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Trinkets

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

Trinkets Table

1d100

Trinket

01

A mummified goblin hand

02

A crystal that faintly glows in moonlight

03

A gold coin minted in an unknown land

04

A diary written in a language you don’t know

05

A brass ring that never tarnishes

06

An old chess piece made from glass

07

A pair of knucklebone dice, each with a skull symbol on the side that would normally show six pips

08

A small idol depicting a nightmarish creature that gives you unsettling dreams when you sleep near it

09

A lock of someone’s hair

10

The deed for a parcel of land in a realm un- known to you

11

A 1-ounce block made from an unknown material

12

A small cloth doll skewered with needles

13

A tooth from an unknown beast

14

An enormous scale, perhaps from a dragon

15

A bright-green feather

16

An old divination card bearing your likeness

17

A glass orb filled with moving smoke

18

A 1-pound egg with a bright-red shell

19

A pipe that blows bubbles

20

A glass jar containing a bit of flesh floating in pickling fluid

21

A gnome-crafted music box that plays a song you dimly remember from your childhood

22

A wooden statuette of a smug halfling

23

A brass orb etched with strange runes

24

A multicolored stone disk

25

A silver icon of a raven

26

A bag containing forty-seven teeth, one of which is rotten

27

A shard of obsidian that always feels warm to the touch

28

A dragon’s talon strung on a leather necklace

29

A pair of old socks

30

A blank book whose pages refuse to hold ink, chalk, graphite, or any other marking

31

A silver badge that is a five-pointed star

32

A knife that belonged to a relative

33

A glass vial filled with nail clippings

34

A rectangular metal device with two tiny metal cups on one end that throws sparks when wet

35

A white, sequined glove sized for a human

36

A vest with one hundred tiny pockets

37

A weightless stone

38

A sketch of a goblin

39

An empty glass vial that smells of perfume

40

A gemstone that looks like a lump of coal when examined by anyone but you

41

A scrap of cloth from an old banner

42

A rank insignia from a lost legionnaire

43

A silver bell without a clapper

44

A mechanical canary inside a lamp

45

A miniature chest carved to look like it has numerous feet on the bottom

46

A dead sprite inside a clear glass bottle

47

A metal can that has no opening but sounds as if it is filled with liquid, sand, spiders, or broken glass (your choice)

48

A glass orb filled with water, in which swims a clockwork goldfish

49

A silver spoon with an M engraved on the handle

50

A whistle made from gold-colored wood

51

A dead scarab beetle the size of your hand

52

Two toy soldiers, one missing a head

53

A small box filled with different-sized buttons

54

A candle that can’t be lit

55

A miniature cage with no door

56

An old key

57

An indecipherable treasure map

58

A hilt from a broken sword

59

A rabbit’s foot

60

A glass eye

61

A cameo of a hideous person

62

A silver skull the size of a coin

63

An alabaster mask

64

A cone of sticky black incense that stinks

65

A nightcap that gives you pleasant dreams when you wear it

66

A single caltrop made from bone

67

A gold monocle frame without the lens

68

A 1-inch cube, each side a different color

69

A crystal doorknob

70

A packet filled with pink dust

71

A fragment of a beautiful song, written as musical notes on two pieces of parchment

72

A silver teardrop earring containing a real teardrop

73

An eggshell painted with scenes of misery in disturbing detail

74

A fan that, when unfolded, shows a sleepy cat

75

A set of bone pipes

76

A four-leaf clover pressed inside a book discussing manners and etiquette

77

A sheet of parchment upon which is drawn a mechanical contraption

78

An ornate scabbard that fits no blade you have found

79

An invitation to a party where a murder happened

80

A bronze pentacle with an etching of a rat's head in its center

81

A purple handkerchief embroidered with the name of an archmage

82

Half a floor plan for a temple, a castle, or another structure

83

A bit of folded cloth that, when unfolded, turns into a stylish cap

84

A receipt of deposit at a bank in a far-off city

85

A diary with seven missing pages

86

An empty silver snuffbox bearing the inscription “dreams” on its lid

87

An iron holy symbol devoted to an unknown god

88

A book about a legendary hero’s rise and fall, with the last chapter missing

89

A vial of dragon blood

90

An ancient arrow of elven design

91

A needle that never bends

92

An ornate brooch of dwarven design

93

An empty wine bottle bearing a pretty label that says, “The Wizard of Wines Winery, Red Dragon Crush, 331422-W”

94

A mosaic tile with a multicolored, glazed surface

95

A petrified mouse

96

A black pirate flag adorned with a dragon’s skull and crossbones

97

A tiny mechanical crab or spider that moves about when it’s not being observed

98

A glass jar containing lard with a label that reads, “Griffon Grease”

99

A wooden box with a ceramic bottom that holds a living worm with a head on each end of its body

00

A metal urn containing the ashes of a hero