Rockchewer’s Chewed Rocks
Description
Smooth, irregular stones about the size of a young human child’s fist. The stones show the imprints of Uz teeth.
Cults
Associated: Xiola Umbar.
Friendly: All Uz cults.
Neutral: All other non-chaos cults.
Hostile: All chaos.
Knowledge
Uz: Automatic—everyUz knows about the Chewed Rocks.
Non-Uz: Varies by culture and region.
History
Created centuries ago by the Xiola Umbar priestess, Charmilla Rockchewer, to give some comfort to refugees from the Indigo Mountain Tribe of Dagori Inkarth. These Uz retreated to the welcoming darkness of the deepest caves when their strongholds were sacked by the EWF, but food was scarce.
Powers
Uz: AnyUz can sustain itself almost indefinitely by chewing on a Chewed Rock. Once the Rock is removed from the chewer’s mouth, however, hunger returns as if it had never gone away, so it is wise to have proper food to hand when you stop chewing!
Non-Uz: Anything that can fit a Chewed Rock in its mouth can chew it, with the same effect as for Uz (but see note on chaos below). Additionally, while chewing a Chewed Rock the chewer can safely digest anything an Uz can digest. Remember that this effect only lasts while the Chewed Rock is actually being chewed, so you better finish digesting whatever ghastly or poisonous thing you just ate before you take the Rock out of your mouth!
Chaos: Chewed Rocks are deadly poison to chaos beings. Powerful chaos characters might become ill instead of dying outright—Ralzakark would get mild indigestion, for example—at the GM’s discretion.
Value
To Uz: Many, many Bolgs. Or your life. Maybe. That, or they’ll just kill you for the heresy of possessing a Rock. Whatever you do, if you’re a non-Uz and you want to survive the encounter, don’t let them see you actually chewing one.
To Non-Uz: 500L to a knowledgeable buyer who can fit the rock in their mouth, or who knows someone who can.
EDIT: Chewed Rock Pellets
The dung excreted by someone chewing a Chewed Rock is magically fertile. Plants nourished by the dung will grow without water in a desert, for example. Of course the problem is gathering enough to make it worthwhile… Dried pellets may be sold for high prices (several hundred lunars even) but only to the right buyer.
