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Hailstorm Bow

Weapon (longbow), legendary (requires attunement)

This bow is made of pure ice, which only becomes pliable in your hands once you attune to it. While the bow is on your person, your skin becomes covered in a thin layer of protective frost, granting you a +1 bonus to AC a...

Oozo

Potion, uncommon or very rare

The typical oozo, an uncommon potion, is a specialty alcoholic beverage that causes you to become slightly gelatinous and translucent. For 1 hour after drinking this potion, creatures that make a Wisdom (Perception) check to search ...

Hellion's Mask

Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement)

The features of this three eyed mask magically move along with yours while you wear it. While wearing the mask, you have resistance to fire damage, and you can speak and understand Infernal. In addition, you can use your rea...

Announcing two new TTRPGs from The Griffon's Saddlebag!

Hey adventurers! I am so excited to announce two upcoming TTRPGs: Fathomfarer and Skellies! 

Oh, and before I bury the lede:

You can read and playtest these systems right now. 

You can read the documents and d...

Constellation Whip

Weapon (whip), very rare (requires attunement)

The handle of this whip is a magic spyglass. When you peer into the night sky through the spyglass, the stars are magically connected by an illusory series of lines that illustrate the namesakes of any constellation you know...

Heroic Ideas — Choose 2 community item ideas to be made!

Hey heroes!

Each week on Discord, community members nominate other members' suggested items to be made into official Saddlebag ite...

Public Poll — What item's art and cards should be made free?

Hey adventurers! Happy Saddleday!

As part of the weekly cycle of items, you get to vote for an item's art and cards to be made free for everyone. Some items may already be free, which accounts for ...

Staff of the Eclipse

Staff, very rare (requires attunement by a druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)

This staff has a crescent-shaped head made of pockmarked lunar stone. Floating within the crescent stone is a motionless, black orb. Regardless of how you look at the orb, it's always encircl...

Spellsealer

Weapon (war pick), very rare (requires attunement)

This wicked war pick has been used to destroy a powerful wizard's spellbook. The weapon's surface is marked with abjuration wards to contain malevolent spellcraft. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with...

Blooddrinker

Weapon (greataxe), legendary (requires attunement)

This axe's handle ends in a bloodied stake, which was once used to slay a powerful vampire. Its blood has since stained the handle and granted it magical properties. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made wi...

Acorn Helmet

Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)

While wearing this helmet, any falling damage you take is reduced by half. Furthermore, any damage you take as a result of something falling on you, such as a boulder or ambushing darkmantle, is also halved.

In addition...

Death Dog Lasher

Weapon (whip), uncommon

This twin-lashed whip was made from the fur and hide of a death dog. A target hit with the whip takes an extra 1d4 slashing damage from the attack.

When two of the whip's slashing damage dice roll a 4, the target of the attack must also succ...

Heroic Ideas — Choose 2 community item ideas to be made!

Hey heroes!

Each week on Discord, community members nominate other members' suggested items to be made into official Saddlebag ite...

Public Poll — The Contingency Cards are now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Contingency Cards' art and card files are now public and considered OGL content*! Grab them with the links below or on...

Fang Keeper

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

A fang keeper is a dark silver necklace that's adorned with one or more monstrous fangs. When found, the necklace has 1d4 fangs, which come from one or more creatures with a challenge rating of 1 or lower. Over the cours...

Woodstalker's Hood

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

This leafy green hood is adorned with a pair of branch-like antlers that grow from either side of it. You gain a +2 bonus to any Dexterity (Stealth) or Wisdom (Perception) checks you make while wearing the hood. If you're wearing...

Unicorn Candle

Wondrous item, rare

This golden candle is set in a porcelain and gold-leaf holder, which is shaped like a horse's head. The candle sheds candlelight. Undead within the candle's bright light make attack rolls with disadvantage. Other creatures within the bright light are ...

Cursed Fang

Weapon (dagger), rare (requires attunement)

This crooked, jet black dagger curses the blood of any creature hit with it. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. When you hit a creature with this weapon that isn't a construct, plant, or...

Contingency Cards

Wondrous item, very rare

When found, there are 1d4 + 2 contingency cards in a stack. Each one has a type of circumstance detailed on it. Choose from the table below or roll a number of d20s equal to the cards found to determine what circumstance is written on ea...

Heroic Ideas — Choose 2 community item ideas to be made!

Hey heroes!

Each week on Discord, community members nominate other members' suggested items to be made into official Saddlebag ite...

Public Poll — The Stone Soldier is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Stone Soldier's art and card files are now public and considered OGL content*! Grab them with the links below or on t...

Arkanotars

Weapon (dagger), very rare

Arkanotars are weapons from a far-flung age and can sometimes be found in the lairs of sphinxes that have traveled through time. They always come in pairs, and can only be used when worn together. It takes an action to don or doff the ...

Hearthfire Mantle

Wondrous item, uncommon

The inside of this heavy leather cloak is decorated with the image of a roaring fireplace. Brick-like patches of leather line the rim of the cloak, which always feel fire-warmed to the touch. While wearing the cloak, you can tolerate temperatures ...

Enjoy bonus content while the Saddlebag's on vacation for two weeks next month!

Hey heroes!

As always, thank you so much for your support. It's always an honor to wake up in the morning and get to work making content for us all collectively to enjoy. You make it possible, so thank you!

I try to give you all plenty of heads up for when I go on vacation, and this i...

The Island of Primordium — New Setting and Subclass!

The island of Primordium was born out of a violent volcanic explosion that occurred over a million years ago, sometime during the world’s prehistoric period. The island’s unique, crystalline geology possesses a capacity for magic unrivaled anywhere in the world—too great for mo...

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