I'm about half way through "City of Bones" by Martha Wells . (Note, there are a couple other books called "City of Bones" I am talking about the Martha Wells one.) In this world the future is divined by burning the bones of specific people from the setting. In addition to being a more evocative and sinister flavor of augury, it adds the danger of being jumped and killed not just for your pocket change but for your bones. Let's blatantly steal for this for our silly elf games. Augurs, oracles, and prognosticators are able to read the ripples of fate by burning the bones of elves, wizards, and the magically profane. The bones are burned in copper braziers and the ashes interpreted against lines inscribed in the dish. This practice has fueled a cottage industry of bone collectors. Cut-throats and grave robbers provide a steady supply of bones of dubious origin. The discerning fortune teller saves the rare genuine elf bone for their own private divinatio
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