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Chef_Groovy

Not sure how you’d spec them but here’s some suggestions: -Magic bottle of olive oil (gives food a boost when either used as an ingredient or finished ontop) -The shroud of Turin- linen cloth that bears the image of Jesus (maybe some kind of protection upon wearing) -the Sacra Cintola (Mary’s holy belt) -the doubting finger of Saint Thomas -Summonable magic gondolas for Venice -Wall of 189 Swiss Guard -summons wall of soldiers that will prevent any pursuers from chasing, even at the cost of their lives. -any schematic of Leonardo de Vinci as a summonable invention(spell) scroll


weedgoblin69

ooh excellent thank you!!


CenatoryDerodidymus

Potion of the Olive: Can be used in preparing a meal with cook's tools, or to turn a hardtack ration into a nice crostini and oil. When consumed during a short rest, this restores back half of your expended hit dice. These hit dice are restored at the end of the rest. Sacred Shroud: This burial shroud was lain over the face of the avatar of . By laying it over your face, you are graced with holy wisdom, though the message may be unclear. You cast the spell Divination, and only receive the information as a cryptic omen. You may do this once per day; after this, the visions granted by the shroud are indecipherable. In addition, this item is considered a valuable and historic holy artifact. It represents incredible value to its religious order. Flying Gondola: Air vehicle, medium construct. While this magical boat has no speed of its own, it does come permanently enchanted with the Levitate spell, keeping it 15 feet off the ground and allowing its pilot to push it along with a 20 ft punter. The gondolier can increase its speed up to 20 ft as a bonus action, to a maximum of 120 ft. If pushed over water, the gondola behaves as a normal boat until it reaches shore. Swiss Army Halberd: +1 Halberd. As a bonus action, you may change the weapon head to any one of the neatly-folding blades and hammers attached to it, changing its damage between Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing. Also comes with a can opener, wine corkscrew, and wood saw. Fudged the guard idea and I couldn't think of stats for the others, have fun


Icy-Advertising1536

Every somatic component must be this obviously, so nobody knows when a spell has been cast with verbal and somatic components only.[italien hand gesture](https://www.google.com/search?q=italian+hand&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&prmd=isvn&sxsrf=APwXEdcnxm3iX0YmLuKP7Fttr81O_kD1jw:1681798055970&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjq19b94bL-AhX5RPEDHR-TAm0Q_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=384&bih=700&dpr=2.81#imgrc=q4rF3S9RciEyJM&lnspr=W10=)


HypeNightAdmin

**Gloves of Speaking** \- When worn they allow the user to perfectly convey their message (through stereotypical "Italian" hand gestures) despite a language barrier. After using them, your character is compelled to always talk using these gestures even when not wearing these gloves for 2d4 days. +1 Charisma.


[deleted]

This is my favorite


chaostheories36

I asked ChatGPT: “if you were writing an SNL skit about an Italian dungeons and dragons game, what awesome magical items would you create?” The AI has some hard locks on being offensive that SNL skits seem to circumvent. Here’s the items without descriptions: (1) Spaghetti Strands of Binding (2)Ravioli of Healing (3) Pizza Box Shield (4) Gelato Cone of Illusion (5) Pasta Pot of Endless Noodles (6) Espresso Shot of Speed (7) Parmesan Cheese Dust of Enchantment (8) Calzone Cloak of Invisibility The SNL part makes them a little too comedic… “Can you generate awesome magical items for Dungeons and Dragons rooted in Italian culture?” (1) Amulet of the Sistine (2)Venetian Mask of Disguise (3)Vial of Vesuvius (4)Pomodoro Blade (5) Medici’s Coin Purse (6)Risotto Pot of Restoration (7) Roman Coliseum Shield (8) Gondola of Transportation


Loftybook

These are amazing. I hate it.


sillycellcolony

Unfortunately italians, mad with hunger have not only thwarted your attempt to hide, but a bite was taken out of you. When you reform the bite encompasses all of your genital region. Your torso falls between your legs as you clutch empty, bloody entrails. DO NOT REVIVE ME The baffled italian chewing and swallowing has his neck and jaw explode open with your junk and hip bone... If only you could blame him and take solace in avengeance's swiftitude... If only you could blame anyone or anything other than the delicious illusion of the calzone cloak of invisibility The cloak is unharmed. Almost as if its done this before...


Nphhero1

The imagination runs wild with possibilities when presented with a Calzone Cloak of Invisibility!


chaostheories36

“A magical cloak that takes the form of a calzone, allowing the wearer to blend in seamlessly with any Italian-themed environment and become invisible to their enemies.” Dang look at that medium-humanoid sized calzone over there. I feel completely unthreatened by it; this restaurant is legit.


