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Four Bowls Made from Gold with Silver Chasing Around the Rim. They • Four bowls made from gold with silver chasing worth 750 gp. around the rim. They sit atop the mass of • A longsword with a silver washed blade, coins (and contain some coins themselves). a gold crossguard, a handle of carved and Each of the bowls is worth 100 gp. polished ivory, and a pommel consisting • Two candlesticks, each about a foot in height. of polished opal set within a raptor’s claw One is made of gold and has a ring of tiny made from gold and silver. The crossguard agates with star-shaped banding. It is worth is encrusted with gems, while the sheath 100 gp. The other has a gold base with a silver has gold fittings and a large gem set into skull and cross bones atop it. It is worth 250 the gold locket at the throat. The gems gp. include: a faceted reddish-orange sunstone • A length of chain, made of alternating links set into the middle of the crossguard, of gold-electrum-silver-electrum-gold, lays polished moonstones set into the end of across the open chest of coins. This chain is 12 the crossguard, and a dark red pyrope set feet in length and is worth 750 gp. into the locket. This obvious ornamental longsword is worth 2,500 gp. • One chalice with a broad base and a wide bowl. It has a ring of small polished colorless • Scattered about the rest of the treasure is the scapolites around the center column and a following three magic items (note, depending ring of pure white natrolites along the rim. It on the dragon, these items may be used is worth 750 gp. by the dragon itself): a belt of cloud giant strength, and ioun stone (regeneration), and • Three goblets with broad bases and intricate a ring of djinni summoning. engraving. They are worth 250 gp each. • A necklace of multiple cut gems (alternating When rolling up coins for your player pale green enstatite with greenish-yellow characters to discover, roll d10s to fill in heliodor) with a faceted topaz pendant the ones, tens, and hundreds values. For lies across the small chest containing the example, if the Dungeon Master’s Guide tells palladium coins. It is worth 2,500 gp. you to roll up 4d6 x 1,000 silver pieces, roll • Two necklaces consisting of long strings of 3d10 to get the rest of the coin count. Thus, pearls lay amid the coins. They are worth 4d6 becomes 7,000 silver pieces. Then roll 3 1,000 gp each. d10s to get a 7, a 0, and a 2. For a total of • A spear with a shaft of exotic wood (such as 7,702 silver pieces. mahogany or teak) and a head with engraving and silver inlay. The shaft is also wrapped with silver wire. This weapon is worth 125 gp. • Three swords: • One shortsword with a solid silver pommel and crossguard. The tips of the crossguard contain polished jadeite spheres. It also has a fine scabbard with gold fittings, a velvet covering, and a fine leather belt attached. The short sword is worth 250 gp. • A rapier with silver-wire wrapped grip, a solid silver pommel with an inset demantoidSample garnet, and a silver and gold file guard with polished jet spheres attached to the ends of the crossguard. The rapier is 48 The best things in life are free Table 2 But you can keep them for the birds and bees d10 Gemstone Now give me money 1 Dumortierite That’s what I want 2 Fire Agate Money (That’s What I Want), Barrett Strong 3 Flourite 4 Gypsum RANDOM TABLES 5 Hematite 6 Lapis Lazuli TABLE I: RANDOM GEMSTONE CHART 7 Lazulite These charts expand upon the gemstone 8 Lepidolite tables found on page 134 of the Dungeon 9 Malachite Master’s Guide. 10 Microcline 10 GP GEMSTONES Table 3 d6 Table d10 Gemstone 1-2 Table 1 1 Milky Quartz 3-4 Table 2 2 Obsidian 5-6 Table 3 3 Pyrite 4 Rhodochrosite Table 1 5 Scale, Lizard or Snake d10 Gemstone 6 Smokey Quartz 1 Agate 7 Sodalite 2 Azurite 8 Sphalerite 3 Baryte 9 Sphene 4 Calcite 10 Turquoise 5 Celestine 6 Cerussite 7 Chatoyant Quartz 50 GP GEMSTONES 8 Chrysocolla d6 Table 9 Chrysopase 1-2 Table 1 10 Diopside 3-4 Table 2 5-6 Table 3 Sample file 49 Table 1 Table 3 d12 Gemstone d10 Gemstone 1 Axinite 1 Scapolite 2 Bloodstone 2 Serpentine 3 Carnelian 3 Shell, Giant Insect 4 Cassiterite 4 Shell, Sea 5 Chalcedony 5 Shell, Tortoise/Turtle 6 Citrine 6 Spodumene 7 Dioptase 7 Tektite 8 Dolomite 8 Vesuvianite 9 Epidote 9 Zircon 10 Euclase 10 Zoisite 11 Goshenite 12 Hypersthene 100 GP GEMSTONES d6 Table Table 2 1-2 Table 1 d12 Gemstone 3-4 Table 2 1 Jasper 5-6 Table 