Secret Santa Gifts of 2025 (Patreon)

For the past 5 or 6 years, I've been participating in a Secret Santa homebrew gfit exchange on the Discord of Many Things server. Each is inspired by a set of key words/phrases given by the giftee.

I volunteer as an elf, helping Santa with last-minute gifts that need to be created (because some naughty people never get around to making something for someone else) or gift-wrapped (taking plain text brews and giving them a fancier look).

The gifts here are ones that I created (and the prompt words that inspired them).

Stonebone Auction (auction, fossil, ribbon)

Stonebone Auction - plot hook/starter - a secretive auction of fossilized things

Amber Swarm - nonmagical treasure - insects trapped in a massive piece of amber

Endless Battle - nonmagical treasure - possible two foes forever trapped in a fight to the death

Rainbow Dryad - nonmagical treasure - a colorful carving

Stone Dragon's Egg - nonmagical treasure - a fossilized egg said to be cursed

Ribbon of the Primal Past - summon extinct creautures to aid you

Technoformation (technomancer, cyberpunk, metamorph)

Technoform - a spell that lets you transform into a construct

Technoform Bracer - magic item that gives you several abilities, plus lets you turn into a construct

Technoform Construct - monster description and stat block

Midnight Ooze (exploding, dark magic, stuff)

Midnight Ooze - a monster that eats light and is almost impossible to see

Dark Night Bubble - an alchemical item that consumes light and heat

Magical Artillery (artillery, spells, ww1)

Thunder Drop - 1st level spell inspired by mortars

Kinetic Projectile - 2nd level spell inspired by light artillery

Charged Projectile - 3rd level spell that adds a bit of shock

Heavy Kinetic Projectile - 4th level spell inspired by heavy artillery

Toxic Projectile - 5th level spell inspired by chemical weapon artillery

Explosive Projectile - 6th level spell inspired by explosive artillery shells