Wishbone
Added 2021-10-08 19:26:53 +0000 UTCWishbone
Wondrous item, very rare
This goose furcula has been enchanted and engraved with powerful runes of fate. As an action, two creatures may each pull one side of the wishbone to break it in two. The creature that breaks away the larger portion of bone is granted one use of the wish spell. The other creature immediately dies, and its soul is consumed when the wish is used. To determine which creature dies and which gets the wish, they must choose evens or odds before breaking the wishbone, and then roll a die. Once the wishbone is broken, it loses its magic.
Henrietta ran home, taking a narrow deer path that wove through brambles and under grasping branches. It was long past dusk. Her mother was certainly going to be cross with her for playing in the forest after dark.
Nevertheless, little Henrietta was grinning broadly. She had made friends with a strange woman in the woods who gave her a gift: a wishbone! The small forked bone was grasped in her hand, proof that she hadn’t imagined the encounter. According to the old lady, she would need to break the bone with another person before she could make her wish.
Luckily, her brother Henry was outside gathering kindling when Henrietta arrived. He didn’t believe her story about the ugly green woman or the wish, but eventually agreed to participate. She was going to wish for a pet dog, one that could talk and dance, or maybe fly, she hadn’t decided yet. Henry said he would wish for endless kindling, so he could be done with his chores already. They each grabbed one end of the wishbone and pulled-
