A magical trinket is a small, often ornamental object that possesses magical properties or abilities. These trinkets can be found in various forms and are often used by individuals for various purposes. They can be used for protection, luck, healing, or even to enhance certain abilities. Magical trinkets are imbued with magical energy or power through a variety of means. Some may be created by skilled artisans who infuse them with spells or enchantments, while others may be naturally-occurring objects that have absorbed magical properties over time. Regardless of their origin, these trinkets are highly sought-after due to their unique abilities.

Trinkets

When you make your character, you can roll once on the Trinkets table to gain a trinket, a simple item lightly touched by mystery. The DM might also use this table. It can help stock a room in a dungeon or fill a creature’s pockets.

Donjons et Dragons 5 - D&D 5

Occultesque

Spellcasters have odd taste; their ability to enchant objects coupled with such interests often manifest bizarre belongings. Magical trinkets aimed to ease one’s workload are common, as are enchanted objects with very niche uses. Here are some objects you might find in a magician's lair.

Why settle for an all-purpose tool when you can create something oddly specific?

1d100 Magical Trinkets

1. Bolts of fabric, they mimic and duplicate patterns.
2. Elk skull with gemstone eyes, ensures that spirits summoned are among the wisest.
3. Ceramic jar, changes sand into salt.
4. Faerie thread, wrap it around a finger to remember glimpses of the future.
5. Pure golden canary in a cage, memorizes and recite rituals.
6. Cage containing an eternal cricket, detects the influence of necromancy.
7. Pearl-rimmed glasses, protect the wearer from eye strain and visual fatigue.
8. Crystal, can store and release 1 cubic foot of fire, water, earth or air.
9. Broom, seeks out dust and destroys it.
10. Tiny crystal, obscures (but does not remove) dust and stains in a room.
11. Pelt of a werewolf, the wearer can borrow the creature’s increased senses.
12. Powdered silver, restores food to a fresh state.
13. Metal-sheathed vial with a needle cap, fill it with blood to know one’s karma.
14. Obsidian candle, burns swiftly and conjures doors in solid walls.
15. Augury bones, draw upon the life essence of the caster for accuracy.
16. Set of brass keys, can’t unlock anything but always detect traps inside a lock.
17. Ring of transparent gemstone, controls a bound poltergeist.
18. Boots, always pleasantly warm and waterproof.
19. Deck of tarot cards, the painted figures move and speak to the user.
20. Mole teeth amulet, when worn allows one to get a full night’s rest while sleeping on dirt.
21. Immortal orb weaver spider, spins expensive, fine crystal webs.
22. Broken shortsword, points to the current strongest swordsman in the world.
23. Tongue piercing, prevents demons from detecting the wearer’s lies.
24. Spectacles of colored glass, allow one to see lingering spirits and hidden poltergeists.
25. Talking, sentient hat with excellent (antiquated) fashion sense.
26. Picnic basket, keeps all food inside fresh for three times as long.
27. Ring of stone, can light and extinguish candles from up to 30 ft away.
28. Set of chimes, make beautiful songs on still nights.
29. Golden skin of a serpent, enchantingly beautiful to creatures not of this world.
30. Hawthorn wand, turns small objects ethereal for an hour.
31. Mithril needle, twitches in the presence of a righteous, pure heart.
32. Red ribbon, when worn it engenders trust in nature spirits.
33. Amulet to protect against possession by spirits.
34. Gargoyle statue, detects and disintegrate all birds within a 5 mile radius.
35. Silver flute, summons a gremlin with a goblet of seltzer water.
36. Animated quill, it can understand Common and Elvish and transcribes anything it hears.
37. Bookshelves, fill themselves with illusory books.
38. Pear tree, feeding birds the fruit allows one to inhabit their body.
39. Red silk gloves, turn water into pure, clean blood.
40. Ceremonial athame used to pierce spellbooks and steal their secrets from the pages.
