These appear to be ancient but seemingly-normal bone shards. Only close inspection will reveal that they have been cut so cleanly that they could only have been chomped on by the jaws of Tiamat herself. Pieces of bone that were crushed in the jaws of the mother of dragons are considered relics by all who revere Tiamat and they are often used as ritual currency.
Among the special properties of these bone shards is that if they are ground to dust and sprinkled just so on adhesive paper they serve as a most excellent alternative to magical inks for the recording of magical formulas. In fact, some spells can only be recorded in this fashion. However, Tiamat cultists put these bone shards to more exalted purposes and necromancers to darker ones.
Connections
- These bone shards that have been chewed by Tiamat are used as currency in the Goblin Markets (33.04).
- Some of these bone shards have been used to form a magical charm known as Tiamat’s Nurse (40.20.02).
Hooks
- Anyone out there selling fake Tiamat-chewed bone shards?
- What is a ritual currency anyway? Can’t the Tiamat cultists just use gold like everyone else?
- Who uses dust from these bones to write out their spells?
- What sort of things do Tiamat cultists and necromancers use these bone shards for?
- What kind of creatures do these bone shards come from anyway? What do draconic goddesses snack on?