Dice of Quiet Fortune

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Charges: 7 (regains at dawn)

Three small dice rest in a lacquered, obsidian-hued box. The dice are carved from pale bone with ivory pips that glimmer faintly with gold when the light hits them. Each die bears a delicate sigil along its edge: a crescent, a star, and a spiral, all tied together by interwoven silver filigree. When held, a whisper of chance seems to tickle the fingers, and the air around the box carries a faint scent of rain and copper.

Probability Tilt This set contains three dice (d4, d6, and d8) etched with silver runes. While attuned, you may expend 1 charge to roll one of the dice after you declare you are applying this property to a roll (attack roll, ability check, or saving throw) and add the die’s result to that roll. The die’s result is added to the total, and you may choose which die to roll (d4 = +1, d6 = +2, d8 = +3). You may use this ability once per roll, and the set has 7 charges total. The charges reset at dawn. The added amount cannot exceed +3 from a single die. The die is expended when used for a roll.

Lore

The Dice of Quiet Fortune are said to be forged by a gambler-sage who bargained with fate itself. Crafted to nudge probability without shouting, they are prized by scholars, spellcasters, and those who walk the fine line between luck and ruin. Legends tell of a master heist that was nearly foiled by a single roll of these dice, saving a troupe of thieves from a city guard that never blinked—yet the dice never revealed their full hands, only the softest hints of fortune.

History

Passed from gambler to artificer, from caravan to royal court, the Dice of Quiet Fortune have seen both catastrophic failures and improbable successes. They were once housed in a velvet-lined casket within a teeming bazaar, where a mysterious vendor sold them to a curious adventurer who proved just lucky enough to survive a capricious fate. The dice have since traveled with many owners, always returning to the shadows of probability where small nudges matter more than grand gestures.

Created by Frazer 👁 236 views