41. Shards of pure ice, spread them on a windowsill to bring snow or sleet.
42. Gemstone, contains a ghost who devours books and reads them in the author’s voice.
43. Wand of ebony, will devour low-level spell scrolls and gain charges of that spell.
44. Strange mirror, conjures a replica of the viewer to try on clothing.
45. Small pocketbook, when placed under a bed it records the dreams of anyone who sleeps there.
46. Crimson robes, make the wearer appear more slim.
47. Immortal albino rat, will eat and destroy any object given to it.
48. Cloak made of mummy wrappings, transmutes the wearer’s curses into blessings.
49. Compass made of bone, always points the way to nearby zones of nondetection.
50. Discarded insect carapaces, place under a pillow to spark transformation.
51. Palm mirror, allows you to speak with yourself from past lives.
52. Pseudo-holy water, turns to salt when poured on a cursed object.
53. Silver flask, refills itself with cider-scented lamp oil every day at noon.
54. Small statuettes of faceless people, they animate to perform housework.
55. Eight rings, each can store eight seconds of audio each and replay them.
56. Feathers from a great bird, when waved about they allow one to see wind.
57. Magnetic disc, slowly turns metal it touches into redwood.
58. Cursed graveyard soil, cast in the wind to point the way to disaster.
59. Blue lotus plant, crush and use to flavor a soup in order to increase one’s vitality.
60. Lantern, burns with blue flames that point the way to secrets.
61. Ring of twisted metal, buzzes when you’re about to say something ‘bad’ for the situation.
62. Eyepatch, allows one to project their vision up to 30ft away.
63. Spoon and ladle, will animate to stir and serve automatically.
64. Curtains, creates an illusory window when drawn.
65. Jar of fireflies, dispels illusions.
66. River stones, when dropped into water turn it to whiskey.
67. Bat in a cage, detects the movement of great nocturnal predators.
68. Black pearl, used to forge a contract with dragons.
69. Carved elderwood in the shape of a skull, mutters half-truths.
70. Pair of boots, walk the wearer home if they pass out.
71. Loafers, allow the wearer to ascend ladders without ever slipping or tiring.
72. Mote of water, seeks out dying plants to gently douse.
73. Glass globe, when filled with water creates illusory fish inside.
74. Clear marbles, their presence calms the spirit and soothes the mind.
75. Gemstone ring, can shift color and turn one’s mood from negative to positive.
76. Hourglass, counts down the days until the next Great War.
77. Bone shards, allow the holder to form a contract with the spirit of a slain animal.
78. Pen that has absorbed latent knowledge from previous owners.
79. Slim metal needle, will animate to repair lightly damaged clothing.
80. Tiny genie in a cage, gives advice on how to word ‘Wishes’ properly.
81. Pair of golden bells, each will ring whenever its sibling does.
82. Key, any lock closed with it turns invisible.
83. Fire stolen from the ancestor spirits, objects burned are returned to the Other Realm.
84. Nightgown, allows the wearer to turn restless sleep into lofty dreams.
85. Large golden scale, glows hot whenever a dragon is born.
86. Seeds that grow a hot pepper plant, its fruit tempts devils and demons alike.
87. Pair of silver rings, bury one with a body to borrow their skills.
88. Sentient pen, “offers” suggestions on writing.
89. Tiny automaton, critiques its owner’s craftsmanship.
90. Set of twenty intricate whistles, make different bird noises when blown.
91. Bag of teeth, look like pure gold coins until 77 days after they trade hands.
92. Golden goblet, dispenses lofty but achievable quests.
93. Cauldron, turns water into steam.
94. Jar of powder, instantly dries out food.
95. Blessed charm, bestows good luck upon newborns.
96. Headband, steals painful memories from the wearer while they sleep.
97. Golden fishing hook, when dropped into water creates illusory bait.
98. Bouquet of flowers, remain fresh as long as they rest upon a gravestone.
99. Silken blanket, always displays a clear view of the night sky.
100. Chess board, the pieces cannot be moved by except by verbal command.

