Category: The Dungeon World Tavern: Magic Items

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Lethe’s Draught

Aeneas moved by the sudden sight, asked in his ignorance what it might mean, what was that river over there and all that crowd of people swarming along its banks. Then the ghost of his father, Ankhises said:–“They are the souls who are destined for Reincarnation; and now at Lethe’s stream they are drinking the waters that quench man’s troubles, the deep draught of oblivion… They come in crowds to the river Lethe, so that you see, with memory washed out they may revisit the earth above.'”

–Virgil, Aeneid

Lethe’s Draught is as clear and flavorless as water, though holding a bottle of it to one’s ear reveals a faint whispering. Drinking this potion causes the imbiber to forget the events of the last several hours. Consuming two doses at once increases the effect to several weeks, and three causes complete, permanent amnesia.

A more concentrated distillation, Lethe’s Essence, can be used as an applied poison by thieves, though the effects are limited to only about an hour.

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Candle Blade

“Though we had slain the fire wolf, its fur continued to flicker with lingering traces of it’s magical flames. The enchanter was upon it even before the flames had died, carving at the monster’s flanks. ‘Do you think death could extinguish this fire?’ he asked of me.”

A large candle rendered from the fat of a creature that dwells upon the elemental plane of Fire. When lit, a blade of fire springs from the wick. The blade can be wielded like a regular sword, dealing an extra 1d6 points of fire damage when it hits.

The candle has only a few uses before it burns down to a stub. While the stub can be lit one more time to gain an extra use of the blade, the flames sear the wielder’s hand as the last of the wax is consumed.