Necklace of Prayer Beads: A magical necklace of this sort appears to be a normal piece of nonvaluable jewelry until it is placed about a character's neck. Even then, the true nature of the item will be revealed only if the wearer is a priest (excluding druids and characters otherwise able to use spells of a priestly or druidical nature such as paladins and rangers). The necklace of prayer beads consists of 1d6+24 semi-precious (60%) and fancy (40%) stones. The wearer will be 25% more likely to successfully petition his deity to grant desired spells. There will also be 1d4+2 special beads (precious stones, gems of 1,000 gp base value) of the following sort (roll 1d20 for each bead):

D20 Roll	Results
1-5	Bead of atonement—as the 5th-level spell of the same name
6-10	Bead of blessing—as the 1st-level spell of the same name
11-15	Bead of curing—cures blindness, disease, or serious wounds (as the appropriate spells)
16-17	Bead of karma—allows the priest to cast his spells as if he were four levels higher (with respect to range, duration, etc.)
18	Bead of summons—calls the priest's deity (90% probability) to come to him in material form (but it had better be for a good reason!)
19-20	Bead of wind walking—as the 7th-level spell of the same name

Each special bead can be used once per day. If the priest summons his deity frivolously, the deity will, at the very least, take the necklace as punishment. The function of each bead is known only when the bead is grasped and a commune spell used. All powers of the special beads are lost if they are removed from the necklace.

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