Sorcery Marble (Patreon)

Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

This hollow blue marble has 3 grooves that run along its shell and contains a faint glimmer of sorcerous spirit at its center. The marble can store up to 3 sorcery points and regains 1d3 spent sorcery points daily at dawn. Any creature that has sorcery points can use an action to store one or more of them in the marble, up to the maximum amount. If a creature other than you stores sorcery points in the marble, it can't do so again for 24 hours. You can spend sorcery points from the marble as normal while it's on your person.

A mote of magical energy swirls around inside of the marble for each sorcery point stored inside it. When a mote appears, it causes the marble to split apart along one of its grooves, keeping any separated portions ever-so-slightly apart from the rest, but nevertheless connected.

With her things packed by her family home, the girl held the bright marble close. Her father called it trivial—her mother's kin, the D'elans, had a lot like that—but holding it, she felt like herself, and… just a bit of her mother's warmth. Sent away from home alone, she'd need it.

She turned at a tap on her shoulder to see a skittish boy roughly her age. Smiling, she nodded at him.

"Would you be… Holly D'elan? I'm here to help you find our caravan."

He examined her luggage doubtfully as she considered him: he was a head shorter than her and a bit… wispy. Reassuringly, she said "Don't worry, I'll get it."

Palming the orb, she focused its pulse inward, her silent spell's strength spilling into her as she hoisted the cases; fascinated, the boy fell in beside her. As they walked, Holly asked; "You know me, so it's fair I get your name, right?"

"Oh, sorry! I'm Oscar. Oscar Rove."