Lyre of Stonecrushing
History
The Lyre of Stonecrushing's origins are lost in
antiquity,
though it was believed to be created during the reign of Grecia
on Ærth. There is an apocryphal section of Homer's epic
poetry about this device being used during the great way of
Troy.
The device has been used in several sieges, usually being
effective
against smaller fortresses will little or no Heka protection.
It is also said to be the source of the maxim "Those who
anger a Bard may soon find their sturdy cottage or their castle
turned into dust."
Description
A Lyre of Stonecrushing usually looks like an ordinary
Lyre of Unsurpased quality. Usually, it is plated with Silver
or Electrum. In any event, there is usually some form of
pictogram
indicating hints as to its uses. (For instance, a fist crushing
stone, Stone turning to dust, etc.)
If the aura is analyzed, auras of Mixed Heka can be found, and
further scruntiny if possible will reveal the presence of ties
to both the elemental sphere of Ærth (Stone) as well as
Entropy.
Powers
The Lyre is a magickal instrument. As such, the device conferes
5d6 STEEP Muscial ability to the user when he plays the device.
The power of the device is apparent when playing the lyre and
staring at a mass of stone, brick, ground, clay, or even mud
within
60 yards. When played, a sparkshower of magical effect can be
seen, slowly disintergrating or "eating away" the
stone
mass, to disappear in stone and dust. For every AT this Lyre
is played, a 10' cubic quantity of stone will be disintergrated.
This is a good device used for both digging projects and siege
adventures. If a user is interupted via combat, round to the
nearest BT (1'/BT) to determine the quantity disintergrated.
Note that a user must concentrate solely on this task, and
cannot
perform other tasks.
The device also has an inimical effect upon Stone-based
creatures.
Creatures made of Ærth Elemental substance, such as most
elementals and similar lifeforms (Djinn), Stone Golems, and
animated
statues will take D6 PD/CT when a user is playing this device.
Those creatures that are aware (not just preprogramned
non-thinking
automatons) will know this device to be the cause of their
injury
and will likely perform a full assault on the persona if able.
Those HPs will the K/S area Spellsongs can attempt to
enhance
the effect. By making a K/S roll vs. DR "Hard", they
can double the amount of stone disintergrated (roll each AT) or
the amount of damage done to an Ærth creature (roll each
CT for extra D6 of damage).
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