TOPIC: 2026 Rare Token Ideas

Scroll Friendly Ghost - Either prevent the next 8 damage you would take, or deal 8 damage to evil target - Bard, Cleric, Druid

Potion Invisibility - You are invisible until you take an offensive action

Potion Clairvoyance - +1 to hit and AC, may see invisible monsters

Moon Jump Boots - May attack flying target with Melee weapons (1/room)

Trinkets of Bat, Wolf, or Mistform - Druid

I was re-reading the rules for Trinkets and to some extent think it's a shame that they settled down on "you can bring as many trinkets as you like and use as many as you like, and use them as often as you like, under the restriction that you can only polymorph into one creature type per room."

This is because I could imagine some cool effects that could be tacked onto these Trinkets, but since any effect on a trinket becomes a slotless, always available, option for players at the UR+ tier the effects can't be very good.

It might be worth rethinking and making the rule you can only use one trinket per room, and only one trinket type once per dungeon. Then you could print more powerful effects on a trinket.

I'm not sure who the rule of "you can turn into a Dire bear, and then back to a Druid, and then back to a Dire bear, and back into a Druid and so on 5 more times all during one combat" is benefitting. However that rule eliminates the possibilities of a token like "Trinket Mistform - Prevent the next 8 damage you'd be dealt" - because under the current rules such a token becomes more or less "-8 to all damage" as UR+ players can bring as many Trinket MIstforms as the number of times they are likely to be dealt damage.

Raven wrote:

Iross wrote: Charm of the Sneak
Rogue: +2 to hit with melee attacks

There are better effects available at higher rarity levels, but I think low rarity Rogues could use an accessible melee hit bonus to help counteract having a melee-only ability and no starting STR bonus. +2 to hit is on the stronger side for a R charm, but being class-specific puts it in about the right place.

Love this idea, and possibly other similar Charms for other classes. I know most UR+ geared players wouldn't use them, but there's a LOT of people who play at the Rare level (with maybe a UR or two picked up over the years) who would love this.

A set of good class-specific charms would also help some groups bridge the gap into playing on higher difficulties.

I think single class items at Rare are usually a bad idea, because I imagine one important segment of players is new / token 10 pack players and having a token which there is a ~75% chance you can't use as the only rare you'll get is not a rewarding player experience.

I think putting those tokens in at Uncommon is a better option.

Or, the slightly unwieldly designs where one class gets a bonus on a usable by all or most token, e.g.:

Sneaky Charm - +1 to hit with melee attacks, or +2 for Rogues.

I liked the Sea Raider set bonus this year and would like to see something similar for future years.
I would like to see this reward those wearing the full set of Rare items with some extra preparedness for Hardcore level difficulty.

Monster Hunter set bonus (or some more creative name):
2-4 unique slots adds a total of +1 to melee & ranged hit, and +1 saves
5-7 unique slots adds a total of +2 to melee & ranged hit, and +2 saves
8-10 unique slots adds a total of +3 to melee & ranged hit, and +3 saves
11-12 unique slots adds a total of +4 to melee & ranged hit, and +4 saves

Matthew Hayward wrote:

Raven wrote:

Iross wrote: Charm of the Sneak
Rogue: +2 to hit with melee attacks

There are better effects available at higher rarity levels, but I think low rarity Rogues could use an accessible melee hit bonus to help counteract having a melee-only ability and no starting STR bonus. +2 to hit is on the stronger side for a R charm, but being class-specific puts it in about the right place.

Love this idea, and possibly other similar Charms for other classes. I know most UR+ geared players wouldn't use them, but there's a LOT of people who play at the Rare level (with maybe a UR or two picked up over the years) who would love this.

A set of good class-specific charms would also help some groups bridge the gap into playing on higher difficulties.

I think single class items at Rare are usually a bad idea, because I imagine one important segment of players is new / token 10 pack players and having a token which there is a ~75% chance you can't use as the only rare you'll get is not a rewarding player experience.

I think putting those tokens in at Uncommon is a better option.

Or, the slightly unwieldly designs where one class gets a bonus on a usable by all or most token, e.g.:

Sneaky Charm - +1 to hit with melee attacks, or +2 for Rogues.

Sneaky Charm - +1 to hit with melee attacks, or +2 for Rogues.
This is a much better design than my suggestion, completely agree.

Matthew Hayward wrote: Ring of Monster Aggravation - If taunted monster doesn't damage you, it is taunted a 2nd time (1/combat) - Dwarf Fighter

I feel strongly that this should be named "Ring of the Python"

Vampire teeth , slot offhand , wearer heals 1 hp with successful melee attack. Ranger and monk can also use as a weapon .

+1 Blessed Mace - Usable by All
2, 3, 4, 5
+3 damage vs Undead (Or +3 damage in Cravenwood)

+1 Victrix Spear - All except Cleric and Wizard
No 50% miss chance vs. incorporeal undead
Damage: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7
May be thrown