A vellum scroll

Wishing Candles

Tags: fragile

A remarkably supple scroll, given its age, found in an ivory tube. It bears writing in a strange alphabet, penned in a dark red ink. There are diagrams, too. You think it might be some sort of recipe? Or spell? Maybe both?

To unlock it, you must:

• determine the scroll's origin and be able to read the author's language;
• break the cipher in which the recipe is encoded;
• acquire the recipe's unusual and unsavory ingredients (Value 1);
• spend a few days practicing the incantation, risking a mistake on your first attempt, with potentially disastrous results.

Wishing Candles

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When you spend a few days following the unsavory recipe from the scroll (Value 1), gain 1d4+1 Wishing Candles.

When you burn a Wishing Candle and utter the ugly incantation, say what you wish to acquire: it will come into your possession soon. Roll the Die of Fate to learn the cost. If it was an item of Value 1 or less, roll twice and take your pick.