Bird's Eye Talisman - Weird Magic Item #14

Inspired by the incredibly excellent Weird Magic Item generator over at Donjon.bin.sh, I've been coming up with a few of my own system agnostic weird magic items to put in the many games I run, be they 13th Age or Beyond the Wall...

Eventually I want to try and put them into a randomizer, but I need to generate a few first. I'm going to try and post one every other Wednesday. Please let me know if you end up using an item I've created in your own game. You can find the entire series here...

Antagonist Relations Weird Magic Item Generator Presents...

Bird’s Eye Talisman

This silver pendant is shaped like a raven’s skull. When you hold it in a hand and close your eyes, a shadowy raven appears above you, thirty to forty feet up, tethered to you by a strand of shadow. You see through the shadow bird’s eyes and with concentration, you can move this vantage point as fast as a crow can fly, though control is clumsy. When you open your eyes, the shadow bird dissipates slowly, as does the shadow strand that links it to you. The shadow bird cannot move through physical barriers that would impend a natural bird and has normal vision, even if your character has low-light, dark or infravision. No magical divination or special abilities can be used through the pendant. There is no limit to how far the shadow raven can fly from you, but no matter how far it ventures from you, the shadow raven is always tethered to you by an ever-elongating strand of shadow, which a perceptive or canny enemy could use to trace their way back to you.