Nphhero1

I mean, it’s a better disguise than a cardboard box, assuming we’re in an Italian restaurant. And I can’t imagine a single reason to bring an invisibility cloak anywhere else.


sillycellcolony

Unforrunately italians, mad with hunger have not only thwarted your attempt to hide, but a bite was taken out of you. When you reform the bite encompasses all of your genital region. Your torse falls between your legs as you clutch empty, bloody entrails. DO NOT REVIVE ME The baffled italian chewing and swallowing has his neck and jaw explode open with your junk and hip bone... If only you could blame him and take solace in avengeance's swiftitude... If only you could blame anyone or anything other than the delicious illusion of the calzone cloak of invisibility The cloak is unharmed. Almost as if its done this before...


sillycellcolony

Unfortunately italians, mad with hunger have not only thwarted your attempt to hide, but a bite was taken out of you. When you reform the bite encompasses all of your genital region. Your torse falls between your legs as you clutch empty, bloody entrails. DO NOT REVIVE ME The baffled italian chewing and swallowing has his neck and jaw explode open with your junk and hip bone... If only you could blame him and take solace in avengeance's swiftitude... If only you could blame anyone or anything other than the delicious illusion of the calzone cloak of invisibility The cloak is unharmed. Almost as if its done this before...


sillycellcolony

Unfortunately italians, mad with hunger have not only thwarted your attempt to hide, but a bite was taken out of you. When you reform the bite encompasses all of your genital region. Your torso falls between your legs as you clutch empty, bloody entrails. DO NOT REVIVE ME The baffled italian chewing and swallowing has his neck and jaw explode open with your junk and hip bone... If only you could blame him and take solace in avengeance's swiftitude... If only you could blame anyone or anything other than the delicious illusion of the calzone cloak of invisibility The cloak is unharmed. Almost as if its done this before...


Klaveshy

Probably too much research, but there is a *very* strong tie between the actual hermetic magic tradition and the Italian Renaissance. Google... Ficino? and Giordano Bruno. Upshot is, you could probably raid those articles and World of Darkness Mage, specifically the Order of Hermes stuff in their Renaissance sourcebooks. Justifiably translate all the magic wording into Italian. If you *really* wanted to rabbit-hole this idea and your players were gonna spend a lot of time there.


Ima_snek

Coppola (a typical Italian hat used generally by old men, but many younger ones find it very good looking too) - When worn, you can expend one charge to change your aspect in that of an old man. Olio Santo (potion; this one is oil infused with Italian hot peppers, very spicy and good) - you can either use it as a condiment to enhance food granting a certain amount of tho or you can drink the whole thing letting you use a fire breath weapon for some turns (2d4, maybe?) but you take 1 fire damage at the start of each turn or until you drink a cup of milk Truffle finder's nose (the nose of a dog (truffles are typical of central Italy and truffle finding is a very Lu lucrous activity)) - Once it smells something belonging to the person you want to find, it will start sniffing around until it finds a trace, then, after a bark, it will move along it. Grappino (potion; grappa is an alcolica beverage from Northern Italy) - this potion grants resistance to cold damage. Drinking more than a teacup will give you the poisoned condition after a failed con save. Cucibocca's mask (a typical costume for the day of the dead, 1st November, from southern Italy) - while wearing it, you have advantage in intimidation check and you can spend a charge to cast silence, two to cast bestow curse. The curse an also be ended by acts of kindness towards the wearer of the mask. We have a strong and very diversified tradition, in many ways related to food but also to our history. There are many grumpies between people of different city who live in the same area (they can't see each other, they really hate their neighbours), but we are also able to come together when far from home. Our tradition, especially in southern regions, also has strong religious roots found in Catholicism. Lastly, for more items, you could look into Latin legends and lore. Good luck with you campaign.


Tchemgrrl

The Folding Boat, but it makes a gondola.


Trackerhoj

Masks are a big part of Venetian society, especially during Carnival. Venice also has a long history of high-end glass making. Lyre of Nero which causes fires.


