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Custom Magic Items Form

Weapon
Sword

Magic Items can have near-limitless forms and features, entire books have been dedicated to different ones. While more Magic Items will be added to the final version of Dungeon World 2, here are some tools to easily create your own.

When creating magic item, choose its Form, its Origin, and either one Effect, or one Cost and two Effects, then create any moves or similar effects it might require.

Staff or
Spear
Bow and/or Arrows
Axe
Hammer
Wand or Orb
Dagger
Written Record
Stone Tablet
Book or Tome
Parchment Scroll
Folded Map
Engraved Glass
Skilled Painting
Written Song or Poem
Encoded Message
Garment
Metal or Leather Armor
Robes or Coat
Hat or Hood
Gloves or Boots
Mask or Spectacles
Shirt or Blouse
Pants or Skirt
Belt or Scarf

Magic Item Categories Create a Simple Effect These are usually minor trinkets often used to add descriptive flair, but can very powerful if used creatively. They don’t have a rolled or complex Move associated with them, but can have a straightforward Move. Examples include: Sending Stone, Bag of Holding, Tricksy Rope, Tears of Analise

Augment an Existing Move These items take a Move or asset the user already has access to and alters it some way, usually empowering it. Examples include: Lamented Momento, Cloak of Absurd Protection.

Bestow a New Move These grant their user access to a whole new Move - one that may or may not be related to their existing Moves. Examples include: Farsight Stone, Flying Carpet, Wax Wings.

Bestow Multiple Moves These items are typically especially powerful and complex, and their Moves are often directly related or lead into each other. Examples include: Sphere of Annihilation.

Limited Use Some items may be destroyed by use, have a limited charge, or have a custom Move that destroys them as part of a 6- or 7-9 roll on a custom Move. Examples include: Ambrosia, Spell Scroll, Oil of Etherelness, Potion, Magic Wand.

Cursed Items Curses are negative effects that can sometimes come with a magic item, and often can’t easily be removed once manifested. When creating a cursed item, make sure the curse maintains their agency, creating difficult consequences and choices, not removing their agency entirely.

Everyday Object
Quill, Key, or Coin
Lantern or Mirror
Bag, Pouch or Rope
Tool or Instrument
Shaped Wood, or Stone
Plant, Cloth or Furs
Skull, Bone, or Feather
Spyglass or Hourglass
Jewelry
Amulet or Locket
Earrings or Piercing
Cufflink or Hairpiece
Pin or Brooch
Crown or Tiara
Button or Cufflink
Bracelet or Anklet
Ring or Gemstone
Consumable
Potion or Poison
Preserved Meat
Bottle of Wine
Ageless Fruit
Ripe Cheese
Carved Shape
Powder or Dust
Candle or Oil

Origins

Holy
It once belonged to a dark god
It was made for a holy quest
Magic
It’s covered in mysterious runes
It can change its size
It’s faithful to you and your cause
You must speak the proper words
You must prove yourself to it
It was used in a macabre ritual
It was stolen from the divine
Otherwordly
It’s decidedely non-Euclidean
It’s silicon-based life
It’s goopy
It’s bigger on the inside
It’s a piece of something bigger
It looks suspiciously mundane
Energy swirls within
Technological
Its gears click and whiz
It jams at the worst times
Sparks fly in all directions
It leaks acid all over you
Natural
It breathes and pulses in your hand
It requires sustenance
It bonds to your flesh
It’s starting its metamorphosis
Its look changes per environment
It longs for its home
Masterwork
It was forged by a legendary dwarven smith
Elven weavers put decades into its making
No demon lord fights without one
It’s infused with a drop of dragon blood
It appears differently to everyone
It is forged of an alien material
It’s the best a human could do
A spirit resides in it
It transforms to reveal its purpose
It was constructed by a long forgotten race

Costs

Curse
Your thoughts or dreams are not your own
Limitation
It’s big, unwieldy, bulky, or especially heavy
Danger
The population fears or hates it and treats you differently
You’re aging rapidly or transforming into something else
It only works in service of a specific code or purpose
A specific, powerful enemy is hunting it down
A specific substance (wood, metal, etc.) burns you like fire
It’s extremely ugly, gross, or unpleasant
It’s unstable, and its use often cause collateral damage
You cannot sleep despite your exhaustion
It only works for a short time, then needs to recharge
Others who see it feel compelled to take it from you
You start experiencing hallucinations
It needs to be fed (sacrifices, other magic, actual food, etc.)
An enemy always knows where it is, and you by extension
You lose a sense, such as sight or sound
You need time to prepare before using it
Something terrible is trapped inside, seeking a way out

Magic Item Effects

Blessing
You move unseen
Influence
You can create or remove another’s memories
Enhancement
You have the might of giants
You’ve had fantastic luck lately
You can inflame or suppress a specific emotion in others
You’re as agile as the wind
Dark entities fear you
You can communicate with any person, animal, or plant
Your mind is filled with knowledge
You can move through solid objects
You can conjure a convincing illusion from memory
You see and hear over vast distances
You can fly
You can see in pitch black
Your mind can leave your body
You can command simple beasts or insects
Your charm is irresistable
You can communicate over long distances
You don’t need sleep
You can mesmerize those who look at it
Your pack feels lighter
You breathe water as if it were air
You can force someone to tell the truth
You hear the patter of ants
You can turn into a specific animal
You can give someone horrible nightmares
You can become larger or smaller
Restoration
It heals your wounds
Divination
It reveals magical auras
Force
It shoots gouts of flame
It cures illnesses and maladies
You know the location of someone/thing
You shock your foes with lightning
It can raise the dead, at a heavy risk or cost
Glimpse the past, or the future
The wind obeys your call
It can repair an object
You can understand a new language
Thunderous sound blasts your enemies
It can provide sustenance for a week
You can scry far away places
You freeze your target in place
Disease cannot touch you
You no longer age
Share senses with a nearby person or animal
It paralyzes foes
You can speak to nearby dead
It polymorphs your foe
It stops corpses from returning to life, or unlife
You sense lies and deception
It spits corroding acid or sickly poison
You feel healthier than ever
You can detect nearby thoughts, or mentally link allies
It summons a wall of stone
Protection
Extreme weather doesn’t affect you
Utility
It provides a brilliant light
Quirk
It’s famous, well-respected, or obviously heroic
Your skin is as hard as stone
It cloaks you in shadow
You’re as steady as a mountain
It deflects arrows
Enchantments don’t faze you
It returns you home
You can teleport short distances
It can change the weather
You can mentally move small objects
It can move and/or speak on its own
You appear as someone else
It can change its size, within reason
It can dispel other magic, sometimes only briefly
It returns to you whenever you summon it
You can create a cloud of fog, smoke, or darkness
It alerts you of the presence of something specific
You can instantly unlock ordinary locks
It can wound somone/thing normally impervious to harm
It summons a cage around a target
You can briefly turn back time
It’s especially destructive to objects or the environment
It repels hostile animals
It opens a portal to another place, plane, or world
It’s strongly magnetic, and attracts nearby metal