9 Science Fantasy weapons for your 5e campaign

Science fantasy weapons for your 5e campaign

Here are a few Science fantasy weapons that you can use in 5e campaign regardless of the setting or time period. This series of weapons is actually an excerpt from a forthcoming supplement that is coming soon to my Patreon and will be available to all subscribes for $1.00.

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Sci-fi Weapon	Cost	Damage	Weight	Properties
Anti-mater Pistol	-	4d6 necrotic	2 lb.	Ammunition (range 40/120), reload (40 shots)
Anti-matter Rifle	-	6d8 necrotic	11 lb.	Ammunition (range 120/360), reload (5 shots) two-handed
Anti-matter Cannon	-	6d12 necrotic	20 lb.	Ammunition (range 325/650), reload (3 shots) two-handed
Cryo Pistol		3d6 cold	2 lb.	Ammunition (range 40/120), reload (40 shots)
Cryo Rifle	-	6d8 cold	10 lb.	Ammunition (range 120/360), reload (5 shots) two-handed
Cryo Cannon	-	6d10 cold	20 lb	Ammunition (range 350/700), reload (3 shots) two-handed
Plasma Pistol	-	3d6 fire	2 lb.	Ammunition (range 40/120), reload (40 shots)
Plasma Rifle	-	6d8 fire	10 lb.	Ammunition (range 120/360), reload (5 shots) two-handed
Plasma Cannon	-	6d10 fire	20 lb.	Ammunition (range 350/700), reload (3 shots) two-handed
Ammunition
Energy Cell	-	-	5 oz.	-

Anti-matter weapons

Anti-matter weapon stores a small of anti-matter in a containment field held inside the power cell of the shoots. When the trigger is depressed, a bit anti-matter is released slamming into the target, causing massive damage when matter and anti-matter collide.

Cryo Weapons

Firing a bolt of super cold gas, the instantly freezes flesh on contact and turns some kinds of armor brittle, Cryo weapons are a common sight on many civilized worlds of known space.

Plasma Weapons

Plasma weapon shoots a small ball of super-heated gas. When the gas ball hits a target, it causes all but toughest of armor, to melt and exposed flesh to instantly burn.

20 Trinkets you would find in a necromancer’s workshop

To continue with the gothic horror theme. Here is a list of trinkets that one might discover snooping around a necromancer's workshop.

1. A clear jar filled with various kind of eyeballs floating in a green liquid.

2. A spool of thick tread.

3. A set of rusted shackles

4. A copper urn containing earth from a graveyard

5. A pile of severed decaying humanoid hands

6. A small lidless ceramic jar filled with large needles

7. A green leather bound book titled “a short guide to speaking with the dead.”

8. A thigh bone of a humanoid

9. A small brass brazier filled with the ashes of burnt incense

10. A large leather bound tome titled “whispers of the hereafter, a necromancy primer.”

11. Ten iron nails from a coffin

12. A well-used bone saw

13. A large wooden table stained with various fluids and what not.

14. A bookend in the shape of a humanoid skull

15. A brass candelabra.

15. A single piece of yellow chalk

16. A large pedestal bookstand

17. A large copper vat with a label that embalming fluid

18. A set of brightly colored jar of varying sizes

19. A group of loose papers containing information on the creation of a zombie

20. A black robe that smells of death

20 Things you might find on a dead body

Running across a dead body is a fairly common thing in most fantasy roleplaying games. Discovering a dead body can serve as a plot hook, a red herring, or be simple dungeon dressing. Since the dead body was once a living one, they are usually carrying something on them before they met their untimely end. Below is a list of items that one might find of a dead body.


1. A summons to the court of a local noble

2. A six-inch-long key

3. A false treasure map

4. A leather pouch filled with 4 cp and 1 sp

5. A love note from the dead person’s lover

6. A small bag with 2 days of rotting rations

7. A set of flint and steel

8. A single iron spike

9. A big of bread with black mold that acts as a contact poison

10. A journal with entries until the day the person died

11. A decaying leather backpack

12. A small silver holy symbol of a deity of the moon

13. A copper ring with a star engravings running along the length of the band

14. The hilt of a broken long sword

15. A leather scroll case

16. A torn leather belt pouch

17. A dented helmet

18. A blood-stained suit of leather armor with several punctures from arrows

19. A small wooden box with a lock on it





20. A mandolin that is broken beyond repair

10 Plot hooks for your Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition campaign

10 Plot hooks for your 5e campaign

A Dungeon Master can always use more plot hooks for their game; here are a handful of plot hooks to help when your lacking inspiration.

The city is ablaze

While eating your morning breakfast at the local inn, you smell smoke. Man burst in the front screaming fire, fire, the city is on fire.

Bandits attack

The black hand bandit gang has taken over a nearby temple and it local for a mighty magical sword buried in the catacombs below the temple.

A ghost apparition

A ghost of a little girl has been seen down by the docks, and several sailors have been reported missing.

A strange sight

A flock of ravens in the thousands has amassed outside of the city what could it mean?

A dark omen

A green comet has appeared in the sky, and with it, a terrible plague has begun to ravage the county

Livestock attacked

An old farmers’ cows were attacked in the barn last night, and whatever did it was massive.

Men in black

The local grave digger reported see several people in black robes in the cemetery last night, and when the grave digger approached them, black robed people vanished into thin air.

Tunnels beneath the city

An earthquake last night has caused the road to collapse near the inn where the heroes are staying, the hole in the street reveals a system of old tunnels beneath the city.

Death of a leader

The leader of the local thieves’ guild has been assassinated, and the city is chaos as factions in the guild vie for power

A lost city

The lost city of the dwarven lords has been discovered, and now an expedition is being mounted to bring back the rumored riches of the dwarves of old.

20 Gothic Horror Trinkets

20 Gothic Horror Trinkets for 5e

Trinkets are items that the players may run across during the course of an adventure. Some of the trinkets on this list have minor magical properties while others do not.

1. A stuffed white raven

2. A transparent green glass jab filled with eyeballs in embalming fluid

3. A small black cast iron pot

4. A tome called Hasarack’s complete guide to vampires

5. A dagger with a rusted blade

6. A small silver cameo shaped in the likeness of a rose

7. A Journal with the first five pages’ torn out

8. A bundle of foot-long wooden stakes

9. A jar filled with eel skins in a strange smelling fluid

10. A porcelain doll in a red dress whose eyes always seem to be looking at you regardless of where you stand

11. A lucky rabbit foot

12. A medallion with a holy symbol of a forgotten god inscribed upon it.

13. A large glass jar with a dead faerie suspended in a clear liquid

14. A wooden broom

15. A glass aquarium with a large hairy spider keeps inside it

16. A clockwork cat the sometimes moves of its own accord

17. A blood-stained love note

18.  A single black riding boot

19. A grey stone that glows a soft white light when the undead are within 30 feet

20. A large red cape

 Trinkets and Magical Curiosistes of Ravenloft contains a 100 Trinkets for the Ravenloft setting, but the trinkets can easily be used in any gothic horror setting

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