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that finger to a solid surface and begin to draw. The draw-
                                                                  ing uses your finger to make marks as if it were a piece of
                                                                  charcoal, ink quill, or paintbrush (your choice). The marks
                                                                  you make can be in any color. Any drawing made by the ring
                                                                  can be easily smudged or washed away without leaving any
                                                                  marks behind. The ring can have up to a total of 5 square feet
                                                                  covered with drawings in this way at any time. Drawing more
                                                                  than that begins to erase the previous marks, and any mark
                 Direstone Dwarven                                                                                      A
                                                                  left after 24 hours of being made is magically erased.
                       Pick                                                                                             B B
                                                                  Doomsday Cookie

                                                                  Wondrous item, uncommon                              C
                                                                  This black sugarpaste cookie is made using a grim recipe   D D
                                                                  passed down through generations of clerics devoted to
                                                                  gods of death. Inside this hollow cookie is a blank strip of   E E
                                                                  enchanted paper whose writing only appears when you
                                                                  break open the cookie. The paper’s writing vaguely predicts   F F
                                                                  the manner in which you’ll die. When you open this cookie,
                                                                  roll a d20 and use the table below to determine the paper’s   G G
                                                                  prediction.
                                                                    Once a creature’s fortune has been predicted in this way,   H H
                                          Doomsday Cookie         all future doomsday cookie papers will predict the same
                                                                  outcome for them. If a creature dies in a way foretold by the   I I
                                                                  cookie (at your GM’s discretion) the cookie’s paper trans-
                                                                  forms into a scroll of revivify. This scroll can only be used on   J J
                                                                  the creature whose passing it foretold. If the scroll is unused   K K
                                                                  within 1 minute, it crumbles into flour.
                                                                    Regardless of its grim foretellings, the cookie itself is a   L L
                                                                  delicious snack that is sweet, salty, and smoky.
                                                                                                                       M M
                                                                   d20 Prediction
                                                                    1   “Your fiery passions burn too hot.”            N N
                                                                    2   “The light of the full moon casts the deepest shad-  O O
                                                                        ows.”
                                                                    3   “Vainglorious you stumble, entranced by your own   P P
                                                                        reflection.”                                   Q Q
                                                                    4   “Great heights bring all who reach them low.”
                                                                    5   “Betrayal strikes deeper than any blade.”       R R
                                                                    6   “Hasty hands make for quick lives.”             S S
                                                                    7   “Look behind you.”
                                                                    8   “Getting ahead of yourself may separate you both.”  T T
                                                                    9   “What a fine meal.”                            U U
                                                                    10  “Nature knows no morality.”
                                           Devil’s Detail                                                               V V
                                            Eyepatch                11  “The crushing weight of the world is too much.”
                                                                    12  “Your demise is met with revelry, gnashing jaws,   W W
                                                                        and gluttony.”                                  X X
                                                                    13  “Beware the viridian, in color and emotion.”
                                                                    14  “Mortality is shed as quickly as skin or clothing.”  Y Y
                                                                    15  “Hold on to each breath, savor it as your last.”  Z Z
                                                                    16  “70 percent of accidents happen in the home.”
                                                                    17  “Stars die as new ones rise.”
                                                                    18  “Cold. So cold.”
                                                                    19  “The stench of failure burns your nostrils.”
                                                                    20  “Rocks fall. You die.”
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