Divination bowl

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If memory serves, this bowl is tool used by Moon Mages to scry into the future. You remember that bowls carved with such sigils are divination tools used by Moon Mages and preferred by those mages that call themselves the Prophets of G'Nar Peth. Traditionally carved from a single piece of sandstone and etched with the mysterious sigils only Moon Mages seem to understand, scrying bowls are used by mages trained in astrology as a tool for divination. It is said that the first bowls were filled with water from the Garden of G'Nar Peth, though whether that is a legend held by the Prophets themselves or merely a tale told by outsiders is unclear.

Use

Rub your bowl to bond it to yourself, and then fill it with water. In order to use a Bowl, as with any other prediction tool, you will need the Align skill, and you must make a successful observation of the heavens beforehand. When you are prepared, GAZE into your Bowl. To make a prediction for someone else, SHOW them the Bowl, and once it has caught their reflection, GAZE into it yourself.

When Used

You gaze into the bowl, your hand moving around its lip until it completes a full circle. You dip your fingers gently into the ice-cold water and raise them above the bowl. As the drops fall from your fingertips, they cause ripples which race across the surface. The water quickly grows still, leaving no trace of the disturbance. As you gaze into the water, it becomes illuminated by the white of the Owl and the Sun as their carvings glow steadily along the bowl's edge.

Possible Interpritations

  1. The temperature of the water describes the magnitude of the prediction - the warmer, the better.
  2. The movement of the ripples suggests the duration of the prediction - the longer they stay and the more there are, the better.
  3. The sigils tell you what skillset is involved.
  4. Their color tells you whether it is a blessing (white) or a curse (red).

Notes