Drowner's Pearl (Patreon)

Drowner's Pearl
Wondrous item, common

This magic, sickly pearl contains a fragment of life absorbed from a body that sank to the bottom of the sea. While holding this pearl in your mouth, you can survive for 1 additional minute before you suffocate when you run out of breath or begin to choke underwater. Once this property has been used, the pearl turns to dust and is destroyed.

Clink, clonk, clink,
A man is in the drink.
Can he swim
'Gainst the tidal whim
That'd keep him far from shore?

Clink, clonk, clink,
The man's begun to sink.
But why's he there?
None seem to care,
With nary an "O'erboard!"

Clink, clonk, clink,
No one stops to blink.
For when the earl
Wants drowner's pearls,
You simply must make more.