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