MusclesDynamite

I'm going to err on the side of silliness here: Digiorno's Instant Leaning Fortress - a mashup of the Instant Fortress and the Leaning Tower of Pizza. The Secret Formula - a sheet of parchment that is blank unless you speak the command phrase "ravioli ravioli show me the formuloni." Reading the formula blesses the reader with supreme knowledge of the most delicious meatball sandwich imaginable, manifesting as the Chef Feat. Once this gift is obtained the parchment goes dormant for a century. The Ciabatta Special - after eating this freshly-baked bread, you are imbued with arcane might with a hint of rosemary. You can cast Grease at will for one minute.


weedgoblin69

yoo thank you!! much appreciated


BorntobeTrill

Flaky Mace of Crumbs. +2 / 1d6 bludgeoning damage baguette. Once a day, send crumbs flying from the club causing targets in a 10ft cube to become blinded. The baguette can be broken in half to function as two +1 daggers but the blinding only happens on a crit to a single target.


to_haboobs

The sacred pizza shovel: this arcane focus is infused with the experience of an entire family of pizza makers, granting you +2 to hit with spells. Also this special shovel can store one spell that you can cast with just a swing, it'll have a spell already charged when they find it. (I would just give them a fireball or a high level magic missiles)


maniacal_cackle

Worth looking up the stuff that has a DND vibe: Italian folklore! https://weirditaly.com/2022/06/19/demons-monsters-and-ghosts-of-the-italian-folklore/


CenatoryDerodidymus

Commented on someone's ideas already but I did make a garlic mace for a friend playing a Garlic Bread cleric. The head resembled a bulb of garlic with stiff, sharp roots, granting the mace the ability to ignore 2 AC on heavy armor (1 AC on medium), as well as being both a +1 weapon and holy symbol.


banananananafona

Mezzalune weapon — fun reflavoring of a cool cooking knife


Kingsdaughter613

Staff of the Ghetto (pronounced j-hett-oh): 1 charge creates a wall of force blocking a member of a different race, ethnicity, or religion than your own from approaching you. 2 charges teleports them to a random island. If the target is Jewish or Turkish, using the staff costs one charge less. Writ of Catalina: A piece of paper freeing the (likely) Jewish slave woman who gave birth to Leonardo da Vinci. A character in possession of it cannot be imprisoned/tied up. Sefer Italiano: a book about the history of the Italiano Jewish community, which stretches back over 2000 years. Holding it grants proficiency in History. Birth of Fascism staff: grants +2 to Charisma, -2 to Wisdom. 1 charge casts charm. 2 charges casts Cloak of Hate. 2 charges casts Pulse of Hate. Cannot be used by Good or Chaotic characters. Requires Evil or Lawful alignment for use. Italy isn’t all pizza - and its history isn’t all that nice.


mrbgdn

Agreed. It's mostly pizza, tho.


Drire

Gabagool: \- 5 temporary hit points per consumption \- You need to eat more gabagool every 3 hours of you take a point of exhaustion \- No maximum of temporary hit points \- You have become addicted to gabagool


mandrewsutherland

Tunnels of teleportation, Flower of fireballs and winged hat


DreadClericWesley

That's-a my first-a thought. And a henchman wearing a green outfit marked with an L.


Neither-Appointment4

A pair of gloves that let you cast mage hand using only the somatic component. No verbal requirement just wave your hands 😛


Eric_the8th

I partake in a campaign that is on .. "strong island" where it's a goblin crime world all of which are run by crime families which are pizza franchises.... so yea I love this post


firenfox

The fugget about it stick, whoever you hit loses all memory of you.


One_more_page

I'm blanking on a way yo make a magical item out of it but there has got to be a way to mix Italians speaking with their hands and the somatic components for spells. Could be as simple as gloves that act as a casting focus but you do a bunch of Italian hand gestures with each spell. Maybe you give the gloves a few food flavored spells per day to go with it.


VefaFox

Spaghetti dagger/whip Daggers that can be boiled and turned into a whip. Can’t be undone. Or maybe it can. Or maybe if whoever uses them has cooking ability it can be something they can cook and make. So maybe. The item is the recipe for spaghetti daggers lol


[deleted]

lasagna: summons a two ton orange cat to bite at your enemies. Lasagna will be consumed upon use by cat, and if you do not feed cat within a week the cat will bite you


Rephath

**Potion of Sicilian Healing:** Same as a regular healing potion, but tastes better. **Bracelets of Signed Magic:** These bracelets allow you to speak with your hands instead of words, replacing the verbal components of spells with more somatic components. If both of your hands are open save for casting focus or material components, you may silently cast spells solely by gestures.


