The Minish Cap: A small needle with a big story.

 A small needle with a big story.

Picori Blade: The blade that seals the bound chest was given to a legendary hero of men by the Picori in ages past. It was used to banish a great evil and seal its monsters and demons into the bound chest, ushering in an age of peace. The blade remained in the bound chest until Vaati destroyed it to open the bound chest in his search for ultimate power. Link only ever sees the intact Picori blade during his adventures in the Minish Cap.

Paw Thorn is the name given to this needle, famously wielded by the equally brave and foolish Marai Spicerack. The Spicerack family had always been menaced by Buterscotch, the mouser and resident cat of the house. Instead of stealth and subtlety, as is the way of the Borrower, Marai chose speed and pain, undertaking a campaign of terror that eventually saw Butterscotch bring dead mice to the spicerack as an offering of surrender.

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The Picori are a great reminder that your fantasy world can have a nearly invisible race of Borrower-inspired little folk that can be dropped in whenever you need them to be.

Need some seeds stolen out of a pouch? The little folk.

Need an object to have moved since you put it down? The little folk.

Need an entire temple complex to be hidden neatly within a local fountain? The little folk.

Take this as your sign to add Borrowers or Picori or Little Folk or whatever to your world today.

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Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly: Fate cutting shears

 Fate cutting shears

Fate cutting shears: These small scissors were forged by an anonymous benefactor as a gift to a child destined to be sacrificed. They are sharp enough to cut through even the strands of fate. Clipping their tether to the sacrifice, the child became a fateless hero, able to steer their own way across the fabric of destiny.

Today is the last day of drewly. A month-long celebration of everything we’ve been able to make. Thank you so much for sharing the month with me and my work.

Now that we are done looking back at what we have made, go out and make something new! Everyone has the potential to create inside of them, nurture that spark by making what you want to see more of in the world.

What is Drewly?

#Drewly is the month-long art challenge for July, where you don’t have to make any new art. Just post art you’ve already made and celebrate all you’ve accomplished.

Check out everything I’ve shared for past Drewly’s here:  #Drewly #Drewly2022 #Drewly2023 #Drewly2024 #Drewly2025

How to support me:

Ko-fi: Donations and Digital shop

Patreon: Sustaining support and Digital shop 

Red Bubble: Buy a sticker or magnet

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly: Spoon Wand

 Spoon Wand

Spoon: In the hands of most, this is a simple spoon. In the hands of the vengeful, this spoon is a discrete implement of punishment that can cast fear and ill fortune on the wicked.

Today’s drewly post is one of nine domestic wands I imagined a simple mage might use in their everyday life.

What is Drewly?

#Drewly is the month-long art challenge for July, where you don’t have to make any new art. Just post art you’ve already made and celebrate all you’ve accomplished.

Rules:

Share art you have already made.

Share as often as you want.

When you share, tag your art with #Drewly and #Drewly2025

I will be posting art every day of Drewly, so check back in tomorrow for something new.

Check out everything I’ve shared for past Drewly’s here: #Drewly #Drewly2022 #Drewly2023 #Drewly2024

How to support me:

Ko-fi: Donations and Digital shop

Patreon: Sustaining support and Digital shop 

Red Bubble: Buy a sticker or magnet

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly: Fork of Horrible Madness

 Fork of Horrible Madness

Fork of Horrible Madness: Just holding this simple-looking fork makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. It almost whispers to you, but that would be crazy, It's just a fork.

Drewly is inspired by the Fork of Horripilation, a cursed artifact of a mad god.

Horripilation means when your hair stands up on end.

What is Drewly?

#Drewly is the month-long art challenge for July, where you don’t have to make any new art. Just post art you’ve already made and celebrate all you’ve accomplished.

Rules:

Share art you have already made.

Share as often as you want.

When you share, tag your art with #Drewly and #Drewly2025

I will be posting art every day of Drewly, so check back in tomorrow for something new.

Check out everything I’ve shared for past Drewly’s here: #Drewly #Drewly2022 #Drewly2023 #Drewly2024

How to support me:

Ko-fi: Donations and Digital shop

Patreon: Sustaining support and Digital shop 

Red Bubble: Buy a sticker or magnet

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly: Kitchen Knife

 Kitchen Knife

Kitchen Knife: Mamma Cassi runs her crew out of her kitchen and she is never seen without one of her big knives. Most people think the knives are just for adding a general sense of danger, and they are, but they are also Mamma's wands. Mamma Cassi is both an accomplished crime boss and a member of a secret coven of witches, both of which require minions and sacrifices.

My wands project continues, and drewly is where a lot of those wands get shared.

What is Drewly?

#Drewly is the month-long art challenge for July, where you don’t have to make any new art. Just post art you’ve already made and celebrate all you’ve accomplished.

Rules:

Share art you have already made.

Share as often as you want.

When you share, tag your art with #Drewly and #Drewly2025

I will be posting art every day of Drewly, so check back in tomorrow for something new.

