Besides the famous crown, Dallehm also owned the Cloak of Wondrous Items. One of the Cloaks is in the possession of Sybil, and is a copy of one her father owns. How Sybil's father came by it is unknown.
The Cloak of Wonderous Items is similar to a Robe of Useful Items, but with the ability to return non-living, non-burning items back to the cloak for later use. This is done by covering the item with the cloak or brushing the cloak over the item.
New items cannot be added. Nothing that comes from the cloak is lit or on fire. Burning items must be extinguished before being returned.
I stole this idea from the Many Colored Lands series. One of the characters has an outfit festooned with tiny pockets with components to assemble devices that are not otherwise allowed where the owner is going. The implication is that searching a cloak is tedious and would only turn up items that are allowed because the individual components are benign. It's the combining of items that makes them useful and dangerous.
The cloak always has 2 of the following:
- A pair of daggers, one silver and one cold iron,
- A 12-foot tent pole,
- 8 iron spikes,
- 1 large wooden stake,
- A torches,
- A tinderbox,
- A waterskin, full,
- A mallet,
- A hatchet
- 1 shirt, 1 pair of pants, and boots, all sized to the owner. These are neatly folded in one package.
There are 3d6 other items found on this random generation table:
01-04 A pair of war dogs.
05-08 A riding horse, with saddle and bags.
09-15 A bottle of wine or brandy with four wooden cups
16-22 A rowboat with anchor and oars. Holds 8 people.
23-30 Logs and tinder, suitable for a campfire lasting all night in the coldest winter.
31-44 A wicker mantlet. It's a siege shield with wheels and is usable by anyone.
45-51 100 feet of rope.
52-59 A trestle table with two benches, and bowls of bread and water for 8 people.
60-68 A rack with 6 crystal vials. 2 are holy water, two are oil, and 2 contain a powerful acid.
69-75 A round shield, not usable by the Magic-User.
76-83 A lantern full of oil, unlit.
84-90 A potion of healing with 8 doses. Returns 1d4+1 hp per dose.
91-94 An 8-man tent, unassembled. It has its own spikes, mallet, and tent poles.
95-00 A pig on a spit, ready for roasting. Serves 3d12 people.
The healing potions are unique and can't be returned. The same for the oil, acid, and holy water vials in the rack. The horse and war dogs also cannot be returned to the cloak. They are permanent and genuinely love the cloak's owner.
Returning the table, waterskins, wine and brandy bottles, and roasting spit, emptied, will regenerate the food and liquids 24 hours later. Returning torch nubs or empty lanterns will regenerate the tinder, oil, wicks, and torches in 12 hours.
Broken or lost mundane items may be replaced with an exact substitute. Characters may not replace items with substitutes if they still have the original item.
The owner of the cloak always knows the properties of the various liquids. They will never mistake a vial of acid for a healing potion or holy water.
This cloak is limited to Magic-Users and Illusionists; however, anyone can use the items.
You may wish to add the following details to the items:
- The tent is labeled, "Camp Crystal Lake, NJ".
- The table is bright green and stamped with the words: "Property of Erie County Public Works".
- The rowboat has a number on it and the name: "Sandusky, OH".
- The vial rack is labeled: "Fr. G. Sarducci".
- The brandy is labeled "Thunderball" and the wine is branded "Dom Pérignon, 1955".
- As with all tents, no magic in the world can restore lost parts even if returned to the cloak. The rope, pole, mallet, and spikes are all intended to work with the provided tent.
- The rope must be neatly wrapped before returning. Be kind, rewind.
- The round shield has a white star with blue and red stripes.
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