d30 Masks, and their Magical Machinations. Part one.

I have created these for my monthly 1st Edition AD&D game, but any DM could whip them up into whatever system they want. Part one covers thirty masks that when found, offer a boon. Part two will cover thirty masks that offer a bane. 

1) Dead Skin Mask

2) Death Mask

3) Mask of Comedy

4) Mask of Gaseous-Form Nullifying

5) Mask of Infinite Possibilities

6) Mask of Lycanthropy

7) Mask of Smoke

8) Mask of Tentacles

9) Mask of Zombie Command

10) Mask of the Cat

11) Mask of the Tree People

12) Mask of the Executioner

13) Mask of the Liar

14) Mask of Fear

15) Mask of the Lonely Ranger

16) Mask of the M’Eth Maker

17) Mask of the Whipping Boy

18) Mask of the Stonesmith

19) Mask of Tongues

20) Mirror Mask

21) Mask of the Great White Death

22) The Blue Mask

23) Mask of Metal

24) Mask of M’Orpheus

25) Mask of the Oracle

26) Mask of the Lapin

27) Mask of the Demon

28) Mask of the Dragon

29) Mask of the Powerslave

30) Mask of the Dark World

1) Dead Skin Mask

If a player has reached 0 hit points or less than half their Constitution Score rounded down, then place this mask on them immediately, and leave them for 1d6 turns. It will bring them up to 1d6 Hit Points... but there is a price to pay for walking the halls of the dead... you always leave a little something behind. Allocate a number to the Player’s Attributes (Strength/Wisdom etc) (from 1-6) then roll a dice and see what comes up to be affected. The player then rolls another d6 and that is how much the attribute is lowered by for 1d6 weeks. All appropriate weaknesses and losses apply; can be used once per day.

2) Death Mask

The wearer of this macabre mask can feign death for up to one hour before showing signs of life; can only be used once per day.

3) Mask of Comedy

Upon donning the mask, the wearer generates a bubble of laughter all around them causing any creatures (within 30ft) to stop what they are doing and begin to laugh hysterically. If they are below the wearer’s level then they must laugh, regardless. If they are over, then a saving throw applies, and if passed, they do not laugh but will carry on doing what they were doing. The laugh factor from this mask lasts for five minutes only, and then the creatures will more than likely attack.

4) Mask of Gaseous-Form Nullifying

What all the best dressed vampire slayers are wearing these days. Nothing within 60ft of the wearer can turn into gaseous form, either by spell, potion, scroll or natural ability. Can wear mask all day if need be.

5) Mask of Infinite Possibilities

The one you want! This mask mimics  the affects of any other mask on this table, so each day you roll for what its powers will be.

6) Mask of Lycanthropy

Offers protection (like wolfs bane) against all Lycanthropes, and better than that, it allows the wearer to see them for what they are in human form. The wearer cannot be surprised by a lycanthrope either.

7) Mask of Smoke

When worn the mask bellows out huge gouts of smoke that can fill an area of 40,000 cubic feet in mere seconds. Only the Smoke Mask wearer can see through the smoke, everyone else will be blinded. The smoke lasts for half a turn and cannot be dissipated by any means. Use once per day.

8) Mask of Tentacles

Allows the wearer of the mask to cast spells, even if they are not a mage... each tentacle is given a totally random spell ranging from 1^st to 4^th level. There are many tentacles, but only six store spells. So, number the tentacles, then roll 1d4 to select what level of spell it will get, then roll either 1d30 for 1^st level, or 1d24 for levels two through four to choose the spell. Once the spell is cast it is gone. The mask can only gain/ cast spells again once it has been submerged in a vat of fresh Beholders blood.

9) Mask of Zombie Command

Allows the wearer to control 1d20 Zombies to do their bidding and is good for 1d4+1 hours per day, after that, the Zombies will attack.

10) Mask of the Cat

Allows the wearer to see in the dark (infravision), ‘Hide in Shadows’, and ‘Move Silently’, as a 10^th level thief would, for as long as the mask is on, but, as soon as the PC takes more than nine points of damage, the affect ends, and will only return once those lost hit points are made up.

11) Mask of the Tree People

Hewn from the trunk of a dead Tree Person, this mask grants the wearer various interesting abilities. Firstly, while worn, the wearer may allow roots of a fleshy consistency to grow from his fingers and toes, which can then plunge into the soil in search of food and water thus freeing the user from having to eat rations or use a water skin. Just two turns of nourishment in this fashion is enough to sustain a person for an entire day. The roots can also creep into cracks and crevasses and bring a piece of a structure/wall/roof/door down if they wanted too. It takes but a few rounds for the roots to become embedded deep enough. Lastly, while being worn, the player has AC 0 but takes treble damage from fire. The mask can only be worn for two hours per day.