Check out everything I’ve shared for past Drewly’s here: #Drewly #Drewly2022 #Drewly2023 #Drewly2024

How to support me:

Ko-fi: Donations and Digital shop

Patreon: Sustaining support and Digital shop 

Red Bubble: Buy a sticker or magnet

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

The Minish Cap: Haunted Candelabra

 Haunted Candelabra

Fire Element: Atop Mount Crenel, deep in the Cave of Flames, the Fire Element is guarded by a turtle dragon that Link must defeat. After defeating the beast, Link can take the Earth and Fire elements to the Elemental Sanctuary and begin the reforging of the Picori blade. With two elements, the newly dubbed white sword has the power to split Link into two copies.

This candelabra was recovered from a supposedly haunted manor. According to local gossip, the lord of the manor was cursed, and so were all of his unfortunate servants. The candelabra is certainly a curio, as its candles never burn lower, and it has a habit of tipping towards beautiful women.

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Lumier is a surprisingly lecherous character for a kids' movie. I guess that is probably a problematic stereotype of the French manifesting in children's media.

If you are worried about Lumier being lonely, Cogsworth is going to eventually show up in this set, so he will just have to be patient.

Drewly today is my normal weekly item card post, where I post drawings inspired by all the items in all the Zelda games. I am currently posting the items from The Minish Cap. I’ve got complete sets for the first 11 Zelda games and a bunch of other item sets already posted here.

#Drewly is the month-long art challenge for July, where you don’t have to make any new art. Just post art you’ve already made and celebrate all you’ve accomplished.

What is Drewly?

#Drewly is the month-long art challenge for July, where you don’t have to make any new art. Just post art you’ve already made and celebrate all you’ve accomplished.

Rules:

Share art you have already made.

Share as often as you want.

When you share, tag your art with #Drewly and #Drewly2025

I will be posting art every day of Drewly, so check back in tomorrow for something new.

Check out everything I’ve shared for past Drewly’s here: #Drewly #Drewly2022 #Drewly2023 #Drewly2024

Since you’re here, please consider supporting:

Make a one-time donation with Ko-Fi:  https://ko-fi.com/theeasyspeaker

Become a sustaining supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItemCardswithTheSpeakingSquid 

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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Minish Cap: Forge Master’s tools

 Forge Master’s tools

Smith’s Sword: This sword was forged by Link’s grandfather to be the grand prize awarded to the winner of the Picori Festival Tournament. Instead, the sword is given to Link by King Daltus at the outset of Link’s quest to save Princess Zelda from the Dark Sorceror Vaati.

These tools have been used by the Forge Master ever since the people were forced into hiding on the Night of Great Sadness. Even with these new humble tools the Armor forges fine arms and armor for the people to use in their fight for survival. Hopefully, with the help of the master-crafted arms, the people can one day retake their homes and step out from the shadow of extinction.

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This is the freshest of references. I’m just now getting around to watching The Mandalorian and I really enjoy the Armorer as both outfitter and mentor.

This is the beginning of the set of items based on the Minish Cap. The theme for the set was fairy tales, so there are a lot of classical medieval objects connected to stories throughout the set. The various stories of a smith forging or nailing the devil onto something give us the hammer and tongs item you see here.

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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Four Swords Adventures: Light leech lamp

 Light leech lamp

 

 

 

Lamp: Lamps are pedestal items in Four Swords Adventures which means they can be used by any Link that picks them up for the duration of the stage they are found on. Lamps shed light, illuminating darkness, and can be swung to start fires and light torches.

This simple-looking lantern burns no oil. Instead, it slowly drinks up light and shadow when not in use. Opening the lens, the lantern sheds the stored light to see in the dark or the stored shadow for some controlled discretion.

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Drewly has come and gone once again. I always enjoy sharing a big chunk of art all at once.

I’m returning to my regular weekly posts of new item cards, so see you next week with another item from Four Swords Adventures.

If you enjoy my work, please consider donating:

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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly: A simple knife.

 A simple knife.

Hunting Knife: Butchering game or collecting trophies is the job for a trusty knife, not a shining sword, and Witchers on the path will use their knife a hundred times before needing their swords.

Drewly 18th is a simple drawing, but those drawing are just as valuable as flashy ones.

What is Drewly?

Drewly is a month-long art challenge for July where you post art you have already made. No new art just for Drewly.

There are three rules:

Only post art you have already made.

Post as much or as little as you are comfortable with.

Tag your posts with #drewly and #drewly2024

If you enjoy my work, please consider donating:

Make a one-time donation with Ko-Fi:  https://ko-fi.com/theeasyspeaker

Become a sustaining supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItemCardswithTheSpeakingSquid 

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly 2023: A tarnished brass lamp.

A tarnished brass lamp.

Wishing Lamp: Contained in this simple brass lamp is a genie of great and terrible power. Rub the lamp to summon out the genie and receive your three wishes. But beware, genies are often capricious and will try to take as much as they give.

