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| - | ====== the infernal machine ====== | + | ====== The Infernal Machine ====== |
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| Deep beneath Acryn the party insert the five eyes into the Enigmatic Engine, finally completing Egreg's last great work and empowering it with the five rites of magic. Ancient clockwork springs to life as the machine comes to life, rising on six mechanical legs. Its steel voice ringing through the cellar its asks the party what their desire is. Eschewing vast wealth or terrible power Colin speaks first and asks for knowledge of how to stop the flux. The machine seems to enclose him, its eyes blazing with magic and then steps away leaving him with a head filled with arcane clockwork and knowledge that seems to come him unbidden on the most eldritch of topics (in a situation where knowledge of how to stop the flux could be applicable he can be assumed to suddenly remember this knowledge). | Deep beneath Acryn the party insert the five eyes into the Enigmatic Engine, finally completing Egreg's last great work and empowering it with the five rites of magic. Ancient clockwork springs to life as the machine comes to life, rising on six mechanical legs. Its steel voice ringing through the cellar its asks the party what their desire is. Eschewing vast wealth or terrible power Colin speaks first and asks for knowledge of how to stop the flux. The machine seems to enclose him, its eyes blazing with magic and then steps away leaving him with a head filled with arcane clockwork and knowledge that seems to come him unbidden on the most eldritch of topics (in a situation where knowledge of how to stop the flux could be applicable he can be assumed to suddenly remember this knowledge). | ||
| - | The party do nothing to stop the Enigmatic Engine as it stats the word 'Freedom' and then conveys itself away through a portal. | + | The party do nothing to stop the Enigmatic Engine as it states the word 'Freedom' and then conveys itself away through a portal it tears in the air. |
| - | Outside the party sell Bigbus' notes to the college. Alastair bargins with the Mistress of the Guild of Watchmakers in return for a payoff. She warns the party to avoid meddling in guild affairs in future and limps off but not before Seth insists they use his bribe to bury Bigbus. | + | Outside the party sell Bigbus' notes to the college. Alastair bargins with the Mistress of the Guild of Watchmakers in return for a payoff. She warns the party to avoid meddling in guild affairs in future and limps off, but not before Seth insists they use his bribe to bury Bigbus. |
| Out in the City the party briefly catch a glimpse of the mechanical form of the Enigmatic Engine high atop the temple of the builder. Whatever the purpose of the lunatic device it is now free to pursue it. | Out in the City the party briefly catch a glimpse of the mechanical form of the Enigmatic Engine high atop the temple of the builder. Whatever the purpose of the lunatic device it is now free to pursue it. | ||
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| After some surgery to remove various monster eggs from his stomach Alastair will notice the wound on his shoulder has begun to crystallize again. He'll need to find an alchemist who specializes in this kind of thing to remove the odd poison. | After some surgery to remove various monster eggs from his stomach Alastair will notice the wound on his shoulder has begun to crystallize again. He'll need to find an alchemist who specializes in this kind of thing to remove the odd poison. | ||
| - | NB: The curses or blessings of the eyes can be removed with a rank 5 ritual of the appropriate sort. Colins was scribing. Carl's were Scribing for the magic immunity, Fracturing for exploding, Binding for disarming and wounding for strength. | + | NB: The curses or blessings of the eyes can be removed with a rank 5 ritual of the appropriate sort. Colin's was scribing. Carl's were Scribing for the magic immunity, Fracturing for exploding, Binding for disarming and wounding for strength. |
| - | {{tag>"the infernal machine" adventure}} | + | {{tag>"the infernal machine" adventure alastair_fitzgrave seth_ferrer colin_fletcher carl_terrec}} |
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