A hat that, when left alone with another hat, will mate and produce hybrid offspring
Negative gold pieces
A map that is the territory
Armour that becomes more effective the uglier the wearer
A living pocket-watch that never needs winding, but if you don’t feed it, it dies; it’s an obligate carnivore
Goggles that put censor bars over monsters of the Aberration type
An instructional tome in the secret language of ducks
A dagger that glows in the presence of one particular goblin
Angry shoes
A magnifying glass that interrogates unexamined assumptions
A quill and inkwell set that lets you write with perfect fluency, but only in languages you don’t understand
Clothing whose colour and pattern are literally impossible to describe
A magic potion that renders the imbiber both incredibly persuasive and extremely gullible
An actual key to your heart
Kind of in the same spirit, there’s a crappy magical item generator right here: https://rexiconjesse.github.io Ive been. Extremely tempted to inflict some of these things on my PCs.
Now anyone can become an Artist with this DIY Paint By Numbers Kit. Follow the numbers and watch as your masterpiece come to life. Perfect activity for de-stressing! This will make a great Gift for your friends and family!
People don’t often look back on the early 1900’s for advice, but what if we could actually learn something from the Lost Generation? The New York Public Library has digitized 100 “how to do it” cards found in cigarette boxes over 100 years ago, and the tips they give are so practical that millennials reading this might want to take notes.
Back in the day, cigarette cards were popular collectibles included in every pack, and displayed photos of celebrities, advertisements, and more. Gallaher cigarettes, a UK-founded tobacco company that was once the largest in the world, decided to print a series of helpful how-to’s on their cards, which ranged from mundane tasks (boiling potatoes) to unlikely scenarios (stopping a runaway horse). Most of them are insanely clever, though, like how to make a fire extinguisher at home. Who even knew you could do that?
The entire set of life hacks is now part of the NYPL’s George Arents Collection. Check out some of the cleverest ones we could find below. You never know when you’ll have to clean real lace!
Caliborn: #323232 or #2ED73A Calliope: #929292 or #FF0000 Davesprite: #F2A400 Jaspersprite: seems inconsistent in-comic, ive been using #F141EF Hal: #E00707