trickster

[@BrianOxleyTexan]

Adamantine remains under appreciated. Losing crits is amazing, assuming monsters are critting. The Hat is excellent for flavor, especially for campaigns where dice rolls impact, and everyone enjoys the unexpected.

[@MagiofAsura]

For adamantine armor, Losing crits is....fine. nice when it comes up but bland at best. Adamantine weapons in-universe are amazing cutting others weapons like soft cheese. We are kinda just approaching 3.5 territory though when thinking of object integrity.

[@Jimmy-p9n]

Admantine items with enchantments. Yes please

[@GoldfishEmpire]

I love adamantine armor. I believe it's one of the best armor sets (by rarity) in the game. I just don't like 2014 adamantine and silvered weapons since their whole gimmick is bypassing a resistance that even a common magical weapon could do. In order to take advantage of those properties, you had to use antimagic fields, which parties only typically face in the highest levels of play, which most tables don't get to.

[@marethyunune7782]

​@MagiofAsura i had a player who got a set of adamantine plate armor. He refused to change to a set of +2 plate armor because he would've taken more damage. After he got that armor, at like level 5 (campaign went to 20), he received about 70% of the crits, and there was an average of about 1.5 crits per combat. He saved literally hundreds of hit points because of that armor. It was unbelievable.

[@Jimmy-p9n]

@@marethyunune7782 admantine should be higher level later stages. Especially with enchantments

[@Richinnameonly]

The summoning scroll making it disappear when it goes down is actually a drawback. You can't even harvest parts from it.

[@NerdImmersion]

I think that's intentional

[@sortehuse]

I think that Potion of Greater Invisibility also is new

[@tabletopgamingwithwolfphototec]

I would advise doing the players hand book stuff first. Then Tales of the Valiant. An finally the DMG stuff.

[@cameronpearce5943]

The BPS prediction I made was right :D

[@slagmoth]

Never understood why Adamantine Armor (or in this case weapone) is considered a magical item. It isn't in my games. Just material that can bypass resistance. Prevents crit still (until I find a better property for it though). At least in 3.X it was Alchemical silver for durability. Not going to count Silvered/Adamantine Weapons as magical items, it's just stupid.

[@starrazor9558]

Maybe since Adamantine is an inherently magic material? idk why else it would be a magic item, just thinking of a justification

[@tomtom7955]

@@starrazor9558 ya Adamantine and Mithril are kind of considered by wotc to be inherently magical bc of the nature of the materials, super strong infernal iron and superlight and flexible mithril(5e slept on the weight reduction mithril offers but canonically its 1/2 the weight of steel) They dont have to be magical but for simplicities sake, the material rarity and the skills needed to work these materials into something useful, they essentially are. in older editions there were masterwork items which usually conferred a non magical +1, i can see these making a comeback now that the resistance to non magical weapons is going away.

[@slagmoth]

@@starrazor9558 I get what they are going for, but in my head I am thinking just because it takes magic to forge the metal (sort of like Dragonslayer, dating myself a bit here) doesn't make the item magical, until it is enchanted (in my games you have to forge the weapon with the enchantment, don't have an issue with both things happening at once) Just seems they are taking away combinations, like an Adamantine +1 sword or flaming etc... like 3.X. Anyway, I can't postulate on changing anything until I see the rest of the MM changes tbh.

[@jasonsumma1530]

Is mytheral (sp?) already on the magic "item" list like silver and admantine is now? I would be surprised if it isn't since the other two are now. Is cold iron a building material or did it get removed eplaced?

[@NerdImmersion]

@jasonsumma1530 it's just mithral armor and it's the same as in 2014

[@adrenalineunlimited]

Enspelled shit is awesome

[@GoldfishEmpire]

Is Niko's Mace just an enspelled mace?

[@NerdImmersion]

@@GoldfishEmpire seems like it yeah

[@joshvwvd]

what are the attunement requirements for the enspelled items because I thought I saw somewhere they needed to be attuned by a spellcaster which would make it rather useless for most martials

[@UltimateMustacheX]

Just the staff version

[@NerdImmersion]

Just the staff version for is for spellcasters only

[@davidgarrido6732]

Epic Level Handbook from 3rd edition had Colossus as Gargantuan or Colossal versions of golens. They used to be brutal.

[@goatskull9702]

Does it say what it takes to drink the non healing potions

[@LeonardXin-gp8nk]

Goodness! Like the Cartoon!

[@Mark-ki7ic]

The enscrolled item if a damage Cantrip is in it, is it at the lowest 1dX or used charges to. Increase the damage ,??

[@NerdImmersion]

Considering cantrips are based on cbaracter level, so I'd scale it up

[@mordyth]

I think the executioner's axe is from EverQuest

[@jesseseva2219]

14:41 el kabooooong!

[@thiagoknofel8982]

Adamantine weapons should work loke silvered against constructs, and have a sentence about beeing nearly indestructible

[@victormahnic685]

Theres a spirit board in Van Richtens guide - but i dont think it was a magic item

[@NerdImmersion]

Yeah exactly

[@Rimkriger1]

New items? Well that's a bit of a strech. The items from the D&D cartoon series isn't exactly new. But oh well....