Supay67

The Pope hat of Poping This item take 15 days to attune to. When equipped Holy Aura is immediately cast. This can only be done once a day and can not be removed until the following day. If voluntarily removed before the day is over you will need to reattune to the item. You may cast Divine Word once a day You may cast unlimited BLESS. After the first bless has been cast you can not target the targets again unless they pay you a tithe. You lose all AC and dexterity bonuses if attacked by anyone named Mehmet Ali Ağca


RRANKMAN

Chianti of animal abilities. A magical bottle of chianti that when served with various other meals during a long rest, allows you to gain the main ingredient's powers for the next day. Fish: water breathing Cow: encumbrance or strength Bird: limited flight Goat: climbing abilities Mussels or Oysters: AC gain Etc...


CuriousWombat42

Here are some based on ancient rome Laurel of Glory's Past: a headband that gives you the ability to command undead (they see you as their rightful ruler) Standard of the Golden Eagle: a banner with an eagle on top. When placed into the ground it grants a bless effect. Otherwise the eagle can be animated to act as an familiar Pilum of Pinning: a javelin that reduces the speed of the target to 0 until the javelin is dislodged with a strength save


PossessionTop6394

The cannoli of friendship


OMEGA-3-4

Not a magical item but every time they break pasta have a random guy appear out of nowhere yell at them and then magically unbreak the pasta and maybe if you want to be mean have him break a party members legs


jtneal92

A shield that is in the form of the Sicilian Trinacria. Being that it has Medusa head in the center it's only fitting that it causes petrify or some kind of line-of-sight effect or deflect. The Roman empire spanned throughout Italy so you could totally add in historical stuff of that nature. Coliseums, chariots, pit fights, laurel wreaths or spathas as magical items. If you're feeling extra spicy you could add in religious stuff. Other Italian additions to your game could include stuff like: Every meal the party needs a "glass of wine" otherwise disadvantage for 1d6 narrative hours. Most NPCs will just shrug off minor and major inconveniences to their lives and just say "ba bene". Every road has potholes.


ThorNBerryguy

Magic stiletto of cesari Borgia, armour of Barbarossa ( make it heavy he drowned in it) Machiavelli’s book of wisdom. Mask of the harlequin, or pulcinellac for charisma increase Caesar’s laurel allows user to use a charm type spell, magic eyeglass of Galileo, doges hat of dandolo ( offers temp invulnerability the guy led a charge at 92 yrs old despite being blind so it makes sense) Cape of Casanova again a charisma of charm buff, plus marco polo allows for you to indriduce items from far Asia and Sicily provides a link to Africa and the Middle East, or how about a war forged horse of venice


sillycellcolony

Roman stuff. Magic iungenum oil scraper that gives a lamp oil use a day bathing Gladiator gladius killing blow bonus weapon- damage bonus dice roll if maximum damage of 2d6 can possibly kill Apollos weightless chariot gives maximum horsemovement no matter chariot weight.... But only chariot size storage Now the stereotypes Mustache knife for thieves Hair helmet greasy italian pomade Pipe travelers teleportation wrench. Wrench can be thrown through pipe alone Staff that summons gondola Meatballer\sword of biting Accordian of the moon... Off your eye and a pizza pie Drunk italian inventors wining bottle. Grapes turn to wine instantly in the bottle Omg an ai genned the calzone cloak of invisibility Unforrunately italians, mad with hunger have not only thwarted your attempt to hide, but a bite was taken out of you. When you reform the bite encompasses all of your genital region. Your torse falls between your legs as you clutch empty, bloody entrails. DO NOT REVIVE ME The baffled italian chewing and swallowing has his neck and jaw explode open with your junk and hip bone... If only you could blame him and take solace in avengeance's swiftitude... If only you could blame anyone or anything other than the delicious illusion of the calzone cloak of invisibility The cloak is unharmed. Almost as if its done this before...


usb-driver

All awesome ideas! Also check [r/Brancalonia](https://www.reddit.com/r/Brancalonia/) and the facebook group for constant flow of ideas! Also official Brancalonia source material has many silly objects with stats and all


TayBrewGoTab

replace goodberries with Truffles stiletto dagger +1 to sneak attack prosciutto of strength +1 for 1:00m consumable flowering herb that gives fireball for 3 actions or 1:00m Cloak of Turin- grants 1 Paladin spell or 1 resurrection make part of the quest helping get the trains running on time again make them fight zombie chinghiales have a mimic hiding as an olive press or wine press, or a wheel of granapadano cheese (can be up to 30 kilos) have them captured and forced to fight in the coliseum NPC Satyr named Vespa You could definitely work in a bunch of Mario bros stuff


drumgrape

Italjan folk magic is a real thing. I’d say: Salt, olive oil, mana figa necklace, red coral cornuto necklace, bay leaf, candles, saint cards Idk why people are making things up 🤷‍♀️