25 Warlock Talisman Ideas

Aesthetic is almost always important when it comes to dnd characters. Doubly so if you’re representing a powerful entity who has deemed you worthy (or foolish) enough to be given a smidge of their power. 

So, to help you fit the bill here are some Pact of the Talisman appearance and flavour ideas:

1. A smokey crystal ball that is warm to the touch, and glows white hot when you cast.
2. A stoppered vial with a moving wisp of shadow inside. When you cast your spells is appears like you are dragging parts of the shadow out to perform your magic.
3. A single earing that seems to whisper to you in incomprehensible language. 
4.  A gold band that has small eyes dotted all the way around, they seem to open and close on whim, and never all at once.
5. A single pink rose pinned to your lapel that blooms every morning and dies every evening. A petal falls when you use a spell slot. 
6.  An arm ring made up of twisting metal rope, when you use it the separate pieces seems to writhe.
7. A necklace made of rusting metal, it looks wet, and when you touch it feels wet. When you inspect your fingers afterwards however, they always come away dry.
8. A feather that remains immaculate regardless of the situation you’re in. At night it glows softly.
9. A charred bone with small tally marks across, when you get injured it begins to smoke, and when you go unconscious another mark appears.
10. A shard of mirror that always seems to put your reflection, and only yours, out of focus.
11. A shell that when you put it to your ear, you feel the sea breeze along with the sound of waves crashing.
12. A gem that, when its in your hand, you can’t help but idly polish; the shine just never seems right.
13. A length of lace you always feel wrapped around your wrist, even when you give it to someone else.
14. A seemingly dull brass cuff on the outside, on the inside it gleams bright gold, with stories etched into the metal that are too small to properly read.
15. A pendant of amber with a flower bud inside. The flower grows, blooms, and dies repeatedly while you wear it.
16. A string of finger bones, while they seem unremarkable, sometimes the fingers seem to bend of their own accord.
17. A curled horn you wear hanging from your belt, charms dangle from the point.
18. A compass that spins wildly whenever you hold it. When anyone else holds it, the needle stays perfectly still.
19. A palm sized clay sculpture of a creature. You have never seen it move; you aren’t even sure if it looks any different. But that doesn’t stop the feeling that it changes when out of sight.
20. A ring of iron that crackles with static when you use it, and rumbles like thunder when used by anyone else.
21. A jade broach of a beetle. When you cast your magic spectral wings open with the quiet humming of wings.
22. A small, sealed pot that gives off the smell of your deepest desires, when you use it the smell only gets stronger. Every means you have tried will not open it.
23. A small orb that feels like a marble, the colour however is a void like black that hardly seems real.
24. A snowflake that while feels exactly as a snowflake should, does not melt. When you use an invocation, a cold wind seems to blow around you, when you use the talisman abilities a small amount of snow falls.
25. A necklace made up of a wonderful assortment of jewels, as you use the abilities tied to it a new one glows. Even when you give it to someone else to use, there is a mark of where it usually hangs on you on your body. 
     
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