[@SilverScribe85]

Here's a cool idea for a Bard-centric weapon...a magic quill or pen that makes anything they write happen in real-time

[@carlosvillanueva8530]

That is a 2nd edition artifact.

[@SilverScribe85]

@@carlosvillanueva8530 Really? What's it called and can it do what I just described?

[@carlosvillanueva8530]

@@SilverScribe85 Yes it does exactly what you described, it is an artifact that basically gives the characters the ability to cast the Alter Reality spell at will. There is a reason it is in print only once and no DM ever speaks of it. It totally ruins the game. The first time I read its description I put a red line through it, banning it from my game. I will not give you the name of the pen. I feel if you want it the least you can do is the work to find it. good luck.

[@SilverScribe85]

@@carlosvillanueva8530 So, if I wrote "my opponent turned into a chicken" with the artifact; it'll happen?

[@carlosvillanueva8530]

@@SilverScribe85 Did you not understand what you had said previously?

[@adrenalineunlimited]

I want this same video but the items described by Garfield the Deals Warlock

[@-hunt-6225]

Any unique legendary halberds or glaives? The issue in last PHB and every other book released from 2014-2024 had a thousand unique long swords and great swords but only the normal non attunement +3 legendary for a lot of other weapons.

[@derekstein6193]

Adamantine weapons should never be considered magic items. There is a reason why in 2014 monsters had resistance/immunity to "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with adamantine weapons." Adamantine is a worked form of adamantite ore, and is a purely naturally-occuring metal in D&D. Edit: Silvered weapons, too? It is just an alchemical (nonmagical) silver jacket encasing a steel blade. I understand that silvered and adamantine weapons tend to have been forgotten as potential treasure in 2014, but making them magic items drastically changes their place in D&D. Not only that, but this makes the common magic item that is just a magical weapon without bonuses redundant.

[@NerdImmersion]

I'm pretty sure they're removing the "from nonmagical attacks" bit from all creatures and it's just going to be straight up resistance to bludgeoning, piercing and slashing

[@derekstein6193]

​@@NerdImmersion I see. That approach seems to take out nuance from the game. 2014 5e was already a noticeably simplified edition, but WotC seems compelled to simplify it even more. Oversimplification elements and power creep seem to be hallmarks of 2024.

[@briandodd2579]

Are there additional feats/boons in the DMG that were not in the PHB?

[@shadow-faye]

Doubtful

[@kyleweir689]

Those will be in more splat books

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

I enjoyed the Common items. They’re fun RP items for low-level players.

[@judepkmn5794]

can barbarians use the in spelled weapon charges while raging?

[@NerdImmersion]

No, you can't cast spells while raging. Using an inspected item is still technically using the Magic action to cast a spell

[@shadow-faye]

Can't maintain concentration or cast spells, magic actions should be fine, depends on which it is

[@judepkmn5794]

ah i kind of figured but just wanted to ask still a great weapon for barb while not raging

[@dwgautier]

Do potions in the 5e 2024 dmg use a magic action or bonus action to use?

[@CyanMentality]

That is a Bonus Action, skipper. I sourced a video Nerd Immersion made about it, but KZbin smacked it outta the comments section coz it was a hyperlink lol

[@dabeef2112]

@@CyanMentality All potions or just healing potions? The PHB specifically calls out Healing potions as having it. I haven't heard anything about the rest of the potions.

[@CyanMentality]

​@@dabeef2112Good question. I'd imagine it could be expanded to all potions; if you have time to down healing fluid in a bottle in a bonus action, it stands to reason you could down other fluids. But if your DM scruples inhibit you from feeling at peace with that decision, you could just tell your players No. Maybe the consistency of a Potion of Featherfall takes several moments for the fluid to leave the vessel, longer then the abstract amount of time specifically a 'Bonus Action' takes. Follow your heart haha

[@dabeef2112]

@@CyanMentality The fact that it's specified in the text of the potion leads me to believe that the bonus action isn't universal. However I haven't seen the DMG yet so I could be wrong. Regardless I'm sure many DMs will allow it to work that way as many already do.

[@CyanMentality]

@@dabeef2112 oh shit, you're right! Fuckin Hasbro fucked us again!

[@Fibonochos]

Seriously why aren't people making a bigger deal of Enspelled Items, like even from a pc's perspective these are Bonkers. Even if you nerd them to require the material components of the spell and only include spells with a casting time of an action (which they don't by the way the explicitly give the example of enspellled armor with *SHEILD*) that still leaves crazy items like Staffs/armors of healing. And what's more is you just need to be a spell caster. You don't need the spell to be on your list. THINK ABOUT HOW CRAZY THAT IS. Also if casting spell from magic items stays them same you use your action to cast it from the staff and you wouldn't need to provide expensive material components. Like Seriously this is such a crazy magic item. Hell, armor of goodberry without any other assistance provides 60 hp of healing a day that you can distribute as you see fit without waste. That the lay on hands feature from a paladin *AT LEVEL 12*. All you need to make this at level 1 is 200gp and 10 days to craft it. This is bonkers.

