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I once sold one of these to a Merry Berry
part y who disbanded soon after.
The blade was to blame, I later A

found out. Some secrets are
better left kept to yourself. B B

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Monocle of Clarity
Mockingblade I I
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spear’s command word as an action to cause it to create a When a creature rolls a 20 on a saving throw against a L
ghostly projection of itself in your free hand. Both the spear vicious mockery spell cast from the blade in this way, the face
and its projection have the light property. When you use an adorning the sword’s hilt screams insults at you instead until M M
action to create a projection in this way, you can make one the end of your turn. The insults are audible out to 30 feet
weapon attack with either the spear or projection as part of and are directed at your deepest insecurities and regrets. Any N N
that action. The projection lasts for 1 minute or until you creature that hears these insults is made aware of your weak-
dismiss it using a bonus action or until a creature other than nesses, granting it advantage on its next attack roll against O O
you holds it. If you drop or stow the crystalline spear, the you until the start of your next turn. Once the sword screams
projection disappears until you hold the spear again. at you in this way, it can’t be used to cast the vicious mockery P P
If you make a ranged attack with the projection, it disap- spell again until 1d4 days have passed.
pears after it hits or misses a target. If you’re still holding the Q Q
crystalline spear when this happens, it magically recreates Monocle of Clarity R R
the projection in your open hand again (no action required).
You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with Wondrous item, rare S S
this magic weapon and its projection. The spear can only This single lens has three filters that you can peer through.
have 1 projection active at a time. While it has a projection, You can change the monocle’s filter by rotating its outer T T
both the spear and projection cast bright light in a 10-foot ring. A small arrow along the edge of the frame indicates the
radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. If you don’t monocle’s selected filter. The monocle has 4 charges and re- U U
have an open hand when the spear creates a projection, the gains 1d3 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing
projection is dismissed. the monocle, you can expend 1 of its charges as an action to V V
activate one of the following filters and gain various benefits.
Mockingblade The effects last for 1 hour while you continue to wear the W W
Weapon (shortsword), uncommon (requires attunement monocle or until you change its filter. X X
Filter of Comprehend Languages. When you peer
by a bard) through this filter, you can read and comprehend any written
This magic sword helps you more effectively add insult to language as per the written language portion of the compre- Y Y
injury. The sword has 6 charges and regains 1d4 + 2 expend- hend languages spell.
ed charges daily at dawn. When you hit a creature with this Filter of Darkvision. While looking through this filter, Z Z
weapon, you can immediately use a bonus action to expend you have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet.
1 of its charges to cast the vicious mockery spell from it, using Filter of See Invisibility. When gazing through this filter,
your spell save DC, against that creature. When you do, any you see invisible creatures and objects as if they were visible.
words you use to insult the creature appear written along the
blade for 1 minute or until replaced by a new insult.

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PART I MAGIC ITEMS