<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hiking his skirt up a bit, he walked beside the gnome’s chair, putting his behind and thighs on display as he put on the impressed schoolgirl charm.  “Wow, this is all so amazing, you invent and create so much, and so many, it’s all so big!  So what are we going to work on, watching an experiment or newest invention tested?  Or even helping work on some top secret new project?  What’s the most fabulous, fantastic thing you’re working on?  I promise we won’t tell!”</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The gnome couldn’t help but sneak a little-too-long peek at Kleris’ assets, only to turn away when Elmira asked him a question.<br/><br/>“Oh yes, House Cannith is actually a very old house as far as the marks go, but it didn’t become an international power until the War of the Mark…”<br/><br/>Turning back to Kleris with a smile, he couldn’t help but answer. “Well, pretend to be surprised when you see it, but we’ve been working on a rather involved project. Every plane of existence has in it unique residue. Casual plane-hopping can pick it up, but not in appreciable amounts. Several decades of long-term inhabitation build up the residue in a living body. Redhurst’s unique status as a trans-dimensional academy provides a great opportunity for research into this! Certain magic items keyed to once-lost plan-”<br/><br/>Suthrak and Adeline were distracting a warforged artisan, oohing and aahing at its four-armed harness worked on two forges at once.<br/><br/>“Ladies, please do not stand too close to the windows!”<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Gnome's Charisma is 15, so +2 modifier. This qualifies as Secret Knowledge, so the DCs are well within your incredibly impressive 38 result! <strong>Gain 750 experience points!</strong></div></div><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">Basement Level 2</span></span></div><br/>The tour continued through the veritable building, including a stop by the gift shop with commemorative paraphernalia ranging from gorgon plushies (5 silver pieces each) to tiny Ioun Torches (75 gp each) which produce a light emitting the symbol of the Dragonmarked house. The gnome came to an ornate elevator with mithral lattice work and a multi-setting lever displaying a half-circle with numeric labels from 1 to 30. The guide waited for everyone to get in, and used a key to unlock a panel showing an additional 30 basement levels beneath the half-circle. Ari, all the while, was silent, sitting at Kleris' side.<br/><br/>“Wow,” Adeline exclaimed. “How deep are we-”<br/><br/>The gnome answered her question by pulling the lever all the way to Basement 30.<br/><br/>The elevator came to life with a lurch, and Filomena curiously tilted her head as the lift grew dark, the sole light coming from crimson<em>everburning torches</em>set in sconces. Elmira moved closer to Kleris, taking a hold of her hand, while Suthrak protested.<br/><br/>“Hey, at least warn us before things get dark!”<br/><br/>“What is happening?” Adeline asked. “Are you trying to remove my friend’s senses?!”<br/><br/>“Do not worry!” the gnome squealed. “Everything will be brighter once we get to the bottom!”<br/><br/>...<br/><br/>And indeed they arrived at the bottom, aglow not with cantrips or the aforementioned torches, but huge chambered forges alive with the embers of raw magical creation. Series of levitating concentric walkways hovered above and between the forges, a solid black disc bearing a crystalline control panel in the center floated above a green-white pool. All of the girls gasped at the sight, and it seemed that even Ari's head darted to and fro with uncharacteristic vigor. A mechanical gradually-sloping ramp unfolded from the elevator with audible<em>click-clacks</em>straight to the central platform. Every so often the body of a golem levitated out of the pool, its shell raw and red as outer plating floated up and grafted onto its torso, limbs, and head. High up above the chamber in a windowed viewing area, Kleris could see Merrix d’Cannith watching.<br/><br/>“Welcome to our great Creation Forge!” Merrix exclaimed as his voice echoed down via the aid of magical<em>ventriloquism.</em>“Your Redhurst has taught you well, but talent alone is not the only reason I summoned you here.”<br/><br/>Filomena didn’t take her eyes off Merrix as they followed the gnome. Elmira and the others were too enraptured at the Creation Forge to pay such attention. The crystalline panel loudly thrummed as the gnome input several commands. Elsewhere on the platform emerged a bronze table with several handles on its top, not unlike the kind put on doors. But there were no apparent hatches with which they aided in opening.<br/><br/>“Redhurst is truly a gifted school. It touches many planes of existence in its travels, planes which the realm of Eberron has been unfortunately distant. The cosmic energies taken for granted in other lands are precious here. Energies which suffuse all things within its creation, including yourselves.”<br/><br/>The bronze table lit up. “Touch the handles. If you bear the power, you can forward House Cannith, and Redhurst Academy of Magic, into a new golden age! Once rare and valued artifacts shall be as common as healing potions and ioun stones! Think of the wonders you can make, the strife with which you can end!”<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Merrix d’Cannith is lying about helping out Redhurst, but he has a Glibness spell up which skyrocketed his Bluff to a whopping 54 result.[url=http://Kleris can still be suspicious, but she won’t have cause to think that Merrix does not believe his own vision of grandiosity. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=145905)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Knowledge Planes DC 25</div><div class="spoiler_body">These are Planar Attunement Handles. Each one is keyed to a specific plane of existence. A person with the proper cosmic residue in abundance from said plane, and the raw magical potential to properly wield it, can channel a large amount of power by touching said handle.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">DC 30</div><div class="spoiler_body">These handles are all attuned to Dal Quor, the Plane of Dreams. A realm which has been distant from Eberron for untold eons.<br/><br/>At this point Horishkad will communicate to you. <em>The fool knows not what forces he shall unleash! Whatever you do Kleris, DO NOT TOUCH THE HANDLE.</em></div></div></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Refuse Merrix’s orders</div><div class="spoiler_body">”Why do you hesitate?” Merrix’s voice rang out again. “It is but a simple request, with no harm to come to you.” At this point several of the golems are now floating up onto the platform, their presence unmoving but heads directed at Kleris.<br/><br/>Should Kleris refuse further, her hand will be seized by a materialized Grasping Hand, forcing her onto the handle to the screams and protests of her classmates. (https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/g/grasping-hand) Ari will attempt to intervene, only for the hand to knock it away.<br/><br/>“I’m sorry I have to be so forceful,” Merrix said. “But I cannot let this opportunity out of my grasp. We can usher in a world the likes of which the multiverse has never before seen!”</div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">The Forge Awakens</span></span><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/s9bLqAb.jpg?1)</div><br/>Whether by choice or force, Kleris’ hand was set upon the handle. Where the other students’ presence did not so much as elicit a faint aura, a shock of ethereal lightning baked between her palm and the Planar Attunement Handle. The thick scent of ozone covered the platform, and all of the forges glowed a brilliant golden, linked arcane coils running from each of them into the pool. No more humanoid golems came out from the pool. Instead something larger, far larger, stirred beneath the surface.<br/><br/>Horishkad materialized at this point, grasping Kleris (and overcoming any conjured giant hands) as what appeared to be a dragon flew out of the pool and collided with the disc’s underside. Filomena cast a<em>feather fall</em>spell, an invisible chain of force touching herself, Adeline, Suthrak, Kleris, Elmira, and the gnome as the platform lurched suddenly at a steep angle.<br/><br/>“All personnel, secure the Creation Forge!” Merrix’s voice boomed out. “Neutralize the dragonforged!”<br/><br/>Combat Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUelR8WPhuo)<br/><br/><em>Roll for initiative (Ari acts on yours). The Quori Dragonforged has 118 Hit Points, 25 AC (7 touch, 21 flat-footed), is intelligent but has construct immunities, and is considered to have rolled 18/6/14 for Fort/Ref/Will results. House Cannith Personnel are focused on the Dragonforged, but if you wish their individual stats are 25 Hit Points, 18 AC (11 touch, 15 flat-footed), and are considered to have rolled 13/10/12 on their Fort/Ref/Will results.<br/>Initiative Results<br/>Filomena 19<br/>House Cannith Personnel 17<br/>Quori Dragonforged 6 (+3)<br/>Redhurst Student Bystanders 6 (+1)</em><br/>