Item:Jewelry pest

<style> <metal> <jewelry> <accent> a <material> <decoration>
Look:	You see nothing unusual.
Weight:	5 stones
Metal:	Yes
Appraised Cost:	187,500 Kronars150,000 Lirums <br />135,300 Dokoras <br />187.5 LTBpoints <br />187.5 Tickets <br />187.5 Scrips <br />
Properties:	This is jewelry. This item has more than normal or unusual verbs. This item is magical. This item is worn in the generic or ear or head or nose or neck or upper arm or wrist or finger or ankle slot. This item is a light source or is used to start fires.
Sources:	Source is Mishli, Hollow Eve Festival 447

Study

The <jewelry> possesses an unusual Life magic enchantment that straddles the line between conventional Empath and Ranger magic specialties. The magically relevant piece of the jewelery is the <material>, which contains the vital energy and essence of a venomous creature. By invoking the trinket, its owner can magically summon (or construct, the difference in this case borders on academic) the creature to do a limited number of services.

If the trinket is POINTed or WAVEd at someone while the creature is summoned, it will spit up acidic or venomous liquid respectively. The creature's capacity to hit a moving target is analogous to its summoner's general skill at missile weapons. It can spit up both liquids once each per hour.

However, if the trinket is PUSHed instead the creature will imbue its summoner with a form of vampiric venom. Similiar in function to weapon enchantments of the same name, this will allow the occasional attack with a weapon (or unarmed attack) to siphon off an additional bit of vital energy from the victim. This venom remains active for 15 roisaen and can be safely imbued in the summoner once every four hours.

And, of course, the summoner may INVOKE the trinket as often as they like, to summon or dismiss the creature. While not functionally useful by itself, it may be regarded as cute.

Focus

The <metal> <jewelry> has a definite magical pattern.
You recognize it as a manifestation of Life magic.
The pattern is rather unusual, somewhat reminiscent of a Lunar summoning spell more than a normal Life enchantment. It uses the material at the center of the trinket to store the life force of a simple creature, and then reconstitutes or, grimly, deconstructs it on demand. The ethicalness of the enchantment aside, it neatly sidesteps the absolute prohibition that Life magic cannot create life out of nothing.
You believe you would learn more about its exact function by studying it.

Effects

Invoke

A subtle twist of light dances around the <material> <decoration> of your <jewelry>. From seemingly nowhere, a <style2> <material> <pest> <modification2> around your head and glows excitedly.

Note: Shows up in your look, after where a tattoo can go, as "A <style2> <material> <pest> <modification2> buzzes around your head, glowing with inexhaustible energy." The pest also works as a light source.

Point

You point a <style> <metal> <jewelry> <modification> <material> <decoration> at a ship's rat.
With a distressed gurgle, a <style2> <material> <pest> <modification2> projects a stream of sticky semi-fluid at a ship's rat!
The spit splashes onto a ship's rat's chest!

A ship's rat twists in agony as acid burns away its chest.

Note: Hits the target with armor-ignoring acid. Uses Missile Mastery skill to check if it lands. 1 hour cooldown.

Wave

You wave your <metal> <jewelry> at a ship's rat.
With a loud hiss, a <style2> <material> <pest> <modification2> projects a stream of clear, liquid venom at a ship's rat!
The spit splashes onto a ship's rat's back!

Note: Hits the target with internal poison. Uses Missile Mastery skill to check if it lands. 1 hour cooldown.

Push

A <style2> <material> <pest> <modification2> lands on your shoulder for a moment. While it perches there, you feel something hot and viscous flowing from it into your body. The sensation lasts even after the <pest> takes wing again.

Note: Adds vampirism effect that is weighted toward vitality but can also steal fatigue to occasional melee and ranged attacks for 15 minutes. 4 hour cooldown.

Cooldown: The feeling of unnatural warmth fades as the vampiric venom leaves your system.

Customization

• Note, a suggestion list has been started on the Discussion page, feel free to add things there.

For Jewelry

Bold options are rare materials.

