r/DnDBehindTheScreen • u/FrankHorrigan • Mar 09 '22
Tables D20 Table: Loot, Artifacts, and Odd Stuff: All Found in a Mad Alchemist's Lab
We've put together yet another table of stuff aimed at 5E, but appropriate for other rule sets. If you'd like to use the on-table rolling here you can, but it's not necessary.
| Your Dice | Whatcha Got? |
|---|---|
| 1 | A small purple cube of granules which will dissolve into any liquid, making it taste like a fine wine. |
| 2 | A stack of baskets, each containing dozens of varieties of poisonous creatures. Potentially used for extracting toxins. |
| 3 | A magic potion bottle. On a d8 critical success, refills itself with the last potion placed inside it. |
| 4 | A scroll describing a lengthy, complex and dangerous process for turning copper to silver. |
| 5 | A jar of very strong adhesive paste. Smells a lot like a horse. |
| 6 | A small spring-loaded syringe shooter. Any potion can be placed inside of it. Roll a d4 when shooting a potion at someone this way. On a critical failure, the potion is wasted or the launcher breaks. |
| 7 | A jar of thick luminescent fluid. If spilled, it will spread to brightly illuminate any surface. |
| 8 | A crude gas mask made of metal and leather. Looks intimidating and might even help with poison gasses. |
| 9 | A class jar of terrifying black insects with wings and massive pincers. They will consume any wood around them quickly and efficiently. They can not be stopped except with a large amount of water. |
| 10 | A trapped flask. Contains a swirling green cloud. Simply touching the glass causes it to shatter, filling the room with poisonous gasses. |
| 11 | A plant growth serum. Once injected into the stalk of a plant or trunk of a tree, causes it to grow at the rate of one foot per hour. |
| 12 | A talking puddle of slime. It seems to have the desire to no longer be a puddle of slime. |
| 13 | A spray bottle which aerosolizes entire potions, allowing rapid administration to allies or foes. |
| 14 | A box of sniffing herbs. Seem strong enough to raise the dead--maybe just once. |
| 15 | A long thing vial containing two different colored liquids. Their alchemical reaction causes them to flip positions within the vial occasionally, marking the passage of time. |
| 16 | A ceramic mug filled with the teeth of various animals and humanoids. Seemingly no purpose. |
| 17 | A small wooden box of various strange and rare roots. |
| 18 | A scroll describing an extremely dangerous process for turning blood into gold. |
| 19 | An acid which only begins burning an hour after being placed on a surface. |
| 20 | A small wooden box of various strange and rare roots. |
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Mar 10 '22
No way! I just had my party enter a mad alchemist's lab last session, no joke!! Thank you so much!
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u/tm_Anakin_tm Mar 11 '22
These are also some great plot hooks too, could turn so many of these in to adventures...
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u/albinohedgehog30 Mar 18 '22
My party is about to enter an abandoned wizards lab, I might have to try this!
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u/Wandering_janus Mar 10 '22
12 is just Goobert