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This is just the colored version of the brass lamp from Oracle of Seasons.

Reposts are a totally okay way to celebrate Drewly! This week we are going to look again at items for my home game and also fan art of items from pop culture.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly 2023: A magic wand personal massager.

 A magic wand personal massager.

Magic Wand: This personal massager now has a built-in rechargeable battery allowing you to receive personal massage without being chained to a nearby outlet. 

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Many find this wand to be very effective at releasing tension and increasing overall satisfaction.

This is our last wand of Drewly 2023. I am always drawing new wands, so expect to see more options for your magical foci needs.

Tomorrow we return to Wind Waker items with our final magical scroll.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly 2023: A puffy duster for Spring cleaning.

A puffy duster for Spring cleaning.

Duster: A puffy duster to keep the arcane sanctum spotless. This wand was made by a mage that has a very demanding definition of clean. So demanding in fact that they have never been able to keep a cleaner for more than a day.

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This drawing is one of the reasons I do Drewly. I hate this drawing and I just want to move on from its existence. So here I am, putting this duster out there and moving on.

Today marks the third week of Drewly. Just ten more days to go! If you’ve posted your art for Drewly, don’t forget to tag me and comment with a link.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly 2023: A red umbrella for Spring showers.

A red umbrella for Spring showers.

Umbrella: A traveler with an umbrella is asking for rain, but a traveler without one is a fool. A mage with a wand is asking for trouble, but a mage without one is a fool. For the traveling mage, the umbrella wand, be ready for whatever nature or the supernatural throw your way.

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I often approach these like a copywriter for an advertising agency. I don’t know if others find that annoying, but I like to imagine how an in-world salesperson might try to get an adventurer to buy their wares.

Today’s Drewly offering is spring wand one of two.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly 2023: A rope of living kelp.

A rope of living kelp.

Living Kelp Rope: A rope woven from living kelp that needs to be regularly soaked in seawater to stay healthy.

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My party found themselves working with a hidden nation of Sporelings to overthrow a tyrannical Treant overlord. Of the little material assistance the fungal Sporelings could offer, the living rope made of kelp has been one of the most useful items my party received.

That was two weeks of Drewly down. If you haven’t already, post something you’ve already made. It doesn’t even have to be a drawing. If you post something, tag it with #drewly2023 and comment with a link to your work.

Be excellent to everyone. 

-Ceph

Wind Waker: A heavily used cigar cutter.

A heavily used cigar cutter

Triforce Shard 7: In the calamity that flooded the old world and created the Great Sea, the Triforce of Courage was broken into eight shards. This is one of the eight shards that must be reunited to craft the Triforce of Courage. Link can find these shards spread all over the Great Sea. The talking fish can often help him find the shards, though the rumors they repeat are so old that they send you looking for triumph forks instead of the Triforce.

Escaping the bonds of slavery and leading an assault on the port where they were sold was how this pirate captain first held a command. Now the abolitionist pirate raids slavers wherever they can be found and takes a trophy from each ship freed. The first trophy they ever won, a pair of cigar cutters, was their contribution to the seal that locked away the willful goddess of the seas.

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The eighth and not final piece of eight belongs to Gentleman Jocard, abolitionist and pirate of the West African coast.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Not an artist: The final three items from Oracle of seasons that are sure to give you a boost.

 The final three items from Oracle of Seasons that are sure to give you a boost. 

Blowing Wind: The winds of change carry us into the future. The sixth essence of nature is in the depths of the Ancient Ruins guarded by what I always thought was a carnivorous cactus creature.

This set of bellows can push a blast of air strong enough to make any furnace burn hot, but it also convinces the user that they should be recognized as the greatest of their trade. This curse has caused apprentices to turn on their masters, siblings to murder each other in cold blood, and other unspeakable acts of jealousy. It is unknown where the curse originated, but no one has yet connected the bellows and the curse, allowing them to pass through many hands.

Not an artist: Five more items from my campaign

Five more items from my home campaign.

Disturbance of the Peace

This +1 thundering warhammer can greatly amplify its wielder's voice. This can potentially increase the effective range for sound-based effects.

Oddly enough, my players dodged the whole encounter where this was supposed to come up. They have never seen it, but it seems like it could still come up in their adventures on the high seas.

Six days of apocalypses: Super science tears a hole in the universe allowing for an alien invasion of Earth.

The trustiest crowbar.

The Crowbar: Gordon Freeman's crowbar gets him into and out of many sticky situations as he tries to escape a disintegrating secret super science facility and then it helps him again as he has to navigate life on an Earth ruled by an extraterrestrial fundamentalist "cooperative."

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While life isn't entirely terrible in the Half-Life universe, I would rather not live under the rule of a totalitarian extradimensional alien conqueror collective.

The Combine claims to be excellent to everyone, but we know better. Don't just say you are, really be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph