"Soooo...should I still be in this chair? I mean, not complainin', it's the nicest chair I ever planted my tail in, but I'm hearin' an awful lotta not-chair-stuff back there..."
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"Hang on, this is one of those ancient etheric stone/egg things. I don't know if sparks, or flames, or even our most shreddingness lute playing will give this its power. That's not saying we can't power it, just the usual elemental and charming ways may not be the way."
OOC: Haven't found it yet, but I know DM provided a lore gloss on ancient air powered ships and etheric technologies that have been lost to folks of this world since the big demon event. I think this was sorta faint knowledge we'd all know, especially the party's equivalent of sometimes "comic book guy" who spends too much time in the Reels Vaults.
EDIT: Lore check if Tommary can pull anything else out of his noggin, since it's super science he's going to go for arcana21
"Yeah, that's right, this is like literally a "magic" stone, if you got magic you can dump it into it, and that'll give it more magic juice, or ethericness or whatever these folks called it. Not sure if we can use shots or charges from magic objects or it's gotta come from a spell maker. I'm sorta curious so I can put a little in to see how much it might glow."
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"Yeah, that's right, this is like literally a "magic" stone, if you got magic you can dump it into it, and that'll give it more magic juice, or ethericness or whatever these folks called it. Not sure if we can use shots or charges from magic objects or it's gotta come from a spell maker. I'm sorta curious so I can put a little in to see how much it might glow."
What level of spell power will you be using?
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
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"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
Totally "that's what the character would do" Tommary is going to pump a 3rd level into the stone, but he's hoping the results will give him a sense of how to read the stone as metered. Not sure if this is a Arcana or Investigation so here's a d20 17 (helped by Toots as lab assistant) and it's +5 to his Arcana and +9 to his Investigation.
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Tommary focuses on pouring arcane energy into the stone and nothing happens for a moment then little flickers of light begin to dance within the stone.
After a few minutes the flickers slow to a dim pulse, the stone is still mostly dark but there is some "life" inside of it.
"Soooo...should I still be in this chair? I mean, not complainin', it's the nicest chair I ever planted my tail in, but I'm hearin' an awful lotta not-chair-stuff back there..."
There is a flash of light within the dark helmet then something resembling a white storm, then darkness.
Gradually Ilyara begins to see images and glowing symbols appear before her. When she looks around its as if the walls of the room have disappeared and she can see the rocks and dirt from the surroundings.
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
"Whoah! Somethin's happenin' in here!" Ilyara looks around for a moment, taking in the strange phenomenon. "Got floating glowy symbols in a script I can't read...an' th' walls of th' room are gone. I can see outta this room like it weren't even here, see the box of stone surroundin' it. Lemme check..." she continued, craning her head around to see if her new Super Vision could see into other areas of the crashed starship strange metallic structure.
"Whoah! Somethin's happenin' in here!" Ilyara looks around for a moment, taking in the strange phenomenon. "Got floating glowy symbols in a script I can't read...an' th' walls of th' room are gone. I can see outta this room like it weren't even here, see the box of stone surroundin' it. Lemme check..." she continued, craning her head around to see if her new Super Vision could see into other areas of the crashed starship strange metallic structure.
Ilyara is able to see a portion of metal wall near the door that isn't completely blocked by rocks and debris. It looks like somebody made metal rooms under ground or perhaps they were above ground at some point and got buried. It must be the latter as there is a window and viewing device.
The viewer helmet only lets her see through the walls of this room.
“Oohh!! Lemme see!” Toots scrambles for the other chair.
Toots has almost the same experience of seeing through the walls of the room. The view is actually a bit comforting with walls of rock and earth, it reminds her of home, whereas the walls of metal and bone are subconsciously disturbing.
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
Toots unbuckles herself and helps Tommary. “Maybe we can give it sparks with Rave?”
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Tommary and Toots are able to figure out how to work the catches and handle of the trapdoor in the floor.
When they open it up they find an etheric crystal about the size of a yackle egg. It is secured in a copper webbing.
