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Winter Trinkets
Gloves, hats and other things to keep body parts warm. Items of bone, things covered in ribbons, and unusual pieces of jewelry... Winter trinkets might be found on rugged npcs, frozen adventurers, a snowy valley, festive village, on a witch or anywhere in winter.
So here are trinkets for your characters in cold campaigns.
There is a winter trinket generator at ChaosGen. Trinkets in pdf form at Winter Trinkets on DriveThru RPG.
100 Spooky Trinkets for Winter and Cold Lands
| 1d100 | Winter Trinkets | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a book of festive myths, you must give away next winter | |
| 2 | a bone die and a list of six things to do during long winter evenings | |
| 3 | a lime-green blanket embroidered with penguins | |
| 4 | a hand mirror that reflects everything as if in a winter scene | |
| 5 | a reptilian scale, adorned with several sparkly baubles | |
| 6 | a bottle with an enduring flame, that flickers and flares at random | |
| 7 | a piece of terrible poetry, trying to capture the essence of winter | |
| 8 | an elf costume for a small dog | |
| 9 | a picture of a half built structure made of blocks of ice | |
| 10 | a reindeer skull that smells of sweet spices | |
| 11 | a journal detailing ten unusual winter festivals of nearby lands | |
| 12 | a necklace of painted wooden stars | |
| 13 | a bone spearhead, engraved with the names of four mountains | |
| 14 | an hourglass filled with powdery snow | |
| 15 | a leaflet advertising a wand which makes anyone a magician | |
| 16 | a long blue feather, adorned with red ribbons | |
| 17 | a glistening cup of white glass | |
| 18 | a old bottle of mulled wine, no-one has been brave enough to open | |
| 19 | a glass globe, that goes cold when shaken | |
| 20 | a crystal candlestick, that glows with a blue light on festive occasions | |
| 21 | a recipe for a festival cake, shaped like a goblin | |
| 22 | a cube of ice that won't melt, marked with a rune for Frost | |
| 23 | a mug shaped into a gnome, given to you by a relative last winter | |
| 24 | a long scarf with a familiar name stitched into it | |
| 25 | a beginner's guide to surviving in a frozen wasteland | |
| 26 | the tip of a narwhal tusk, inscribed with a giant's name | |
| 27 | a bust of an ugly face, passed from friend to friend as a present | |
| 28 | a pair of oddly shaped red socks | |
| 29 | a token that entitles you to free entry to an attraction in winter | |
| 30 | a withered dead snake, left to you by a dead cousin | |
| 31 | a collection of teeth, sorted by size into five small pouches | |
| 32 | a statuette of ice, with a blue faerie inside | |
| 33 | a toy white bear made of cloth and bone | |
| 34 | a fancy invitation to the "Palace of the Frost Monarch" | |
| 35 | a tiny spade with instructions on how to dig a cart out from snow | |
| 36 | a map of a glacier, with the entrance to a tomb marked on it | |
| 37 | a rusty ice pick | |
| 38 | a lump of coal with a lingering scent of pine trees | |
| 39 | a painting of snowy terrain and three berserkers dressed in loincloths | |
| 40 | an ash wand that trails tiny snowflakes when waved | |
| 41 | a family recipe for spiced mead | |
| 42 | a board game of laying tiles, to create a sunny scene | |
| 43 | a small tree made of copper, which grows leaves when heated up | |
| 44 | a festive tankard, that makes anyone touching it shiver | |
| 45 | a bone ring with two reindeer heads, one sleeping and one angry | |
| 46 | a set of stripy red and white candles that no one can light | |
| 47 | the deed to a cloud castle in frozen lands, last seen a century ago | |
| 48 | a wolfskin cloak sized for a toddler | |
| 49 | one and a half snow shoes | |
| 50 | a long list of things to do for last year, with one crossed off | |
| 51 | an illustrated guide to wrestling bears | |
| 52 | a wicker fox statuette, which birds like to sit on | |
| 53 | a pouch with a letter, cut into snowflakes | |
| 54 | a list of twenty bad jokes with a winter theme | |
| 55 | a piece of velvet underwear edged with fur | |
| 56 | a wolf locket, upon which you say a wish each midwinter | |
| 57 | an iron lantern, taken from the the hoard of a frozen dragon | |
| 58 | instructions for a four-person dance, performed on a full moon in winter | |
| 59 | a wrapped present from a rival, you've never been brave enough to open | |
| 60 | an ice elemental the size of your finger | |
| 61 | an uncomfortable shirt, knitted by a family member | |
| 62 | a journal detailing life with five different tribes who live in cold lands | |
| 63 | a bauble on a piece of string, wrapped in mistletoe | |
| 64 | a letter from an infamous winter witch, with a list of mundane supplies | |
| 65 | a pair of cracked snow goggles | |
| 66 | a green ring that gives visions of a tentacled creature trapped in ice | |
| 67 | a locked box, containing a pack of painted playing cards | |
| 68 | a miniature sleigh that briefly turns into cart at the push of a button | |
| 69 | a star of metal wire, that glows purple in darkness | |
| 70 | a list of twenty expensive gift suggestions | |
| 71 | a picture of a goat wearing long socks, smoking a pipe | |
| 72 | a frozen head with a surprised look on it | |
| 73 | a crystal holy symbol of a winter deity | |
| 74 | a small brazier inscribed with the name of a grandparent | |
| 75 | a set of wind chimes that play a jaunty jingling tune | |
| 76 | a glass eye that swirls with snowflakes inside | |
| 77 | a plaque with a list of comedy things prohibited in winter | |
| 78 | a picture of a skeletal figure in festive costume | |
| 79 | a shooting star on a chain | |
| 80 | a book of overly complicated festive decorations | |
| 81 | a lynx amulet that gives a fortune each dawn, accurate one in six times | |
| 82 | an alabaster tablet with a ritual for summoning a glitter elemental | |
| 83 | a single fur-lined glove with a name inside | |
| 84 | a copper oil lamp that only lights at midwinter for a few minutes | |
| 85 | a card with a festive picture, with a message from a long dead ancestor | |
| 86 | an ivory die depicting a sleigh, a fire, snow, a seal, a wreath and a cave | |
| 87 | a tiny dancing clockwork yeti | |
| 88 | a bone axehead depicting the scene of a famous winter tale | |
| 89 | a toy sled you received as a child? | |
| 90 | a copper torque given to you by a squirrel | |
| 91 | a red and white cloak with a hood | |
| 92 | an amulet of a frozen web, blessed by a frost deity | |
| 93 | an belt of red feathers and tiny bells | |
| 94 | a tattered badger pelt | |
| 95 | a sad straw doll, that smiles when it snows | |
| 96 | a festive wreath with many berries | |
| 97 | a teacup with a blizzard inside it | |
| 98 | a poem about an eternal winter and the hero who breaks it | |
| 99 | a sparkly necklace, from the first winter you can remember | |
| 100 | a music box that plays an annoying festive song |
More Winter Tables
There is a winter trinket generator at ChaosGen. Trinkets in pdf form at Winter Trinkets on DriveThru RPG.
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