A powerfully built humanoid with the head of a dog appears both serene and ready for action, with a greatsword strapped across its broad back and an expression that indicates intelligence and protectiveness.
Anklet of Levitation
Wondrous Item, Rare (requires attunement)
Aura: Moderate Transmutation
While you wear these anklets, you can use an action to cast the levitate spell, targeting yourself, at will.
Anklet of Sinking
Wondrous Item, Uncommon (requires attunement)
Aura: Minor Transmutation
While wearing this anklet, you are able to move across any liquid surface- such as water, acid, mud, snow, quicksand, or lava- as if it were harmless solid ground (if you cross molten lava you can still take damage from the heat).
Curse. The anklets are cursed. Whenever you attempt to cross a liquid surface, the anklets stop functioning at some inconvenient point, instead increasing in weight until they weigh 100 pounds. When they stop working, all other spells and magical effects that allow you to walk on liquid surfaces are also dispelled.Anklet of Sure Footing
Wondrous Item, Uncommon
Aura: Minor Transmutation
Woven from kelp to help adapt to a life at sea, these anklets are designed to be used while on seafaring adventures. While wearing them, you are unaffected by seasickness and can move at normal speeds across ship decks, even under the most treacherous of conditions. You automatically pass any ability checks or saving throws to maintain your footing while on a ship and gain a climb speed equal to your walking speed.
Anklet of Walking
Wondrous Item, Uncommon (requires attunement)
Aura: Minor Transmutation
While wearing this anklet, you are able to move across any liquid surface- such as water, acid, mud, snow, quicksand, or lava- as if it were harmless solid ground (if you cross molten lava you can still take damage from the heat).
Here are some more items converted from the Dungeons and Dragons 2e Encyclopedia Magica into 5e and published on the DMsGuild under Artifacts of Antiquity Volume 1. Other than that, there's not much more to add: have some fancy magical anklets, some more cursed than others.
4th-level conjuration
You enclose yourself in a fluid sheath of acid for the duration. You can end the spell early by using an action to dismiss it. This sheath grants you resistance to acid damage and any creature that touches you or hits you with a melee attack while within 5 feet of you takes 2d4 acid damage. If you are in a grapple, other creatures in the grapple take acid damage once per round at the beginning of their turn.
In addition, your melee weapon attacks deal an additional 1d4 acid damage.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage you deal when a creature touches you or hits you with a melee attack increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 4th and the additional damage dealt by your melee attacks increases by 1d4 for every two slot levels above 4th.
The creature appears to be a monstrous spider, but it has two small humanlike arms below its mandibles.
- Dungeons and Dragons v3.5 Monster Manual
Hands of the Healing Spirit
Wondrous Item, Artifact (requires attunement by a bard, cleric, druid, or paladin)
Aura: Overwhelming Abjuration and Evocation
This powerful amulet was crafted during the Age of Dreams by the god Sirrion and gifted to the goddess Mishakal so that she would intercede on his behalf against another member of their pantheon. Since then, the amulet has changed hands among a number of mortals. It appears as an elegant amulet made of white gold, formed by three crooked arms, with three hands clasped together at its center.
Attunement. While attuned to the amulet, you feel a strong desire to provide succor for the oppressed and aid for the injured. Your alignment becomes neutral good, and you gain the following traits:
Divine Wisdom. Your Wisdom score becomes 20, unless it is already 20 or higher.
Mirri’s Love. You are continuously under the effects of the protection from evil and good spell. You know the light cantrip.
Mishakal’s Blessing. You stop aging while you wear this amulet, are immune to poison and disease, and are immune to poison damage. You regain 1d6 hit points every 10 minutes, provided that you have at least 1 hit point.
Spells. This amulet has 10 charges. You can use an action to expend 1 or more of the amulet’s charged to cast one of the following spells from it, using your spell save DC and spellcasting ability modifier: cure wounds (1 charge), healing word (1 charge), prayer of healing (2 charges), lesser restoration (2 charges), greater restoration (5 charges), heal (6 charges)
The amulet regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn.
Random Properties. The amulet has the following randomly determined properties:
2 minor beneficial properties
1 major beneficial property
Anklet of Growth
Wondrous Item, Rare (requires attunement)
Aura: Moderate Transmutation
While you wear these anklets, you can use an action to cast the levitate spell on yourself at will.
Curse. This anklet is cursed. Whenever you use the anklet to cast levitate, you grow six inches taller over the course of the next hour, and your Dexterity is reduced by 2. These changes revert over the course of 24 hours if the anklet is removed.
Anklet of Hobbling
Wondrous Item, Common
Aura and strength
While wearing one of these anklets, a creature must spend 2 feet of movement for every 1 foot it moves. While wearing two of these anklets, that creature must instead spend 4 feet of movement for every 1 foot it moves. Once one of these anklets is clasped around a creature’s ankle, it magically seals itself until the command word is spoken. Escaping the anklet requires a successful DC 25 Dexterity check.
Here are some more items converted from the 2e Encyclopedia Magica into 5e and published on the DMsGuild under Artifacts of Antiquity Volume 1. Though I've mostly been releasing them in alphabetical order, back in the day when I still attempted to generate some AI art for each item the Hand of the Healing Spirit was a bit of a problem because, well, AI hands. At the time I skipped it, but now it's back!
1st-level evocation
You exhale a cloud of acidic droplets. Each creature in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 3d6 acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.
A large creature stands on four stiltlike legs. It has a birdlike body, round and plump, about the size of a small pony, balanced atop its legs. Feathers that range in color from brown to red cover its body, and its terrible claws and beak glint like burnished metal.
