Ring of invisibility. Doesn’t grant the wearer invisibility, it’s just invisible. If encountered in a shop the shopkeeper will be unable to find where they left it.
Ring of magic detection
As an action, you may use this ring to discover the location of the nearest magic item.
spoiler
The nearest magic item is always the ring itself.
Book of secrets. When opened, the book displays a secret whispered in the last minute, at least 50 miles away, somewhere on this plane.
Ring of attunement: allows one additional item to be attuned for the player (requires attunement)
An idol that periodically tells the current time of the day in a loud and clear voice. But only at night (or when the party likes to sneak).
Glasses of Magic Sight While looking through the glasses, a faint aura appears in the presence of magic within 30 feet, akin to the Detect Magic spell (no action required). You also have disadvantage on Perseption checks and Investigation checks while looking through the glasses as the magical aura of the Glasses of Magic Sight obscure your vision.
@subtext Something I’ve used in a handful of campaigns. is the “Deck of Many Answers”.
It appears as a deck of blank faced tarot sized cards. If discarded, the card vanishes and returns to the deck.
If a player asks a question before drawing a card, the card contains a hand drawn sketch attempting to illustrate the answer to the inquiry, but never with text or numbers. However, the deck is not omniscient and it’s answers getting increasingly symbolic and open to interpretation the more abstract or game breaking; the players inquire.
Usually found by players, with no instructions.
Figuring out the shtick usually provides a lot fun, and they end up being MILDLY useful should players get the hang of them.
Oh this sounds like fun! Plus my drawing is bad enough that it’s bound to be cryptic… and maybe tending toward the not super useful which fits the OP perfectly lol
Something with a very niche useage like a Wand of Ring Detection; starts with 4 charges and regains 1d4 charges at dawn, expend a charge to become aware of any and all rings within 30ft.
Would usually be useless, until the one time you can use it to recover a lost/stolen ring or become aware of someone hiding their powerful magic item!
Or when they start using it at random and become aware of random little trivia of NPCs around them!Also, chain mail would be obnoxious to someone using the wand!
And its counterpart, the ring of wand detection.
