Magical Pyres
I am miserable with a toothache, so things are going to lean shorter here for a while.
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- Calf skull in an iron cage, suspended by three fresh yew poles. When the cage is red hot, sear its grating into your palm. Shake hands with a target to possess them with an impish spirit, eager to work mischief on your behalf. Each day the possession has a 1-in-6 chance of ending.
- One hundred copper coins each clipped to resemble a bird, then nailed to a piece of driftwood. When burnt, the birds fly away, above roads and waterways if possible, showing the fastest route to a place you wish to find. The birds fly with a Movement of 18".
- A man woven of straw with a tin crown, buried in a grave under tinder and rose petals. Once the embers have cooled, the melted crown can be retrieved. Worn by a leader, it instills +2 morale in all men who follow them for one battle.
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Reading: Werebeasts of Hel by Asa Drake
Listening: Lego Pirates: 1989-1996 by Dreamcastle
Playing The World Ends With You (Nintendo DS)