3 2 Kornerupine 3 Labradorite Table 1 4 Moonstone d12 Gemstone 5 Mother-of-Pearl 1 Almandine 6 Natrolite 2 Amber 7 Onyx 3 Amblygonite 8 Orthoclase 4 Amethyst 9 Rock Crystal 5 Anglesite 10 Rose Quartz 6 Apatite 11 Sard 7 Aragonite 12 Sardonyx 8 Brazilianite 9 Chrysoberyl 10 Coral 11 Cuprite 12 Danburite Sample file 50 Table 2 11 Kyanite d12 Gemstone 12 Pearl 1 Dravite 13 Peridot 2 Enstatite 14 Peridot 3 Garnet 15 Pyrope 4 Heliodor 16 Sinhalite 5 Hessonite 17 Smithsonite 6 Indicolite 18 Spessartine 7 Ivory 19 Topaz 8 Jadeite 20 Uvarovite Garnet 9 Jet 10 Nephrite 1,000 GP GEMSTONES 11 Pearl d8 Gemstone 12 Pectolite 1 Emerald 2 Haüyne Table 3 3 Morganite d10 Gemstone 4 Opal 1 Phenakite 5 Padparadscha 2 Prenhite 6 Sapphire 3 Rutile 7 Sillimanite 4 Scale, Dragon 8 Topaz 5 Scheelite 6 Schorl 7 Shell, Giant Insect 5,000 GP GEMSTONES 8 Spinel d10 Gemstone 9 Sunstone 1-2 Diamond 10 Tourmaline 3-4 Jacinth 5-6 Red Beryl 500 GP GEMSTONES 7-8 Rubellite 9-10 Ruby d20 Gemstone 1 Achrotie 2 Alexandrite 3 Andalusite 4 Andradite 5 Aquamarine 6 Demantoid Garnet 7 Garnet 8 SampleGrossular Garnet file 9 Iolite 10 Jasper 51 TABLE II: RANDOM CRAFTED ITEM 53-54 Game Set (make a selection that best fits your setting) CHART 55-56 Hair Pin Use this chart to determine what type of 57-58 Icon crafted object is found as part of a treasure 59-60 Livery Collar trove. You can further detail the nature of the 61-62 Mask crafted objects by comparing the item found 63-64 Medal to the various art object tables found on pages 134-135 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. 65-66 Medallion 67-68 Musical Instrument (make a selection that best fits your setting) d100 Crafted Object 69-70 Necklace 01-02 (roll a d10) 1-2 Amulet, 3-4 Charm, 5-6 Periapt, 7-8 Scarab, 9-10 Talisman 71-72 Pendant 03-04 (roll a d4) 1 Anklet, 2-4 Bracelet 73 Phylactery 05-06 Arm Ring 74-75 Plate 07-08 Armor (roll a d10: 1 bracer, 2-4 76-77 (roll a d6) 1-2 Pouch, 3-5 Purse, 6 Purse breastplate, 5-6 coat armor, 7-8 cuirass, Lid 9-10 helmet) 78 Reliquary 09-10 Badge 79-80 (roll a d4) 1-3 Ring, 4 Toe Ring 11-12 (roll a d4) 1-3 Belt, 4 Girdle 81-82 Salt Cellar 13-14 Book 83-84 Seal 15-16 Bowl 85-86 Shield 17-18 Brazier 87-88 Spice Plate 19-20 Brooch 89-90 Tableware (make a selection that best fits 21-22 Buckle your setting) 23-24 Button 91-92 Tool Kit (make a selection that best fits your setting) 25-26 Cameo 93-94 Torc 27-28 Censer 95-96 Vase 29-30 Chain 97-98 Walking Stick 31-32 (roll a d4) 1-2 Chalice, 3-4 Goblet 99-100 Weaponry (roll a d10: 1-2 axe, 3-4 dagger, 33-34 (roll a d8) 1-3 Circlet, 4-6, Crown, 7 6-9 sword, 10 other weapon) Diadem, 8 Tiara 35-36 (roll a d4) 1-2 Cloak Chain, 3-4 Cloak Pin 37-38 Clothing 39-40 Comb 41-42 (roll a d6) 1-3 Cup, 4-5 Flagon, 6 Mug 43-44 (roll a d6) 1-2 Decanter, 3-4 Ewer, 5-6 Pitcher 45-46 Drinking Horn 47-48 Earring 49-50Sample(roll a d6) 1-3 Figurine, 4-5 Statue, 6 file Statuette 51-52 Flask 52 TABLE III: RANDOM OTHER VALUABLES 10 Strongroom 11 Tomb/Mausoleum CHART 12 Vault d12 Valuable 1-3 Bolts of Fabric TABLE VI: UNIQUE CRAFTED OBJECT CHART 4 Foodstuff This chart has three tables: the first table 5-7 Furs determines what the object is, the second table 8 Oil notes what it has been made from or how it has 9-10 Spices been decorated, and the third table describes 11-12 Wine the object’s contents or history. This allows you to easily create unique crafted objects that you can use to create plot seeds, special treasures, TABLE IV: RANDOM CONTAINER CHART artifacts of note, and other such uses. If the dice give an incompatible result, roll d100 Container again (or keep the result, if you feel you can 01-10 Bag/Sack make it work). 11-21 Box d100 Object 22-25 Case 01-03 Amulet 26-34 Casket 04-05 Arm Ring 35-55 Chest 06-07 Axe 56-61 Coffer 08-09 Belt 62-65 Coffin 10-11 Bowl 66-70 Crate 12-14 Box 71-74 Crock 15-16 Bracelet 75-78 Jar 17-18 Brazier 79-81 Sarcophagus 19-20 Breastplate 82-90 Strongbox 21-22 Brooch 91-95 Trunk 23-25 Case 96-00 Urn 26-29 Casket 30-31 Censer TABLE V: RANDOM LOCATION CHART 32-33 Chalice d12 Location 34-36 Chest 1 Barrow 37-40 Coffer 2 Catacomb/Ossuary 41-42 Cup 3 Crypt 43-44 Decanter 4 Depository 45-46 Drinking Horn 5 Dungeon/Donjon 47-48 Ewer 6 Grave 49-50 Figurine 7 Repository 51-52 Flask 8 SampleSafe 53-54 Game Set file 9 Sepulcher 55-56 Girdle 53 57-59 Goblet 40-42 The object is made from exotic and/or rare 60-61 Helmet wood.
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