If you want to grow to outrageous sizes, a Potion of Growth will help. Stack it with some other growth effect like the Path of Giant’s rage and you’ve got a recipe to become enormous! 

If you can stock up on some Potions of Giant Strength, you can juice prior to a dungeon and come bursting in ready to smash things. With even the Uncommon option providing over a 20 in Strength, any Strength-based character will find they’re invaluable in pumping up your to hit, damage, and Athletics modifiers. 

Craving a bit of fire breath? Chug one of these bad boys and you’re set with three 30 ft. 4d6 fire cones! What's more, they only take a bonus action to use, making them insane in the low tiers at culling the weak minions around a larger threat! 

Want to become best friends with your local fauna? To embody the fantasy of Snow White and bond with the birds, racoons, and deer around you, take a sip of the Potion of Animal Friendship for an hour's worth of at will Animal Friendship!

Want to go full Pied Piper? You’ll need a set of the Pipes of the Sewers to truly bring that fantasy to fruition. It isn’t always a consistent tool to get friendly rats, but sometimes all you need to stir up chaos in a situation is a dozen of these critters to come crawling out of the walls! 

If you’re ever wondering what exactly the point is of proficiency with an instrument beyond flavor, the answer is to get some sweet magic items like the Pipes of Haunting! Not only do these look metal as hell, but they also provide a massive area of effect fear effect that encourages you to get into the thick of it.

Ah, love potions. A classic item from fantasy dating back as long as people have been telling stories of witches and brews. This iteration has ample opportunity for it to go horribly wrong, which makes it all the more fun to use at the table.

Having a safety net for when you’d otherwise die horribly can be handy; that’s what the Periapt of Wound Closure is for. It acts as a pseudo-Death Ward that prevents you from dying from your failing death saves.

Mechanically, the Periapt of Health mitigates diseases, and while their aren’t many of these in the game, should you come across dangers ones without access to Lesser Restoration, a Periapt of Health may save the day.

Pearls of Power are an easy way to expand the total spell resources of any character that can cast spells. If you’re looking for extra 1st, 2nd, or 3rd level slots, this will give you a way to get some extras.

Modal potions are fairly rare; usually, a potion does something specific, like heal you, or grant a single spell effect. Oil of Slipperiness has two modes: covering you in slick oils and giving you the Freedom of Movement effect for eight hours, or making a 10 ft. square area under the effect of Grease for eight hours!

Are you going underwater and would like Water Breathing, but don’t have a spellcaster? If so, the Necklace of Adaptation is here for you. Not only does it enable you to breathe in places others can’t freely, but it also provides a bit of a boon against dangerous gasses and vapors!

Despite sounding unique, Mithral Armor isn’t that different from mundane armor. Still, it can be a meaningful upgrade for your existing armor to seek out should you have some spare gold you’re looking to spend!

Detect Thoughts gives you a tool to probe into the minds of those around you in a way no other feature in 5th edition does. Having a Medallion for free uses of it fits the mentalist or psychic character archetype perfectly.

I have a soft spot for nautical campaigns; playing Dungeons & Dragons in a 3D space where everyone can explore in all directions around them is a blast. Mariner’s Armor contributes to that style of play, and is one of the first magic item’s I’d give out to players looking to explore the ocean depths! 

This little hooded lantern has an incredible look with an odd eye-like ornament where the light projects. It takes oil, making it a bit of upkeep to track, but if you need to detect an invisible creature, this is an easy way to do it!

If you’re struggling to swim and climb around the world and are in need of a hand, why not take two with the Gloves of Swimming and Climbing? These little mitts provide a +5 to Strength (Athletics) checks made to swim or climb, and make climbing and swimming not cost you extra speed. Nice!

Gloves of Missile Snaring are a sweet fantasy to paly around with, as the fantasy can be kind of whatever you want that interrupts projectiles. You can catch them with unmatched speed, use arcane force to slow the projectiles, or make ethereal webbing snare the shots as the come in.

Having a Gem of Brightness is kind of like having a lightbulb stapled to a laser pointer and a spotlight, all sharing a battery. You get three modes that each take 0-5 charges from the total pool of 50 it starts with.

One of the many items that set your ability score to a certain number, Gauntlets of Ogre Power set your Strength score to 19 while worn. This can be a bit tricky to find a perfect home for, as you’ll grow out of them as you naturally increase your Strength score