D&D: Five Items For Getting Your Bone On
Whether you’re playing a Necromancer or a Death Cleric or just a creepy Warlock, everyone needs to get their bone on every now and then.
Which is what it means to wear/wield items that are made of bones, right? Whether it’s bone armor, or wielding bone weapons, there’s something about every character who wields the powers of death having to have some kind of skeleton part around them. That’s the rule.
You wouldn’t want your Undead Patron Warlock to be caught with their bone off. So we’ve got a list of five items perfect for getting your bone on!
Bonecounter
Bonecounter starts things off pretty strong. It has bone in the name. It specifically cares about skeletons. This magical mace (because any kind of bone-y weapon seems to default to mace), in addition to being a +2 mace, has a unique property: whenever it’s used to destroy an undead creature, a single silver piece appears in its wielder’s pocket.
Making it one of the few magic items that can turn a profit while you still hold it in your hands.
Amulet of the Black Skull
An obsidian skull is a great way to get your bone on in D&D. Especially because it’s technically vegan, if you think about it. And that’s a healthy way to get your bone on as well.
At any rate, this amulet has 1d6 charges, one of which can be used to teleport yourself to anywhere within 100 feet. Yeah it’s not super exciting, but it looks extremely cool, and isn’t that what matters?
St. Markovia’s Thighbone
Another great bone weapon that is also a mace. St. Markovia’s Thighbone, as the name suggests, is from the twisting shadows of Ravenloft. Specifically from Strahd von Zarovich’s domain: Barovia. It functions like a Mace of Disruption, but for narrative reasons, it will crumble to dust after it’s used to take out any vampires. So just kill them the old fashioned way (grappling them in running water).
Dragon Thighbone Club
The second thighbone on the list. And this one isn’t a mace, for once! This is a Red Dragon’s thighbone that has been empowered with magic and wrapped in leather. It deals a total of 3d8 bludgeoning damage, but it resizes itself to be wieldable by a creature of any size.
Wyrmskull Throne
Oh this is a big one. You have a throne made out of the skulls of wyrms, and you will have absolutely no trouble getting your bone on. And fittingly, this throne is a magical artifact. It has nine charges, and can be used to a number of surprisingly powerful effects. You don’t even have to be sitting in the throne to use some of them, you just have to be carrying one of its attuned scepters of Rulership.
What items do you prefer to enlist to get your bone on?