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Magical trinket

By u/MeatTheBall, this random table was shared on r/d100.
"I've always loved the idea of trinkets that leave you thinking or allow you to interact with them in some way shape or form."

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A beautifully crafted silver pocket watch that works but the hands tick backwards.

A crystalline ring in the shape of a dragon that changes colors

An enchanted jar that holds a little gelatinous cube, which eats any material you drop into it.

An ornate wooden music box that can play any song of your choice at the cost of 1 gold piece

A hyper realistic looking wax apple

A Copper ring that disappears every other day, only to reappear the following day on the finger it was put on.

A human tooth, carved in the shape of a heart kept in a little glass bottle

A bag of different colored rocks of various shapes and sizes

A small drawing of a young man chopping wood that changes every once in awhile.

A tiny pebble that inexplicably weighs 20 pounds

A feather that turns black when dipped in ink

A wooden hand with the ring finger missing

An acorn with a little green sprout that retreats when exposed to sunlight.

A clay tablet with indecipherable symbols

A lock that any key can open

A set of six sided dice with lewd pictures on each of the faces

A spool of thread that coils up when you touch the spool.

A stone that is deceptively soft and squishy.

A small flute that plays the same note no matter how you blow into it or what holes you cover

A gold ring where the gemstone levitates out of the socket, following wherever the ring goes

A metal fork but the prongs move occasionally

A small statue of a god that glows when near gold

A ring that turns the finger it's on invisible.

A dodecahedron made of glass that when activated projects a night sky, complete with shooting stars and constellations.

A chess board that magically moves the pieces when issued commands

A golden egg that wobbles every once in awhile (After a day while attuned to it, a random pet pops out, which is friendly to the holder)

A deep indigo colored sapphire, which holds a raging thunderstorm inside of it. Dark grey clouds shift inside the gemstone, and flashes of lightning streak across them from time to time.

A set of dice, each made from a different precious gemstone

A sphere made of steel, which has numerous rods sticking out of it. Twisting the rods in a particular order allows them to be removed, and reveal a trinket inside.

A glowing orb that has a hidden button on it. Pressing it reveals several smaller orbs inside, which escape the orb and start to orbit it, like planets around a star. Pressing the button again causes the spheres to retreat back into the glowing one.

A pewter figurine of a pegasus with a switch underneath it. Flipping the switch causes the pegasus’ wings to flap in unison.

A honeycomb intricately carved from marble and polished to a fine finish.

A jade figurine of a lion. Pulling the tail causes the lion to roar.

A box with a small metal cube inside. The cube melts at the temperature of human skin, so when held, the cube melts, but when exposed to cool air, it solidifies again.

A necklace with five interlocking golden rings integrated into the chain. Each ring is surrounded by tiny semi precious gemstones.

A sturdy leather cord tied into an intricate knot that writhes in the hands of the holder

A dwarven brass puzzle cube with runes on it. Numerous rectangular pieces are interwoven with each other, and need to be moved in a particular order to take it apart. A small sphere with the words “So you think you’re smart do you? Fuck off.” written on it.

A ship in a bottle suspended above water that sloshes and froths rhythmically, regardless of whether or not it is moved or shaken. The ship bobs in the water cheerfully.

A petrified giant’s toe

A series of small glass spheres connected by glass beams. Each one has a different miniature creature suspended in time. There’s a Beholder, a Red Dragon, a Chimera, an Aboleth, and a Minotaur.

A strangely shaped piece of whittled driftwood with dozens of holes in it. When the correct hole is blown into, it mimics the sound of the ocean

A stein decorated with a design depicting a fearsome kraken tearing a ship apart during a tumultuous sea voyage. Golden threads decorate the bottom of the design and line the polished metal lid of the stein.

A large button with a monarch butterfly on it.

A smoking pipe that lights itself when pipeweed it put into it

A crystal hanging from a silver necklace. The crystal changes color depending on the wearer’s mood.

A spoon, in which the head of the spoon is connected to the handle with a chain

A ram’s head made from lead that unexpectedly floats on water

A small vial of ogre urine. It smells incredibly unpleasant.

A heavy, cast iron frying pan with magical runes on the handle that never overcooks or burns food placed into it

A tiny stuffed animal made to look like a pitch black leopard. Its eyes glow in the dark.

A creepy porcelain doll that whispers to you while you sleep

A gilded thimble with a golden needle tied to it with thread

A deck of playing cards in which each card has an arbitrarily large number of symbols on it as opposed to the typical 2-10 of each suit. It includes cards like the 28 of clubs, the 132 of spades, and the 69 of diamonds, which has the word “Nice” written in tiny letters at the bottom of the card.

A coin that when flipped remains suspended in the air, spinning indefinitely until it is grabbed again.

A white cube that turns red and emits a loud noise when within 5 feet of a fire

A holy symbol that when a certain part of it is pressed, reads a prayer aloud.

A ball bearing that rolls back to the owner when thrown, defying gravity if it needs to.

A rectangular prism with 16 buttons on it, each a different color. Pressing them causes a pleasant ringing noise like that of a bell. The pitch increases as you press the buttons from left to right.

A pewter dragon wrapped around a metal cylinder. When the bottom of the cylinder is twisted, the head of the dragon produces a flame

A compass that always points to you

A miniature lead soldier

A pocket sized book that shows a different story depending on whether it is read upside down and right side up

A crumpled scrap of parchment. Each day at dawn, an inspirational message magically appears on it.

A rounded pyramid made of polished granite that is inexplicably slippery and hard to pick up and hold.

A pin cushion in the shape of a heart. 1d6 + 6 pins are pushed into it.

