Dead Man's Pack (5e Equipment)
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Cost: 12 gp
Weight: 5 lb
A set of travelers clothes (either of an archaic design or otherwise dated in their fashion sense), a trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinkets table), one hooded lantern with a tinderbox, and 1 sp.
| D100 | TRINKET |
|---|---|
| 01–02 | A picture you drew as a child of your imaginary friend |
| 03–04 | A lock that opens when blood is dripped in its keyhole |
| 05–06 | Clothes stolen from a scarecrow |
| 07–08 | A spinning top carved with four faces: happy, sad, wrathful, and dead |
| 09–10 | The necklace of a sibling who died on the day you were born |
| 11–12 | A wig from someone executed by beheading |
| 13–14 | The unopened letter to you from your dying father |
| 15–16 | A pocket watch that runs backward for an hour every midnight |
| 17–18 | A winter coat stolen from a dying soldier |
| 19–20 | A bottle of invisible ink that can only be read at sunset |
| 21–22 | A wineskin that refills when interred with a dead person for a night |
| 23–24 | A set of silverware used by a king for his last meal |
| 25–26 | A spyglass that always shows the world suffering a terrible storm |
| 27–28 | A cameo with the profile’s face scratched away |
| 29–30 | A lantern with a black candle that never runs out and that burns with green flame |
| 31–32 | A teacup from a child’s tea set, stained with blood |
| 33–34 | A little black book that records your dreams, and yours alone, when you sleep |
| 35–36 | A necklace formed of the interlinked holy symbols of a dozen deities |
| 37–38 | A hangman’s noose that feels heavier than it should |
| 39–40 | A birdcage into which small birds fly but once inside never eat or leave |
| 41–42 | A lepidopterist’s box filled dead moths with skull-like patterns on their wings |
| 43–44 | A jar of pickled ghouls’ tongues |
| 45–46 | The wooden hand of a notorious pirate |
| 47–48 | A urn with the ashes of a dead relative |
| 49–50 | A hand mirror backed with a bronze depiction of a medusa |
| 51–52 | Pallid leather gloves crafted with ivory fingernails |
| 53–54 | Dice made from the knuckles of a notorious charlatan |
| 55–56 | A ring of keys for forgotten locks |
| 57–58 | Nails from the coffin of a murderer |
| 59–60 | A key to the family crypt |
| 61–62 | An bouquet of funerary flowers that always looks and smells fresh |
| 63–64 | A switch used to discipline you as a child |
| 65–66 | A music box that plays by itself whenever someone holding it dances |
| 67–68 | A walking cane with an iron ferule that strikes sparks on stone |
| 69–70 | A flag from a ship lost at sea |
| 71–72 | Porcelain doll’s head that always seems to be looking at you |
| 73–74 | A wolf’s head wrought in silver that is also a whistle. |
| 75–76 | A small mirror that shows a much older version of the viewer |
| 77–78 | Small, worn book of children’s nursery rhymes. |
| 79–80 | A mummified raven claw |
| 81–82 | A broken pendent of a silver dragon that’s always cold to the touch |
| 83–84 | A small locked box that quietly hums a lovely melody at night but you always forget it in the morning |
| 85–86 | An inkwell that makes one a little nauseous when staring at it |
| 87–88 | An old little doll made from a dark, dense wood and missing a hand and a foot |
| 89–90 | A black executioner’s hood |
| 91–92 | A pouch made of flesh, with a sinew drawstring |
| 93–94 | A tiny spool of black thread that never runs out |
| 95–96 | A tiny clockwork figurine of a dancer that’s missing a gear and doesn’t work |
| 97–98 | A black wooden pipe that creates puffs of smoke that look like skulls |
| 99–00 | A vial of perfume, the scent of which only certain creatures can detect |
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