Chests. They’re a common element in fantasy RPGs, because they are frequently where treasure is found. But what if the chest didn’t contain treasure, but was the treasure?
This supplement has 36 magical chests suitable for fantasy role playing games, especially those that could be considered OSR, but also other d20 systems. There are some generalised references to stats, which will work for many systems.
These can be used by a Game Master to flesh out a location or a treasure hoard with a chest that is interesting. Some of the chests are useful, whilst others are dangerous to mess with.
To use the list, either roll d66 for a random result or select appropriate ones manually.
Here are some sample results:
16 Chest of Drawers: The chest of drawers looks like a normal chest when it isn’t activated, as it collapses down into such. When the chest of drawers is activated, it increases in size, growing to
become a full, normal chest of drawers. There are six drawers in the chest of drawers, though none of these can be used when it’s in its chest form. The chest of drawers uses dimensional storage to hold the drawers, which can be used as normal when the chest is full size. The main use of the chest of drawers is transporting clothes whilst travelling in a smaller space than would normally be the case.
21 Chest of Eavesdropping: The chest of eavesdropping, when opened, contains just one item, a small brass horn, not dissimilar to a hearing trumpet, though smaller. The horn can be removed from the chest of eavesdropping and placed elsewhere; it will continue to be linked to the chest as long as both chest and horn are on the same plane and not blocked by a magical barrier. As long as this is the case, the user of the chest of eavesdropping can, by activating it with a command word, hear everything that is happening at the horn’s location as if they were there. The chest of eavesdropping does not translate unknown languages to one that the user understands.
Released: 30th March 2024 Pages: 21
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