A leather cord which holds a tooth from numerous different creatures, including a beholder

A marble statuette of an angel holding an urn. Water trickles from the urn indefinitely.

A silk handkerchief with delicate embroidery and stitching that depicts a golden sun

A fruit flavored hard candy that never dissolves, wrapped in thin parchment. When taken out of your mouth, the candy dries instantly and can be rewrapped without evidence of having been eaten before.

A pouch of three dimensional shapes that magically adhere to each other, allowing for them to be stacked in various shapes and designs. Applying a little bit of force allows you to pull the shapes apart.

A silver bell that when shaken, produces no noise despite having a clapper.

A length of string that magically ties itself into knots only to untie itself later.

A mirror that shows the reflection of the player as if they were the opposite gender.

A series of 5 vials in a wooden box, each filled with a bright green liquid. 4 of them contain a sweet tasting liquid, and one of them contains a horrid and acrid liquid that deals 4d6 poison damage when consumed in any quantity. They can only be distinguished by taste. The box reads: “Game of Chance”.

A pouch of cubes that when dissolved in water, turn the water into a tasty broth.

A jagged, misshapen, and translucent stone with a sprig of mint suspended inside. It smells faintly of peppermint.

A well made hourglass with no sand inside.

A small metal box filled with exotic foreign coins

A large leg bone of an unknown beast, surrounded by teeth marks.

A snowball that refuses to melt. When thrown, it reappears in the player’s hand 6 seconds later.

A throwing knife that always strikes the target hilt first

A large jar that contains a bubbling red liquid which produces no heat. When the jar is opened, the liquid disappears

A bundle of dried fingers, wrapped in a bundle with twine

A reinforced slingshot that requires immense strength to pull back. The slingshot has a range of (150/600), requires a Strength of 18 to use, and deals 1d10 points of bludgeoning damage on impact.

A metal goblet that when filled too high, empties the contents of the goblet.

A five leaf clover

A tiny vial filled with a clear liquid. A label on the front reads: “Lobster Tears”. It tastes briny.

A bundle of crumpled papers, each having a partially completed love poem on them. Most of the words are scribbled out and are illegible, but the intended recipient appears to be a woman by the name of Neurelia.

A severed cat’s paw

A journal that insults the person who opens it

A metal disk that depicts writhing tentacles. The rim of the disk has the word “NEVINYRRAL” on it.

The skull of a bird with an iron nail driven through it

A smooth stone, that when whispered to, retains the words given to it. Putting it up to your ear reveals that the stone will repeat what was whispered to it until a new message is given to the stone.

A small clay vase that is beautifully decorated with flowers

A curious looking leaf that curls up when touched

A jar of animal fat

A small treasure chest, which has another identical one inside of it, which has another identical one inside of that one, which has another identical one inside of that one as well. The final treasure chest is empty

A metal rod decorated with gilded lightning bolts that makes your hair stand up when held

A petrified human hand with six fingers on it

A pair of glasses that blind the wearer, but the glasses telepathically describe what the wearer would see to the wearer.

Regardless of their origin, these trinkets are highly sought-after due to their unique abilities. One common type of magical trinket is an amulet or talisman. These are typically worn as necklaces or pendants and are believed to provide protection or good luck to the wearer.

Amulets can come in various shapes and forms, such as animal or deity symbols, precious gems, or even simple charms. They are often made from materials like silver, gold, or precious stones, adding to their allure and value. Another type of magical trinket is the potion or elixir. These are liquid concoctions that are brewed or created using specific ingredients and magical rituals. Potions can have a wide range of effects, including healing wounds, granting temporary strength or invisibility, or even inducing love or altered states of consciousness. The ingredients and procedures used to create these potions vary greatly, and their recipes are often closely guarded secrets. Magical trinkets can also take the form of enchanted objects or artifacts. These can include items like rings, mirrors, staffs, or even ordinary-looking everyday objects. These objects may possess unique abilities or powers, such as the ability to grant wishes, communicate with spirits, or manipulate certain elements. They are often used by individuals with magical abilities to enhance their own powers or achieve specific goals. In folklore and mythology, magical trinkets often play significant roles in stories and legends. They are often sought after by heroes or villains, who use them for their own purposes. Many fairy tales and fantasy novels feature magical trinkets as plot devices, adding an element of mystery and wonder to the narrative. Overall, magical trinkets are fascinating objects that have captured the human imagination for centuries. Whether they are believed to possess actual magical powers or simply have cultural or sentimental value, these trinkets hold a special place in our collective consciousness..

Reviews for "Magical trinkets in literature: from fantasy novels to fairy tales"

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