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Bone Witcher

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The Bone Witcher is not a creature species. It's a tool used to find magickal bones or ancient cursed bones. It is used by a shapeshifted and trained ghoul. A witcher does not function as a weapon, nor does it cast curses. Although Queen Cirsea's Curses Cirsea made an attempt, she used a witcher for that purpose. Despite her time-consuming effort, she didn't succeed. Although she proclaims herself as a goddess, she is not a ghoul. She never realized the the mess she made with her own bone witcher product version 1a.   The witcher is made from wood, glass, or metal. This practical tool is used in the practice of alchemic grave digging, which is now known as archaeology. Made from wood, glass, or metal, it's a lengthy and slender rod. The rod is usually employed by the alchemist to mix and stir ingredients in their cauldron or other vessels. But this object possesses a mystical and symbolic essence. It’s often depicted as a long, wooden staff with a balancing V that steers the stick while keeping the balance it requires to determine depth. The staff is often decorated with alchemical symbols, or it is made from a rare or exotic wood. According to legend, the alchemical staff is a potent instrument for concentrating the grave digger’s intent and directing his or her energies.
Ghoul Wielding a Bone Witcher

Bone Witcher Annotated

Bone Witcher Annotated by Ruby O'Degee w/Midjourney

Orfien Ghoul w Diviner Rod

Orfien Ghoul w Diviner Rod by ROD w/Midjourney


Mechanics & Inner Workings

The bone witcher weighs less than a pound with a retractable 2.4384 meter tool. Ghouls safely hide it in their frayed coat sleeves. It does make a barking noise if it is restricted in some way from targeting a bone. The latest versions of Ghoul Harrison's Bone Witcher includes the following chores:
  • Sensing: Techniques like astral projection and tintype imagery can sometimes reveal features on the ground that show archaeological sites, including burial grounds.
  • Sight: The pendulum eyes carefully examine the ground for any discolored soil or protruding pieces of toe.
  • Troweling and Dragging: With the simple drag of the bone witcher, the archaeologist can identify layers of fermenting soil.
  • Ground-penetrating Crystal Diodes: Uses radar that sends waves to the surface of the dirt. These waves can reveal buried objects.
  • Weight Woody: A perispherical piece of metal that appreciates it’s a fine wood blend smell. It reminds the ghoul to feel the weight’s discomfort (much like wearing heavy ear or nose rings). Not heavy, but weighty. Weight Woodys are sold separately.
  • Flipping: A nasty piece of flesh and bone covered with ghoul eating bugs can be flipped over with the Bone Witcher.
  • AAport Analysis: The identification of out-of-thin air swirls of bone dust.
  • Butter Brush Extenders: Optional Extension that can polish bones that are located, but will disintegrate in sunlight.

History

The efficacy of witching rods is impacted by bias. While The Order of Shadows Ghouls believe in its accuracy, Cathaleen Garamund Garamund studies show inconsistent results. For millennia, advocates of compulsive bone witching sought to enhance their power.   In the past, bone witchers were crafted using a range of sticks like forked branches, hazel sticks, and willow twigs, before alchemy came into play. The flexibility and bone-sensing capabilities of these sticks made them ideal for magickal spells. No sorcerer is annoyed by wasting time on an uncooperative stick.   Waxing the wooden sticks is a time-consuming task. When witchers made by alchemists using brass, copper, or steel, the need for waxing tools was eliminated, but their conduction properties became less dependable. Grimoires over the centuries contain enough spells to locate the deceased, yet nobody bothers updating them. Spell authors discover that their new spells are incompatible with the alchemist sticks' construction methods. Witcher sticks,that are patented, became meaningless after being cursed by ghouls. Writing one spell over another causes confusion in the search for freeze-dried decay.   Ghoul, Brian Harrision C Harrison invented a new Bone Witcher in 1887. The witcher he owned is constructed using resonating crystal diodes that are both visually stunning and stimulating. To activate the stick, ghouls must recite a short piece of poetry. The stick is equipped with small pendulum weights to induce vibrations in the bone witcher through the user's subconscious. Thankfully, the ghoul is trained to shake the stick regularly. Most of the time, ghouls lose consciousness when they die. If their prefrontal cortex remains intact after death, their ghoulish shapeshifting exhausts it. Involuntary movements of ghouls have an impact on the accuracy of the rod. Shadow Ghouls who return to their villages empty-handed are punished by flogging.   Soil composition and temperature impact the effectiveness of bone witchers scraping or dragging. The process of dragging a stick across vulture dining spots works well. When authentic arcane corpses are unavailable, ghouls clean and hide near dead bones to avoid punishment. These corpses fail to impress the Cirsea Crusthoulians, who are able to identify fresh bones and fossilized bones.

Item type
Tool
Creation Date
70,093 BCE or A Long While Ago
Weight
12 Ounces
Dimensions
Retractable 2.4384 meter
Base Price
10 Doubloons, Authentic & Carbon Dated 1,093 BCE
Raw materials & Components
Bone Witcher Stick
  • Fork (Y-shaped) or L-shaped rods are the main parts of the clairsentience rod and are responsible for detecting the supposed changes in energy or vibrations associated with layers of sediment. They can be made from various materials, including wood, metal, or chicken wing bones. Pivot point (Y-shaped only): This is the point where the two arms of the Y-shaped fork meet.
  • Handle: Comfortable grips and pins help control the movement of the rods. Handles can be simple or decorated with various symbols or inscriptions.
  • Weighting: The Bone Witchers pendulum eyes include the weighting that provides a sensory trigger. The trigger amplifies the movement of the sticks and the eyes record the blowing of sands in a detailed way that explains better where the bones are located.
  • Crystals or gemstones: Recently made bone witchers are embedded with crystals and gemstones. The crystal diodes detect skeletal vibration, and the gemstones are loaded with spells written by Master.
  • Encryptions: The best rods are engraved with helpful hints for the user. Ghouls concerned mostly with eating corpses easily forget what to hum while working with Bone Witchers. Inscriptions should include personal instructions. It is important for a ghoul to know where to return after finding bones to dig up. So many ghouls go on expeditions, lose their way, blend in with the dead, and never return to the temples where the bones are used for rituals.

Tools
Bone Witcher Stick
Accessible only for cult and secret society members is Spouters Tavern Backroom Sale. During economic downturn times and depressions, the tavern needed a regular customer base. Smugglers and grave diggers don’t seem to notice the fluctuates that affect most Crooked Mile residents. Most Crooked Mile residents are seeking peace and benevolence. Spouter’s Backroom customers seek terrifying mischief.
 

For Sale Or Paranormal Favors

 
Spouter’s Back Room Bargains
  • Rare Sticks: Ancient and prized bone finding rods.
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  • Metal Rods: Collectible L-shaped rods made of gold and silver that rarely work well, but are a decorative possession for every wealthy Shadow Shapeshifter.
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  • Harrison Rods: A blend of technology and magick assures the owner that their ghoul servants will come back to their temples with bones used in rituals. The sticks come in all sizes, shapes and colors. Optional separately priced arcane mechanisms invigorated with adaptable spells made written by professionals are sold for a negotiable price.
 



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Dec 11, 2023 15:09 by Marc Zipper

Amazing stuff I love how you used astral protection to display the location of the found bone and dig sits. This is an amazing tool for both the Ghoul and archaeologist.

Let's have fun creating the impossible, building new worlds, and all types of possibilities. Valcin
Dec 11, 2023 15:25 by Ruby O'Degee

Kind and inspiring you are!

Stories that keep me guessing about where the monsters are hiding. Under my bed or in my head?