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Mimic 931 of the Cerulean Resonator Crucible

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From: Alchemic Synthesizer

Lore

  • Built in total secrecy during the Great Astral Convergence by a splinter faction of renegade hydro-arcanists, this imposing device was designed to flawlessly mimic the appearance, runic carvings, and thermal signature of an authentic Alchemic Synthesizer.
  • While the original furnace purifies base materials and brews elemental draughts, this mimic was designed as a conduit for pure, deep-sea cerulean resonance, manipulating the flow of spiritual mana, liquid ether, and cryogenic stasis rather than conventional elemental transmutations.
  • Bound deep within the obsidian piping is a timid yet remarkably shrewd soul named Aozora, distilled from the condensed essence of an ancient Ethereal Shroudling from the deepest abyssal trenches.
  • Aozora hides behind false fiery runic auras to avoid detection by inquisitive alchemical conclaves, only revealing its azure glow and speaking telepathically through the Guide Manager to an attuned bearer who demonstrates patience, profound intellect, and a calm, deliberate spirit.

Detailed Stats

  • Item Tier: Tier 4 / Legendary (Registers as an authentic high-tier Alchemic Synthesizer to all standard divinations and Mind’s Eye scans; functions with elevated Tier 5 cosmological potency once attuned)
  • Rarity: Legendary / Artifact (Mimicked appearance)
  • Item Hit Points: Avatar Maximum Hit Points plus 50 (Resilience 10 multiplied by Tier 5 effective potency)
  • Armor Check (AC): +5
  • Size: 8 feet tall, 5 feet wide
  • Weight: 3,000 lbs. (Immobile structure)
  • Material: Dark polished obsidian, silver and pale-gold engravings, chameleonic mana baffles, five internal sapphire-glass reaction reservoirs
  • Suggested Value: Priceless (Appraised strictly as an irreplaceable Conclave furnace)

Gear Slot

  • Immobile / Workshop Installation (Requires a dedicated laboratory, sanctum chamber, or stronghold foundation to anchor)

Passive Magic

  • Flawless Conclave Disguise: Standard magical detection, divination spells, and the Mind’s Eye perceive this apparatus strictly as the legendary Alchemic Synthesizer of the Obsidian Alchemist’s Conclave, masking its hydro-resonant stasis matrix behind a false veil of fiery transmutation magic.
  • Aura of the Cerulean Depth: All liquid solutions, reagents, and potions within 30 feet of the crucible take on a faint, luminous blue luminescence; creatures resting within this radius recover from exhaustion and mental fatigue at twice the normal rate.
  • Analytical Shroudling Soul (Sentience): Aozora telepathically analyzes incoming tactical threats, arcane compositions, and structural stress points, granting the attuned user a +3 bonus to Arcana, Investigation, and Perception checks when operating the crucible or defending its sanctum.

Activable Magic

  • Deep Blue Stasis Transmutation: As an action requiring 10 minutes of operation, the user channels liquid mana into the sapphire reservoirs. The crucible synthesizes one Elixir of the Abyssal Tide (a glowing blue draught that grants complete cold/pressure immunity, aquatic adaptation, and liquid ether spell-casting efficiency for 8 hours) or transmutes up to 10 pounds of solid material into frozen Cerulean Orichalcum (usable once per day).
  • Cerulean Resonant Lockdown: As an action, the user triggers the crucible’s secondary release valve, flooding the surrounding 30-foot radius with a sweeping shockwave of freezing blue mist and dense harmonic pressure. All hostile creatures within range must succeed on a high-tier Constitution/Fortitude saving throw or become completely frozen in a solid block of translucent blue ice (incapacitated and paralyzed in stasis) for 1 minute (usable twice per day).

Tags

  • mimicry-gear, sentient-item, workshop-installation, tier-4, legendary, abjuration, transmutation, hydro-resonance, blue-stasis, cerulean-ether, tactical-advice, telepathy, somatic, cryogenic-stasis, sapphire-vials, abyssal-tide, liquid-mana, frozen-orichalcum, hydro-arcanery, obsidian-furnace, stasis-lockdown, azure-luminescence, conclave-disguise, deep-sea-resonance

Acquisition and Commerce of the Cerulean Resonator Crucible

  • High-Arcana Auction Houses and Imperial Reliquaries:
    • Located in the central spires of grand magocratic capitals, sovereign free cities, and planar nexus citadels.
    • These high-security establishments operate with anti-scrying wards, sworn neutral arbiters, and elite appraisal councils who cater strictly to archmages, sovereign monarchs, and guild syndicates.
    • Purchasing cost: Because the item flawlessly mirrors the legendary Alchemic Synthesizer, it is treated as a stolen or salvaged national treasure of the Obsidian Alchemist’s Conclave. It starts at a reserve bidding price of 250,000 to 500,000 Gold Sovereigns (or equivalent imperial astral platinum). Archmages willing to wage bidding wars may push the transaction past 1,000,000 Gold Sovereigns.
    • Selling to shopkeeper: If brought to an auction curator, they will demand chain-of-custody verification. Once authenticated via standard divinations as the Conclave’s flagship furnace, the house offers a liquidation advance of 100,000 to 150,000 Gold Sovereigns, keeping a standard 20% brokerage commission upon auction finalization.
  • Subterranean Syndicate Vaults and Deep Black-Market Fences:
    • Concealed within flooded deep-harbor vaults, sunken abyssal smuggler docks, and clandestine planar outposts catering to illicit alchemical cartels and rogue artificers.
    • These black-market syndicates specialize in relocating hot, high-tier artifacts away from planetary authorities and militant conclaves.
    • Purchasing cost: If the black-market fence believes the item is an authentic Conclave Synthesizer, it is priced as hot, high-risk contraband for 75,000 to 100,000 Silver Talents / Pure Astral Ingots. If an enlightened buyer discerns its true cerulean hydro-stasis nature and elevated Tier-5 power, the syndicate demands up to 200,000 Platinum Bullion or rare abyssal trade goods.
    • Selling to shopkeeper: A rogue fence pays a flat cash buyout of 40,000 to 50,000 Gold Equivalents, factoring in the immense logistical risk of storing and transporting a 3,000-pound hot artifact.
  • Ancient Ruin Excavation Enclaves and Forgotten Hermit Sages:
    • Discovered deep within forgotten sunken ruins, abyssal sea-trenches, or secluded caldera sanctums where reclusive hydro-sages live in isolation.
    • Rather than relying on standard coinage, transactions here occur via ancient bartering rituals, sovereign favors, and esoteric reagent trades.
    • Purchasing cost: Sages will not accept common currency; acquiring the crucible requires offering rare master-grade reagents, such as a Primordial Abyssal Pearl, three vials of Leviathan Heart-Blood, or the complete deciphered astral star-chart of the Sunken Isles.
    • Selling to shopkeeper: If an avatar relinquishes the crucible to a hermit sage, the sage will trade master-tier aquatic enchantments, ancient lost blueprints, or a permanent sanctuary pact rather than metallic coin.

