Guide:Snacks for Gale

Subset of List of Items consumable by Gale that you might want to consider actually feeding to  Gale because they are accessible early and won't be missed. Gale only consumes three magic items before he stops asking, but more are listed here to provide flexibility.

Top Candidates:

•  Komira's Locket - Carried by  Komira just outside the Sacred Pool
  • Grants  Dancing Lights
    • Be honest. When is the last time you used Dancing Lights?
    • Dancing lights is not exclusive to this item
  • Given as a reward for saving  Arabella, which can be done purely through dialogue
•  Ring of Colour Spray - In the Harpy Nest to the south of the harpy encounter at X: 326 Y: 495
  • Grants  Colour Spray
    • Colour Spray is generally regarded to be one of the weaker spells, and is not exclusive to this item
  • Requires fighting (or sneaking past) three  Harpies, but this can be done extremely early
•  Amulet of Selûne's Chosen - In  Dror Ragzlin's treasure pile
  • Grants  Selûne's Dream
    • Restores 1d8⁠⁠hit points but you risk putting the target to  sleep
  • Dealing with Ragzlin is a bit of a con at lower levels, but saving this for Gale's third item can help
•  Guiding Light - Carried by  Bernard in the Arcane Tower at X: -26 Y: -283
  • Grants  Light
    • Light is not a rare cantrip
  • Can be acquired through dialog and without checks
  • Note: Use it to access the hidden area of the Arcane Tower before giving it to Gale

Alternatives:

•  Fleetfingers - In a buried chest in the Forest after succeeding a  DC 20 Perception check at X: 80 Y: 347
  • Grants  Running Jump
    • A free jump after dashing is situational
  • No combat required
  • The perception check is fairly high, and may require buffing or selecting the right characters to pass
•  Reason's Grasp - In a locked chest in  Rugan's cave along The Risen Road X: 37 Y: 344
  • When the wearer chooses to  End their Rage, they gain  15 temporary hit points
    • Requires ending rage while still in combat. Just drink a potion and get real hit points instead of temporary ones
•  Amulet of the Unworthy - Carried by a  Minotaur in the Underdark near X: 160 Y: -147
  • Grants ⁠Slashing resistance at the cost of ⁠Bludgeoning vulnerability
    • Are you going to remember to take it off before encountering bludgeoning damage?
  • You have to kill the Minotaur to get this item. The other encounters in this list can be bypassed through  Stealth

Notes

• Disagreement over which items can be safely categorized as useless should prompt conversation in Guide talk:Snacks for Gale and this guide updated after consensus is reached.