Ever-full Bag of Seeds minor artifact

Rules 3rd Edition D&D or Pathfinder
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Hi there,

I haven’t seen this yet in 3.5e. Its from the 2e Dragon Crown adventure. Let me know if you think there needs to be any changes:

:seedling: Ever-full Bag of Seeds

Minor Artifact; Wondrous Item
Aura: Strong conjuration and transmutation; CL 20th
Weight: 1 lb.

This supple green leather pouch feels empty and has leaf patterns embossed into it. It is a sacred artifact of Athas’s renewal, capable of planting life where death once ruled.

:eight_pointed_star: Magical Seeds (Su)

When a preserver wizard, non-templar cleric, or druid reaches into the bag, they may draw forth a single magical seed. These seeds, when planted and nurtured for four weeks, grow into full Tree of Life specimens (see below).

  • Preservers, Clerics (non-templar), Druids: May draw a total of 1d10 such seeds before the bag becomes inert to them (only producing mundane seeds thereafter).
  • Avangions: May draw an unlimited number of magical seeds from the bag.
  • Others: Only produce mundane seeds (see below).

:deciduous_tree: Tree of Life Effects

Each magical seed grows into a Tree of Life (Large Plant, 14 HD):

  • Aura of Protection (Su): Within a radius based on tree age (starting at 60 ft.), arcane spells are empowered as though cast in abundant terrain. Defiling magic within the aura does not harm the surrounding life, and its effects are nullified.
  • Bonus Spells: Druids and clerics who prepare spells within 5 ft. of the tree gain access to heal, augury, divination, and scrying once per day (must be of a spell level they can normally cast).
  • Regrowth: Heals damage and negative levels each hour, fully regenerates over a week.
  • Rejuvenation: Restores barren terrain within its aura to fertile over time.
  • Spell Source: Wizards may safely draw energy for arcane magic without defiling, absorbing negative levels onto the tree.

:sheaf_of_rice: Mundane Seeds (Su)

Characters not of the valid classes produce mundane seeds. Roll 1d6 to determine:

  1. Grass
  2. Small cactus
  3. Berry bush
  4. Vegetable
  5. Flowers
  6. Vine

These grow as normal with water and care, but provide no magical benefits.

:glowing_star: Tree Species Roll (1d10)

When drawing a magical seed, roll to determine tree type:

  1. Oak
  2. Apple
  3. Redwood
  4. Maple
  5. Willow
  6. Fir
  7. Pine
  8. Cherry
  9. Cedar
  10. Birch

Each tree has a normal physical form matching its type but retains the full magical properties of a Tree of Life.

:hammer_and_wrench: Destruction

The Ever-full Bag of Seeds can only be destroyed if it is buried beneath the Obsidian Plains—a region where no natural life can grow—and left undisturbed for 13 consecutive years. If the bag is unearthed or tampered with during this time, the countdown resets.

This symbolic act severs the bag’s tie to Athas’s rebirth, entombing it beneath the very land where life was irrevocably silenced.

Later,
Rob.

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What is a “Gray Age defiler nexus” supposed to be?

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The Grey Age is a future timeline when Qwith rules over Athas. A defilers nexus is an area so heavily drained of life that nothing will grow there for 10,000 years. Think of a major battle from the cleansing wars could form a defilers nexus.

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Ah, interesting. I feel like that explanation is not especially common information; do you imagine that it is? Is that a head-canon / home game thing of yours, or am i just really out of the loop on this?

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Looking pretty good. My constructive criticism is that as a minor artifact, the means of destruction are what I’d expect from a major artifact. Maybe something more achievable would be a better option?

Maybe ‘Bury the bag beneath a Tree of Death for a year. After this the bag will be drained of all magical power and produce no more seeds.’ Or ‘Feed the bag to a Stage V or higher Dragon, whose potent stomach acids will dissolve the bag in an hour.’

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At this point in time its something I am working on putting out at some point. More or less a mini-campaign using the Dead Lands Mirror of Ages to travel different timelines…from Green Age - far future.

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or " :hammer_and_wrench: Destruction

The Ever-full Bag of Seeds can only be destroyed if it is buried beneath the Obsidian Plains—a region where no natural life can grow—and left undisturbed for 13 consecutive years. If the bag is unearthed or tampered with during this time, the countdown resets.

This symbolic act severs the bag’s tie to Athas’s rebirth, entombing it beneath the very land where life was irrevocably silenced."

It fits more with what I was aiming for with the original wording and is more low key.

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How are you thinking about putting it out?

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I’ll most likely post it here. If anyone wants to play it they can download the PDF. Also I am working on a Chat-GPT project. The AI will be a DM assistant. What I have right now is: ChatGPT - 3.5e Dark Sun Guide. The mini-campaign will also be posted here when finished. If you like me are playing solo Dark Sun games. The AI plays the role of DM. It can make up adventures and help with character creation. When Athas.org posts new adventures and sourcebooks I play them with this tool. It can also convert characters between 2e and 3.5e. I haven’t tried 4e or 5e yet.

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Just an FYI, dmsguild has a 5e conversion of Dragon’s Crown available for cheap, if you want to compare your work against someone else’s.

And the bag is one of my favorite magic items. :smiling_face:

Edit: since it’s so small a portion of the book, they put a limit of at most once every month. They didn’t include any mention of avangions, probably because 5e doesn’t seem to go into epic.

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