Magic item: Glitchy Shield
This jousting shield of uncertain heraldry is cursed with poor collision detection – it will only defend against attack rolls that yield odd numbers.
It is prized chiefly as a climbing aid – if you bash it repeatedly against a wall, on 1 on a d6 it will get stuck half-in and half-out of it, making a handy platform. The shield can be freed again by repeated tugging (1 on a d6). Oddly, it never glitches out while a character is standing on it.
Animate Device 2nd level spell, brings any valid* heraldic emblem to life. The emblems fight as monsters with 1d6 HD and whatever weapons you’d expect (dragons breathe fire, spear-wielding wolf-boars fight as paladins. Caltrops can scuttle deliberately under foes’ feet, chevrons… do whatever chevrons do. Probably redirect traffic).
* https://archive.org/stream/completeguidetoh00foxdrich#page/n5/mode/2up
Tattered Remains of Tartary 
You should do one about monsters that come back to life when the party exits and enter a room as if nothing had happened.
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Also, this is one of the best magic items I’ve seen in a long while.
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thank you!
I’ve added a spell.
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* when asking yourself “is this guy’s heraldry academically correct?” you could
(a) review the rules of heraldry that apply in his particular jurisdiction or
(b) ask yourself this:
is he the sort of person who works to obtain valid qualifications from reputable institutions or is he the sort of person who blusters and waves a Trump University diploma around?
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What a glorious item! 🙂
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That “valid*” is the hottest mechanic of the season and it’s only June 13.
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Oh the new spell is lovely too
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Scott Martin I’ve been considering limiting the creatures to their pre-assigned attitudes, so if the device is rearguardant then it can only defend the back of your party etc but I think it’s better to leave that stuff for the individual DM to embellish.
Likewise limits, like duration, casting conditions.
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if they need to build out a whole College of Heralds system it will come, yeah. saving for pokemon.
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Scott Martin just overheard my son saying “Harry Potter is Pokemon.”
Thinking: of course, that’s why Ron can only learn 4 spells.
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The future will be amazing!
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