Wyr'palja's Workbook

Bound between thin plates of orichalcum on a hinged spine, this book contains Wyr'palja's notes on artifact design, manse construction and similar projects. Carved into the cover, a complex arrangement of a multitude of small gears appear to move as one looks at them. The book is about eight inches tall and twice as wide. The book is organized into loose chapters, mostly written by hand in Old Realm, along with many diagrams. It is unclear from the notes if the items in this book were invented by Wyr'palja, or merely constructed by her.

Trifles

Designs for the following Rating 1 artifacts:

• Aegis-Inset Amulets (wola.71) - A set of surgically implanted amulets that allow mortals to wear magical armor, in exchange for accelerated aging.
• Jade Salary - A jade jar that produces salt each day.
• Liquid Blade - A sword hilt that any can use which collects water into a blade. Skilled users can control the solidity of the blade to subtract 2 successes from attempts to block it.
• Bracers of the Shapeless Wardrobe - Bracers allowing the storage and instant exchange of various sets of clothing to and from Elsewhere.

Trinkets

Designs for the following Rating 2 artifacts:

• Discreet Essence Amor (wola.80) - A set of wrist and ankle guards that generate a glowing force field.
• Portable Geomantic Recharging Module (wola.61) - A device that allows artifacts to be recharged from a hearthstone.
• Prayer Transceiver Module (wola.61) - A small disk that allows messages to be left and played back for people with the same type of artifact.
• Wall Eater (wola.130) - A skull-sized beetle like seige device that can eat through walls or ship hulls.

Practicals

Designs for the following Rating 3 artifacts:

• Blood Seed (bo3c.94) - Plant this metal seed to grow five armored troops for a scene.
• Dauntless Bracers - An advanced set of hearthstone bracers that add the rating of the hearthstone used to soak and subtract the hearthstone rating in dice from attacks against you.
• Essence Twister (wola.132) - An area-effect riot control weapon that causes nausea in targets, though less effective against non-mortals.
• Fire Lance (wola.77) - A spear that can shoot fire.
• Golden Bird of Sunlight (cult.69) - A bird that can carry messages at 100 miles per hour.
• Hyperion Sphere - A crystal ball used as a throwing weapon that returns to the attackers hands after each toss. Each time the ball hits, it's damage bonus increases by +1L, to a max of +12L. The bonus resets on a miss. The magical material used in construction also provides a bonus, depending on material.
• Omniscient Literary Advisor (wola.64) - A sheet of blue jade that can memorize and summarize books.
• Quagmire Perimeter Mine (wola.91) - A device that can be buried and will turn the ground to quicksand under the feet of targets with specific characteristics.
• Sentinel Defense Force Armor (wola.81) - Armor intended to enhance local security forces.
• Sky Mantis Tower (wola.65) - A large weather control machine.
• Silken Armor (cb_e.80) - Silk enchanted to provide soak, without interfering with Martial Arts.
• Sunshine Walking Anklets - Brightly glowing anklets that allow the user to walk on air and increase their movement rate.
• Whale-Belly Carp-class water transport - A foot long metal fish containing a pocket of Elsewhere, allowing it to carry 1000 pounds of people and luggage on an underwater voyage to a specified location, traveling 300 miles per hour.

Keepsakes

Designs for the following Rating 4 artifacts:

• Armor of Elemental Inurement (wola.83) - Five different types of armor, each built to withstand one of the five elements.
• Eternally Sepulchered Warden - A collection of chain and blades into which a demon can be bound.
• Iron Horse (cb_e.81) - A tireless, extremely sturdy, mount automaton.
• Spirit-Focusing Regalia - Adds a virtual three points to Essence for purposes of charms.
• Stepping Stones - When a stone is stepped on, the user will be teleported to the next nearest stepping stone.
• Warbird (ruin.88) - A bird-shaped flying mount automaton.
• Warstrider Firelance (wola.159) - Large, vehcile or warstrider mounted weapons that spew fire. Two different designs are shown. One uses a built-in essence battery and is meant for use in warstriders. The other uses tanks of alchemical fuel called vim vitae, intended for mounting on warbirds.
• Wings of the Raptor (wola.54) - Cloaks that can sprout wings.

Triumphs

Designs for the following Rating 5 artifacts:

• Crucible of Tarim (bo3c) - A pot into which spells can be distilled into liquid.
• Mother's Call - A collection of 101 jad rods that accelerates the healing of shadowlands.
• Storm Hammer (wola.135) - A hearthstone-powered weapon allowing the controller to call down lightning on any within two miles.

Manse Design

Contains a numerous notes on geomantic magic and manse design.

Projects

Full plans to Luminous Talon Rain and Molt-Defying Plumage, two flying royal warstriders.

Diagram of the Three Gated Cage