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WRoss
03-12-2011, 08:05 PM
a polished crystal ball with a carved modwir base

Only works within realm. Rub it to set, look in the ball to see your location:


You rub the crystal ball.
Grey mist swirls chaotically inside it!

>out
[Ta'Illistim, Shimmarglin Court]
The bottom of the floating dais overhead falls over this patch of the courtyard, shrouding the cobblestones below in a darkness only broken by the purposeful placement of a few silver lanterns. Their unflickering blue light gives the space a ghostly glow. You also see a silver trash receptacle.
Obvious paths: southeast, southwest
>
An unstable solar spirit floats in, following you.
>l ball
The mist inside the crystal ball swirls momentarily then quickly gathers into an image!

[Ta'Illistim, Hanging Gardens]
The dais is ringed by a series of slender columns, each one simply fluted and carved from perfectly white marble. Within the circle of the columns' embrace, and elevated high off of the ground, a tiny garden of cultivated plants grows. Closed roses climb around the carved legs of a mistwood bench, which sits alongside neat beds of night blooming columbine and a tended plot of white jasmine. Over the whole enclosure is a coffered dome set with an oculus. You also see the Eldas disk, the Sleevina disk, the Zyzax disk and a silver trash receptacle.
Also here: High Lord Eldas, Sleevina, Ana, Zyzax
Obvious paths: out

Shows realtime appearance of the location. Doesn't appear to be a limit to the amount of times it can be used. No loresong.

I've heard that there is something similar to this that lets your transport 1x a day to that location. I've tried as many commands as I can think of and haven't figured it out. Any info on that would be appreciated.

Fallen
03-12-2011, 08:08 PM
I'd say 10ish mill Min Bid without the teleportation feature, and I couldn't hazard to guess with the teleportation feature.

Makkah
03-12-2011, 08:10 PM
At the very least they should have given it mechanics of the Vision MnM spell... like 10-20 seconds of realtime WATCHING the room

WRoss
03-12-2011, 08:11 PM
hmm, I'll venture into the officials and see if a GM can tell me.

WRoss
03-12-2011, 08:17 PM
>scry
This crystal ball has not been properly tuned for scrying.

Ardwen is telling me that this means it won't transport.

Fallen
03-12-2011, 08:46 PM
Sometimes a crystal ball is a just a crystal ball that lets you check on a single room at a time. And that's kind of neat!


That settles that.

waywardgs
03-12-2011, 08:48 PM
That settles that.

Still neat.

Fallen
03-12-2011, 08:48 PM
Still neat.

Agreed.

WRoss
03-12-2011, 08:55 PM
So I feel like it's worth a bit more than the scrying crystals that are set to a set location. This can be used for invasions, stalking, creeping....shit, it's just perfect for Eliaku.

Fallen
03-12-2011, 08:58 PM
Best use for them IMO is a wizard so they can get via familiar without having to beg.

waywardgs
03-12-2011, 08:59 PM
Best use for them IMO is a wizard so they can get via familiar without having to beg.

Mechanically, sure, but they're fun to rp with.