Cookie of Fortune (5e Equipment)
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food, uncommon A cookie of fortune is a small, stiff crescent-shaped baked good that is hollow on the inside. They usually come in packs of 1d3. As an action, you can crack open the cookie, causing it to emit momentary multicolored sparkles and a satisfying crunching sound, and read the small strip of paper inside. As a separate action or part of the action used to crack open the cookie, you may also choose to eat the cookie. Doing so grants you 1 temporary hit point. Reading the piece of paper grants you a fortune, rolled randomly on the table below, as well as a set of 5 lucky numbers obtained by rolling a d20 five times. As long as you possess this fortune, whenever you roll a d20 and roll one of your lucky numbers, you may reroll the d20 and take the higher of the two rolls. Alternatively, when you make a d20 roll, you can choose to use a lucky number as the result of the roll. Once a lucky number is used in this way, it is permanently removed from your pool of lucky numbers. If you use another cookie of fortune while the effects of first one is still active, you lose all effects of the first cookie and there is a 50% chance that the new cookie behaves identically to a cookie of misfortune. How a fortune is concluded is the subject of DM discretion. It could discretely expire and be forgotten, or it could be remembered at just the right moment to turn into a great reward for the character possessing it. |
| d20 | Fortune |
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| 1 | Take the broken road. |
| 2 | Great riches await in your future. |
| 3 | Trust not the door nor the coat rack nor the table. |
| 4 | You will meet someone long lost. |
| 5 | A kobold may come bearing gifts. |
| 6 | Show kindness to the ones you travel with. It may be rewarded. |
| 7 | Look for the man in the pointy hat. |
| 8 | A copper piece spent today could be a gold piece gained tomorrow. |
| 9 | Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. |
| 10 | Helping someone back on their feet may come with rewards later. |
| 11 | Life gives you lemons, and you'll make a gourmet meal. |
| 12 | Those who wish you ill shall be harmed by your allies. |
| 13 | Those who wish you well shall be rewarded grandiose. |
| 14 | Sometimes, all you need is a small blessing from above. |
| 15 | Those who are dependent on themselves shall achieve feats like no other. |
| 16 | A resonating energy is within each of us. You're like a star. |
| 17 | What once was a beast's rewards will possibly be yours. |
| 18 | In the game of chance, insight shines through. |
| 19 | Great breakthroughs are common. You are no exception. |
| 20 | Aberrations beyond your mind will come to share wisdom. |
Note for fellow editors: Feel free to expand the table with your own short, semi-cryptic fortunes.
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