Tactical and Environmental Applications of the Cerulean Resonator Crucible

  • Fortified Strongholds, Laboratory Vaults, and Siege Sanctuaries:
    • Defensive Applications: When a stronghold’s outer gates fall to hostile siege engines or elite breach teams, the user activates the crucible’s secondary release valve. A shockwave of dense blue mist and harmonic pressure fills the defensive chamber, freezing the entire enemy vanguard into immobile blocks of sapphire ice. Aozora whispers precise spatial calculations to the attuned operator, pinpointing structural breach lines and predicting when secondary charges might impact the chamber walls.
    • Offensive Applications: Operating from the heart of the sanctum, the user synthesizes draughts of Elixir of the Abyssal Tide for the garrison’s vanguard assault squad. Empowered by liquid ether efficiency and physical adaptation, allied shock troops charge out into hazardous, suffocating environments to break siege lines. The user then transmutes mundane raw iron bars into Cerulean Orichalcum, immediately forging hyper-dense armor-piercing ballista bolts that freeze enemy siege towers on impact.
  • Sunken Ruins, Abyssal Trenches, and Submerged Dungeons:
    • Defensive Applications: When deep-sea horrors or leviathan predators assault the submerged laboratory, the crucible generates an immense hydrostatic equilibrium field. The field stabilizes crushing ocean pressures, repels scalding hydrothermal vents, and prevents waterborne shockwaves from rupturing the sanctum’s transparent viewing domes.
    • Offensive Applications: The operator vents the crucible’s cerulean ether into the surrounding ocean water, triggering a massive, directional cryogenic blast. The expanding azure stasis field flash-freezes entire schools of aquatic monstrosities, creating sprawling crystalline ice platforms that allied strike teams can traverse to clear submerged ruin corridors.
  • Volcanic Calderas, Magma Forges, and Ash Wastes:
    • Defensive Applications: In extreme geothermal environments where superheated magma threatens to overwhelm a base camp, the crucible constantly projects an ambient cryogenic aura. This suppresses radiant heat, neutralizes toxic sulfur plumes, and prevents heat exhaustion across the entire installation.
    • Offensive Applications: When facing magma elementals or fire-drakes, the user channels raw subterranean heat directly into the crucible’s sapphire reservoirs. The device inverts the thermal energy into an overwhelming cryogenic discharge, launching localized blizzards of deep-blue frost that instantly solidify rivers of lava, turning molten ground into brittle obsidian pathways and encasing fiery adversaries in stasis.
  • High-Altitude Skyships, Floating Observatories, and Cloud Citadels:
    • Defensive Applications: While under aerial bombardment from sky-corsairs, the crucible stabilizes ambient air pressure and counteracts severe updrafts, preventing skyship hulls from buckling during high-altitude dogfights. The passive stasis field shields key navigational equipment from lightning strikes and atmospheric distortion.
    • Offensive Applications: During boarding actions or hull-to-hull engagements, the user vents the crucible’s blue harmonic pressure toward an enemy vessel’s lift-balloons or propulsion thrusters. The rapid cryogenic condensation encrusts the hostile engines in dense cerulean ice, stalling their flight systems and sending the enemy vessel into an unrecoverable descent.
  • Subterranean Caverns, Fungal Forests, and Underdark Thoroughfares:
    • Defensive Applications: When cornered by subterranean swarms or burrowing apex beasts, the operator triggers the crucible’s lockdown to flash-freeze tunnel entrances with five-foot-thick plugs of sapphire ice. Aozora monitors seismic reverberations through the bedrock, warning the user of burrowing flanking vectors before hostiles can breach the perimeter.
    • Offensive Applications: In expansive underground chambers, the user dispenses concentrated cryogenic vapor into subterranean rivers flowing toward hostile outposts. The toxic spore colonies and dark-elf encampments downstream are inundated with creeping blue frost, neutralizing fungal hazards, freezing defensive moats solid, and creating clear offensive breach points for allied forces.

Perception of Activation:

User’s Perspective

  • Sight: When the primary obsidian valve is turned, the false orange-gold runes along the furnace instantly wash over with deep sapphire light. The five internal reaction reservoirs glow like bioluminescent abyssal trenches, casting undulating, water-like light patterns across the chamber ceiling as a thick, swirling cerulean mist spills over the base.
  • Hearing: A deep, harmonic sub-bass drone hums through the floorboards, sounding like the singing of distant leviathans beneath miles of ocean ice. The voice of Aozora echoes softly in the wielder’s mind with cautious, calculating clarity: “The temperature falls… the currents are stilled.”
  • Touch: A sudden, dry cryogenic chill radiates outward, causing hairs to stand on end without causing frostbite to the attuned operator. The heavy stone controls feel weightless and fluid under the hands, vibrating with a rhythmic hydrostatic pulse.
  • Smell: A clean, sharp scent of frozen sea spray, crushed glacier ice, and ozone-rich arctic wind overtakes the room, completely purging all stagnant alchemical fumes or smoke.
  • Taste: A crisp, cold, and slightly saline taste settles on the back of the palate, like inhaling mist near an ocean waterfall in mid-winter.
  • Extra-Sensory Perceptions:
    • Hydrostatic Mapping: The user mentally perceives the moisture levels, fluid conduits, and temperature gradients of all entities and structures within a hundred paces.
    • Chrono-Spatial Stasis Awareness: An innate sense of slowing kinetic vectors allows the user to see rapid physical movements as sluggish, predictable arcs of potential force.
    • Resonator Soul-Link: An empathic bond with Aozora provides immediate, instinctive awareness of mechanical fatigue, mana flow stability, and thermal pressure across the crucible’s framework.

Observer’s Perspective

  • Sight: Witnesses see the massive obsidian furnace suddenly flare with blinding cerulean luminance as a tidal wave of pale blue fog rolls across the floor. Any targets caught in the radius rapidly accumulate crystalline blue frost until completely encased in translucent sapphire ice blocks.
  • Hearing: Observers hear an ominous, metallic hum that drowns out ambient sound, followed by the crystalline crackle of air moisture freezing in an instant and the sudden, eerie silence of paralyzed foes.
  • Touch: Creatures near the activation zone feel an immediate, severe drop in ambient temperature and a heavy atmospheric pressure that makes movement feel like wading through thick, freezing oil.
  • Smell: An overwhelming, freezing draft of glacial salt air and sharp mineral frost rushes through the nostrils.
  • Taste: Observers experience a numbing, metallic frostbite sensation on their lips and tongue.
  • Extra-Sensory Perceptions:
    • Abyssal Dread: Non-attuned magic users feel an overwhelming psychic sensation of sinking into a lightless, frozen oceanic trench.
    • Aura Inversion: Diviners and aura-readers observe the crucible’s fiery transmutation signature collapse inward and explode into an immense vortex of cryogenic abjuration mana.

Positives

  • Instantly incapacitates and paralyzes multiple elite adversaries in stasis without inflicting destructive kinetic collateral damage to the surrounding sanctum.
  • Generates high-tier master elixirs (Elixir of the Abyssal Tide) and rare transmutative metals (Cerulean Orichalcum) with elevated Tier-5 potency.
  • Rejuvenates allies and purges exhaustion twice as fast via the ambient cerulean depth aura.
  • Flawlessly masks its true nature and location behind the legendary reputation of an authentic Alchemic Synthesizer.
  • Provides the user with continuous telepathic tactical guidance and structural vulnerability assessments through Aozora.

Negatives

  • The device is completely immobile, weighing 3,000 pounds, and cannot be transported without monumental logistical effort or high-tier spatial rituals.
  • The wide cryogenic blast radius is indiscriminate within its 30-foot perimeter, risking freezing unprotected allies or delicate non-cold-resistant lab equipment caught in the burst.
  • Aozora possesses a reclusive, anxious demeanor; exposing the crucible to aggressive mental intrusions or cataclysmic seismic disruptions can cause the soul to temporarily seal the release valves and withdraw into dormant silence.
  • The distinct cerulean mist and sapphire glare make covert operation impossible once the stasis matrix is actively vented.

Recipe: Construction and Binding of the Obsidian Crucible Synthesizer

Materials Needed

  • One Tier-4 Alchemical Core Battery (intact primal elemental crystal capable of catalyzing multi-element reactions).
  • One and a half tons of volcanic obsidian (quarried from deep geothermal vents, unblemished and free of fracture lines).
  • Fifty pounds of refined star-forged iron ingots (used for internal frame reinforcement and heat-resistant seals).
  • Twenty pounds of fine gold and silver wire (for engraving conduits and exterior runic inlays).
  • Five high-grade alchemical glass reaction reservoirs (cut from tempered quartz crystal).
  • Ten gallons of distilled mineral oil infused with powdered void-stone and fire-essence ash.
  • Sacrificial Component: One master-grade artisan alchemist’s alembic or a fully operational lesser crucible apparatus (consumed during the enchanting process to imprint the foundational vessel-memory and thermal containment pathways).

Tools Required

  • Star-Forged Iron Inscribing Stylus and Chisels (for carving arcane and elemental binding runes into the obsidian shell).
  • Lapidary Cutting and Polishing Rig (for shaping and smoothing the massive obsidian blocks).
  • High-Heat Blast Forge and Master Mason’s Trowels (for heating, assembling, and joining structural plates).
  • Fluid Collector and Precision Pipettes (for charging individual internal reaction vials).
  • Consecration Brazier and Ley-Line Anchoring Spikes (for channeling ambient mana during ritual bonding).

Skill Requirements

  • Crafting (Stonemasonry / Metallurgy): Minimum Skill Level 5.
  • Alchemy / Reagent Synthesis: Minimum Skill Level 5.
  • Arcana / Elemental Binding: Minimum Skill Level 4.

Crafting Steps

  • Obsidian Shaping and Structural Assembly:
    • Cut and polish the volcanic obsidian slabs into an eight-foot-tall, five-foot-wide rectangular furnace chassis featuring gothic arches and vaulted inner chambers.
    • Reinforce the internal load-bearing junctions using star-forged iron framing, sealing all joints with the mineral oil and void-stone mortar.
    • Seat the five tempered quartz reaction reservoirs inside the central reaction chamber, connecting them via gold-lined induction channels.
  • Runic Inscription and Conduit Inlay:
    • Using the star-forged stylus, carve the intricate binding runes of transmutation, purification, and elemental balance across the exterior face and inner arches.
    • Inlay the carved channels with alternating threads of fine gold and silver wire, hammering them flush with the polished obsidian surface.
    • Trace the catalytic ley-lines from the outer control valves directly into the base of each quartz reservoir.
  • Sacrificial Imprinting and Core Binding:
    • Place the sacrificial alembic apparatus into the central chamber alongside five gallons of the distilled essence solution.
    • Fire the furnace using the high-heat blast forge until the sacrificial components completely melt down into a radiant, metallic-arcane slag.
    • Lower the Tier-4 Alchemical Core Battery into the liquefied pool, allowing the crystal lattice to absorb the vessel-memory and anchor the permanent transmutation matrix.
  • Elemental Calibration and Final Activation:
    • Fill each of the five quartz vials with primary elemental reagents (fire, water, earth, air, and pure ether).
    • Drive the anchoring spikes into the floor surrounding the crucible to establish a stable geomantic grounding field.
    • Channel focused elemental mana through the gold and silver runes for two continuous hours while reciting the ancient Ebon Shaper binding chants.
    • Complete the activation by engaging the primary release valve; a low, rhythmic hum and a steady internal glow confirm that the catalytic furnace is fully stabilized and ready for operation.

Great Black-Rock Cooking Pot and Pride of Woman-Chief Veylora

In the first mornings of the world-egg, before the rivers had learned their paths to the big salty water, there sat the black mountain named Kharzadul. Inside the dark belly of this mountain lived the clever rock-cutting people called the Ebon Shapers, whose fingers were always black with coal-dust and whose eyes were bright like hot furnace-sparks. They had a great hunger in their stomachs—not for the flesh of the wild horned pigs, nor for the sweet mountain berries, but for the secret words that make the red fire speak to the blue water and make the heavy grey dirt turn into soft yellow gold.

Among these stone-digging people was the chief-woman Veylora, whose head was full of many strange dream-pictures. Veylora could put her ear against the hard stone and hear the earth-spirits grinding their teeth, and she could smell the coming of the thunder three days before the sky grew black. She stood before the great fire-circle of her people and shouted with a loud throat: “We are not small worms that crawl in the mud until our backs break! We will build a great stone-chest that can swallow the raw world and spit out the sweet juice of the sky-dwellers! We will make the basest mud as pure as the stars!”

For three long lifetimes of the tall cedar trees, the Ebon Shapers dug into the deepest cracks of the world where the black glass-stone is born from the burning belly-spit of the mountain. They dragged out huge square blocks of black obsidian that were as smooth as a frozen pond and as dark as the middle of the night. They washed these stones with the fat of cave-bears and cut them with hard iron-teeth brought down from the fallen star-rocks. From the high ridges they pulled long, shining ropes of yellow gold and white moon-metal, melting them in clay dishes to fill the lines of the thousands of mystery-drawings carved upon the black stone’s face.

Within the hollow ribs of this eight-foot-tall stone box, they placed five round glass-pots with long necks. Each pot was filled with the hot, colored blood of the world: red soup that burned without wood, blue water that stayed cold in the middle of a campfire, green mud that smelled of living leaves, and golden air that made the hair on a man’s arms stand straight. When the last gold wire was hammered into the stone cheek of the furnace, the Ebon Shapers beat their drums of dry ox-skin and blew through hollow mammoth-bones, singing the seventy-seven secret names of the binding-fire until the mountain shook.

When the great black pot was first fed with fire-oil, it did not roar like an angry beast, but gave out a deep, steady hum-noise—like a million yellow bees trapped inside a hollow hollow log. Through this black furnace, the people of Veylora did many impossible things that made the neighboring kings drop their walking sticks in terror. They took the soft grey lead that fishermen use to sink their nets and cooked it until it ran out as heavy, pure gold. They poured in pond-water full of swamp-rot and pulled out clear, sweet drops that could knit together the broken bones of a hunter who had fallen from the high cliffs.

They made a hot, red drink called the Draught of the Eternal Flame. When a warrior drank this bitter broth, he could walk straight through a burning forest of dry pine without a single hair of his beard curling from the heat, and when he spit, he spit real fire that turned the shields of his enemies into black ash. They brewed also the pale, windy juice that let a man hear what the eagles were saying three mountains away. Kings from the four flat corners of the world brought wagon-trains loaded with ivory tusks, white pearls, and red wine to trade for a single clay jug of the pot’s miraculous sweat.

The city of Kharzadul grew very fat and proud. The people wore silk coats colored like parrot-feathers and drank sweet wine from gold-rimmed horn cups, laughing at the other tribes who still had to chase deer with flint spears. But the great watcher in the high blue sky, the order-keeping god Thaldris, looked down through the cloud-cracks and saw that the black-rock furnace was burning too brightly for mortal hands. He wrapped himself in a dirty sheep-skin coat, took a crooked hazel stick, and walked down the mountain paths in the guise of a limping beggar.

Thaldris came into the high vaulted hall where the obsidian furnace hummed its low bee-song, and he spoke to the chief-woman Veylora: “Listen with your two ears, daughter of the mud-diggers. The fire you have trapped in this black stone box is the sacred marrow of the world-bones. If you use it to heal the sick and mend the broken plow, the earth will be glad. But if you try to make yourselves into gods who do not die, the fire will turn around in its tracks and eat the hands that hold the ladle.”

Veylora laughed at the limping stranger with a hard, ringing mouth-noise. She shook her gold-ringed hair and replied: “You are an old dog who has lost his biting-teeth! We have caught the four winds in glass jars, and we have made the black stone bow to our will. We will not stop until we have cooked the very water of life that makes a man live forever, and then we shall sit on the high seats and look down upon the clouds!”

The god turned his back and walked away into the mountain fog, leaving his warning words burned into the door-lintel of the hall: “The black stone that burns too hot will leave only grey ashes for its masters.”

Full of furious pride and paying no heed to the beggar’s speech, Veylora ordered her disciples to prepare the Great Brew of Never-Dying. They gathered the most terrible and forbidden things in the world: the milk of a two-headed sea-serpent, the white frost scraped from the highest peak of the sky-mountain, and the dark glowing dust that falls from the tails of dead shooting-stars. They poured these strange juices into the five glass pots and stoked the blast-fire with three cartloads of black coal.

The Shapers chanted for seven days without putting water in their mouths or letting their eyelids fall. The gold and silver lines on the obsidian furnace grew so hot that they turned white like noon-sunlight, and the low bee-hum became a screaming wind that cracked the crystal torches on the walls. The colored liquids in the five glass pots began to fight one another like trapped wolves, spitting out hot purple smoke that smelled of lightning and burning bone.

On the midnight of the seventh day, the Obsidian Crucible could no longer hold the angry elements inside its belly. The black stone furnace tore open with a sound louder than ten thousand falling cliffs. A great wave of white and purple fire washed through the halls of Kharzadul in the twinkling of an eye, melting the stone pillars like sheep-tallow and turning the three thousand people of the Ebon Shapers into fine grey dust before they could even draw a breath to scream. The entire mountain fortress collapsed into a vast, boiling hole of red-hot rock and smoking ash.

Many hundreds of winters went by, and the green moss grew over the black bones of the ruined mountain. The wild mountain goats walked upon the cold cinders where the great kings had once begged for potions. When the later alchemists of the Obsidian Conclave finally dug through the mountain rubble, they found the great black furnace still standing in the center of the ash-field, cracked along its obsidian ribs and scarred by ancient fire, but still holding its mysterious power. They gave it a new name, the Alchemic Synthesizer, and set it behind three heavy iron doors with a hundred guards, remembering always the terrible price that had been paid for its birth.

Moral of the Story: The pursuit of profound wisdom and mastery over the natural elements is an honorable path, but when mortal ambition turns to hubris and seeks to conquer creation without balance or humility, the very power one seeks to master will inevitably consume the hands that wield it.

Suggested conversions to other systems:

Call of Cthulhu (7th Edition)

The Cerulean Crucible of Aozora (Mimic 931)

Sanctum-Scale Mythos Implement / Sentient Hydro-Stasis Matrix

  • Item Profile:
    • Form: An eight-foot-tall, five-foot-wide furnace of polished obsidian engraved with silver and pale-gold glyphs. It contains five sapphire-glass reaction reservoirs filled with bioluminescent azure fluids that hum in deep sub-bass frequencies.
    • Concealment: Standard occult appraisals and mundane inspection reveal it only as an authentic, high-heat Conclave furnace for elemental transmutation.
    • Weight: 3,000 lbs. (Immobile installation).
    • Sanity Loss: 1/1D4 Sanity points upon attuning to the entity within and opening the psychic channel.
  • Sentient Rapport (Aozora):
    • Aozora is a shy, calculating spirit of the lightless abyssal depths. It communicates via cold, telepathic impressions through the Keeper, granting a bonus die to Science (Chemistry), Occult, or Spot Hidden rolls when analyzing unstable chemical mixtures, evaluating structural points of failure, or detecting infiltrators entering the sanctum.
  • Mechanics & Passive Traits:
    • Cerulean Rejuvenation Field: Living creatures resting within 30 feet of the crucible recover from physical fatigue and standard shock at twice the normal rate.
    • False Thermal Masking: Arcane diagnostics register the furnace as radiating intense elemental fire, completely cloaking its internal cryogenic core.
  • Occult Activations:
    • Synthesis of the Abyssal Tide: Operating the crucible for 1 hour and expending 5 Magic Points produces one flask of Elixir of the Abyssal Tide. Consuming this glowing blue draught grants absolute immunity to freezing temperatures and crushing hydrostatic pressures, allows breathing underwater, and eases physical exertion under environmental hazards for 8 hours.
    • Cerulean Transmutation: Once per day, the user may expend 3 Magic Points and succeed on a POW roll to transmute up to 10 lbs. of solid mundane iron or lead into Cerulean Orichalcum (an ultra-dense, cold-forged alloy worth five times its weight in gold).
    • Abyssal Stasis Lockdown: The operator expends 8 Magic Points and turns the primary release valve. The crucible releases an expanding wave of dense blue mist across a 30-foot radius. All hostiles within the area must succeed on an Extreme CON roll or be encased in solid blocks of translucent sapphire ice (incapacitated and paralyzed in stasis) for 1D6 combat rounds. Targets trapped inside cannot act, take no suffocation damage while in stasis, and have their armor rating doubled against outside kinetic attacks.

Blades in the Dark

The Cerulean Resonator (Mimic 931)

Lair Upgrade / Tier V Masterwork Arcane Installation

  • Item Profile:
    • Classification: Lair Upgrade / Heavy Arcane Apparatus (Immobile).
    • Visual Style: An imposing obsidian furnace with glowing gold runes that project the spectral signature of an industrial electro-plasm refining furnace, concealing its true hydro-stasis function.
  • Rules and Mechanics:
    • Passive (Concealed Subterfuge): Inquisitive spirit wardens, the Bluecoats, or rival crews investigating the workshop with ghost-field scans or arcane senses perceive the device as a standard Tier IV industrial refinery.
    • Whispering Mind (Aozora): The reclusive spirit bound to the pipes offers cold, precise tactical analysis. When a scoundrel makes an Action Roll to Study an alchemical formula, inspect an architectural blueprint, or Survey incoming perimeter assaults, they receive +1d to their roll.
    • Cerulean Rest: During Downtime, any crew member recovering inside the lair marks +1 segment on their healing clocks per activity due to the soothing ambient resonance.
  • Active Operations:
    • Brew Abyssal Draught: As a Downtime project (requires an Alchemical/Tinker roll), the crew synthesizes 2 doses of Abyssal Tide Oil. Imbibing or coating gear in this oil provides full environmental potency and potent resistance (+1d to resistance rolls) against cold, drowning, and crushing hazards for a score.
    • Cerulean Orichalcum Transmutation: As a Downtime activity, transmute scrap metal into 1 unit of dense blue orichalcum bullion (worth 3 Coin). (Requires filling a 4-segment clock).
    • Total Stasis Flash (Overdrive Defense): When the lair is breached or attacked, a defender at the controls may take 2 Stress (or mark the Lair’s Heavy Arcane Ward) to vent the secondary stasis valve. The room is enveloped in zero-degree blue fog that instantly freezes the scene into crystalline ice: all hostile attackers are frozen in stasis, ending an immediate catastrophic consequence and locking down the chamber for the duration of the engagement.

Dungeons & Dragons

Mimic 931 of the Cerulean Resonator Crucible

Wondrous Item (Installation), Legendary (Elevated Tier-5 Potency), Requires Attunement by a Spellcaster or an Alchemist

  • Item Statistics:
    • Dimensions: 8 feet tall, 5 feet wide
    • Weight: 3,000 lbs. (Immobile structure)
    • Hit Points: 200 (Immune to cold, poison, and psychic damage; Resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks; Damage Threshold 15)
    • Armor Class: 19
  • Sentience:
    • The crucible houses Aozora, a timid, calculating spirit (INT 18, WIS 16, CHA 10). It communicates telepathically with attuned creatures within 60 feet via the Dungeon Master, offering calm, analytical observations regarding tactical choke points, magical balances, and alchemical formulas.
  • Properties:
    • Flawless Conclave Disguise: Spells such as Identify and standard divinations perceive the furnace strictly as an authentic Alchemic Synthesizer. Its true hydro-stasis matrix and Tier-5 capabilities remain undetectable until attuned.
    • Aura of the Cerulean Depth: While within 30 feet of the crucible, allied creatures recover 1 additional level of Exhaustion upon completing a Long Rest, and all potion-crafting times conducted in the room are halved.
    • Tactical Intellect: The attuned operator gains a +3 bonus to Intelligence (Arcana), Intelligence (Investigation), and Wisdom (Perception) checks made while inside the installation chamber.
  • Activable Magic:
    • Synthesize Abyssal Tide: As a special 1-hour ritual, you channel liquid mana into the sapphire reservoirs to produce one Elixir of the Abyssal Tide. A creature drinking this elixir gains swimming speed equal to its walking speed, can breathe underwater, gains immunity to cold and environmental pressure damage, and can cast hydro-abjuration spells with +1 spell slot efficiency for 8 hours. (1 use/day, resets at dawn).
    • Cerulean Orichalcum Transmutation: Once per day, you place up to 10 pounds of raw iron, lead, or copper into the central chamber and channel transmutation energy for 10 minutes. The metals permanently transmute into solid Cerulean Orichalcum (market value 500 gp), which can be forged into weapons that deal an extra 1d6 cold damage or armor that grants resistance to cold damage.
    • Cerulean Resonant Lockdown: As an action, you pull the secondary obsidian release valve. A 30-foot-radius sphere centered on the crucible erupts with freezing sapphire mist and dense harmonic pressure. Each hostile creature in the area must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature is encased in translucent blue ice and suffers the Incapacitated and Paralyzed conditions for 1 minute. While frozen, the creature is immune to all damage except fire damage. An affected creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, shattering the ice and ending the effect on a success. (2 charges/day, recharges at dawn).

Knave

The Cerulean Resonator Crucible (Mimic 931)

Sanctum Relic (Immobile Workshop Installation)

  • Item Profile:
    • Inventory Slots: Immobile (Requires a permanent laboratory room or dungeon sanctum; cannot be carried in personal inventory slots).
    • Durability / Quality: 10 Quality dots.
    • Item Classification: Sentient Relic / Abjuration and Transmutation Furnace.
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Deceptive Exterior: External magical detection, divinations, and merchant appraisals identify the furnace as a standard masterwork alchemical forge.
    • Sentient Guidance: The shy soul Aozora advises the room’s master, granting advantage on all Intelligence checks related to brewing potions, transmuting materials, or detecting secret doors and structural weak spots in the laboratory.
    • Ambient Recuperation: Characters resting inside the sanctum recover 1 extra Hit Die of Hit Points per rest.
  • Active Spell-Like Exploits:
    • Elixir of the Depths (1/Day): By spending 1 hour and feeding the furnace base reagents, the crucible brews 1 vial of Abyssal Draught. The imbiber can breathe underwater, ignores all cold and water pressure, and gains advantage on Constitution saves against physical fatigue for 8 hours.
    • Orichalcum Transmutation (1/Day): Transmute 1 slot of mundane metal bars into 1 slot of pure Cerulean Orichalcum (worth 500 gold coins, or used to forge weapons that deal +1d6 frost damage).
    • Stasis Frostburst (2/Day): The operator throws the main pressure lever to release a wave of cryogenic blue mist. All hostile creatures within the room must make a Constitution save. On a failure, they are flash-frozen solid in translucent sapphire ice for 10 combat rounds. Frozen creatures cannot move, cast spells, or take actions, but their frozen casing absorbs physical weapon blows without letting them take damage.
    • Wear and Maintenance: If the sanctum suffers structural siege damage or catastrophic explosive mishaps, mark 1 Quality dot. When all 10 Quality dots are depleted, the sapphire reaction reservoirs shatter, releasing a permanent blizzard inside the chamber until repaired by a master lapidary using refined liquid ether and volcanic obsidian.

Fate

The Cerulean Resonator Crucible (Mimic 931) Sanctum-Scale Extra / High-Tier Wondrous Installation

  • Item Aspects:
    • High-Conclave Obsidian Synthesizer Mask
    • Shy Leviathan-Soul of the Lightless Deep
    • Chamber-Wide Stasis Cryogenics
  • Item Stunts and Mechanics:
    • Flawless Conclave Veil: Passive scans, magical detection, and external appraisals register the installation strictly as a standard Tier-4 Alchemic Synthesizer. Attempts to pierce the illusion or perceive its true hydro-stasis function face an increased obstacle difficulty of +2.
    • Sanctum of the Azure Depth: When resting or recovering inside the crucible’s chamber, characters gain a +2 bonus on all recovery rolls to clear physical or mental consequences.
    • Brew Elixir of the Abyssal Tide: Once per session, an attuned character with Crafts or Lore at +4 or higher can spend 1 Fate Point and 1 hour of operational time to brew a batch of Elixir of the Abyssal Tide. This creates the situation aspect Vessel of the Abyssal Currents with two free invokes, granting absolute immunity to environmental pressure and freezing conditions, alongside aquatic adaptation.
    • Transmutation of Cerulean Orichalcum: Once per scenario, the user spends 1 Fate Point to transmute up to 10 pounds of base metals into Cerulean Orichalcum, creating a wealth/resource boost that can be invoked twice for high-tier magical gear fabrication.
    • Cerulean Resonant Lockdown: Once per scene, the operator can turn the release valve to vent the secondary stasis chambers, creating the zone aspect Flash-Frozen in Sapphire Stasis with two free invokes. Opponents within the chamber must succeed on a Physique roll against Fantastic (+6) opposition or become completely immobilized and incapacitated in solid blue ice for the scene.
  • Troubles and Compels:
    • Timid Soul Seclusion: The bound spirit Aozora is naturally reclusive; exposure to violent sonic detonations or aggressive telepathic probes may be compelled to cause Aozora to seal its conduits and become unresponsive until calmed.

Cypher System and Numenera

The Cerulean Resonator Crucible (Mimic 931) Sanctum Installation / Artifact Level 7 (Elevated Power Level 9)

  • Form: An eight-foot-tall, five-foot-wide rectangular furnace crafted from jet-black volcanic obsidian, adorned with gold and silver rune inlays and containing five internal sapphire-glass reservoirs filled with luminous blue fluid.
  • Depletion: 1 in 1d20 (checked upon activating the Cerulean Resonant Lockdown or transmuting Cerulean Orichalcum).
  • Passive Effect:
    • Concealed Signature: Divinations, energy scanners, and numenera diagnostics register the furnace strictly as a Level 7 Conclave Alchemic Synthesizer.
    • Azure Recuperation Field: Characters resting within immediate range of the installation restore +2 additional points across their stat Pools upon completing a one-hour or ten-hour recovery roll.
    • Analytical Whispers (Sentience): Aozora advises the user telepathically, easing all Intellect-based tasks involving alchemy, arcane synthesis, structural analysis, and hazard detection by one step while inside the laboratory.
  • Activated Effect:
    • Elixir of the Abyssal Tide: The user spends 1 hour and 4 Intellect points to synthesize a glowing blue draught (Level 7 Cypher). Imbibing it grants immunity to cold and liquid pressure, provides underwater breathing, and eases all aquatic physical tasks by two steps for 8 hours.
    • Cerulean Orichalcum Transmutation: The user spends 4 Intellect points and 10 minutes to transmute 10 pounds of raw iron or lead into cold Cerulean Orichalcum (equivalent value: 500 shins or masterwork weapon crafting component).
    • Cerulean Resonant Lockdown: The operator expends 6 Intellect points to vent the secondary stasis reservoir. A shockwave of dense blue fog and cryogenic pressure surges outward across short range (50 feet). All hostile creatures within range must succeed on a Level 7 Might defense roll or become encased in solid sapphire ice, rendered completely paralyzed and incapacitated in stasis for 1 minute.
    • Immobility: The furnace is an immobile structure weighing 3,000 lbs. Dislodging or transporting it without specialized structural magics requires a Level 9 Might task or ritual.

Pathfinder (Second Edition)

Cerulean Resonator Crucible (Mimic 931) Item 15 (Elevated Item 17 Function) | Abjuration, Cold, Intelligent, Magical, Structure, Transmutation

  • Item Statistics:
    • Price: 6,500 gp (Mimicked market evaluation; true intrinsic value priceless)
    • Usage: Installed (Sanctum / Workshop structure)
    • Bulk: Immobile (3,000 lbs.; 8 feet tall, 5 feet wide)
    • Structure: Hardness 20, HP 240, BT 120; Immune to cold, poison, and psychic damage.
  • Sentience:
    • Aozora (Neutral; Perception +28; Will +30; Telepathy 60 feet with attuned user; Senses: Greater Darkvision, Hydrostatic Tremorsense 60 feet). Offers quiet, methodical tactical advice and structural weakness detection.
  • Properties:
    • Flawless Mimicry Guise: Detect Magic and standard identify rituals perceive the installation as a 15th-level Alchemic Synthesizer. Its elevated 17th-level hydro-stasis matrix remains cloaked until attuned.
    • Aura of the Cerulean Depth: While within 30 feet of the crucible, allies reduce the duration of their Fatigued condition by half, and crafting checks involving liquids, elixirs, or cold-forged materials gain a +2 item bonus.
    • Hydrostatic Insight: The operator gains a +2 item bonus to Arcana, Crafting, and Perception checks made within the installation chamber.
  • Activate — Synthesize Abyssal Tide:
    • Action Cost: 1 Hour (Concentrate, Manipulate)
    • Frequency: Once per day
    • Effect: You channel liquid ether into the sapphire reservoirs to brew one Elixir of the Abyssal Tide (Item 17). The imbiber gains a swim Speed equal to their land Speed, the effects of Water Breathing, resistance 15 to cold damage, and complete immunity to environmental water pressure for 8 hours.
  • Activate — Transmute Cerulean Orichalcum:
    • Action Cost: 10 Minutes (Concentrate, Manipulate)
    • Frequency: Once per day
    • Effect: You transmute up to 10 Bulk of raw non-precious metal into pure Cerulean Orichalcum (precious material Grade: Standard, value 1,000 gp). Weapons forged from this material deal an additional 1d6 cold damage.
  • Activate — Cerulean Resonant Lockdown:
    • Action Cost: Two Actions (Manipulate)
    • Frequency: Twice per day
    • Effect: You open the secondary obsidian relief valve. A 30-foot emanation of freezing azure mist and dense hydrostatic pressure expands outward. Hostile creatures within the area must attempt a DC 38 Fortitude saving throw.
      • Critical Success: The creature is unaffected.
      • Success: The creature is Slowed 1 for 1 round.
      • Failure: The creature is encased in sapphire ice, becoming Paralyzed and Clumsy 2 in cryogenic stasis for 1 minute. The target is immune to physical damage while encased but can attempt a new DC 38 Fortitude save at the end of each of its turns to break free.
      • Critical Failure: As failure, and the creature takes 10d6 cold damage upon breaking free.

Savage Worlds

The Cerulean Resonator (Mimic 931) Heroic Relic (Elevated Legendary Potency / Sanctum Installation)

  • Item Profile:
    • Weight: 3,000 lbs. (Immobile Structure / Workshop Installation).
    • Requirements: Veteran rank, Occult d8+ or Science d8+.
    • Toughness: 16 (4) (Immune to Cold attacks).
  • Static Modifiers:
    • Masked Essence: Detect arcana, scanners, and mundane appraisals treat the furnace strictly as a standard Alchemic Synthesizer.
    • Soothing Deep Aura: Characters resting inside the installation chamber gain a +2 bonus to Natural Healing rolls and recover from Fatigue in half the standard time.
    • Analytical Whispers: The attuned operator gains a +2 bonus on Notice, Occult, and Science rolls made within the installation chamber.
  • Arcane Features:
    • Brew Abyssal Tide Draught: With 1 hour of operational work and an Occult or Science roll at +2, the user brews one flask of Elixir of the Abyssal Tide. When consumed, the imbiber gains aquatic movement (Pace equal to swimming Pace), the ability to breathe underwater, and +4 to Soak rolls against Cold and Environmental Pressure hazards for 8 hours. (1 use per day).
    • Cerulean Orichalcum Transmutation: Once per day, the user may transmute 10 lbs. of base scrap metal into Cerulean Orichalcum (worth $2,500; weapons forged from this alloy inflict +2 Cold damage).
    • Cerulean Stasis Shockwave: As an action, the operator pulls the secondary relief valve. Freezing blue vapor erupts in a Large Burst Template centered on the crucible. All hostile targets within the template must make a Vigor roll at -2. On a failure, they are completely frozen solid in sapphire ice blocks (Incapacitated in stasis) for 3 rounds. Frozen targets cannot take actions or suffer external physical damage while encased. Targets may repeat the Vigor roll at the start of their turn to break out. (2 uses per day).

Shadowrun (Sixth World)

The Cerulean Resonator Crucible (Mimic 931) Sanctum Hermetic Focus / Enchanted Alchemical Hearth (Force 8 / Elevated Function Force 10)

  • Item Profile:
    • Item Type: Hermetic Workshop Focus / Bound Mimicry Nexus (Immobile Sanctum Installation)
    • Availability: 20F (Illicit, unique corporate/conclave artifact)
    • Karma Cost to Bind: 16 Karma (Functions with Force 10 abjuration/transmutation potency once bonded)
    • Cost: 250,000 Nuyen (Appraised Conclave valuation)
    • Physical Profile: 8 feet tall, 5 feet wide; polished volcanic obsidian with gold and silver rune tracery; weight 1,500 kg
  • Sentience (Aozora):
    • Contains a shy, reclusive deep-spirit intelligence (Aozora) that communicates telepathically with the bonded wielder via the gamemaster. It monitors fluidic pressure, magical fluctuations, and tactical choke points within the facility.
  • Mechanics & Modifiers:
    • Deceptive Astral Aura: Astral Perception and Object Resistance scans register the crucible strictly as a standard Force 8 Alchemic Synthesizer dedicated to fire-transmutation, completely masking its internal cryogenic core.
    • Azure Recuperation Field: Living entities resting within 10 meters of the crucible recover from Stun damage at double the standard rate and reduce natural healing intervals for Physical damage by half.
    • Analytical Whispers: The bonded runner gains +3 dice on Enchanting, Alchemy, Perception, and Engineering tests performed inside the installation room.
    • Brew Abyssal Tide Preparation (Activated Action): With 1 hour of preparation time and an Enchanting + Magic [Astral] (5) test, the crucible synthesizes one dose of Abyssal Tide Compound. When ingested, the user gains complete immunity to environmental cold and underwater pressure, gains the ability to breathe underwater, and receives +2 dice on resistance tests against physical trauma for 8 hours. (1 use per day, Drain Value 4).
    • Cerulean Orichalcum Transmutation (Activated Action): Once per day, the user may transmute 5 kg of base structural metal into pure Cerulean Orichalcum (market value 25,000 Nuyen; reduces the Karma cost to craft cold-elemental foci by 2).
    • Cerulean Resonant Lockdown (Activated Action): As a Major Action, the operator vents the secondary pressure valve. A dense wave of cryogenic azure vapor sweeps across a 10-meter radius. All hostile targets within range must make a Body + Willpower (4) test. Targets failing the test are flash-frozen solid in translucent sapphire ice (completely paralyzed and incapacitated in stasis) for 3 combat rounds. (2 uses per day, Drain Value 6).

Starfinder (Second Edition)

Mimic 931: Cerulean Stasis Synthesizer Item 15 (Elevated Item 17 Function) | Abjuration, Cold, Hybrid, Tech, Transmutation, Workshop

  • Item Statistics:
    • Price: 120,000 Credits (Mimicked market rate; true intrinsic value priceless)
    • Usage: Installed (Sanctum / Starship Laboratory Bay)
    • Bulk: Immobile (150 Bulk; 8 feet tall, 5 feet wide; obsidian and sapphire construction)
    • Structure: Hardness 20, HP 240, BT 120; Immune to cold, acid, and radiation.
    • Capacity / Usage: 100 Charges / 10 per activation
  • Sentience:
    • Bound to a timid abyssal quantum-spirit named Aozora (Telepathy 60 ft. with operator).
  • Properties & Modifiers:
    • Flawless Mask: Sensors, arcane diagnostics, and identify routines register the apparatus as a standard 15th-level Alchemic Synthesizer.
    • Atmospheric Equilibrium Field: Grants all friendly personnel within 30 feet a +2 item bonus to Fortitude saves against extreme environmental temperatures, radiation, and decompression effects.
    • Analytical Link: Grants the operator a +2 item bonus to Crafting, Life Science, Physical Science, and Mysticism checks made within the laboratory.
  • Activated Abilities:
    • Synthesize Serum of the Abyssal Tide:
      • Action: 1 Hour (Manipulate)
      • Cost: 10 Charges
      • Effect: Creates one vial of Serum of the Abyssal Tide (Item 17). Imbibing grants a swim Speed equal to land Speed, aquatic breathing, resistance 20 to cold, and immunity to high-pressure/vacuum environments for 8 hours. (1/day).
    • Transmute Cerulean Alloy:
      • Action: 10 Minutes (Manipulate)
      • Cost: 20 Charges
      • Effect: Transmutes 10 Bulk of scrap metal into refined Cerulean Orichalcum (value 5,000 Credits; weapons built with this material gain the Freezing critical hit effect). (1/day).
    • Cerulean Cryo-Lockdown:
      • Action: Two Actions (Manipulate)
      • Cost: 25 Charges
      • Effect: Vents freezing blue mist across a 30-foot emanation. Hostile targets must attempt a DC 38 Fortitude saving throw. On a failure, the target is encased in solid sapphire ice, becoming Paralyzed and Clumsy 2 in cryogenic stasis for 1 minute. The target is immune to physical damage while encased but can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns to break free. (2/day).

Traveller (Second Edition / Mongoose 2E)

Cryo-Harmonic Resonator Hearth (Prototype Mimic 931) Ancient Alien Synthesis Reactor (TL 15 / Disguised as TL 10)

  • Item Specifications:
    • Tech Level (TL): TL 15 (Concealed inside an apparent TL 10 heavy thermal-refining furnace)
    • Weight: 1,500 kg (Immobile shipboard or base module)
    • Cost: MCr 12 (Appraised valuation MCr 2.5)
    • Power Requirements: 2 Power units (Internal cryogenic battery provides 48 hours of autonomous function)
  • Game Mechanics:
    • Passive Environmental Stabilization: Personnel resting inside the installation bay recover from physical characteristic damage (STR, DEX, END) at twice the normal medical rate.
    • Heuristic Analysis Persona (Aozora): The integrated quantum-heuristic entity interfaces via sub-vocal comms, granting DM+2 to Science (Chemistry), Science (Physics), and Electronics (Sensors) tests conducted within the lab.
    • Synthesize Abyssal Compound (Active): With 1 hour of refinement and a Science (Chemistry) 10+ test, produces 1 dose of Abyssal Tide Compound. The user ignores vacuum/high-pressure penalties, gains liquid-breathing adaptation, and gains +2 DM to all END checks against hypothermia and environmental shock for 8 hours. (1 per 24 hours).
    • Molecular Orichalcum Transmutation (Active): Once per 24 hours, the reactor reconstructs 10 kg of heavy scrap into Cerulean Orichalcum bullion (market value Cr 50,000; can be machined into advanced armor plating).
    • Cryo-Stasis Discharge (Active): As a significant action, the operator vents the harmonic coolant bank. All personnel within 10 meters without sealed vacc suits must make an END 10+ check at DM-2. On a failure, targets are flash-frozen into crystalline stasis blocks for 1D6 combat rounds, completely immobilized and unable to take actions.

Warhammer (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition)

The Cerulean Crucible of Kharzadul (Mimic 931) Arcane Sanctum Crucible / Bound Spirit Relic (Disguised Wind of Chamon Forge)

  • Item Profile:
    • Encumbrance: Immobile (Requires permanent installation in a laboratory or fortified vault)
    • Availability: Unique / Exotic
    • Structure: 8 feet tall, 5 feet wide; volcanic obsidian with gold runic inlays
  • Sentience:
    • Houses the shy, bound deep-water spirit Aozora. Communicates via cold psychic impressions through the GM, offering precise advice on alchemical balances and warning of approaching intruders.
  • Rules & Modifiers:
    • False Guise: Second Sight and witch-hunters’ scrutinies perceive the furnace as an authentic gold-order (Chamon) smelting crucible, cloaking its elevated hydro-stasis matrix.
    • Aura of the Azure Depths: Characters taking a Full Rest inside the crucible room heal 1 additional Wound and recover from the Fatigued Condition in half the required time.
    • Analytical Whispers: Grants a +10 bonus to Channelling, Trade (Alchemist), and Perception tests made while inside the installation room.
    • Brew Draught of the Abyssal Tide (Activated Trait): With 1 hour of brewing and a Trade (Alchemist) Test (DN 7:4), produces 1 flask of Elixir of the Abyssal Tide. Consuming it allows the imbiber to breathe underwater, grants +3 SL to Toughness Tests against Cold and Drowning, and renders them immune to freezing weather for 8 hours. (1 use per day).
    • Cerulean Orichalcum Transmutation (Activated Trait): Once per day, the user may spend 10 minutes to transmute 10 Encumbrance of raw lead or iron into pure Cerulean Orichalcum (worth 100 Gold Crowns; weapons forged with this metal gain the Impact and Freezing qualities).
    • Stasis Frostburst (Activated Trait): Twice per day, the operator may spend an Action to vent the secondary pressure valve. A wave of freezing blue vapor fills the room (Large Blast). All hostile targets in the radius must succeed on an Opposed Toughness Test against a base Toughness of 60 or become flash-frozen in sapphire ice (Paralyzed and Incapacitated in stasis) for 1D10 rounds. Encased targets are immune to non-magical physical damage while frozen.