Beneficial effects of Wild Magic (Homebrew)
These effects come from various tables of surges of Wild Magic created by the player base of Dungeons & Dragons to spice up the tables from the rulebook a bit… They are significantly more absurd, create chaotic moments, and align with exactly what the community actually expects from Wild Magic.
Here are a few examples that trigger a beneficial effect:
- For the next minute, a banana appears on your shoulder. While you hold the banana in your hand or mouth, you gain a +2 bonus on all saving throws.
- For the next minute, you radiate charisma. You can use your action to strike a pose. A creature of your choice that can see you gains a d8 inspiration die, which it can add to an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw. This die lasts until the end of the minute and cannot be stacked if the creature already has such a die.
- Suddenly, an eye appears on your neck. It lasts for one hour, and during this time, you cannot be surprised.
- A large table appears, on which a feast is laid out. Roll 1d100. On an even number, the food is poisoned, and any creature that eats it takes 4d9 poison damage and is poisoned until its next rest. On an odd number, the food grants a creature that eats it 3d6 temporary hit points and makes it immune to fear until its next rest. After an hour, the table disappears.
- Suction cups appear on your hands and feet. You are affected by the “Spider Climb” spell for the next hour.
- An additional finger grows on one of your hands. This can only be removed by the “Break Curse” spell or by triggering this effect again. While you have this additional finger, you have advantage on all Dexterity checks and disadvantage on all Persuasion checks.
Even with these creations, the effects provide strong opportunities for role-playing, along with bonuses to rolls: How does the character react to an additional finger or a new eye? Is the character willing to make himself ridiculous with a banana in his mouth and thus speak poorly? And how can such a lavish table be beneficial if it is filled only with toxic food?
On the next page, there are more homebrew effects that one might rather not trigger.
