Marginal Worlds: Magic Item Deck

Pulled directly from the colorful pages of historic manuscripts, the Marginal Worlds Magic Item Deck brings the magic and mystery of the medieval world to your table.

SYSTEM AGNOSTIC & D&D 5e COMPATIBLE!

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• 50 system-agnostic magic items with easy-to-play descriptions
• Quick-play icons for features such as cursed items, sentience, or high-level play
• Excerpts featuring each item in its original medieval manuscript
• A detailed Game Master’s guide with additional descriptions and lore
• Gorgeous, hand-illustrated manuscript art
• Systematic, consistent, and easily adaptable game design
• A complete D&D 5th edition appendix
• 3 additional Optional Play appendices
• A detailed glossary of our medieval sources
  

Easy to Use - Our deck consists of 50 unique magic item cards drawn in an illuminated manuscript style. These intuitive cards feature detailed art on the front and the item’s description and use on the back.

Additional Play - You’ll find small icons on the front of each card which correspond to quick-play guides in our GM’s Guide.These icons tell players whether an item is cursed, sentient, or high-level, as well as its additional D&D 5e stats!

See the Sources - Each card is directly inspired by an authentic medieval manuscript or artifact, which are listed on the cards themselves. You can read more about our sources in the glossary of our Game Master’s Guide.

Designed as an adventurer’s journal, the GM’s guide providesdiegetic notes on each item with additional lore and gameplay ideas, as well as hidden information that will not spoil item surprises for players.

The Guide also includes several appendices for optional play and D&D 5e stats, for those who prefer an easy way to play in an established system. The guide also has an index, glossary, and bibliography of our sources.

Our deck is designed to be easily integrated into D&D 5e and adaptable to any play system. Whether you're an experienced GM or new to the table, you’ll be able to balance these items in your game.

We’ve used systematic, consistent language and rulings that can be used regardless of your game. When you do need to adapt to your system’s ruleset, we guide you in the right direction with easy-to-read language such as “minor,” “moderate,” and “major” damage, rather than dictating dice rolls.