1001 Homebrew Magic Items

[JoshuaZ]

The following are two things from my current campaign which is a Pathfinder 1e E8 campaign, so although the first is technically an "artifact" in setting, they would likely be just items in some other campaigns/contexts:

402: The Lying Mask

The mask is made of what appears to be ivory. It has caster level 12. When worn, the user may choose to have it be invisible (and generally does given the abilities and nature, see below). When worn and invisible it does not detect as magical at all nor is it seen by effects such as True Sight unless their caster level is at least 8th level in which case they may make a caster level check.

While the mask is worn by someone who is bonded to the mask they get a +5 bonus to all bluff checks, and a +2 bonus to sense motive checks to see if a lie they've told is believed.

Bonding to the mask takes 24 hours. However, once one is bonded to the mask, one must every subsequent day tell a lie to a being, and they must believe the lie (which can be difficult if someone knows you have the mask). The lie cannot be trivial and must be one one considers reasonably consequential. For example, lying about what one ate for breakfast would likely be insufficient.

If one does not tell a believed lie in a 24 hour period, the mask becomes affixed to one's face, which is painful, giving a -2 penalty to all concentration and intelligence checks, until 24 hours until the next time you tell a believed lie. Worse, for this period, the bonuses for the mask do not apply.

Written in words that seem to be of the native language of anyone who reads it on the inside are the words "Lying is a skill and all skills must be practiced."

Note: If adopting to 5e, this should probably become advantage and disadvantage on the relevant checks.

403: Quicksilver Key

A Quicksilver Key appears as a small puddle of silvery material in a small glass vial. When pored out near a lock it slowly takes the form of a working key for that lock.

(Some people who wish to protect themselves against the use of a Quicksilver key may among other protections have locks that require both a key and a combination.)