Reddit's 11 BEST MAGIC ITEMS for LOW LEVEL Parties! | r/DnD

[@raremage]

One of my favorites - the Bigger Knife. It’s a homebrew item I tripped across and often give it to a first level rogue or hunter. It’s got some use, but it’s more funny than useful. “Bigger Knife, A large dagger that provides +1 to hit and +1 to intimidation. Dagger will grow to be slightly larger than anyone else's dagger in the room. On a failed intimidation check, the knife will turn into a spoon till dawn.”

[@twistedpinttavern]

I imagine two of these in the same room would just lead to two daggers growing in infinite size lmao

[@assassincharizard]

Or they both turn into spoons.

[@vertonimal]

"this is a knife" "That's not a knife, that's a spoon" "I see you've played knifey spoony before."

[@roelvanbree3151]

I loved the lowlevel items from 4e. The Restfull Bedroll gives you 1d8 of temp HP if you sleep in it during your Long Rest. The Lucky Coin was a consumable item, blessed by the rhe Goddess of Luck. It always lands with the face you want up. You can however, consume this power, to give yourself a +1 to an Ability Check. Doing this turns the coin into a regular coin.

[@twistedpinttavern]

That bedroll is such a good item actually, useful and simple without being too powerful for low levels. I'm stealing that lol

[@gamemasters]

fun items regardless of level :) The biggest challenge is actually finding one of them (or affording one should you happen across it at the local market).

[@twistedpinttavern]

Surely every goblin cave has magic loot, right?

[@gamemasters]

@@twistedpinttavern haha sources say.. YES!

[@garrickstangle5996]

The Coin Pouch. Once each day one coin of each type appear in it. 1cp, 1sp, 1ep, 1gp, 1pp. The amount of money soon becomes irrelevant but early on it can keep a party that is down on its luck (or in prison, maybe?) some cheap meals and space in the common room to crash for the night. The Pouch of Munchies. At approximately noon each day the possessor can utter the command Lunch and the pouch fills with a wholesome meal. The meal varies some but typically consists of a sandwich, a generous hunk of cheese and a piece of fruit.

[@twistedpinttavern]

The coin pouch sounds cool, I could definitely see it breaking economy heavy games, but in ones with less focus on that it probably wouldn't be a big hindrance. The munchies one is fun, too!

[@garrickstangle5996]

@@twistedpinttavern If it's a very-low-money campaign just eliminate the 1pp.

[@garrickstangle5996]

@@twistedpinttavern also might be enough money to pay a fine to get out of jail

[@lanceoldbones567]

As my party just reached level 5; I'm going to have to remember a lot of these items for them! Though, they already have a cloak of protection that we re-skinned into a shoulder pad for the barbarian for aesthetic reasons. For me though, a "low level" magic item I always love giving is some kind of weapon with a 1d4 elemental bonus. It adds a little damage to make the players feel like they're doing more, and I love letting them add some RP flavor with it as well. In the current game I'm running, the barbarian mentioned above has a war hammer with added fire damage. He'll constantly talk about how, even on a miss, whatever his hammer slams into; flames burst out from the impact. Great for adding to intimidation, and I even let him light the nightly camp fire with it... As yes; the wizard could say a few words and hand movements to have the logs burst into flames... But having a 7 foot tall angry tabaxi start it by smashing the logs with his hammer is so much cooler~

[@twistedpinttavern]

Elemental weapons like that are always fun! I've personally found that, after a while, my players started to prefer items with a bit more unique function, even if entirely mundane, just because they love those flavor items. But even in that case, elemental enchantments are always great!

[@Varentill]

Cloak of Billowing is a great item. That extra dramatic flare always gives a thrill. x3

[@twistedpinttavern]

It's so true! Honestly one of my favorite items

[@drevil0076]

Thanks for the video, so glad that you're back.

[@fireballloadout]

Another really cool item Is bag of tricks, I basically homebrewed it for a group Iran that as long as you're not outside of combat you can reach in and guarantee the creature you want... low level party gave it to the Druid and they had a constant direwolf that they call fluffy lol

[@twistedpinttavern]

That is cool, and I mean if you don't name the direwolf fluffy, you're doing something wrong lol

[@fireballloadout]

@@twistedpinttavern that thing acted as their early tank and then later down the line they wanted to do awake spell on it and then talked about giving it sidekick rules. Rules as written it would not die from old age but it would only be around if someone pulled it out of the bag

[@tophatstudios8183]

HE RETURNS

[@twistedpinttavern]

WOOOOO

[@connor_draco_tempest2891]

I have a suggestion a Water walk ring or one Resistance ring

[@twistedpinttavern]

I do like resistance rings, they can really make a character feel specialized against a certain damage type without drastically shifting the party's balance

[@connor_draco_tempest2891]

@@twistedpinttavern yeah or give them a wand of a magic spell they will get later that way You Can give them a Lil taste of what they will get at higher lv's i would give them a wand of fire ball that only has 1 charge per Day That way until they unlock it they will have to be VERY Sure they should use it now or later

[@deepseastonecore3017]

Ogre 1: Which do you like better, my good looks or my good smile? Ogre 2: Your good sense of humor

[@twistedpinttavern]

Stealing this lol

[@rons5438]

Where the hell you been? 'Bout time you reopened the tavern!

[@twistedpinttavern]

I had to take an *extended hiatus* (I was on trial for not paying import taxes on ale)

[@Soveit400]

HE BACK

[@twistedpinttavern]

[@SpenceSession]

*Slow Nods* Welcome back.

[@demongustavditters7150]

Most of these items are useless in 5e bc there’s a Cantrip to take care of it

[@twistedpinttavern]

You and I must be using very different cantrip lists...

[@Dagenham_Swish]

Bit difficult if the party doesn't have any spell casters