Elemental Reductions

Fantasy Stones This month's Blog Carnival prompt from Wobblerocket is Magic Rocks . I have catalogued stones less commonly known by people of our wondrous city. Some of these are only known to those of us who travel frequently, while others are already well known to us from songs and stories, but with their impacts vastly exaggerated. Read on and learn. -E Large Stonework & Boulders Oracular Stone A large,  hollow stone with diagonal lines decorated with a particular type of insect or small animal. Random decoration type: Animal : 1. Mouse, 2. Wren, 3. Owl, 4. Ferret, 5. Asp, 6. Spider. Insect: 1. Bee, 2. Ant, 3. Butterfly, 4. Moth, 5. Grasshopper; 6. Beetle. Benefit :  An oracle puts their head in the stove, inhaling the smoke, then sharing their oracular statement.  These statements are often cryptic and open to interpretation, and so allow the GM to play both sides of the outcomes with the same message, while providing guidance to the player characters on where...

I'd recommend only a third to a sixth of graves have anything as effective as these at all, although the rest could have perfectly normal versions of the below which haven't been possessed by their grave's occupants. 1d3 Blue Incense Sticks : Makes the air smell nice. When infused by owner's spirit : Calms spirits (roll their morale-2) for three rounds, if they fail they go calm until triggered. If re-triggered, the first target whomever lit these sticks. Ivory Prayer Beads : Counts prayers. When infused by owner's spirit : When used for a prayer, provide bonus of bless for one hour once each week. User must donate level x 10 gp to this religion's temple before it can be used again. Burial Shroud : Covers the face of a corpse as it is buried. When infused by owner's spirit : While on a corpse, for the purposes of Raise Dead, count each day as a half day. Roll a d20 each day, on a result of 1, this gets tattered, next 1 it disintegrates. Ouija Boa...

Inspired by this post on Hack & Slash . Grave Robbing My first reaction was to make grave robbing dangerous, inconvenient, and socially negative.  If a party loots a corpse, or worse robs graves, there should be a chance of the following: Curses from the appropriate god of the dead/afterlife for stealing from the dead.  Especially if they're heretics, heathens, or godless. Cursed items.  Everyone knows that you bury dead warriors with their weapons not just because they need them in the next life, but because they become cursed in this life. Diseases for mucking about with decomposing bodies. A hit to their reputation if they're found out, because nobody likes grave robbers.  ("Hey, this looks like old aunt Bertha's necklace.  Wait, it is old aunt Bertha's necklace!") My second reaction was to look at those tables.  There are some good entries there.  I'd prefer the oddities event to be rarer, bu...