Style1
(blank) achromatic ashy battered beaded beribboned blemished blotched blotchy cheap chipped classic colorful dapper dingy dirty discolored disfigured drab elaborate elegant exquisite eye-catching feathered filthy florid gaudy glitter-dusted grimy intricate lumpy marred ornate ostentatious prismatic radiant scratched smudged somber speckled sullied timeless uneven whimsical

Metal
(blank) aldamdin audrualm bronze copper coralite covellite gold haralun iron kelpzyte kertig loimic lumium mistglass niello oravir orichalcum pewter platinum silver silversteel tin tomiek tyrium windsteel

jewelry
band cuff bangle manacle bracelet wristcuff claw ring thumbguard toe-ring collar necklace pendant medallion earcuff hoop stud earring ankle-chain ankle-cuff anklet armlet armband arm-cuff nose-spike nose-stud nose-ring circlet crown diadem headband tiara brooch trinket

modification
accented with adorned with arrayed with bearing bedecked with bedraggled with covered with dangling displaying edged with embellished with fastened with featuring festooned with flaunting graced with hung with layered in ornamented by showcasing supporting studded with trimmed with trailing with woven with

material

abalone aformosia aldamalm alerce amber ammolite avodire bamboo ban-minahle black amber blackwood bloodwood bocote bogbirch bone brochai chitin cogwood coral dafora pearl damaryn pearl damilyo pearl darkspine diamondwood dragonfire amber dragonwood fana brochai fang pearl felwood flame maple geshi pearl gocen tuilis goldwood grimwood haon Hav'roth's ambrosia heartstone hemlock huljik idopun pearl ilomba iniskim ironwood ivory jet kapok Katamba's spire lelori macawood mahogany mikkhalbamar mistwood modwir moon coral moon pearl moonshell mother-of-pearl nedoren brochai ox-blood coral pearl peregan pine pitch pearl purpleheart remeka sand lirum sanrisi seed pearl shaal silverbirch smokewood sun coral sycamore tabor talan pearl tamarak tamboti vedda witchclaw wooden wyndwood zoetia

depiction

Adan'f warrior adder albatross arbelog badger banshee basilisk bat bear beaver black widow spider blood drop blood wolf boobrie boar butterfly cat centaur chimera clenched fist cobra cockatrice cow coyote crab crocodile crouching lion crouching mountain lion crouching tiger crow death squirrel dog dolphin donkey dove dragon skull dragonfly dryad eagle ermine ferret firecat flying dragon forager ghoul fox gargoyle ghost ghoul giant goat goblin goldfish goshawk grasshopper gremlin gryphon hawk hedgehog heron honeybee jackal jaguar kelpie kingsnake kraken lava drake leaping fish leopard leucro lion lobster lynx magpie mermaid mongoose monkey mountain lion mummy nightingale nyad octopus ogre orc owl ox paguur panther parrot peacock peccary pelican pheasant phoenix rabbit raccoon ram raven retan dolomar rimewolf roaring lion rooster salamander salmon scorpion seahorse seal shark shrew shrike skeleton skunk snail snarling wolf snowbeast spider sprite squirrel stag stork storm goose sun vulture swallow swamp troll swan terror bird thistle tiger toadstool troll turkey turtle unicorn velver viper vulture weasel welkin whale wight wolf wolverine woodpecker wood troll wraith wren yak yeehar zombie

Pest

style2
(blank) beastly bloated bulky carved charred cracked deformed dust-covered elongated emaciated enormous faceted fractured glittered glossy hulking lifelike luminous mottled nebulous nightmarish oily oversized petite phantasmal polished pristine radiant scorched shadow-wrapped shadowy sleek slender soot-stained speckled spotted swollen translucent undersized vaporous warped

pest
bee beetle cricket damselfly dragonfly earwig fly glowbug grasshopper hornet horsefly katydid ladybug locust mosquito moth roach termite wasp waterbug

modification2

crested with wiry antennae dripping a viscous fluid enshrouded by radiant moonsilver cladding flitting among a glittery mist patterned with hourglass-shaped splotches pulsing with phosphorescent light swirling within a dense fog with a banded thorax with fluttering opalescent wings with monstrously barbed legs with opalescent mesh wings with unnaturally large bared fangs with viciously horned wings

Trivia

• Referred to as "glowbugs" during development. https://discord.com/channels/619301383451181075/619612817057906688/1169292091097104454