The Black Needle
The Bone Shop's Cabinet of Curiosities
Worldanvil February 24 Challenge
The Bone Garden's main attraction is a cabinet of curiosities that is Rerosha's pride and joy. Rerosha has stuffed the polished ebony cabinet with the shop's most valuable items. The cabinet stands behind Rerosha's counter and is magically protected. The 21 objects detailed below are not for sale. However, if a player helps Rerosha, she could be convinced to part with one of them or at least do a swap.Description
The thin black needle propped up on a small carved wooden pedestal in Rerosha's cabinet of curiosity is unusual in its length and colour. It is made of onyx and is an object that the witch Balanzar , Rerosha's guardian and mentor, enchanted long ago.
Rarity
The needle is a rare items, one of a kind. The enchantments on the needle are cantrips of mending and shocking grasp.
History
The witch Balanzar was a gifted sorceress and was particularly adept at enchanting objects with minor powers (cantrips). This is how Balanzar made a living: enhancing everyday objects and selling them in the Bone Garden magic shop.
The Black Needle is perhaps the most powerful item the witch created during her lifespan, and she never parted with it. Rerosha remembers that the witch always had the needle about her person.
Balanzar used it in many situations, usually when a piece of clothing or an antique needed to be repaired. Once Rerosha saw the witch stabbing a would-be thief with it right inside the shop. As soon as the needle pierced the crooked mage's skin, it discharged an electric shock that rendered the pilfering halfling unconscious for a good ten minutes. Enough time for Balanzar to call on the Bazaar guards and for the halfling to be taken into custody.
Rerosha is wary of the needle's powers and, remembering the electric shocks that it can inflict on its victims, keeps the needle in the cabinet.
Significance
Rerosha is fond of the needle and sees it as a family heirloom. Every time she looks at the needle, she is reminded of Balanzar. She will find it hard to part with it for that reason and must be persuaded to let it go.Properties
The needle can cast the cantrips:
mending
shocking grasp The needle's user must be able to prick the enemy's skin to cast the cantrip.
Secret History
The needle is one of a kind. Balanzar was never able to recreate the needle's enchantments. At the time, it seemed a bit of a fluke, and she saw the needle as her crowning achievement in the arcane arts.
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