If there’s one thing guaranteed to catch an adventurer’s eye, it’s a precious stone. If magpie tendencies seem to be running rampant, the following can be used to add a little variety to your loot or even as inspiration for a story hook. The value of the items can vary at the DM’s discretion but are suitable replacements for a handful of coinage or minor quest reward, although they could be worth more to the right person. You can roll randomly for a result below using the handy number provided with each entry to figure out your result on a d20. You can also pick one that works for the area in which your characters currently linger.
d20. Treasure
1. A fist-sized fire opal that seems to glow with an internal light, illuminating the cloud-like formations within. (Fire Opal)
2. A small pile of silver crystal shapes with a half-melted look. (Gallium)
3. An unremarkable gray stone covered in myriad tiny pink growths, ranging in shape from rough textured flowers to near-perfect spheres. (Rhodochrosite)
4. A simple quartz crystal with a series of emerald green and brown straws extending from within its central structure. (Tourmaline in Quartz)
5. A forest of tiny bright red crystals emerging from an uneven brown stone that resembles soil. (Crocoite)
6. A cluster of translucent green roughly hexagonal crystals covering the surface of a dark green speckled stone. (Emerald)
7. A bizarre structure of pink, worm-like protrusions, each ending in a clear, bright violet crystal. (Cobaltian Calcite)
8. A large, clear quartz embedded with a seemingly random assortment of tiny golden crystals. (Pyrite)
9. A rough, milky white gem with a red crystal grown directly through one side and tinged with yellow discolorations. (Realgar)
10. A shattered magenta stone with two dark green edges and that vaguely resembles sliced fruit. (Watermelon Tourmaline)
11. A broken lump of dark gray rock that shimmers like a rainbow along its jagged surfaces. (Titanium Quartz)
12. A handful of tiny clear stones marred by a black, cloudy interior. Periodically, bright blue and white flashes like lightning bolts can be seen within. (Black Opal)
13. A deeply flawed, translucent blood red cube buried deep within a black stone covered in white calcification that vaguely resemble snowflakes. (Garnet)
14. A ragged hunk of malachite has been broken open to reveal a series of translucent cyan domes. (Chrysocolla)
15. Hundreds of delicate, clear white crystals the length of a finger radiate from a central point. (Strontianite)
16. A vivid, deep purple crystal appears to consist of a random assortment of thousands of tiny cubes bound together. (Fluorite)
17. A small, polished, fossilized cross-section of wood. The interior cracks have filled with some opalescent material in shimmering blues and green. (Opalized Wood)
18. A rough-hewn rust-colored stone filled with half-buried flakes of dark blue crystals forming the semblance of a rose. (Azurite)
19. A dark green egg-shaped stone has been worn away on one side to reveal a rough, vivid purple interior. (Geode)
20. A bizarre, metallic lump of iridescent crystals of concentric geometric shapes expanding outward in rough steps. (Bismuth)
Awesome stuff!
I can(and will) roll from this table and the party can find item in the alchemist’s lab I detailed with your other treasure table. I see the crystals described having varied uses. Love it