FirebirdFlying
2009-08-12, 10:03 PM
He was the one in the village whom everyone liked - the one who managed to be friends with the tavern owner and the uptight priest at the same time. It was, of course, he who came down with the seemingly incurable disease, and he who each citizen gave a few coppers for to pay for the cleric's spell. It didn't work.
It was the tavern owner who had heard the story from a bard, once - that a thousand paper cranes would grant one wish to the folder. It was the barmaid who had learned how to fold them. It was the merchant who acquired the paper at a lower cost, and it was every person folding a crane, putting a little bit of themselves in it. It was the priest who gathered each crane around the dying man's bedside and prayed; it was the man who made the wish.
He died as the cranes dissolved into dust around him - and yet, at that moment, Joel's old mare lost her limp, and the wheat grew fatter and taller than ever before; Mimi's sickly grandmother could walk to the church without breaking out in coughs, and the well in the center of the town that had always had a bitter taste grew sweet.
Well, it's silly, sentimental, cliché, and likely has terrible balance issues. I apologize if this skirts too close to RL religion, as I'm a bit fuzzy on the specifics of those rules. Also if this is the wrong place to post this.
Anyway, I bring you…
A Thousand Paper Cranes
One thousand paper cranes may be used to cast miracle as a 17th level cleric, with the miracle provided by the wisher's deity. If the wisher is non-religious, the miracle will be granted by the nearest or most appropriate good or neutral aligned deity. Neither the wisher nor the folders are required to have any spellcasting ability.
Each crane is a minor wondrous item requiring 1 sp worth of paper (1/4 sheet), 10 xp, and a DC 10 Craft (sculpture) check to create. They are no more durable than any other paper, and can easily be destroyed unless protected with further magic. Every set of one thousand must be made with the same (and a specific) recipient in mind for the miracle property to function, but if one thousand cranes, related or not, are strung together, they provide a +1 luck bonus to all skill checks made within a 50' radius.
As it would be ridiculous to carry around 1000 cranes for that bonus without any encumbrance penalty, I almost want to include a weight. But when has being ridiculous stopped D&D?
It was the tavern owner who had heard the story from a bard, once - that a thousand paper cranes would grant one wish to the folder. It was the barmaid who had learned how to fold them. It was the merchant who acquired the paper at a lower cost, and it was every person folding a crane, putting a little bit of themselves in it. It was the priest who gathered each crane around the dying man's bedside and prayed; it was the man who made the wish.
He died as the cranes dissolved into dust around him - and yet, at that moment, Joel's old mare lost her limp, and the wheat grew fatter and taller than ever before; Mimi's sickly grandmother could walk to the church without breaking out in coughs, and the well in the center of the town that had always had a bitter taste grew sweet.
Well, it's silly, sentimental, cliché, and likely has terrible balance issues. I apologize if this skirts too close to RL religion, as I'm a bit fuzzy on the specifics of those rules. Also if this is the wrong place to post this.
Anyway, I bring you…
A Thousand Paper Cranes
One thousand paper cranes may be used to cast miracle as a 17th level cleric, with the miracle provided by the wisher's deity. If the wisher is non-religious, the miracle will be granted by the nearest or most appropriate good or neutral aligned deity. Neither the wisher nor the folders are required to have any spellcasting ability.
Each crane is a minor wondrous item requiring 1 sp worth of paper (1/4 sheet), 10 xp, and a DC 10 Craft (sculpture) check to create. They are no more durable than any other paper, and can easily be destroyed unless protected with further magic. Every set of one thousand must be made with the same (and a specific) recipient in mind for the miracle property to function, but if one thousand cranes, related or not, are strung together, they provide a +1 luck bonus to all skill checks made within a 50' radius.
As it would be ridiculous to carry around 1000 cranes for that bonus without any encumbrance penalty, I almost want to include a weight. But when has being ridiculous stopped D&D?