| Text | When you make your character, you can roll once on the Trinkets table to gain a trinket, a simple item lightly touched by mystery. The DM might also use this table. It can help stock a room in a dungeon or fill a creatures pockets.
Player's Handbook Trinket Table:
d100 | Trinket
01 | A mummified goblin hand
02 | A piece of crystal that faintly glows in the moonlight
03 | A gold coin minted in an unknown land
04 | A diary written in a language you don't know
05 | A brass ring that never tarnishes
06 | An old chess piece made from glass
07 | A pair of knucklebone dice, each with a skull symbol on the side that would normally show six pips
08 | A small idol depicting a nightmarish creature that gives you unsettling dreams when you sleep near it
09 | A rope necklace from which dangles four mummified elf fingers
10 | The deed for a parcel of land in a realm unknown to you
11 | A 1-ounce block made from an unknown material
12 | A small cloth doll skewered with needles
13 | A tooth from an unknown beast
14 | An enormous scale, perhaps from a dragon
15 | A bright green feather
16 | An old divination card bearing your likeness
17 | A glass orb filled with moving smoke
18 | A 1-pound egg with a bright red shell
19 | A pipe that blows bubbles
20 | A glass jar containing a weird bit of flesh floating in pickling fluid
21 | A tiny gnome-crafted music box that plays a song you dimly remember from your childhood
22 | A small wooden statuette of a smug halfling
23 | A brass orb etched with strange runes
24 | A multicolored stone disk
25 | A tiny silver icon of a raven
26 | A bag containing forty-seven humanoid teeth, one of which is rotten
27 | A shard of obsidian that always feels warm to the touch
28 | A dragon's bony talon hanging from a plain leather necklace
29 | A pair of old socks
30 | A blank book whose pages refuse to hold ink, chalk, graphite, or any other substance or marking
31 | A silver badge in the shape of a five-pointed star
32 | A knife that belonged to a relative
33 | A glass vial filled with nail clippings
34 | A rectangular metal device with two tiny metal cups on one end that throws sparks when wet
35 | A white, sequined glove sized for a human
36 | A vest with one hundred tiny pockets
37 | A small, weightless stone block
38 | A tiny sketch portrait of a goblin
39 | An empty glass vial that smells of perfume when opened
40 | A gemstone that looks like a lump of coal when examined by anyone but you
41 | A scrap of cloth from an old banner
42 | A rank insignia from a lost legionnaire
43 | A tiny silver bell without a clapper
44 | A mechanical canary inside a gnomish lamp
45 | A tiny chest carved to look like it has numerous feet on the bottom
46 | A dead sprite inside a clear glass bottle
47 | A metal can that has no opening but sounds as if it is filled with liquid, sand, spiders, or broken glass (your choice)
48 | A glass orb filled with water, in which swims a clockwork goldfish
49 | A silver spoon with an 'M' engraved on the handle
50 | A whistle made from gold-colored wood
51 | A dead scarab beetle the size of your hand
52 | Two toy soldiers, one with a missing head
53 | A small box filled with different-sized buttons
54 | A candle that can't be lit
55 | A tiny cage with no door
56 | An old key
57 | An indecipherable treasure map
58 | A hilt from a broken sword
59 | A rabbit's foot
60 | A glass eye
61 | A cameo carved in the likeness of a hideous person
62 | A silver skull the size of a coin
63 | An alabaster mask
64 | A pyramid of sticky black incense that smells very bad
65 | A nightcap that, when worn, gives you pleasant dreams
66 | A single caltrop made from bone
67 | A gold monocle frame without the lens
68 | A 1-inch cube, each side painted a different color
69 | A crystal knob from a door
70 | A small packet filled with pink dust
71 | A fragment of a beautiful song, written as musical notes on two pieces of parchment
72 | A silver teardrop earring made from a real teardrop
73 | The shell of an egg painted with scenes of human misery in disturbing detail
74 | A fan that, when unfolded, shows a sleeping cat
75 | A set of bone pipes
76 | A four-leaf clover pressed inside a book discussing manners and etiquette
77 | A sheet of parchment upon which is drawn a complex mechanical contraption
78 | An ornate scabbard that fits no blade you have found so far
79 | An invitation to a party where a murder happened
80 | A bronze pentacle with an etching of a rat's head in its center
81 | A purple handkerchief embroidered with the name of a powerful archmage
82 | Half of a floorplan for a temple, castle, or some other structure
83 | A bit of folded cloth that, when unfolded, turns into a stylish cap
84 | A receipt of deposit at a bank in a far-flung city
85 | A diary with seven missing pages
86 | An empty silver snuffbox bearing an inscription on the surface that says "dreams"
87 | An iron holy symbol devoted to an unknown god
88 | A book that tells the story of a legendary hero's rise and fall, with the last chapter missing
89 | A vial of dragon blood
90 | An ancient arrow of elven design
91 | A needle that never bends
92 | An ornate brooch of dwarven design
93 | An empty wine bottle bearing a pretty label that says, "The Wizard of Wines Winery, Red Dragon Crush, 331422-W"
94 | A mosaic tile with a multicolored, glazed surface
95 | A petrified mouse
96 | A black pirate flag adorned with a dragon's skull and crossbones
97 | A tiny mechanical crab or spider that moves about when it's not being observed
98 | A glass jar containing lard with a label that reads, "Griffon Grease"
99 | A wooden box with a ceramic bottom that holds a living worm with a head on each end of its body
100 | A metal urn containing the ashes of a hero
Source: Player's Handbook p. 159 |