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Appearance
The Bone Brooch appeared in the player's inventory as a small piece of jewelry shaped like a spider. The spider's body was silver colored with a keyhole-shaped black mark on its back; its legs were gold. The Bone Brooch was nonstackable, had a weight of zero and didn't occupy any equipment slots when worn.
Transformation
When activated, the Bone Brooch transformed the wearer into a pile of bones. The character portrait would disappear, replaced by an animation of falling bones and then a static pile of bones lying on the ground. The bones looked like the ones dropped by monsters, except for the addition of a human skull.
Limitations
Players were not allowed to bring the brooch into certain locations, such as the Fist of Guthix arena. While transformed, there were some things a player couldn't do. For example, it was impossible to undertake an agility performance in Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza while wearing the brooch. Players could not wear the brooch while pedaling at blast furnace. Trying to use an emote while transformed generated the message "You're a little busy showing off right now."
Combat
The brooch could not be activated during combat. Any player who tried would get the message "During a battle is rarely the right time for fashion experiments." If the player was attacked while already transformed, his character would automatically return to his normal form.
Glitches
The Bone Brooch created some glitches when worn. If a player attacked a nonaggressive nonplayer character and then immediately activated the brooch, the player's character portrait would appear to have bones sticking out of it. The same effect could be achieved by whacking another player with a rubber chicken. If a player began to run and activated the brooch before completing the entire distance, the pile of bones will move jerkily in the direction he was running.