Barometer

The Barometer is catch-all term for those various devices and spells that practitioners use to keep track of various aspects of the Body, Mind Spirit Self.<ref>Practice Three: Barometer

Not really a Finder practice as much as it is a general practice buy they say they want me to have it because it’s our ‘canary in the coal mine’. Everyone will have one apparently.

I need to find something and make it mine. The hair thing or the treatment for the twine will work. Verona’s talked about this with Lucy’s hair and the color of it, especially to Sight, and we traded messages about if I had something like it (Verona thought maybe my freckles?) but it seems best to use an item.

If I make it mine and work the hair or treatment into it then I can make it so that it changes in obvious ways as I change. If it starts getting darker or bloody or tattered that’s a sign I’m not doing super hot. I think I’ll use the friendship bracelet Olivia gave me. It’s tied to something I lost and that seems fitting if I’ll be dealing with a lot of Lost. - Path Practicalities</ref>

They can be set up to track things like Karma<ref>He stepped around so he was behind her again.  “The power we have may find ways to reveal itself to the world.  Lucy here makes a good example.  As we get stronger or weaker, we may be able to see that in the Sight.  Look at the color in her hair.  Like a blush-tinted ember, glowing from within.  From the roots, a bit darker.  I could interpret that she spent power recently.  Draining this power.  These gauges can be very useful, for judging where we stand, and if one does not naturally manifest, then they can be handmade and designated.  A practitioner of the practice of Law, concerning themselves with the rules of the universe and of karma, may wish to keep a barometer for that type of karma, or even count the different kinds and origins of karma.  Another may wish to track the state of their body, or even the magical trinkets they have in their possession.  They can be overt, for status, power, and that ever-so-important presentation, like Ms. Ellingson’s wonderful hair here, or they can be hidden, a painted picture of a bouquet in a locket.  How many flowers does it have?  What color?” - https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/05 Excerpt] from Leaving a Mark 4.6</ref> and Otherness among many others.

To create one you have to take an object and make it yours<ref>I need to find something and make it mine. The hair thing or the treatment for the twine will work. Verona’s talked about this with Lucy’s hair and the color of it, especially to Sight, and we traded messages about if I had something like it (Verona thought maybe my freckles?) but it seems best to use an item.

If I make it mine and work the hair or treatment into it then I can make it so that it changes in obvious ways as I change. - Excerpt from [9.3 spoilers] Path Practicalities</ref>, for example by imbuing it with your blood, sweat and tears.<ref>The trifecta of visceral Self meant blood, sweat, and tears. - Excerpt from Shaking Hands 9.8</ref>

Examples

• Karma Ring, author of Black Lamb's Blood<ref>Many diabolists maintain some means of tracking their Balance.  I use a wooden ring.  For a long time, the changes in that ring and the perpetual reminder that I was in debt bothered me.  A lifetime bringing up my Balance, a few moments of outraged stupidity to spend it and subsequently plunge myself into debt. - Excerpt from Interlude 4</ref>
• Olivery Bracelet, Avery

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