Semi-mundane Items

List of 100 Semi-mundane Items

1. Boat anchor with ten foot long rusted chain attached.
2. Jar of glue-like tan ointment.
3. Jar of talc powder.
4. A low-crush hat of black velvet with a scarlet feather.
5. A large (ostrich sized) black speckled egg. (It was stolen from an axe-beak nest nearby in the wilderness, they are angry.)
6. An open barrel with the shafts of five spears still rising from it (a close inspection of the spears reveals them to be battle worthy, but not especially valuable).
7. A small cairn, some six feet long by three feet wide by three feet high constructed of fist to head sized stones and broken chunks of masonry (characters excavating it can find the skeletal remains of a woman in rusted and worthless chainmail armor).
8. A brass lantern hanging from a wall hook (wick missing, no oil).
9. A pitch coated two gallon leather bucket half-full of oily water.
10. A huge, misshapen pile of vines, stems, and rotting foliage lying on the floor (if characters have encountered a shambling mound before, they will recognize the pile as the remains of one of those strange creatures).
11. A crate of axe heads (for battle axes) but no shafts.
12. An ornately carved chamber pot.
13. Four plates and four goblets made out of stone with matching knife, fork, and spoon sets. Silverware is metal with stone handles.
14. A dozen candle stubs.
15. A wooden crown.
16. A small burlap sack that contains approximately 300 seeds. (If planted they turn out to be turnip seeds.)
17. Five six foot lengths of wood. A Ranger or Elf may recognize these as cut Yew saplings that could be made into excellent long bows by a trained bowyer.
18. A clay bust of a Medusa head.
19. A 30# keg of tack nails.
20. A tun of fortified, very potent red wine.
21. A blunted wooden practice sword.
22. A small wooden box containing 150 butterfly wings.
23. A pedestal holding a half carved marble bust, debitage lies on the floor all around.
24. Two bull horns, each broken off about a foot down.
25. A small cask of very strong grain alcohol (characters drinking it must save vs. poison or be blinded).
26. A jar of green paste, which if rubbed on the skin proves extremely repellant to aaracokra.
27. A small pouch of powdered sandstone.
28. A brass door handle.
29. A wyvern claw.
30. A large and very fragile glass water clock, possibly worth 30-50gp.
31. A battered keg containing old, cheap, and mostly-spoiled wine. It's maybe half vinegar, mildly eye & skin irritant, and quite vile.
32. A broken stick, maybe four foot long and dark brown. Close examination by an archer reveals it is (was) a composite short bow...examination by a fletcher reveals it was built for 16 strength. Close examination of the area shows a large bloodstain on the floor where it is found.
33. A practice dummy, on its side with most of the covering torn off & the pedestal broken.
34. A pile of boxes, all stenciled "CANDLES, FOUR DOZEN". All are empty, half are rotted enough to be useless.
35. A latched (not locked) wooden box containing large mallet, a couple of metal bars, a couple of odd-looking spikes, and a straight stick with measurements marked on it. Any stonemason can immediately identify it as the tools of his trade. Dwarves, Gnomes, or Drow elves can do the same with an intelligence check on a 1d20.
36. A hand carved limestone mold for making bronze axe heads. Molten bronze is poured into it and after cooling, the two halves are separated, leaving a rough bronze axe head.
37. A small wooden box holding six different sticks of colored chalk. The white and yellow are nearly all used up, only nubs remain.
38. A bent and rusty trap for small animals. Two feet of rusty chain is attached to one end.
39. A pile of corks from wine bottles (2d10), most are starting to disintegrate.
40. A broken clay pipe, the bowl is intact but the stem is in small pieces.
41. A box containing a wooden rolling pin, half a dozen tin cookie cutters in campaign-appropriate holiday shapes and a thin volume of cookie recipes.
42. A 5-inch thick tome with the words "DON'T PANIC" written in large, friendly letters on the cover. The pages have been eaten through by bookworms and are illegible. (alternate item: A large, threadbare towel, approximately 3'x5', very stained.)
43. Large glass jar of dill pickles and a pair of metal tongs.
44. Collapsible camp seat. Leather seat needs repair but otherwise usable.
45. Bag full of dirty socks.
46. A small bag containing 72 mice skulls.
47. A stick of black chalk.
48. A half-eaten sausage covered in fuzzy mold.
49. A ceramic jar filled with 63 pickled eggs (and the pickling brine).
50. A fingerless four-fingered leather glove, left handed.
51. A pouch containing 181 pieces of shredded parchment. If pieced together (a task that might take many hours), the PC will be able to read the following message "Thanks for the lovely time last fortnight. Derf and I and I enjoyed our visit very much."
52. A small box of bat dung.
53. A long white sheet with two eyeholes cut out.
54. A 3' diameter hoop fashioned from twisted copper wire.
55. Rusted iron lock - still functions but there is no key.
56. Slender glass box (3x9x13 inches) filled with sand and stinging ants.
57. The right-hand pinky knucklebone of one of the party member's mother.
58. A child's drawing of a lich, rendered on birch bark with charcoal.
59. A small iron cross which smells strongly of mint.
60. A chainmail dog collar.
61. A simple iron helm, caved in on the left side.
62. A set of seven six-sided gambling dice made of bugbear shinbone. One of them rolls true. Usually at an inopportune moment.
63. 1 bunch of skinless grapes.
64. 1 bunch of grape skins.
65. An inflatable leather cushion.
66. An ear trumpet.
67. A fly whisk.
68. A wig(made from real hair).
69. A glass eye.
70. 42 pairs of women's woolen socks, size small.
71. An iron ankle bracelet emblazoned with the sigil of a local deity.
72. 3 stalks of wheat.
73. 13 goblin ears on a wire chain.
74. A round, palm-sized, chalky-black stone that weighs approximately 2 pounds.
75. A ceramic pot of goat urine, sealed with wax.
76. A binful of wooden clothespins.
77. An extravagantly-painted deck of tarot cards.
78. A small tin soldier, 25mm.
79. A worn leather-wrapped ball.
80. A tattered page, obviously torn from a book, which contains a recipe for a delectable onion soup.
81. A fist-sized hair ball coughed up by a manticore.
82. 3 mastodon toenails.
83. A copper belt buckle.
84. 7 flasks of fermented mare's milk.
85. A sprig of elderberry wrapped in white linen.
86. A battered lantern missing two panes.
87. An owlbear skin rug.
88. A complex puzzle box (can only be opened by a person with intelligence and dexterity of 14 or greater... or a strength of 12+, but destroying the box).
89. An artist's palette with the pigments all dried up (they could possibly be restored with water).
90. Half of a torn treasure map depicting an unfamiliar coastline, the "X" indicating where to dig is on the missing piece.
91. A miniature bellows.
92. A lacquered paper parasol with a fanciful flower pattern.
93. A holy symbol of a good aligned deity.
94. A silver mirror.
95. A grappel hook.
96. A scroll case with a quill, small bottle of ink, and couple parchments.
97. A manacle set with keys.
98. A Deck of Not A Lot of Things, scorched and burned beyond readability.
99. A bar of lye soap.
100. An empty scabbard decorated with gems made of paste. The scabbard is engraved "Property of Arthur."