[@parttimed.m.1111]

Do the items have PRICES? i remember something about the items will be having prices in the dmg.

[@matthewshave503]

No single one items prices just prices on rarity and Maybe it just me but we do not need a prices for everything individual items just make everything in 300 GP

[@parttimed.m.1111]

@matthewshave503 thanks for the info. I don't like that things like this are glossed over AGAIN, but that's just what it is I guess.

[@logansisson5949]

Go Pikachu! Lol

[@Ahglock]

I had a hope they did basic math and realized the psychic knives would need something in the magic weapon front like the wraps of unarmed power. both it and unarmed probably need more than that given how often they are adding +2d6etc damage weapons. A two weapon nick master is basically getting 15th level rogue damage from those. So psychic knives with nothing and fists with just +x to hit and damage will be falling behind hard in any game where those weapons are being found/bought/made etc.

[@coldfusion230]

I hope that Shield of the Cavalier gets some clear wording on that Forceful Bash because as written it doesn't work with the majority of class features. It's not a weapon so any feature that requires a hit with a weapon (smite, sneak attack, etc) won't work, it won't benefit from any weapon mastery or fighting style either.

[@MrFirefan1234]

I think it's fine as is now, it has effectively 2 masteries on it at the same time with no save (just a size limit on the prone) and shields are listed under armor so it wouldn't be a "weapon attack" for stuff like Smites, etc

[@tomtom7955]

idk its an attack and it uses your prof bonus and str modifier... if your hung up on the weapon attack wording of class features, I think of it like an improvised weapon which to my knowledge doesn't exclude you from using class features w/ them. imo you can use maneuvers, smites, sneak attack's ect because your using the object as if it were a weapon. but the way i ruled unarmed strikes in 2014 was as a weapon attack bc irl some black belts and prize fighters have their hands/feet, bodies registered as deadly weapons and more importantly it doesn't break the game by allowing martials to use a maneuver or smite/sneakattack unarmed it just adds verisimilitude.

[@tomtom7955]

​@@MrFirefan1234 the item itself says its an attack.(specific beats general) You can already make a improvised weapon attack w/ a shield. an improvised weapon is a weapon for all intents and purposes, even if it not an ideal one. so with that in mind, im pretty sure you can use class features in conjunction with it. But honestly whatever weapon your using in tier 3 is probably gonna be better to use with your features most of the time anyway so this discussion probably isnt all that meaningful in the grand scheme of things.

[@MrFirefan1234]

@@tomtom7955 2014 had the horrible ruling that Unarmed strikes were "Weapon attacks" but NOT "attacks with a weapon" so it got very convoluted. Thankfully now that distinction is gone, as well as now Smites say "Bonus Action, which you take immediately after hitting a target with a Melee weapon or an Unarmed Strike"

[@Irokutarabelmont]

Please get some water dude.

[@jasminebryant4238]

Wait…adamantine weapons auto crit 😮 No one else think auto crits on a hit are broken?

[@EdibleFriend05]

Auto crit objects, which they've always done

[@jasminebryant4238]

@@EdibleFriend05 auto crit objects...not creatures? Ok, I missed that

[@dwil0311]

I hope you apologize for the terrible takes on your last magic items video.

[@darkerthanblack23]

Seriously, imagine trying to buff an uncommon item to be more powerful than a rare item, e.g. ring of warmth to better than ring of cold resistance.

[@shadow-faye]

Why should he? It's just his opinion and it's hurting no one

[@PhalisoBringerOfDoom]

I love parts of the Cube of Summoning and hate others, the generic randomness and the jack in the box flavor aren't things I'm a fan of Personally I think if you're a DM and want to hand this out you should think about your players and what their character's themes are and give them a more specific "Cube of Summoning ______" based on that theme so a dragon themed character would get a "Cube of Summoning Dragon" and a fey character could get a "Cube of Summoning Fey" and an Artificer could get a "Cube of Summoning Construct" and so on You could even get more specific and make it a "Cube of Summoning Red Dragon" or "Cube of Summoning Metal Construct" and make the summon into a specific creature that your player now can role play with and use to tell a better story than just "go random monster I don't care about" Not to say that the randomness can never be good but the only characters I see it fitting would be something either themed on randomness, controlling fate or summoning in general so it would be good for Wild Magic Sorcerers, Divination Wizards and Conjuration Wizards but aside from that I think getting extremely specific and consistent is better for roleplay and more fun for players if you make it fit their character

[@emmakane6848]

I think that they preflavored it from the other cube one in the old DMG, because it was a bit confusing and not necessarily that helpful (i remember it being animals rather than magical creatures). Love your ideas, but they seem like things which would have been good in supplemental material like Fizban's Treasury of Dragons.