407: Hadozee's Paw [Minor Artifact, Cursed]

This mummified hadozee hand hangs by a leather cord around a character's neck (taking up space as a magic necklace would). Besides being cut from a hadozee rather than a human, it appears to all forms of magic to be nothing more than a hand of glory and functions as such.

The hadozee's paw grants the wishes of its wearer, regardless of whether he is aware of the paw's true power or whether he intends for the wish to be granted. When found the hadozee's paw has 1d3+2 charges, each indicated by an extended finger. Any time the wearer speaks the phrase, "I wish..." the paw activates: A single long, gnarled finger on the hadozee's paw curls inward as the wish becomes reality. A DC 10 spot check when a wish is granted allows nearby characters a chance to see the finger moving, which may inform them of the paw's true power. Regardless of what the wearer wishes for, the hadozee's paw always either twists the wish in an undesirable way or generates an additional undesirable effect as a consequence. Once a wish has been made, the wearer is unable to rid himself of the paw by any means short of a wish or miracle until all of its charges have been expended.

When a ring is placed on the paw to benefit from its hand of glory abilities, each wish has a 50% chance to curl the finger wearing the ring (100% chance for the final wish). The paw's fingers can not be forced to extend once they have been used, making it impossible to remove a ring from a curled finger. The hadozee's paw continues to function as a hand of glory once its final wish has been granted, though it remains impossible to remove a ring from its fingers short of destroying the remains of the artifact, nor can a new ring be placed its curled fingers.