12) Mask of the Executioner

While wearing this Mask the range of a Critical Hit is extended from a natural roll of 17-20 on a d20, no to-hit bonuses apply. Then, 2d6 is thrown for damage; again, no weapon or strength modifiers apply. If the PC rolls Snake-Eyes, a 7 or an 11, the PC takes the damage and not their intended opponent. This mask is good for two, ten minute periods per day, one in the morning, and one in the evening.

13) Mask of the Liar

When donning this tricky mask, the wearer immediately gains the highest Charisma allowed, and becomes a sweet-talking SOB that everyone loves and will do anything for...within reason of course, you can’t send hordes of Giants over a cliff on your say so. If the Charm offensive doesn’t work, the wearer can ‘suggest’ as per the spell. This can only be done once per day, and the mask itself can only be worn once per day for a total of one hour.

14) Mask of Fear

Upon donning the mask, the wearer generates a bubble of fear all around them causing any creatures (within 30ft) to stop what they are doing and flee immediately. If they are below the wearer’s level then they must flee, regardless. If they are over, then a saving throw applies, and if passed, they do not run. The Fear factor from this mask lasts for five minutes only, and then the creatures will return with a vengeance.

15) Mask of the Lonely Ranger

Gives the wearer the tracking skills of a Ranger at half their current level; mask can be worn all the time.

16) Mask of the M’Eth Maker

Allows the wearer to craft the strongest narcotics known to man using whatever he can find around him, these in turn can be sold for vast sums of money, or they can be ingested. If they are in fact consumed, roll on the Inebriation Chart in the DMG to see what happens to the player/s (results are permanent). The mask is only good to produce for 1d4 times then it will break.

17) Mask of the Whipping Boy

Put this mask on someone you don’t like, and whenever something would deal you damage, the Whipping Boy takes it instead. The Whipping Boy’s hit points cannot be restored by any means and cannot be brought back from the dead. Mask is good for 1d4 Whipping Boys before it loses its power. It can be restored if soaked in the bile of a Prince of Darkness’s Whipping Boy.

18) Mask of the Stonesmith

It allows the wearer to carve a Living Stone Statue (see MM for details) from a block of stone that will serve the wearer until death. Once it dies, the mask wielder must wait a full month before carving a new one. It also allows the player to move through stone, up to a depth, height, width of 8ft. Get out of jail free mask!

19) Mask of Tongues

Allows the wearer to speak and understand the language of any creature the wearer is talking to. The player can use the mask permanently.

20) Mirror Mask

Allows the player to disguise his face by changing it to the face of someone he has seen in the last 24 hours. The disguise is good for one hour before fading away; can be used once a day.

21) Mask of the Great White Death

The wearer can opt for a bite attack that does 3-12 Dmg instead of using a weapon. It also grants the wearer the ability to breathe and swim underwater. Can be worn all day but denies the player the power of speech.

22) The Blue Mask

The wearer of the Blue Mask is immune to anything that uses its voice to deal damage or an effect, i.e. Banshees and Harpies.

23) Mask of Metal

Allows any wearer a +1 to their AC. Mask can be worn all the time except for when the character is asleep, and then it must be taken off.

24) Mask of M’Orpheus

Can only be donned at night; allows the wearer access to one persons dreams, and, the wearer must have met that person no longer than a month ago. Once inside the other person’s dreams they know what the dreamer knows. However, once the helm is taken off, the wearer has exactly ten seconds to write down any bits of pertinent information before the information becomes confused and slips away forever. You cannot enter the same person’s dreams twice.

25) Mask of the Oracle

Once per day the user may cast ESP as per the spell.

26) Mask of the Lapin

Can be worn for four rounds, plus one round per level of the caster, and allows the wearer to ‘Haste’, as per the spell. Once taken off, the mask user has a powerful craving for...carrots.

27) Mask of the Demon

Allows the wearer to speak with any and all demons, should they ever be encountered, as well as command swarms of flies and maggots to do their bidding.

28) Mask of the Dragon

Allows the wearer to speak with any dragons and automatically take half damage vs. breath weapon on a failed save, and quarter damage on a passed save.

29) Mask of the Powerslave

Allows the wearer to control 1d4 Mummies to do their bidding and is good for 1d4+1 hours per day, after that, the Mummies will attack.

30) Mask of the Dark World

Allows the wearer to remain completely undetected by any undead for 1d4(plus half per level) turns; can be used once a day only.It also negates all damage dealt by wights.