Heroic Ideas — Bi-monthly Runner Up poll! Choose 2 community item ideas to be made! (Patreon)

Hey heroes!

Each week on Discord, community members nominate other members' suggested items to be made into official Saddlebag items. The top two most voted-for item ideas each week get made, following back and forth workshopping and discussion.

You can submit your ideas on Discord, too! Come join us in the #patron-item-workshop channel!

You may recognize some returning item suggestions! Items can be renominated and re-drawn for weekly polls following a week-long cooldown.

Here are the randomly selected item ideas drawn from this week's nominations!

Ideas

1)  Pendants of the Flock  — A paired set of feathered pendants that can be worn by two separate creatures. Once per day, one of the creatures can change its initiative roll to match the initiative of another creature who is wearing the matching pendant.

2)  Bottled Will-o'-Wisp  — A crystal bottle with a will-o'-wisp tethered to it that can be shaken to glow, or unleashed to make a spell attack that deals lightning damage. The wisp usually returns to the bottle, but there is a chance it is set free and becomes hostile.

3)  Wand of Evil Deeds  — This wand looks like a mummified finger and smells of rot. Necromancy spells cast while using this as a focus spend a spell slot lower than required, and it deals additional necrotic damage to good align creatures.

4)  Frostcoin  — This coin looks like standard silver piece covered in frost and powered snow. You have resistance to cold damage while the coin is on your person. Additionally, you can drop the coin into a pint of liquid to chill it. A creature who drinks the liquid gains resistance to cold damage until the next dawn.

5)  Dune Armor  — This armor is fashioned to look like a vest and includes wicking materials to withstand hot temperatures. You gain a bonus to your AC and you have advantage on initiative rolls while holding a weapon. You can use the armor to make a special attack, creating a column of ammunition that rains down on an area dealing damage. While attuned to other "dune" items you can gain additional abilities for a short duration.

6)  Aweigh  — An armor with a winch built into one shoulder with a rope and anchor attached to it. While wearing the armor in water, you sink quickly to the bottom and can freely walk along it. The anchor can also be used as a warhammer that has the thrown property, which allows you to anchor yourself to a solid surface. You can then recall the anchor to a free hand or drag yourself to an unoccupied space next to the anchor.

7)  H'rethi Desperation  — A glass greatsword made from durable H'rethi glass. You have resistance to fire damage, ignore difficult terrain created by sand, and deal extra fire damage when you hit a creature with it. While you are exhausted, the weapon ignores resistance to fire damage and you gain a bonus to attack and damage equal to the level of exhaustion. You can make a special attack that deals fire damage and the target suffers 1 level of exhaustion.

Thanks to everyone who submitted item ideas and voted for them this week!

Keep on adventuring!