Item:Miniature compost pile crafted from enameled bronze

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miniature compost pile crafted from enameled bronze
Look:	You see nothing unusual.
Weight:	2 stones
Metal:	Unknown
Uses:	10
Appraised Cost:	1,250 Kronars1,000 Lirums <br />902 Dokoras <br />1.25 LTBpoints <br />1.25 Tickets <br />1.25 Scrips <br />
Properties:	This holds the Compost spell. This item has more than normal or unusual verbs.
Dimensions:	1 length x 1 width x 1 height
Sources:	Source is Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 425/Incidental loot

• FOCUS:

You focus your magical senses on a miniature compost pile crafted from enameled bronze.

The compost pile has a definite magic pattern, which is apparently a spell.

You recognize the pattern as a manifestation of Life magic.

The pattern appears to be the Compost spell.

There is a weak point in one of the lines of energy, which will hold for <number> more uses.

• STUDY:

You recognize that the pile is a spellcasting device. The pile will produce a magical effect under its own power if properly triggered, leaving your own talent out of the equation. Tales of humble heros producing spectacular magic because of a trinket find their anchor in reality here. There are few limits on the size or shape of spellcasting devices. Wands, rattles, staves and charms are common, but masterful enchanters have used pebbles or even dried flowers as the device's physical vessel. Most spellcasting devices contain a core of specially treated cambrinth to house the enchantment's charge, but a free-standing charge -- magical energy that simply hangs within its spell pattern -- is possible, at the cost of longevity.

While the pile takes no spellcasting skill to work, invoking it is not effortless. Spellcasting devices require, at the very least, elaborate gesturing to function (a safety mechanism). Complex magic requires suitably complex perparations, often related to the realm of magic being used. It is not rare for a device to be keyed to the invoker's pulse, emotional state, bodily stance, surface thoughts or even prayfulness. The mixture of knowledge and discipline required to invoke these devices off hand demands practice.

You figure the simplest way to describe how to trigger it is "rubbing it or invoking it."