This glistening, slender forked tongue was severed from a basilisk. It is roughly six inches long, a vivid purple hue, perpetually moist, and faintly warm to the touch. Even when detached it radiates a subtle aura of reversal magic.
Properties
Lick of Reprieve. As an action, you may press or flick the tongue against a petrified creature. The petrified condition ends on that creature immediately, restoring it to its normal form as if targeted by greater restoration.
Attachment. As an action, you can press the base of the tongue against the stump of a severed tongue (your own or that of a willing or unconscious creature). The tongue magically grafts and becomes the creature’s new tongue. While attached the host can speak, eat, drink, and taste normally. The tongue can be detached again as an action with no harm to the host.
While the tongue is attached, the host gains the following additional benefits:
- Stone-Eater. The host can safely consume the flesh of any petrified creature. Petrified flesh becomes palatable and nutritious, tasting like well-seasoned meat. The host suffers no ill effects from eating it.
- Reprieving Saliva. The host’s saliva gains curative properties. If saliva contacts a petrified creature (by licking, spitting, smearing, or any other means), the petrified condition ends on that creature.
- Basilisk Speech. The host can communicate with basilisks as if they shared a common language. The host understands basilisk speech and is understood in return (whether through words, hisses, or gestures). This does not grant the ability to command or befriend basilisks.
A creature using the attached tongue often develops a slight sibilant hiss to its speech and a heightened appreciation for the taste of stone and minerals.
Notes: Communication, Social
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