#useless magic items

A gag favoured by pranksters, this fork treats every food it touches like the most unreasonable crouton, either ricocheting it across the room or shattering it to pieces and forcing the user to scoop up the remaining dust with their fingers.

The Sack of Bofa

Allegedly, this overly large, furry belt pouch once belonged to the legendary frost giant Bofa the Synod, a cleric of Thrym of great power to who all other clerics of Thrym deferred to. Though possessed of great magical power, Bofa took particular cruel pleasure in crushing enemies in the two icy boulders he stored in his sack, Blar and Rijm.

It is said that upon his death at the blade of a powerful hero whose name is lost to time, his belt pouch shrank to the size of a large sporran, about the size of the sack you now hold, and indeed, it is cool to the touch, and there are two round objects about the size of small gourds inside, but it seems there is no way to open the pouch, as it is frozen shut and yields to no force or magic. The sack can be hung from the belt by a couple loops near the top, but there is little other notable about the sack.

If worn, the wearer of the Sack of Bofa has their strength increased to that of Bofa (36 in 3.PF, 30 in 5e), but is also more susceptible to critical hits as they are thrown off by the heft of Bofa’s sack (Enemy attacks against the wearer gain +1 critical threat range in 3.PF; enemy attacks against the wearer critical on a 19 or 20 in 5e).

Though the sack cannot be opened, the Sack of Bofa can be wielded as a weapon. In this case, it deals damage as a huge frost sap wielded by a frost giant (2d6+[13 3.PF/10 5e] plus 1d6 cold, Light weapon) and forces a (Will/Wis) save against being frightened (DC 25) for as long as the sack is wielded as a weapon. If the sack is put back on the wearer’s belt and then later taken off to be wielded as a weapon again, anyone in who can see it and has failed a save to it before must make a new save.

While the sack is being wielded as a weapon, the owner does not suffer the increased risk of critical rolls, but also does not have the strength of a frost giant.

5e: Wondrous Item, Very rare, requires attunement