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Still, make sure you ground it in reality and can still somewhat tie it to something that already exists. What do we know about the item based solely on the concept?

Using the beholder eye option example:. The eye beam that the third eye shoots is a good place to start. But what level of spell? That table shows us the highest level of spell that we can select for our magic item. We want to turn our potion of the beholder eye into a rare item, so that means we can choose a 6th-level spell to put into it.

But how much damage? Remember that our item should be comparable to a 6th-level spell, and according to the table a 6th-level spell should be able to deal 55 10d10 damage to a single target or Sound familiar? Fireball deals an average of 28 8d6 damage to multiple targets, pretty close to our But how much damage should our eye beam do?

And there you have it. So long as the eye beam can deal no more than 44 damage or close enough to that in a single turn, it should still be a rare item. Traditionally, beholders cause saving throws versus their rays from the Monster Manual beholder stat block.

Also, the range on their rays is feet. And there is no half damage on the save. So I say we go with that. The newly grown third eye allows a Dexterity saving throw to completely avoid it, it deals 45 10d8 force damage on a successful hit and disintegrates a creature that goes to 0 hit points.

Plus it has some other effects that make sense, such as blowing holes through Huge or larger objects. For the DC, usually, the magic item will use the caster level. Therefore, we have to calculate one.

For example, a 3rd-level spell requires a caster to be 5th-level. So the spell save DC for a third level spell should be:. You have enough information all ready to put it together. The magic item card is the block of text that explains everything you need to know about a magic item. Here are each of the elements explained:. Next, we just need to create our text. The next part of that phrase tells us exactly what it does in the simplest terms. Our potion causes the drinker to grow a third eye that lets you use your action to fire a disintegration beam at a target within feet of it.

When you drink this potion, you grow a third eye that allows you to use your action to fire a disintegration ray at targets within feet of you. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 45 10d8 force damage. If this damage reduces the creature to 0 hit points, its body becomes a pile of fine gray dust. If the target is a Large or smaller nonmagical object or creation of magical force, it is disintegrated without a saving throw.

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