Item:Twisted bogbirch limb covered in obscure symbols
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| twisted bogbirch limb covered in obscure symbols | |
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| Look: | The unusual symbols wrap around the slim length of Ilithian black bogbirch in a spiraling motif that almost resembles a shesegri pattern. The natural curvature of the wood creates a comfortable hand hold, ensuring it won't slip free easily. |
| Weight: | 5 stones |
| Metal: | Unknown |
| Appraised Cost: | 6250 Kronars5,000 Lirums <br />4,510 Dokoras <br />6.25 LTBpoints <br />6.25 Tickets <br />6.25 Scrips <br /> |
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| Dimensions: | 1 length x 1 width x 1 height |
| Sources: | Source is House of the Revenant Fang 437/Shadowy Safehouse, House of the Revenant Fang 433/Shadowy Safehouse, House of the Revenant Fang 429/Shadowy Safehouse, Canvas limb bag stamped with obscure symbols |
You recognize that the limb is a spellcasting device. The limb will produce a magical effect under its own power if properly triggered, leaving your lack of 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 limb 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, tapping it, touching it or invoking it."