Sadly the crystal looks completely depleted.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
"Soooo...should I still be in this chair? I mean, not complainin', it's the nicest chair I ever planted my tail in, but I'm hearin' an awful lotta not-chair-stuff back there..."
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“Maybe one of us can charge it up with our weapons?”
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"Hang on, this is one of those ancient etheric stone/egg things. I don't know if sparks, or flames, or even our most shreddingness lute playing will give this its power. That's not saying we can't power it, just the usual elemental and charming ways may not be the way."
OOC: Haven't found it yet, but I know DM provided a lore gloss on ancient air powered ships and etheric technologies that have been lost to folks of this world since the big demon event. I think this was sorta faint knowledge we'd all know, especially the party's equivalent of sometimes "comic book guy" who spends too much time in the Reels Vaults.
EDIT: Lore check if Tommary can pull anything else out of his noggin, since it's super science he's going to go for arcana21
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Tommary recalls that etheric crystals are recharged with magic.
OOC: You can choose to expel spell slots to pump energy into one.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
"Yeah, that's right, this is like literally a "magic" stone, if you got magic you can dump it into it, and that'll give it more magic juice, or ethericness or whatever these folks called it. Not sure if we can use shots or charges from magic objects or it's gotta come from a spell maker. I'm sorta curious so I can put a little in to see how much it might glow."
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
“Sure, go ahead.”
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What level of spell power will you be using?
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
Totally "that's what the character would do" Tommary is going to pump a 3rd level into the stone, but he's hoping the results will give him a sense of how to read the stone as metered. Not sure if this is a Arcana or Investigation so here's a d20 17 (helped by Toots as lab assistant) and it's +5 to his Arcana and +9 to his Investigation.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Tommary focuses on pouring arcane energy into the stone and nothing happens for a moment then little flickers of light begin to dance within the stone.
After a few minutes the flickers slow to a dim pulse, the stone is still mostly dark but there is some "life" inside of it.
There is a flash of light within the dark helmet then something resembling a white storm, then darkness.
Gradually Ilyara begins to see images and glowing symbols appear before her. When she looks around its as if the walls of the room have disappeared and she can see the rocks and dirt from the surroundings.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
"That got something in it, but seems like it can take a lot more before it's fully stocked on the etheric stash."
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
"Whoah! Somethin's happenin' in here!" Ilyara looks around for a moment, taking in the strange phenomenon. "Got floating glowy symbols in a script I can't read...an' th' walls of th' room are gone. I can see outta this room like it weren't even here, see the box of stone surroundin' it. Lemme check..." she continued, craning her head around to see if her new Super Vision could see into other areas of the
crashed starshipstrange metallic structure.Please do not contact or message me.
Ilyara is able to see a portion of metal wall near the door that isn't completely blocked by rocks and debris. It looks like somebody made metal rooms under ground or perhaps they were above ground at some point and got buried. It must be the latter as there is a window and viewing device.
The viewer helmet only lets her see through the walls of this room.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
“Oohh!! Lemme see!” Toots scrambles for the other chair.
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Toots has almost the same experience of seeing through the walls of the room. The view is actually a bit comforting with walls of rock and earth, it reminds her of home, whereas the walls of metal and bone are subconsciously disturbing.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
“Cool. Kinda homey. I wonder what all those symbols mean?”
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"Not sure what you all are seeing, but maybe they're like glyph's and if you focus on them or try to touch them ... things might happen."
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Toots tries to follow Tommary’s suggestion and interact with the glyphs in some way.
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Toots finds that some icons respond to her touch and result in
An extra door sliding open and shut near the entrance to the room.
Various sounds like alarm bells or whistles.
Flashing lights in the helmet, most of them red but there are green and blue ones also.
A shudder running though the room.
A shower of dirt and dust from the right wall (opposite the window)as it tries to separate itself from the rest of the room like a drawbridge.
A spray of white gas blowing into the room from all directions - everybody take 2 points of cold damage!
In the end, there are a few icons that continue to blink red that did not blink before.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale