Morgan's

Iron Kingdoms
Gearbooks

Liber Mechanika
I Runeplates
II Dedicated Mechanika
III Mechanikal Modifications
IV Mechanika Power Sources
V Steamjack Gear, Upgrades and Weapons
VI Warcaster Armour
VII Warcaster Armour Upgrades
VIII Cyriss-Tech
IX Arcanomechanikal Tools
X From the Workshop of Doctor Arkadius

Liber Alchemica
I Alchemy
II Bone Grinding
III Field Alchemy

Assorted Appendices
I Mechanical Equipment
II Skills and Mechanika Workshop
III The Grimoire

Lasted updated: 8th March 2017

 “They say necessity is the mother of invention. Well, by that
account I should probably consider myself the crazy uncle of
invention who is never invited to family dos...”

Abbreviations
IKMN – Iron Kingdoms Monsternomicon, IKRPG – Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Roleplaying Game Core Rules,
IKU – Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Roleplaying Game Core Rules; IKUA – Iron Kingdoms Urban Adventure; IKWA –
Iron Kingdoms Wild Adventure, NQ – No Quarter Magazine
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The Runeplate Library
Ambient Transfer Field
Type: Armour
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: This runeplate is usually only installed in suits of
mechanikal armour equipped with heavy-duty power
sources like storm chambers or arcane turbines. When
powered, this runeplate generates an ambient field that
transfers power to resonance converters installed in
mechanikal devices worn or carried by the wearer of the
armour, powering them without the need for cabling (and
thus without inflicting a -1 penalty to attack modifiers for
weapons that cables would inflict).
If resonance converters attempt to draw more power from
the ambient transfer field than its power source can
supply, the field collapses, rendering all devices drawing
power from the resonance converters unpowered
(example: A suit of mechanikal armour with an ambient
transfer field runeplate and an arcane turbine can generate
8 points of power. The ambient transfer field runeplate
draws 1 point of power, so if resonance converters draw
more than the 7 points of power left, the field collapses).
Animantic Seizure
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a melee weapon equipped with this
runeplate has power, mechanikal constructs with souls
who are hit by this weapon become stationary for one
round (this usually means vessels of Cyriss. If the
construct in question also has the Undead trait, it is not
affected, as this runeplate's effects cannot overcome the
more powerful necromantic binding of the soul to its
shell).
Arcane Accuracy
Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a weapon equipped with this runeplate has
power, a Gifted user may make attack rolls using his ARC
instead of POI or PRW. The weapon’s attack roll
modifiers (e.g. for wielding a Caspian battleblade in one
hand) still apply, but the user’s relevant military skill does
not when using ARC for attack rolls (e.g. a Gifted user
with ARC 5, PRW 4 and Hand Weapon 2 wielding an
arcane accuracy sword has an effective MAT of 5 rather
than 6, making this rune useful only for individuals with
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great arcane ability but little formal weapon training).
The arcane accuracy rune is fully compatible with other
runes that affect attack rolls, like the accuracy rune or the
enhanced ergonomics rune.
Special: Arcane Accuracy and Elemental Mastery
If a mechanikal weapon equipped with an arcane accuracy
rune also has an elemental effect and is wielded by a
sorcerer with the Elemental Mastery ability (see IKRPG,
p. 161), the attack roll bonus granted by the Elemental
Mastery ability is conferred to the weapon as well as long
as it uses an elemental effect appropriate to the sorcerer’s
energy type. The following chart suggests some elemental
runes that confer appropriate effects:
Runes that change the weapon’s damage type
to Fire, or inflict additional fire damage or the
Fire
Fire continuous effect (e.g. the flame rune)
Runes that change the weapon’s damage type
to Cold, or inflict additional cold damage, or
Ice
can render targets without Immunity: Cold
stationary (e.g. the cold rune)
Runes that cause the target character to be
Stone slammed or knocked down (e.g. the arcane
force rune)
Runes that change the weapon’s damage type
to Electrical, or inflict additional electrical
Storm
damage or can disrupt steamjack cortices (e.g.
the electrocutioner rune)
Arcane Convection
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a weapon equipped with this runeplate has
power, spellcasters who disable a living character in
melee with this weapon may reduce the COST of one
spell by 1 (or boost an attack or damage roll without
spending focus or gaining fatigue, or increase a spell's
range for free if they are will weavers). If this bonus is not
used before the end of the spellcaster's current activation,
it is lost.
Arcane Force Dampening
Type: Armour, Shield
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a suit of armour equipped with this
runeplate has power, the character receives +2 ARM
against any damage rolls caused by spells and magical
damage rolls (this includes arcing lightning and the
additional damage rolls caused by spells like Chain
Lightning, Ashes to Ashes, or Star Fire, as well as
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magical damage rolls from the Admonisher ability that
some holy weapons like Hierarch Severius' staff have, but
not magical weapon damage rolls, rune shots or arcing
lightning from mechanikal weapons like the voltaic
halberd).
When the arcane force dampening runeplate has been
installed in a shield, only those attacks originating in the
character's front arc have to overcome the ARM bonus (in
the case of arcing damage, the character from which the
damage arcs is considered to be the point of origin for the
damage roll only for determining whether the arcane force
dampening shield provides protection).
If a character wears a suit of arcane dampening
mechanikal armour and also bears an arcane dampening
mechanikal shield, the ARM bonuses are cumulative
when that character suffers magical damage originating in
his front arc.
Arcane Injection
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a melee weapon equipped with this
runeplate has power, magic attack rolls made by the
wielder of this weapon against a character hit by this
weapon in the same round receive a +2 bonus.
Arcane Muting
From Doktor Grym's Liber Mechanika
Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a weapon equipped with this runeplate has
power, spellcasters hit by this weapon become unable to
cast spells for 1 round.
Arcane Receiver
Type: Armour
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: While a suit of armour equipped with this
runeplate has power, spells cast at the character wearing
the armour have their RNG increased by 5”, unless the
spell's range is B2B, SP, or CTRL.
The runeplate affects the spells of friend and enemy alike,
however, enemies generally do not know of the presence
of the runeplate, and thus are usually unprepared to make
use of it.
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Arcane Resonator
Type: Armour
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a suit of armour equipped with this
runeplate has power, spells may be upkept on the
character wearing the suit of armour without requiring the
caster to take fatigue or spend focus or fury.
This runeplate is somewhat experimental in nature since
its effect applies to both friendly and enemy upkeep
spells. However, enemy casters usually do not know of
the runeplate's presence and thus will be unprepared to
use it for their own benefit (though they notice the arcane
resonator's effect at once when they find upkeeping spells
on their target is effortless).
Arcane Resonator, Keyed
Type: Armour
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a suit of armour equipped with this
runeplate has power, a single spell determined by the
specific keyed arcane resonate runeplate may be upkept
on the character wearing the suit of armour without
requiring the caster to take fatigue or spend focus or fury.
The keyed arcane resonator runeplate only works on a
specific spell cast by a Gifted user with specific training
background, determined at the point of time the runeplate
is inscribed (e.g. the runeplate can be keyed to the Aura of
Protection spell cast by an arcanist, but will then not work
on any other spell, not even on the Aura of Protection
spell cast by a priest because the runic configurations
priests use are sufficiently different).
Arcane Siphon
Type: Melee Weapons, Ranged Weapons
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: While this runeplate has power, focusers hit by a
weapon enhanced with this runeplate lose 1 point of focus
(focus is lost before making the damage roll). There is no
effect on willweavers or harnessers.
If the weapon enhanced with an Arcane Siphon runeplate
also has the bond runeplate and is bonded to a warcaster,
the bonded warcaster receives the point of focus drained
from the victim (the warcaster receives the focus before
making the damage roll for the attack).
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Arcane Strength
Type: Armour
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: While a suit of armour equipped with this
runeplate has power, the wearer of the armour gains a
bonus to his Strength stat equal to half his Arcane stat
(rounded down). This rune provides no benefit to users
who are not Gifted.
The arcane strength rune was reverse-engineered from the
arcanikal principles utilized by the suits of armour worn
by Iosan battle mages.
Arcane Strike
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a melee weapon equipped with this
runeplate has power, a spellcaster wielding this weapon
who hits another character with a melee attack may
immediately cast an offensive spell against the character
hit without the need for spending a quick action. The
spellcaster must spend any focus or fury required by the
spell or gain fatigue as normal, and must still make a
magic attack roll to hit with the spell. Normal targeting
restrictions still apply (e.g. if a character cannot be
targeted by spells, he still cannot be targeted by a spell
when being hit by an arcane strike weapon).
Bleed
From Macavity's Liber Mechanika
Type: Melee Weapon (non-bludgeoning), Ranged
Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune points: 2
Effect: While the weapon equipped with this runeplate
has power, living targets successfully damaged by this
weapon suffer 1d3 additional damage once the attack by
this weapon has been completely resolved. If this damage
incapacitates the character, he automatically suffers the
Spitting Blood result on the injury table (see IKRPG, p.
217).
Bond Plate, Keyed
Type: Armour, Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon, Shield
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: A keyed bond plate works like a regular bond
plate (IKRPG, p. 285), with two differences: A keyed
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bond plate is keyed to one particular warcaster, who can
bond to a piece of equipment with this runeplate by
touching it and spending a quick action rather than the
usual full action. However, no other warcaster may bond
to a piece of mechanika equipped with a keyed bond
plate. It is for this reason that keyed bond plates do not
find much use with less well-off mercenary outfits which
might need to sell or share equipment. Likewise, when a
runeplate including the keyed bond rune is sold off (and
the buyer knows it is a keyed bond rune), a buyer will
only pay for runes other than the keyed bond rune, which
might have to be disabled by an arcane mechanik to make
the runeplate run on a cheaper power source (a disabled
keyed bond rune will no longer work or draw power, but
it does still count against the maximum number of runes
on a runeplate).
Bond Plate, Low-Capacity
Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon, Shield
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: This experimental runeplate is an attempt to create
a cheaper and more power-efficient bond plate rune for
warcaster equipment. It works like a normal bond plate
(see IKRPG, p. 285), but cannot be installed in warcaster
armour. Additionally, a low-capacity bond plate only
allows the warcaster to safely spend a single point of
focus each turn on buying attacks or boosting with the
weapon. If the warcaster spends a second point of focus
on the same weapon, the low-capacity bond plate burns
out on 1 on 1d6, breaking the bond and requiring the
weapon's runeplate to be replaced (though runes other
than the low-capacity bond plate rune will continue
functioning).
A warcaster may never spend more than two points of
focus per round on a weapon equipped with a low-
capacity bond plate.
Bond Plate, Resonant
Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon, Shield, Armour
(as part of a suit of warcaster armour)
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: The resonant bond plate provides the same
benefits as a standard bond plate (see IKRPG, p. 285 and
pp. 289-290). Additionally, a warcaster may bond with up
to two pieces of mechanika equipped with matching
resonant bond runeplates per bond slot (see IKRPG, p.
158). This property is very delicate; when two matching
resonant bond runes are inscribed on runeplates, no
further runes may be inscribed on either of these
runeplates without destroying the resonant bond property
and effectively causing the resonant bond runes to be
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treated like standard bond runes afterwards. If a piece of
mechanika with a resonant bond rune is lost, a matching
rune can be recreated on a new runeplate as long as the
mechanik inscribing the rune has access to the remaining
runeplate during the inscribing process and creates a
runeplate with the same runes as the lost runeplate.
Bond Plate, Virtuoso
Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: This rune works exactly like a bond plate (see
IKRPG, p. 285) when spending focus to gain additional
attacks with a mechanikal weapon a warcaster has bonded
to. Instead of enabling a warcaster to boost attack and
damage rolls with focus points, however, the warcaster
may instead spend 1 focus to gain the Virtuoso Skilled
Archetype benefit (see IKRPG, p. 117) for one attack.
Virtuoso bond runes cannot be used to boost rolls, and
cannot be used to enhance blast damage rolls. When
making an attack with RNG:SP, 1 point of focus must be
spend separately for each target to gain the benefits.
Brainwrecker
Type: Melee Weapons
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a weapon equipped with this runeplate has
power, a living character hit with this weapon suffers 1
additional point of damage to his first available circle on
the Intellect branches of his damage spiral. This damage
is inflicted before making a damage roll.
Brutal
Type: Melee Weapons, Ranged Weapons
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: This runeplate only works in conjunction with a
bond runeplate. While this runeplate has power, when a
point of focus is spent to boost an attack roll with the
weapon enhanced by this runeplate, the damage roll is
boosted as well.
Brutal Transfer
Type: Melee Weapons
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: When the character using a weapon with this
runeplate installed receives focus from the Transference
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spell and uses it to boost an attack roll, the damage roll is
automatically boosted as well.
Burst Emitter
Type: Melee Weapons (weapons with Reach only)
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: This runeplate causes the kinetic energy generated
by swinging a weapon to become continuously grounded
on any nearby bodies (like the individuals making up a
swarm of creatures) rather than delivering the energy to a
single target the weapon connects with. Consequently,
while a melee weapon equipped with this runeplate has
power, it does full damage against characters with the
Swarm trait (see IKMN, p. 99; normally, melee weapons
reduce the damage they inflict on swarms by one die).
However, while this runeplate has power, the melee
weapon inflicts blast damage against characters without
the Swarm trait (halve STR+POW, rounded up; special
defences against blast damage like the force field spell
(see IKRPG, p. 239) or the Girded ability (see IKRPG, p.
163) also apply). Burst emitter runeplates are thus usually
equipped with an individual trigger that can be used to
enable or disable the burst emitter effect with a quick
action.
Though burst emitter runeplates could theoretically be
installed in melee weapons without Reach, the short
length of the weapon would cause the runeplate to shed
some of the weapon's energy on the wielder, inflicting a
blast damage roll as described above on the wielder of the
weapon for every attack made.
Caustic Field
[Types: Corrosion or Fire]
Type: Armour
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: While the runeplate has power, continuous effects
of the runeplate's type (Corrosion or Fire) do not expire
while the character suffering the continuous effect is
within 2” of the character wearing the suit of armour
equipped with the caustic field rune (however, continuous
effects may still be shaken, e.g. by spending feat points,
and some circumstances, like a character who is on fire
diving into a lake, will also cause continuous effects to
expire despite the presence of a nearby caustic field).
Users are strongly advised to always combine a caustic
field rune with an aegis rune (see IKRPG, p. 284), as the
caustic field affects the wearer of the suit of armour as
well otherwise.
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Caustic Strike [Corrosion]
Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: While the runeplate has power, characters
suffering from the Corrosion continuous effect hit by the
weapon equipped with this runeplate immediately suffer
1d3 points of corrosion damage.
Caustic Strike [Fire]
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: While the runeplate has power, characters
suffering from the Fire continuous effect hit by the
weapon equipped with this runeplate immediately suffer
an unboostable POW 12 fire damage roll.
Chained Shot
From Macavity's Liber Mechanika
Type: Ranged Weapon (double-barrelled firearm, dual
crossbow, quad-iron, or repeating firearm)
Cost: 450 gc
Rune points: 3
Effect: Once per turn, when the firearm equipped with
this runeplate has power and successfully hits a target, the
character wielding this weapon may immediately make an
additional attack against the same character, if the weapon
has ammunition remaining.
Cloudwalker
Type: Armour
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: While this runeplate has power, the character
wearing the suit of armour equipped with it may pass
through cloud effects or similar non-solid effects like the
barrier created by the wall of fire spell without being
affected by them. If the character ends his movement in
the AOE or is in the AOE when it is created (e.g. when a
spell is cast or a grenade is thrown), the cloudwalker rune
offers no protection.
Additionally, characters wearing cloudwalker-equipped
armour are not protected in any way from the visual
impairment (cover, concealment or blocked LOS)
generated by cloud or wall effects.
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Corrosive Spray
From Macavity's Liber Mechanika
Type: Ranged Weapon (firearm)
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: While the weapon equipped with this runeplate
has power, shots are Range: SP 6, and Damage Type:
Corrosion. Targets hit by this weapon also suffer the
Corrosion continuous effect.
De-Animation
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While the runeplate has power, magically
animated constructs struck by the weapon equipped with
this runeplate (like the wolds of the Circle Orboros and
the mannikins animated by their sentry stones) become
stationary for one round. The rune has no effect on
mechanikal constructs, necromechanikal constructs, and
undead.
Deflecting
Type: Armour
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: While the runeplate has power, the character
wearing the mechanikal armour receives +2 DEF. This
runeplate is usually combined with a compensator
runeplate in order to make the most of its effect, and only
used on light armour.
Disabling
Type: Melee Weapons, Ranged Weapons
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While this runeplate has power, the last aspect (if
the target was a living creature) or system (if the target is
mechanikal) that has suffered damage from the attack is
considered crippled for one round (if the attack's damage
has already crippled that aspect or system, there is no
further effect). If the target does not have a damage spiral,
the GM may choose an effect, or simply consider
Physique crippled for one turn (-2 STR). Since an affected
system is only temporarily disabled and not truly crippled,
there are no catastrophic damage effects from the effect of
this runeplate alone.
Since a steamjack's damage grid contains many boxes that
do not belong to a system (i.e. the hull boxes), they tend
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to not suffer as much from a disabling runeplate's effects

as living creatures. Similarly, as long as a warcaster's Empowerment
power field absorbs all the damage from a disabling Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon
attack, no disabling occurs. Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2

Displacement Drive, Heavy Effect: While the runeplate has power, the Power Booster
spell (see IKRPG, p. 242) may be cast on the weapon (or
Type: Armour
the character carrying it) to boost the next damage roll
Cost: 450 gc
caused by a direct hit with the weapon. If this bonus is not
Rune Points: 3
used before the caster's next Maintenance Phase, it is lost.
Effect: While this runeplate has power, the armour's DEF
penalty is reduced by 2, and its SPD penalty reduced by 1.
Enhanced Ergonomics
Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon, Shield
Displacement Drive, Light Cost: 150 gc
Type: Armour Rune Points: 1
Cost: 300 gc
Effect: While the runeplate has power, the penalty for
Rune Points: 2
wielding a retrofitted mechanikal weapon is reduced by 1
Effect: While this runeplate has power, the armour's DEF (this usually eliminates the penalty altogether. The
penalty is reduced by 2. ergonomic enhancer runeplate improves upon the
compensator glyphs always built into mechanika that
negate the additional weight and bulk of the mechanikal
Disruptor conduits and accumulator (IKRPG, p. 280), at the cost of
Type: Melee Weapons, Ranged Weapons a significantly larger power draw).
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Feedback
Effect: A steamjack hit by a weapon with this runeplate is
Type: Melee Weapons
disrupted (a steamjack suffering Disruption loses all focus
Cost: 300 gc
points and cannot receive focus points or channel spells
Rune Points: 2
for one round).
Effect: While this runeplate has power, the warcaster
bonded to a steamjack that suffers damage from the
Enervation weapon enhanced by this runeplate suffers 1 point of
Type: Melee Weapons damage that bypasses his power field.
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Field Disruptor
Effect: While this runeplate has power, a living character
Type: Melee Weapons
who takes damage from the weapon equipped with the
Cost: 300 gc
runeplate suffers -2 STR for one round. This effect is not
Rune Points: 2
cumulative with a crippled Physique.
Effect: While a melee weapon equipped with this
runeplate has power, a character or warjack equipped with
Elemental Ward a power field that is hit by this weapon loses 1d3 boxes of
Type: Armour its power field before the damage roll is made.
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Fire Spray
Effect: While the runeplate has power, the character
From Macavity's Liber Mechanika
wearing the mechanikal armour gains Immunity to one
element (fire, cold, corrosion, or electricity). A different Type: Ranged Weapon (firearm)
rune must be inscribed and installed for each type of Cost: 450 gc
elemental immunity. Rune Points: 3
Effect: While the weapon equipped with this runeplate

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has power, shots are Range: SP 6, and Damage Type: Fire.

On a critical hit, targets suffer the Fire continuous effect. Force Diffuser
Type: Melee (bludgeoning weapons only)
Cost: 300 gc
Flare Rune Points: 2
Type: Armour, Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon, Shield
Effect: While a bludgeoning melee weapon equipped
Cost: 150 gc
with this runeplate has power, roll 1d6 whenever a
Rune Points: 1
character becomes incapacitated through being struck
Effect: While the piece of equipment with this rune has with this weapon. On a result of 1-2, roll on the injury
power, the user may spend a quick action once per turn to table normally. On a result of 3-6, no roll on the injury
trigger a flare. The flare disorients other characters, table is made and the target is instead automatically
preventing them from making free strikes against the user. concussed.
The user may make this quick action at any point during
his movement (e.g. when moving past an opponent), but
only the characters in whose melee range the user is when Force Shield
he triggers the flare are affected. Type: Shield
The flare rune has no effect against characters with Cost: 450 gc
Eyeless Sight or that do not depend on vision in order to Rune Points: 3
find their targets. Effect: While a shield equipped with this runeplate has
power, the character wearing the shield gains +2 DEF
against ranged attacks originating in his front arc, and
Focus Battery ignores blast damage originating in his front arc.
Type: Armour, Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon, Shield
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1 Fortification
Effect: This runeplate only works in conjunction with a Type: Armour
bond runeplate. While this runeplate has power, a Cost: 450 gc
warcaster may store 1 point of focus in the mechanikal Rune Points: 3
device during his control phase, and later withdraw it at Effect: While the runeplate has power, the character
any point during his activation. Warcasters can only wearing the mechanikal armour receives +2 ARM.
withdraw 1 point of focus from a focus battery during
each activation, even if they have multiple focus batteries
available. A single focus battery cannot store more than
one point of focus.
Freeze Spray
From Macavity's Liber Mechanika
Unfortunately, human and Rhulic focus batteries tend to
be somewhat unreliable, only the Iosans seem to have Type: Ranged Weapon (firearm)
mastered the device, as evidenced by some of their Cost: 450 gc
myrmidons. Roll 1d6 during each maintenance phase in Rune Points: 3
which a piece of mechanika with a focus battery holds Effect: While the weapon equipped with this runeplate
focus. On a result of 1 or 2, the focus battery loses the has power, shots are Range: SP 6, and Damage Type:
point of focus it stores. Cold. On a critical hit, targets that do not have Immunity:
Cold become stationary for one round.

Focussed Blast
Type: Ranged Weapon (firearm with AOE attacks only) Hardening
Cost: 300 gc Type: Armour
Rune Points: 2 Cost: 300 gc
Effect: While a firearm equipped with this runeplate has Rune Points: 2
power, roll an additional die for blast damage rolls caused Effect: While the runeplate has power, the character
by this firearm. Discard the lowest die from each blast wearing the mechanikal armour receives +1 ARM.
damage roll.

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Effect: While this runeplate has power, the melee weapon

Hex equipped with it gains +1 POW and causes the Fire
From Macavity's Liber Mechanika continues effect on a successful hit.

Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon

Cost: 300 gc Induced Propulsion
Rune points: 2
Adapted from a schematic from Jibiki's Liber Mechanika
Effect: While the weapon equipped with this runeplate
Type: Ranged Weapon (firearms only)
has power, a character hit with this weapon adds an extra
Cost: 300 gc
die to their attack rolls in their next activation and
Rune Points: 2
discards the highest die rolled from each roll.
Effect: This rune only works when installed together with
a bond rune. While the firearm equipped with this
Hypnocaustic Feedback runeplate has power, a focuser bonded to this firearm can
Type: Armour spend 1 focus to gain +4 RNG to the shot he is firing (if
Cost: 300 gc the gun in question has an extreme range, the extreme
Rune Points: 2 range is recalculated from the modified RNG). The
induced propulsion rune has no effect on firearms with
Effect: As long as this runeplate is powered, whenever RNG: SP.
the character wearing the suit of armour equipped with
this runeplate becomes affected by a spell that is resisted
with a Willpower roll (which usually means spells like Kinetic Bank
Influence or Overmind, or spells that require Willpower
Type: Melee Weapon
rolls to resist fear), the caster of the spell suffers 1 point
Cost: 150 gc
of damage to the first available circle in his Intellect
Rune Points: 1
aspect. This happens independently of whether the wearer
of the armour successfully resists the spell or not, as long Effect: While the weapon equipped with this runeplate
as the spell hit the character (or the character is in the has power, the character may spend a quick action to
spell's AOE). swing his weapon and store the kinetic energy in the
runeplate. The character then adds 1 die to the next melee
damage roll made with this weapon, but must also remove
Impact the lowest die from the roll. If this bonus is not used
Type: Melee Weapon before the character's next Maintenance Phase, it is lost.
Cost: 150 gc The kinetic bank rune is not compatible with the kinetic
Rune Points: 1 transfer rune.
Effect: While the runeplate has power, the weapon
receives +1 POW. A weapon can only benefit from one
Impact rune at a time. Kinetic Drive
Type: Armour
Cost: 450 gc
Impulse Rune Points: 3
Type: Melee Weapon, Firearm Effect: While the runeplate has power, the character
Cost: 300 gc wearing the armour gains +2 STR.
Rune Points: 3
Effect: A target hit by a weapon with this runeplate while
the runeplate is powered may be pushed 1d3” directly Kinetic Transfer
away from the attacker. On a critical hit, the target is also Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon, Shield
knocked down. Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While the weapon equipped with this runeplate
Incinerator has power, an additional die is rolled for all damage rolls
Type: Melee Weapon inflicted by this weapon on targets directly hit by this
Cost: 450 gc weapon. The lowest die is removed from each roll. This
Rune Points: 3 runeplate cannot be used in ranged weapons with
RNG:SP.

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Knockout
Type: Melee Weapons
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: While a weapon equipped with this runeplate has
power, any successful knockout attacks made with this
weapon gain a +2 bonus to the target number for avoiding
knockout. The runeplate offers no bonuses for weapons
that cannot be used for knockout effects.
Lightning Amplifier
Type: Armour
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: This is an upgraded version of the lightning
conductor runeplate. While a suit of armour equipped
with this runeplate has power, any lightning that arcs to
this character from spells like Chain Lightning or
weapons like the voltaic halberd arcs to 1d3 additional
characters. The lightning always arcs to the nearest
character it has not already arced to within 4” of the last
model it arced to. The character wearing the lightning
amplifier armour still suffers the electrical damage roll
unless the suit of armour is insulated or has an appropriate
runeplate to protect the wearer. The lightning amplifier-
equipped character cannot prevent the lightning from
arcing to another character, and lightning will arc to a
character wearing lightning amplifier-equipped armour
even if that character also has Immunity: Electricity.
Lightning Conductor
Type: Armour
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: While a suit of armour equipped with this
runeplate has power, any lightning that arcs to this
character from spells like Chain Lightning or weapons
like the voltaic halberd arcs to the closest character within
4” as well. The character wearing the lightning conductor
armour still suffers the electrical damage roll unless the
suit of armour is insulated or has an appropriate runeplate
to protect the wearer. The lightning conductor-equipped
character cannot prevent the lightning from arcing to
another character, and lightning will arc to a character
wearing lightning conductor-equipped armour even if that
character also has Immunity: Electricity.
Electrical damage caused by handling voltaic weaponry
rather than by being hit by them does not arc to other
characters because of the lightning conductor runeplate.
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Mindblocker
Type: Melee Weapons, Ranged Weapons
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While this runeplate has power, a character who
takes damage from the weapon equipped with the
runeplate cannot upkeep spells in their next activation.
Might
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While the runeplate has power, the weapon
receives +2 POW. A weapon can only benefit from one
Might rune at a time.
Momentum Drive
Type: Melee Weapon (great weapon only)
Cost: 600 gc
Rune Points: 4
Effect: This runeplate must be triggered by expending a
quick action before attacking. Once triggered, the
character wielding the momentum drive-equipped great
weapon may make a Thresher attack instead of making
his regular attacks (When a character makes a Thresher
attack, make one melee attack against each creature or
character in this character's LOS and in this weapon's
melee range).
A momentum drive runeplate draws a lot of power. After
making a Thresher attack using this runeplate, the weapon
becomes unpowered, but powers up again automatically
in the wielder's next Maintenance Phase.
Overload
Type: Melee Weapons, Ranged Weapons
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While this runeplate has power, a steamjack hit by
a weapon equipped with this runeplate suffers Overload (a
steamjack suffering Overload cannot benefit from 'jack
marshalling and drives for one round).
Pacification
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: While the runeplate has power, the weapon
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receives +1 POW, and warbeasts it hits suffer Pacification
(a warbeast suffering Pacification loses all fury and
cannot be forced, use its animus or gain fury through any
other means for one round. The warlock controlling the
warbeast also cannot use the animus of the pacified
warbeast for one round).
Precision Targeting
From Macavity's Liber Mechanika
Type: Ranged Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune points: 2
Effect: While the weapon equipped with this runeplate
has power and the character hits with a ranged attack with
this weapon, the attacker may choose the branch of the
target's life spiral or the column of the target's damage
grid that is hit, if applicable.
Propulsion
From Jibiki's Liber Mechanika
Type: Ranged Weapon (firearms only)
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: While the firearm equipped with this runeplate
has power, it gains +4 RNG (if the gun in question has an
extreme range, the extreme range is recalculated from the
modified RNG). The propulsion rune has no effect on
firearms with RNG: SP.
Purifier
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: While the weapon equipped with this runeplate
has power, damage rolls with this weapon against
Infernals are automatically boosted.
Quiet
Type: Armour, Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon, Shield
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: While the mechanikal item equipped with this
runeplate has power, it does not cause any penalty to
sneak rolls for carrying activated mechanika (see IKRPG,
p. 193), unless the purpose of the item is providing light,
creating noise, or creating a similarly noticeable effect.
Weapons like the storm glaive which can arc lightning to
their wielder also cannot be equipped with quiet runes.
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Radiant Halo
Type: Armour
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While this runeplate has power, the character may
trigger it once per encounter by spending a quick action to
shroud himself in a searingly bright aura that blinds
enemies, preventing them from making free strikes
against the user. The radiant halo lasts for one round, and
has no effect on enemies that have Eyeless Sight or do not
need vision to find their targets. A radiant halo doesn't
exactly help being stealthy, either.
Range Amplifier
Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: While this runeplate has power, any spell cast by
the wielder of the weapon gains a 5” bonus to their RNG,
unless the spell uses a spray template or uses the caster's
control radius as its range. A spell that has its range
enhanced by this runeplate cannot have its range
enhanced by any other means. Likewise, a range amplifier
rune has no effect on channelled spells.
Rattlesnake Strike
Type: Melee Weapon (one-handed melee weapons with
no attack roll penalty only, not counting mechanikal
bonuses or penalty reductions)
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While this runeplate has power, the weapon
equipped with this runeplate can move with blinding
speed and can make free strikes even against characters
who have the Parry ability or use a feat point to parry
(Other ways of avoiding free strikes, like the Ghostly
ability (see IKUA, p. 74), the Sidestep Skilled Archetype
benefit (see IKRPG, p. 117), or the effects of spells like
Refuge (see IKRPG, p. 242), are not affected).
When making free strike damage rolls, however, the
weapon equipped with this runeplate suffers -2 POW.
Release
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While the weapon equipped with this runeplate
has power, hitting a character who has soul tokens on
them (whether because of an ability or a piece of
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equipment) with this weapon causes that character to lose
one soul token. The soul disappears from Caen at once
and cannot be claimed by anyone present. The only
exception is souls marked by Infernals, which cannot
move on to Urcaen and may still be claimed by Infernals
at a later point of time.
The release rune has no effect on souls that are bound by
necromancy (including the souls of iron liches) or
Cyrissist essence chambers. Similarly, ghosts cannot be
exorcised or dispatched to Urcaen by being struck by a
weapon equipped with this rune either.
Though this rune was developed to combat Cryxians and
Infernalists, its use is viewed with some misgivings since
the fate of the released soul is not clear. Most users are
simply not quite comfortable with potentially consigning
immortal souls to an uncertain fate.
Runic Conduit
Type: Firearms
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a firearm equipped with this runeplate has
power, a gunmage wielding this firearm can fire rune
shots from it without risking the destruction of the gun.
A runic conduit runeplate can only safely channel rune
shot spells with a total COST of 4 or less each round. If
this limit is exceeded, the runeplate will burn out on a roll
of 1 on 1d6 and require a replacement before the
mechanikal firearm can be used to fire rune shots safely
again.
It should be noted that although this still somewhat
experimental runeplate allows gunmages to enjoy the
benefits of mechanikal guns, such a gun is also hideously
expensive even when compared to a magelock, easily
costing three to four times as much as an equivalent
magelock while still being more delicate, more expensive
to maintain, and dependent on power sources – and that is
even before adding the costs for additional runes.
Runic Conduit, Enhanced
Type: Firearms
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: While a firearm equipped with this runeplate has
power, a gunmage wielding this firearm can fire rune
shots from it without risking the destruction of the gun.
An enhanced runic conduit runeplate can only safely
channel rune shot spells with a total COST of 6 or less
each round. If this limit is exceeded, the runeplate will
burn out on a roll of 1 on 1d6 and require a replacement
before the mechanikal firearm can be used to fire rune
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shots safely again.
Spell Absorption
Type: Armour, Shield
Cost: 450 gc
Rune Points: 3
Effect: When the character wearing a suit of armour
equipped with a spell absorption rune suffers a magic
damage roll for the first time in a round, he suffers no
damage, and any other effects of the spell against the
wearer of the armour, like being rendered stationary or
continuous effects, are also negated (an AOE spell will
still effect other targets. Chain Lightning will not continue
arcing to another character, but Ashes to Ashes will still
affect other targets unless the character with the spell
absorption armour was the one directly hit by the spell).
After absorbing a magic damage roll, the spell absorption
rune becomes unpowered until the wearer's next
Maintenance Phase.
Spell absorption runes are not triggered by offensive
spells that deal no damage, nor are they effective against
most rune shots, with the exceptions of Rune Shot:
Detonator (if the character in the suit of spell absorption
armour was directly hit by the detonator, the AOE is
created normally and the wearer of the armour takes
damage normally, but if the character is merely in the
detonator AOE when another nearby character is hit, the
spell absorption rune negates the damage roll from the
detonator against the character wearing the spell
absorption armour) and Rune Shot: Trick Shot (the
character wearing the suit of spell absorption armour can
be the point of origin but not the target of a trick shot).
A shield equipped with a spell absorption rune will only
protect against magic damage rolls originating in the
character's front arc.
Spell Drain
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: The spell drain rune is intended as a cheaper and
less power-hungry (albeit less reliable) variant of the
disbinder rune.
When a character with upkeep spells on them is hit by the
weapon equipped with the spell drain rune, the upkeep
spells immediately expire unless the casters immediately
pay the upkeep cost again. In either case the spell drain
rune needs to bleed off the arcane energies it has drained
and cannot affect another target before the user's next
Maintenance Phase.
The weapon equipped with the spell drain rune loses this
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ability when it is not powered.

Surge Protector
Type: any (see below)
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: When a piece of mechanika equipped with a surge
protector rune is affected by an attack, spell or ability that
shuts mechanika down, like the Black Out and Short Out
spells or a thrullg's blackout pulse ability (see IKRPG, pp.
237, 244 and 347), the attack is ignored and the
mechanika remains powered.
Once a surge protector rune has warded off an attack, it
becomes nonfunctional until the next round's
Maintenance Phase and no longer protects the mechanikal
device from further anti-mechanika effects, as the rune
needs to bleed off the absorbed surge first.
Though mechanikal armour could theoretically be
equipped with surge protector runes, this is not necessary
because the sturdy construction of mechanikal armour
already provides protection from anti-mechanikal effects.
Swift Attack
Type: Melee Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: This runeplate only works in conjunction with a
bond runeplate. While this runeplate has power, when a
point of focus is spent to gain an additional attack with
the weapon enhanced by this runeplate, the warcaster
gains two additional attacks with this weapon instead.
Voltaic Halo
Type: Armour, Shield
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While this runeplate has power, the character
wearing the armour or shield gains Immunity: Electricity
(if the runeplate is part of a shield, this immunity only
applies to attacks originating in the character's front arc).
Additionally, the character may use a quick action to
trigger a voltaic field that lasts for one round. During this
time, any attacker hitting the character with a melee attack
suffers an unboostable POW 10 electrical damage roll. If
the runeplate is part of a shield, only melee attackers in
the character's front arc suffer the damage roll.
Warcasting Blaster
Type: Ranged Weapon (firearm)
Cost: 150 gc
Rune Points: 1
Effect: This rune must be inscribed together with a bond
rune. While the firearm equipped with this rune has
power, a warcaster who is bonded to this weapon may
spend 1 focus to give the firearm AOE 3. The runeplate
has no effect on firearms that already have an AOE.

Torrent
Type: Ranged Weapon (Range: SP only)
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a ranged weapon with RNG: SP equipped
with this runeplate has power, roll an additional die for
attack rolls made with this weapon. Discard the lowest die
from each roll.

Transference Converter
Type: Ranged Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a ranged weapon equipped with this
runeplate has power, it can benefit from the Transference
spell's effects (see IKRPG, p. 245) as if it was a melee
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Dedicated Mechanika
'Jack Welder
Cost: 970 gc (power source not included; see below)
Description: To the relief of quartermasters everywhere,
combat damage to steamjacks often involves mere
damage to the outer casings and armour plating rather
than to the more delicate machinery underneath. The
bulky 'jack welder can be used to heat up and soften 'jack
armour steel plates, allowing them to be easily beaten
back into shape or to roughly patch up rends by
hammering the softened edges, while preventing the heat
from spreading and causing damage through an in-built
arcantrik containment generator. While crude, such
repairs are often enough to tide a 'jack over multiple
engagements.
'Jack welders are usually powered by hooking them up to
the arcane turbine installed in every 'jack, though they can
be powered by arcanodynamic accumulators as well.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A mechanik requires an assistant to
manage the 'jack welder while he works on the armour
plates. When working in this fashion, a steamjack can be
repaired according to the rules in IKRPG, p. 319, though
the mechanik does not require access to spare parts or
sheet metal, repairs can be performed twice as fast, and no
damage to systems can be repaired in this manner.
A 'jack welder is too bulky and heavy to be used in
combat, but it can be used as a sabotage device, inflicting
POW 14 fire damage each round on a target B2B with the
wielder. The damage caused by the 'jack welder is tightly
focussed, so it will not cause the Fire continuous effect
and can be used to cut a line through material. Wearing
eye protection is strongly recommended.
Fabrication: The material cost of the 'jack welder's
housing is 160 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The 'jack welder's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 15.
Alternative 'Jack Welder Special Rule: The crude
repairs effected with a 'jack welder cannot fully repair
significant damage. In order to represent this, if more
than one row of boxes in a single column of a steamjack's
damage grid has been marked before repairs are begun,
the top marked box is marked with an asterisk and cannot
be repaired using a 'jack welder.
If that column gets damaged again before it has been
repaired using the normal repair rules, another asterisk is
added in the top damage box underneath the one already
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marked if more than one new box of damage has been
inflicted in that column. Eventually, the hull in that area
has become too mangled to be simply patched back
together.
Aegis-Pulse Staff
Cost: 440 gc (including an internal clockwork capacitor)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -2
POW: 3
Description: This stout metal staff bears a mechanikal
emitter at one end and a trigger at the other. By touching
it to a character or object who is on fire, has been coated
with acid, or is otherwise inflicted with some noxious
substance, and pulling the trigger, the user can project a
powerful burst of force over the subject, effectively
“wiping him clean.” The device is powered by an internal
clockwork capacitor and mainly used in labs or
workshops handling dangerous materials. The owners of
workshops wealthy enough to own such a device make a
point of beginning each day by winding the capacitor.
Rune Points: 2
Special Rules: A character holding can aegis-pulse staff
can use a full action to end Fire and Corrosion continuous
effects on one other small- or medium-based character
within 2” of himself and in his front arc. At the GM's
discretion, aegis-pulse staves can also end other
continuous effects that are caused by a character having
been coated with some noxious substance, though they
are ineffective against energy-based effects like Stall (see
the stall rune in IKRPG, p. 286).
Characters who benefit from an aegis-pulse staff must
make an AGL roll against a target number of 12 or be
knocked down from the force of the pulse passing over
them, unless they are braced by standing adjacent to an
obstacle or larger-based character (the latter of which then
may well end up coated in ash and sludge, or have his
eyebrows singed off).
Aegis-pulse staves have Reach but are extremely poorly
balanced as weapons, unsurprisingly so considering they
are just a mechanikally retrofitted metal rod, as reflected
by the low price (the point of their long reach is so that
users need not stand too close to the subjects and possibly
endanger themselves). Aegis-pulse staves must be
wielded two-handed.
Fabrication: The material cost of an aegis-pulse staff's
housing is 50 gc (including parts for the clockwork
capacitor). It takes two weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking). The aegis-pulse staff's runeplate requires
two weeks to inscribe and a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 14.
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Ambassador Locution Engine
Cost: 1,040 gc (including an internal clockwork
capacitor)
Description: The original Ambassador was custom-built
for the Thurian entrepreneur Dougal MacDeegan, who
had lost the ability to speak due to a degenerative illness.
Now, by holding the linking wand to his throat, he can
once again speak, though the flat, mechanical-sounding
voice issues from a box sitting on a side table. The
Ambassador is powered by an internal clockwork
capacitor that is wound up via a crank mounted on the
side of the box.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: Simply put, a character who is unable to
speak due to damage to his throat or mouth can press the
receptor plates mounted on the top of the wand-like hand
unit under his chin and attempt to form words normally
the way he used to before the injury. The signals received
by the plates are transferred to the vocalizer unit via
conductive tubing and then issue as a voice from a
trumpet-like speaker mounted on top of the box housing
the main mechanism. Expert tuning is needed to make the
mechanikal voice sound even remotely like the speaker's
voice, and many emotional nuances are lost (this may
easily inflict a penalty of -1 to -3 in certain situations, or
possibly a bonus when it is important to conceal one's
emotions), but the device nevertheless allows near-normal
communication, though it is certainly less than easily
portable.
Fabrication: The material cost of the Ambassador's
housing is 180 gc (including parts for the clockwork
capacitor). It takes three weeks to construct the device.
The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The Ambassador requires two different rune plates to be
crafted, one for picking up the words the speaker intends
to say, and one for generating the actual sounds. The
pickup runeplate requires two weeks to inscribe and a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 14. The sound runeplate requires one
week to inscribe and a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 13.
Arc Pistol
Cost: 930 gc (clockwork capacitor included)
Ammo: 1 (light round)
Effective Range: 48 feet (8”)
Extreme Range: 240 feet
Skill: Pistol
POW: 10
Description: An arc pistol's barrel is wrapped in thick
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copper coils, and the handle sports an insulated shield to
prevent electricity from arcing to the firer's hand when he
pulls the trigger. An integral clockwork capacitor powers
the arc pistol's runeplate.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: When the arc pistol scores a hit, lightning
arcs from the character hit to the next character within 4”.
The character the lightning arcs to suffers an unboostable
POW 10 electrical damage roll. It is possible for the
lightning to arc back to the firer if the pistol is used in
melee, so it is strongly advised to only fire the arc pistol
at range.
An arc pistol uses light rounds. It costs 2 gc for blasting
powder, bullets and casings for five light rounds. If the
arc pistol is unpowered, any attacks with it receive a -1
modifier, and do not cause arcing lightning.
Fabrication: The material cost of the arc pistol's housing
is 150 gc (accumulator parts included). It takes two weeks
to construct the device . The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (gunsmith).
The arc pistol's runeplate requires three weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 15.
Arc Sword
Cost: 810 gc (for a single arc sword; storm chamber not
included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1 (one-handed), +0 (two-handed)
POW: 4 (one-handed), 6 (two-handed)
Description: Custom-designed for the stormblade Marcus
Cathmore, these swords, which are lighter than standard
storm glaives, are intended to be wielded as a matching
pair. The lightning coils integrated into the blades cause a
constant arc of lightning to spring into existence between
the blades as soon as they are powered up, with
devastating results if both blades should strike an enemy.
Arc swords are powered by dedicated storm chambers set
into the blade.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Wielding a matching pair of arc swords
grants the wielder the Chain Attack: Electrify ability: If
the character strikes a single target with both blades in
the same round, he may make an additional attack roll
against the target's DEF, and on a success the target
suffers a POW 15 unboostable electrical damage roll and
may be pushed back 1d3”. Furthermore, steamjacks that
are hit by such an attack are Disrupted (see the
electrocutioner runeplate, IKRPG, p.285).
Arc swords are incredibly dangerous to their wielder, and
wielding them without electrical protection like a suit of
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stormblade armour is practically suicide. Every time a
character makes an attack roll with a single arc sword, he
suffers a POW 10 electrical damage roll. If the character
wields a matching pair of arc swords, this electrical
damage roll becomes POW 15.
When arc swords become unpowered, their attack
modifier worsens by -1 and they no longer grant the
Chain Attack: Electrify ability, but they also no longer
cause damage to their wielder.
Fabrication: The material cost of the arc sword's housing
is 90 gc (storm chamber parts not included). It takes four
weeks to construct the device . The pertinent Craft skill
for construction is Craft (metalwork).
The arc sword's runeplate requires four weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 16.
Arcane Detector
Cost: 1,010 gc (not including an arcanodymanic
accumulator)
Description: The arcane detector is a small, handheld
device with two angled, glass-encased arrays of receptor
filaments at the top and a gauge in the center. The device
is powered by an arcanodynamic accumulator in the grip.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A powered arcane detector alerts the user
to the presence and relative intensity of other active
arcane phenomena within its range, which is about 60 feet
(about 20 yards), through the movements of the gauge's
needle. By making a Mechanikal Engineering roll at a
base difficulty of 13, with a +2 increase to the difficulty
for every additional 30 feet, more distant phenomena can
be detected as well, though it is generally recommended
to keep the range short so the source can actually be
pinpointed reliably. Since the detector only registers
phenomena in a rather narrow arc, using it takes time for a
careful, slow sweep of the surroundings.
The arcane detector isn't terribly specific. It will register
the presence of any focusers, the presence of powered
mechanika, and both spellcasting and upkeeping of spells.
Magical items and hauntings (including the presence of
thralls) will also trigger the device, so the signal-to-noise
ratio can easily become unmanageable in certain places,
like mechanikal workshops or temples, unless there is an
arcane activity that significantly stands out from the
others. Additionally, characters with the Shadow Magic
ability will never register on the device unless they have
spells upkept on them by others, or they are carrying
active mechanika or magical items.
Fabrication: The material cost of the arcane detector's
housing is 130 gc (not including the parts for the
arcanodynamic accumulator). It takes four weeks to
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construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The arcane detector's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Arcane Grounding Array
Cost: 1,010 gc (not including an arcanodymanic
accumulator)
Description: This man-sized column of conduits and
vanes has been developed to aid research in and practising
ritualised magic. When correctly set up, the device will
absorb the energies released by a failed ritual, protecting
the ritualists from their failure's fallout. The device is
powered by an arcanodynamic accumulator.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: When performing ritual magic (see
IKWA, pp. 60-72), one arcane grounding array must be
set up for each ritualist. The devices must then be tuned,
which requires an INT+Mechanikal Engineering or
INT+Lore (Arcane or occult) roll, whichever is less,
against the target number required to understand the ritual
(see the Understanding Table in IKWA, p. 62). Tuning the
arrays takes about an hour per array, and the GM should
make the roll and keep the result secret from the players.
When performing the magical ritual, an improperly tuned
arcane grounding array siphons away some of the
energies the ritualists are attempting to build up,
increasing the target number of the ritual by 2. When
determining the margin of failure, however, use the
unmodified target number, treating any results of less than
1 as 1.
If a ritual fails, a properly tuned arcane grounding array
siphons off the runaway energy, halving the POW of the
damage roll the ritualists suffer (rounded up; if a character
also has the Careful Practitioner ability (see IKWA, p.
72), that character gains that ability's benefits and also
rolls one less die of damage. Additionally, a properly
tuned arcane grounding array mitigates the side-effects of
a failed ritual, and reduces the margin of failure by 1d6
(so a ritual that was failed by a margin of 8 is considered
to have failed by a margin of 8-1d6 instead, which might
be sufficient to prevent some of the more catastrophic
side-effects. This reduction of the margin of failure cannot
make the ritual a success, however).
An improperly tuned arcane grounding array only reduces
the POW of the damage roll the characters suffer from a
failed ritual by 4 (characters with the Careful Practitioner
ability apply this POW reduction before applying the
benefits of being Careful Practitioners), and does not
reduce the margin of failure (see above for additional
consequences while performing the ritual).
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Once arcane grounding arrays have contained a failed
ritual, they slowly bleed off the energies they have
absorbed over the course of a month. If they should
become unpowered during this time, the unleashed
energies will destroy them, and cause magical blast
damage with a POW equal to the full POW of failing the
ritual within 4” of the destroyed array. For this reason
most arcane ground arrays are loaded with fresh
accumulators before beginning a ritual. Additionally,
mechaniks may attempt to increase the rate of energy
bleed. Each day, they may work on the array for half an
hour and make an INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll with
the same target number as for tuning the grounding array.
On a success, the grounding array bleeds off two days'
worth of power that day. No more than one attempt to
increase the rate of power bleed may be made each day.
At the GM's discretion, some rituals may be too powerful
to be contained by arcane grounding arrays (this should
definitely be the case for rituals with a basic target
number of 25 or higher).
Fabrication: The material cost of the arcane grounding
array's housing is 130 gc (not including the parts for the
arcanodynamic accumulator). It takes four weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The arcane grounding array's runeplate requires four
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16.
Arcantrik Signalling Tool
Cost: 845 gc (including an internal clockwork capacitor)
Description: Looking not unlike a double-barrelled
spyglass, the arcantrik signalling tool's strange
illumination can only be seen by another arcantrik
signalling tool with a matching viewing runeplate.
Intended for intelligence and scout services, the device
comes with a pre-installed threaded bolt that can be easily
turned with the help of a small metal rod (which is also
part of the device), driving the bolt through the runeplates
and destroying them in order to prevent mechaniks from
reverse-engineering the exact configuration of runes from
captured devices. Arcantrik signalling tools are powered
by integral clockwork accumulators.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: The arcantrik signalling tool's illumination
can be seen for miles in fair weather, and may potentially
be spotted during daylight hours as well at significantly
shorter ranges, though the devices are rarely used during
the day if only because of the risk of someone spotting the
user setting up the device. However, the device's
illumination is only visible to another device equipped
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with an identically configured unveiling rune installed.
Needless to say, intelligence and scout services keep the
configurations used in their organisations under extremely
tight wraps.
Destroying the runeplates using the built-in bolt and rod
takes two quick actions (one if the user has inserted the
rod into the bolt earlier).
Using the arcantrik signalling tool for communicating
requires an appropriate Signal Language ability or the
Cryptography skill, or at least access to code books.
Fabrication: The material cost of the arcantrik signalling
tool's housing is 122 gc (including parts for the clockwork
capacitor). It takes three weeks to construct the device.
The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(glasswork).
The arcantrik signalling tool requires two different rune
plates to be crafted, one for the illuminator, and one for
the viewing spyglass. The illuminator runeplate requires
two weeks to inscribe and a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 14. The
viewing runeplate requires one week to inscribe and a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 13.
Assassinator
Cost: 710 gc (alchemical capacitor not included)
Skill: Hand Weapon
Attack Modifier: +0
POW: 4
Description: This mechanikal version of the more
traditional assassin's blade is both easier to handle due to
its mechanikal compensators and insidiously makes
taking out an opponent completely silent. The weapon is
usually powered by an arcanodynamic accumulator set
into the blade's handle (clockwork capacitors are
generally avoided because they make a noise, even if it is
only a very soft one).
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Any sounds the wielder of an assassinator
makes while wielding the blade is silenced, making it
impossible to detect the wielder by ear (this usually
provides a +3 bonus to Sneak rolls unless the character
cannot evade visual detection. The assassinator does not
cause a Sneak roll penalty for carrying active mechanika).
Additionally, when an attack with an assassinator hits, the
character hit also becomes silenced for one round, and
cannot cry out or fire a gun to draw attention to himself
during this time (unless he can, for example, hit
something with a gunshot – the gunshot is silenced, as is
the impact of the bullet, but if e.g. a window is shattered,
anyone nearby is bound to notice the window is suddenly
gone, even if the falling glass is eerily silent). Similarly,
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the sound of a character killed by an assassinator
dropping to the ground is silenced as well.
When an assassinator becomes unpowered, its attack
modifier becomes -2, and neither the wielder nor anyone
he successfully strikes are silenced.
Back strike damage rolls with an assassinator gain a
bonus of +2.
Fabrication: The material cost of the assassinator's parts
is 40 gc (accumulator parts not included). It takes three
weeks to construct the device . The pertinent Craft skill
for construction is Craft (metalworking).
The assassinator's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Barrel Stabiliser
Cost: 790 gc (integral clockwork capacitor included)
Description: This device is a compact package
containing an internal clockwork capacitor, force-
dispersing runeplates, and an ingenious motion-sensitive
mechanikal trigger. The device is just small enough to
allow it to be mounted under the barrel of a rifle- or
carbine-sized gun.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: While the barrel stabiliser has power, the
pendulum set into the mechanikal trigger activates its
motion-dampening effects as soon as the character
carrying a stabiliser-equipped rifle forfeits his movement
to gain the aiming bonus. This effectively recreates the
benefit of a bipod (a +2 bonus to the first aimed ranged
attack roll each turn, for a total aiming bonus of +4)
without requiring a quick action to set up a bipod.
Considering the high cost of the device compared to a
normal bipod and the difficulty of hiding it, this device is
a luxury item for big-game hunters who must make every
second count in pursuit of their quarry, and for assassins.
Fabrication: The material cost of the barrel stabiliser's
parts (including clockwork capacitor parts) is 105 gc. It
takes three weeks to construct the device. The pertinent
Craft skill for construction is Craft (metalworking).
The barrel stabiliser's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Cal Dernam's Patent Beast-
Catcher
Cost: 660 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
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Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 3 (one-handed), 4 (two-handed) / 12 (electrical
damage, see below)
Description: Developed by and for the big-game hunter
Cal Dernam, this light, two-pronged spear can deliver
devastating electrical jolts that, in the vast majority of
cases, are nevertheless non-fatal. The patent beast-catcher
is powered by an alchemical capacitor set into its shaft at
the end opposite to the prongs.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A character can either use the patent
beast-catcher as a regular spear, or use a quick action to
prime the capacitors set below the double prong. Once the
patent beast-catcher is primed, it causes a POW 12
electrical damage roll against living targets on a
successful hit instead of determining damage normally
(do not add additional dice to this roll for charging or the
wielder of the beast catcher having the Mighty archetype).
If a living character or creature is incapacitated by this
attack, he automatically recovers 1 vitality and becomes
concussed (see IKRPG, p. 216) as long as the roll on the
injury table (see IKRPG, p. 217) does not have a result of
3, in which case the shock stopped the target's heart. The
jolts cause no damage to undead or constructs, though
mechanikal constructs become disrupted (see the
electrocutioner runeplate's effects, IKRPG, p. 285) if the
jolt's damage exceeds their ARM.
The shock capacitors need a moment to recharge, so the
patent beast-catcher becomes unpowered once a jolt is
delivered. The device automatically powers up again in
the wielder's Maintenance Phase in the following round.
When the patent beast-catcher is unpowered, it can no
longer deliver jolts, and its attack modifier becomes -2.
Patent beast-catchers are Reach weapons when they are
wielded two-handed. A character wielding a patent beast-
catcher two-handed gets a +2 bonus to his charge attack
rolls.
Fabrication: The material cost of the housing of Cal
Dernam's patent beast-catcher is 70 gc. It takes three
weeks to construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The patent beast-catcher's runeplate requires three weeks
to inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Camp Heater
Cost: 840 gc (including integral clockwork capacitor)
Description: The camp heater is a cylindrical array of
runeplates and copper toroids mounted on a sturdy tripod.
A crank on top allows the internal clockwork capacitor to
be wound. While the device is active, a simple tin lid
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folds over the top of the device, protecting it from
exposure to rain.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: While the camp heater has power and is
switched on, characters within 15 feet receive +2 ARM
against cold damage, and will not suffer the effects from
exposure to cold weather and are kept warm, unless
strong winds or precipitation are present – so seeking
shelter or setting up a tent is still required if travelers want
to enjoy the benefits of the device. Also, camp heaters are
quite heavy and cumbersome, not to mention expensive.
They are generally only used when alternative sources of
heating are unavailable, e.g. because an area does not
offer much in the way of firewood, or because the smoke
and light a campfire would give off must be avoided.
Camp heaters do not provide sufficient heat to cook food
(though they may be used to thaw or dry objects). This is
deliberate, because the device would otherwise become
too hot to operate.
Fabrication: The material cost of the camp heater's
housing and power source is 120 gc (including the parts
for the integral clockwork capacitor). It takes two weeks
to construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The camp heater's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Campsite Shroud
Cost: 1,530 gc (not including a capacitor)
Description: The campsite shroud is a complex
cylindrical array of runeplates set on a small tripod. The
device is quite heavy, though it is proof against most
weather conditions. Its enormous power requirements
mean it is usually powered by either a storm chamber or a
similarly powerful capacitor (except for arcane turbines,
for obvious reasons – see below).
Rune Points: 5
Special Rules: While the campsite shroud has power, it
wraps the entire location within 18 feet (6 yards) of itself
in a spherical force field from which neither sound nor
light can escape, and into which neither sound nor light
can intrude. At the same time, the interior of the field is
brightly lit, as if by a mechanikal lantern. As long as the
device is set up in a dark area and nothing else (e.g.
smoke from cooking fires) escapes from the field, it
becomes near impossible to detect the concealed campsite
at night, especially from a distance (+5 difficulty to
appropriate detection rolls). A drawback is that those at
the campsite will also be completely unaware of
approaching intruders until they cross the boundary of the
field, though most intruders will usually suffer from being
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blinded when they emerge into the bright light inside (+2
difficulty for all rolls requiring sight in the first round).
Fabrication: The material cost of the campsite shroud's
housing 255 gc (not including parts for a capacitor). It
takes five weeks to construct the device. The pertinent
Craft skill for construction is Craft (metalworking).
The campsite shroud's runeplates requires five weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Carryall Case
Cost: 810 gc (not including arcanodynamic accumulator)
Description: The carryall case is a bulky, conduit-laced
metal box that can be worn on one's back with the help of
heavy straps.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: While the carryall case has power, the
kinetic dissipators built into its sides and bottom
significantly lessen the weight of any items contained
inside, effectively allowing the wearer to comfortably lug
around weights equal to their dead lift capacity (see
IKRPG, p. 199) as long as they fit completely inside the
case (for this reason carryall cases usually appear
ridiculously oversized). The carryall case's straps have a
quick-release catch that automatically opens when the
case becomes too heavy in order to prevent injuries in
case the mechanika should fail unexpectedly (and even
then, most users at least sprain a foot because the heel
happens to be underneath the case at the time).
Even an empty carryall case is cumbersome because of its
sheer bulk, despite being nearly weightless. Wearing a
carryall case inflicts a -3 penalty to DEF and any attempts
to move unseen.
Fabrication: The material cost of the carryall case's
housing is 70 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The carryall case's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Carryall Wagon Pallet
From Macavity's Liber Mechanika
Cost: 1,100 gc (small) / 1,450 gc (large; not including
arcodynamic accumulator)
Description: The carryall pallet is a bulky, conduit-laced
square metal container that fits on a wagon. The carryall
pallet has rings for four to six characters at the corners
and along its sides to allow maneuvering each pallet by
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hand, and is powered by an arcanodynamic accumulator.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Like the carryall case, the carryall pallet
uses kinetic dissipators built into its sides and bottom to
significantly lessen the weight of any items placed on top,
allowing hand-loading of large pallets and the ability to
lighten a wagon considerably when crossing fords or
muddy terrain (if all goods on a wagon are contained
within carryall pallets that are activated, the -2 Driving
skill roll penalty for driving a laden wagon on rough
terrain is negated).
Furthermore, the carryall pallet allows four strong
characters (minimum STR of 6; six characters can
manage with STR 5 each) to maneuver a light warjack or
six strong characters (minimum STR of 6; eight
characters can manage with STR 5 each) to maneuver a
heavy warjack for short distances at half speed with a
successful STR roll against a target number of 12. Failing
the roll causes a POW 10 crushing damage roll to the
character that has failed to keep a strong, stable grip on
the pallet, as its weight is diminished, but not its mass.
Becoming incapacitated from this damage automatically
causes the Battered result (though without causing the
character to become concussed) on the injury table from
the strain to the character's ligaments and muscles (see
IKRPG, p. 217).
Fabrication: The material cost for a carryall pallet's
housing is 150 gc for a small pallet (large enough to store
a light warjack) and 255 for a large pallet (large enough to
store a heavy warjack). The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking), and it takes three
weeks to construct the device. The carryall pallet's
runeplate requires four weeks to inscribe and requires a
successful INT + Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 16.
Cloud-Mine
Cost: 660 gc (including integral clockwork capacitor)
Description: A sturdy metal disk with a funnel-shaped
armoured receptacle for an alchemical grenade in its
centre, the cloud-mine generates an invisible force bubble
that contains the compound released by the grenade,
creating a long-lasting obstacle. Cloud-mines (and the
grenades installed in their centre) are available in designs
that can be triggered via pull cords, tripwires or pressure
plates. They are powered by an internal clockwork
capacitor.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: When an alchemical grenade set into the
centre of a powered cloud-mine is triggered, the cloud
effect generated by the grenade remains for 1d3+1
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rounds. During this time, effects that prematurely remove
cloud effects (like concussion grenades) are only effective
on a result of 1-2 on 1d6.
However, the true strength of a cloud-mine is maintaining
clouds of less volatile alchemicals (i.e. toxins and
reagents that do not cause fire or corrosion damage). A
cloud of such alchemicals can be sustained for 1d6+4
minutes by a powered cloud-mine, though the GM may
rule that certain circumstances deplete such clouds much
faster (e.g. a column of troops marching through a force
bubble set up in a narrow corridor will eventually displace
the compound from the force bubble by sheer weight of
numbers).
Cloud-mines have no effect on alchemical grenades that
do not generate cloud effects, and are not subject to the
effects of the alchemical clouds they sustain. Additionally,
a cloud-mine can only sustain a 3” cloud effect.
Fabrication: The material cost of a cloud-mine's housing
and power source is 56 gc (including the parts for the
integral clockwork capacitor). It takes two weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The cloud-mine's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Conduit Pistol
Cost: 760 gc (capacitor not included)
Ammo: 1 (light round)
Effective Range: 60 feet (10”)
Extreme Range: 300 feet
Skill: Pistol
Attack Modifier: +1
POW: 10
Description: There is little unusual-looking about this
sleek mechanikal pistol, though most of them bear the
sigil of a black trident. An alchemical capacitor set into
the handle powers the pistol. Most conduit pistols are in
the hands of Ordic Order of the Trident graduates (this is
also the reason for using alchemical capacitors rather than
clockwork capacitors, since the latter do not fare too well
when exposed to water).
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: When the conduit pistol scores a hit, the
target character suffers a -2 DEF penalty against the next
spell cast at him. The penalty lasts for one round or until a
spell has been cast at the character, no matter whether it
actually hits.
If the conduit pistol becomes unpowered, its hits no
longer inflict a DEF penalty against spells, and its attack
modifier becomes -1.
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Fabrication: The material cost of the conduit pistol's
housing is 100 gc (capacitor parts not included). It takes
three weeks to construct the device . The pertinent Craft
skill for construction is Craft (gunsmith).
The conduit pistol's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Diagnostic Perluminator
Cost: 652 gc + 150 gc for each additional material the
perluminator can detect (up to 952 gc for a perluminator-
and-viewing-plate set that can detect three different kinds
of foreign material. The price does not include the cost of
the alchemical capacitor but includes the cost of a single
viewing plate. New viewing plates can be bought from
alchemists for 42 gc each)
Description: This device consists of a boxy housing with
a focussing aperture and an alchemically treated viewing
plate, which usually require two people to properly
operate – one to orient the perluminator, the other one to
hold the plate. The perluminator sheds a strange, faint
illumination that penetrates flesh but, depending on the
specifications of the runeplate, does not penetrate certain
other materials, which can be a great help to surgeons
treating battlefield injuries. The illumination is too faint to
see unless the special viewing plate is used and the
perluminator is operated under conditions of near
darkness. An alchemical capacitor powers the device.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: The diagnostic perluminator can be used
to find fragments of shrapnel or other projectiles or
weapons in injuries, potentially promoting recovery (at
the gamemaster's discretion, a character who is
successfully treated by a surgeon using a diagnostic
perluminator will recover 1d3-1 additional points of
vitality when they next recover vitality. Treating a wound
requires a successful INT+Medicine roll against a target
number of 14 and surgeon's tools). A standard
perluminator can only be used to find metal fragments in
a wound, though the runeplate may be equipped with
additional runes that enable the device to locate stone,
glass, ceramics, or wood fragments. Unfortunately, no
runeplates that enable surgeons to find bone, tooth or horn
fragments have been developed, as these materials are
extremely similar to materials already occurring in the
body anyway. A selector on the perluminator' housing can
be used to switch it from detecting one material to
another. The most expensive perluminators can be used to
detect up to three different materials (though not all at
once).
Diagnostic perluminators offer no assistance when
recovering from diseases, toxins, or spell damage.
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Fabrication: The material cost of the diagnostic
perluminator's housing is 85 gc (not including capacitor
parts). It takes three weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skills for construction are Craft
(metalworking) and Craft (glasswork).
The diagnostic perluminator's runeplate requires three
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 15. For each additional material that the perluminator
can be used to detect, another week of inscribing runes is
required, and the target number increases by +1 for each
additional rune, to a maximum of 17 for two additional
runes.
The viewing plate must be prepared by an alchemist and
requires materials costing 14 gc; a finished plate is
available for 42 gc. Viewing plates slowly decay over
time, and can usually be used for a year, though most
surgeons prefer to get a new plate after half a year as the
image the plate shows grows progressively fainter as time
passes.
Displacer Lantern
Cost: 610 gc (integral clockwork capacitor included)
Description: At first glance, the displacer lantern does
not look unlike a regular, if mechanikal, bull's eye lantern.
However, the lantern sheds no light at all when switched
on. Instead, it illuminates a nearby area, but without
revealing the position of the lantern itself, like a regular
bull's eye lantern would do, granting the user a tactical
advantage by allowing him to remain hidden while
providing illumination to allies, or by allowing him to
place the lit area as a decoy. The displacer lantern is
powered by an alchemical capacitor inserted in its back.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: The character carrying a powered
displacer lantern may spend a quick action to place a 4”
AOE centered on a point up to 10” from himself. The line
of sight between the character operating the displacer
lantern and the AOE must not be blocked by an obstacle
(e.g. a high wall; characters, smaller obstacles providing
concealment or cover and darkness do not prevent the use
of a displacer lantern). The AOE is treated as a brightly lit
area, and characters outside of the AOE but within 2” of
the edge of the AOE are treated as being in a dimly lit
area (unless the prevailing light conditions are better
anyway). The location of the user of the lantern itself is
not revealed, since no beam of light connects the
illuminated area to the lantern, and the lantern itself does
not even shed any stray light, like many other pieces of
mechanika do.
The illuminated AOE remains as long as the character is
not pushed, slammed, or knocked down (since such
jostling causes the AOE to wildly veer about the place,
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likely ending up somewhere in the air or blocked by the
ground). If the character advances the AOE moves with
the character, remaining at the same distance and
direction from the character when movement is complete.
If the character changes facing, the AOE is also rotated
along with the character's front arc. The character holding
the lantern may spend a quick action to remove the AOE
and place a new AOE in a different location.
Fabrication: The material cost of the displacer lantern's
parts is 55 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the device.
The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(glassmaker).
The displacer lantern's runeplate takes three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Disruption Mine
Cost: 550 gc (not including the power source) + 50 gc
(for the pike)
Skill: Great Weapon (or Unarmed Combat if applied by
hand)
Attack Modifier: -2 (-3 if applied by hand by a character
wearing medium or heavier armour unless the armour is
not made from metal)
POW: 3 (when the pike is used to bash an opponent) or
disruption mine attack (see below)
Description: Borrowing from the Iron Fang blasting pike
design, this anti-warjack weapon relies on a sturdy metal
pike to apply a mechanikal mine to a steamjack's metal
hull that keeps sending disruptive energies into its cortex,
severely hampering a warcaster's control over the
steamjack (but, unfortunately, doing little to prevent a
'jack marshal from directing a steamjack). The device is
powered by an internal alchemical capacitor.
Disruption mines are less popular than might be expected
because they can potentially be used by the enemy against
the user's allies' steamjacks as well. Many quartermaster
also strongly object to handing out what may easily
amount to throwaway mechanika.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A disruption mine must first be inserted
into the tip of the custom-made steel pike and primed by
spending a quick action. When a steamjack is hit by an
active disruption mine, the mine attaches magnetically to
the steamjack's hull and causes Disruption (a steamjack
suffering Disruption loses all focus points and cannot be
allocated focus points or channel spells). Since the mine
keeps sending disruptive signals, the steamjack remains
Disrupted until the mine is removed or deactivated.
Steamjacks cannot remove disruption mines on their own.
While one steamjack could potentially remove another
steamjack's disruption mine, it would then suffer the
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mine's effects in turn (though a steamjack with an open
fist can be instructed to crush the mine when it is
removed).
Removing an active disruption mine requires a friendly
character to be in melee range of the steamjack and in the
same arc (front or back) in which the mine was applied.
Pulling the active mine off the steamjack requires a full
action and a successful STR roll against a target number
of 12.
A few spells are very effective against disruption mines.
The black out and short out spells (see IKRPG, p. 237 and
p. 244) cause the mine to deactivate and drop to the
ground (the device's trigger is built in such a way that it
breaks once the mine is primed and relies on the mine's
magnetic conduits to keep the connections closed
afterwards, so it cannot be reactivated without
disassembling it first and installing a new trigger). The
power booster spell (see IKRPG, p. 242) temporarily
overloads the mine (though it does not stop it from
remaining magnetically attached), causing the steamjack
to not be Disrupted in its next turn, though the mine will
power up again in the subsequent turn.
A disruption mine's pike is built to accept a simple
speartip once the user is out of mines, gaining POW 5 (or
POW 4 if used one-handed). A character needs STR 6 to
wield the pike in one hand.
The disruption mine's pike is a Reach weapon.
Fabrication: The material cost of the disruption mine's
housing is 37 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The disruption mine's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Dread Armour
Cost: 1,460 (arcanodynamic accumulator not included)
DEF Modifier: -2
ARM Modifier: +7
Description: Developed by the Strangelight Workshop
for martial agents sent to clear out infestations of the
undead, the mechanikal properties of dread armour negate
some of the side-effects the touch of certain undead
creatures has, though the present design still suffers from
reliability problems. The suit of armour is powered by an
arcanodynamic accumulator installed behind an armoured
chest panel.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: While a suit of dread armour has power, a
character wearing the suit of armour is immune to the
special effects the melee attacks of some undead creatures
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have, like the Drain Life ability of the Eldritch (see
IKMN, p. 40), the penalties a successful attack by an
excruciator inflicts (see IKMN, p. 42), a hollowed's
Hunger Touch ability (see IKMN, p. 48), or the Dread
Touch deathly endowment (see IKMN, p. 78). Dread
armour offers no protection against abilities that replace
standard attacks, like possession attempts, or attacks that
simply deal straight vitality damage or do not inflict
penalties with a duration. Neither does dread armour
protect against rising from death as the spawn of certain
undead like the hollowed or shaft wights.
Unfortunately, the mechanikal systems of dread armour
are currently less than stable, and may be temporarily
shorted out by sustained attacks. Dread armour can negate
the side-effects of two attacks each round without
problems. The third attack's special effects are also
negated, but then the armour becomes unpowered. It
powers up again in the wearer's Maintenance Phase in the
following round.
Unpowered dread armour no longer negates the special
effects of the melee attacks of the undead, and inflicts a -4
DEF penalty on its wearer.
Fabrication: The material cost of the parts for a suit of
dread armour is 265 gc (not including accumulator parts).
It takes four weeks to construct the armour. The pertinent
Craft skill for construction is Craft (metalworking).
The dread armour runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Dread Shield
Cost: 810 gc (accumulator not included)
Skill: Shield
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 0
Description: With all attempts to adapt the dread armour
runeplate design to warcaster armour for the use of
Sancteum warcasters having so far kept running into
even worse problems with power supply and reliability
than the armour design, the dread shield has turned out to
be an at least somewhat workable stopgap measure that
provides Sancteum warcasters with an additional measure
of protection from certain abilities of the undead. Dread
shields usually bear the Morrowan Sunburst and are
powered by an arcanodynamical accumulator mounted on
the shield's inner face.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: While a dread shield has power, a
character wielding the shield is immune to the special
effects the melee attacks of some undead creatures have,
like the Drain Life ability of the Eldritch (see IKMN, p.
40), the penalties a successful attack by an excruciator
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inflicts (see IKMN, p. 42), a hollowed's Hunger Touch
ability (see IKMN, p. 48), or the Dread Touch deathly
endowment (see IKMN, p. 78), as long as these attacks
originate in the character's front arc. Dread shields offer
no protection against abilities that replace standard
attacks, like possession attempts, or attacks that simply
deal straight vitality damage or do not inflict penalties
with a duration. Neither do dread shields protect against
rising from death as the spawn of certain undead like the
hollowed or shaft wights. It is also possible to strike a
character wearing a dread shield in such a manner that the
shield is avoided. This can be accomplished by back
strikes, by using a Mighty character's Shield Beater
attack, or by using chain weapons like a flail
The mechanikal systems of dread shields are currently
less than stable, and may be temporarily shorted out by
sustained attacks. Dread shields can negate the side-
effects of two attacks each round without problems. The
third attack's special effects are also negated, but then the
shield becomes unpowered. It powers up again in the
wearer's Maintenance Phase in the following round.
Unpowered dread shields no longer negate the special
effects of the melee attacks of the undead, and suffer a -1
attack roll penalty.
Fabrication: The material cost of the dread shield's parts
is 70 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The dread shield's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Dynamic Dilator Chamber
Cost: 860 gc (capacitor not included)
Description: Currently existing as a prototype designed
and demonstrated by the elusive arcane mechanik Lord
Hugh Galfrey, this disquieteningly dangerous-looking
contraption of emitter plates and coils, which is powered
by an alchemical capacitor, is claimed by its inventor to
allow the slowing down of alchemical processes taking
place in its focal area, using principles devised from
conversations with Major Prime Victoria Haley (since the
Major Prime's temporal manipulations defy explanation,
let alone attempts at reproduction, most people scoff at
Lord Hugh's claims. There does seem to be some
evidence of strange effects taking place in the device,
though – alchemical synthesis does appear slowed down,
allowing the alchemist to more readily spot runaway
reactions and intervene, and the device's emitters seem to
have corroded noticeably in the short interval of time the
device has been used in trials). Lord Hugh Galfrey is
currently looking for funding to continue his research into
temporal mechaniks, though the Lord's eccentric habits
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have not encouraged investors, his tendencies towards
tardiness and unexplained absences making him a less
than reliable companion to any research effort. As a
matter of fact, the Lord has so far made so little a serious
splash in mechanikal circles that most engineers are hard-
pressed to even know his name.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: Alchemical processes taking place in the
focal area of the dynamic dilator chamber take half again
as long as normal, but the alchemist rolls an additional die
when making his INT+Alchemy skill roll, and must
discard the lowest die from the result.
The device is heavy and bulky, but the focal area is quite
small, only allowing the simultaneous processing of up to
three batches of an alchemical substance at the same time.
Also, alchemists have complained of unpleasant
sensations caused by working with the device like aches
and pains in their hands, which are naturally closest to the
focal area when working. Further research into other
possible harmful side-effects and how to mitigate them is
clearly indicated.
Fabrication: The material cost of the dynamic dilator
chamber's housing is 130 gc. It takes three weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skills for
construction is Craft (metalworking) and Craft
(glasswork).
The dynamic dilator's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15. As of this
date, however, the exact configuration of the runeplate is
proprietory.
Echoprober
Cost: 530 gc (including clockwork capacitor)
Description: The echoprober is a small handheld device
with a gauge on top and a spike at the opposite end. It is
powered by an internal clockwork capacitor.
Rune Points: 2
Special Rules: By touching the echoprober's spike to
solid objects, a character can determine if there is a
concealed cavity by interpreting the changing movement
of the gauge's needle. Using an echoprober to search for
hidden compartments grants a +3 bonus to appropriate
tests (e.g. PER+Detection tests).
Fabrication: The material cost of the echoprober's
housing and power source is 65 gc. It takes one week to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The echoprober's runeplate requires two weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 14.
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Ectoplasmic Stabiliser Engine
Cost: 1,110 gc (capacitor not included)
Description: This bulky and barely portable device sheds
a disturbing greenish light that somehow seems to carry a
distinct chill as well. While the living generally appear as
dead within the engine's area of effect (though green-
tinted goggles alleviate this side-effect somewhat),
restless shades become more solid, and also more
amenable to interaction. Possessing or running this device
smacks of necromancy, however, and is generally
forbidden. An arcanodynamic accumulator powers the
engine.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Within the ectoplasmic stabiliser engine's
area of effect, which extends for 36 feet (6”) from the
device, incorporeal undead become semi-corporeal. In
this state they become more susceptible to attacks
(mundane attacks can harm them, though they inflict 1d6
less damage than normal; magical or blessed attacks and
spells affect the semi-corporeal undead as if they were
fully corporeal), while at the same time their stabilised
state is often experienced as extremely pleasant by shades
who now suddenly become capable of touching and
interacting with the mortal world almost normally again
(in game terms, the stabilising effect makes any
incorporeal undead within the device's area of effect
automatically regenerate 1d3+1 vitality points in their
maintenance phase, while also providing a +2 bonus to
positive interaction rolls. If the shades in question are
malevolent or insane, of course, the interaction bonus is
irrelevant). Even semi-corporeal undead can still escape
the device's effects by forcing themselves through walls
or other obstacles that shield them from the stabiliser
engine's sickly glow; however, such obstacles count as
difficult terrain until the shade has fully left the device's
area of effect.
Incorporeal undead cannot become invisible while in the
ectoplasmic stabiliser engine's area of effect. Similarly,
the Ghostly ability (IKUA, p. 74) does not work at all for
undead bathed in the device's glow.
Fabrication: The material cost of the ectoplasmic
stabiliser engine's parts is 160 gc (not including
accumulator parts). It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(glasswork) or Craft (metalwork), whichever is lower.
The ectoplasmic stabiliser engine's runeplate requires four
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16.
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Featherwalk Boots
Cost: 670 gc (capacitoror not included)
Description: Featherwalk boots are a pair of sturdy boots
with specialised conduits in their soles. They are powered
by an alchemical capacitor worn on a belt.
Rune Points: 3 (see below)
Special Rules: While featherwalk boots have power, the
footfalls of the character wearing them do not cause any
sound, as a sound-dampening field around the boots
swallows any noise. This neither affects noises caused by
other equipment, nor does it affect a noisy environment
that extends further from the character than about two feet
(so while the character may step on twigs or even wade
through water without causing any sound, if the character
e.g. walks on a frozen lake and causes the ice to break, the
sound of the breaking ice will still be heard if the fissure
extends further than about two feet). In most instances,
featherwalk boots grant a +3 bonus to Sneak rolls.
Fabrication: The material cost of the featherwalk boots'
housing is 60 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device (one for each boot). The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (tanning).
The featherfall boots' runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Foglio-Valeo Vital Transfusion
Engine
From the Liber Mechanika of Professors Phil and Kaja
Foglio, http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?
date=20090925#.WHffjoXcut8
Cost: 1,380 gc (for two transfusion engines and the
connecting conduit. Does not include capacitors)
Description: This highly experimental device, which has
been developed by the Foglio, Foglio and Valeo
Workshop in Ord, consists of two transfusor units
strapped to the chests of a patient and a donor and
connected by a short, specially constructed mechanikal
conduit tube. While powered, the device supplements the
vital processes of the patient by drawing on the
physiology of the donor, which may be potentially life-
saving to the patient. The device acts too slowly to
prevent death from injury, but is effective against many
toxins and diseases. Both transfusor units are powered by
individual alchemical capacitors.
Rune Points: 3 per transfusor unit
Special Rules: Hooking up two characters to transfusor
units requires that these characters take off any clothes
covering their torsos, as well as a full action per user to
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adjust the straps. When patient and donor are connected
and the devices are powered up, both patient and donor
make rolls to resist a disease's or toxin's progress, and the
better result is used. The device also mitigates symptoms,
while simultaneously causing both donor and patient to
suffer from symptoms at a reduced severity (For diseases,
both patient and donor suffer the symptoms of the
previous stage of the disease that the patient is currently
in (If the patient is in the first stage, neither suffers
symptoms). For toxins, both patient and donor suffer half
the normal penalties caused by the toxin, rounded down,
to a minimum of no penalty). The devices can also be
used to stabilize patients with degenerative conditions like
heart diseases, but will not effect cures in such
circumstances (they could still be an effective treatment,
allowing, say, a patient with liver damage to recover a
little. The liver will return to its damaged state once the
transfusor unit is removed, but it will have been able to do
its work better in the meantime, potentially alleviating
penalties caused by the build-up of toxins in the patient's
system from liver failure).
While using the vital transfusion engine to help a patient
recover, the GM records the resistance roll results for both
patients. If the connection is broken or one of the
transfusion engines is shut down, the patient's condition
deteriorates to the point where it would be if only the
patient's rolls to resist the disease or toxin had applied
once PHY rounds have passed, potentially causing the
patient to die in the space of moments. The gauges and
dials on the two transfusion engines clearly indicate
whether the engines draw heavily on the donor, however,
so it is usually obvious when shutting down the devices
would be a bad idea. Once a disease or toxin has been
completely recovered from, the transfusion engines can be
shut down safely.
While wearing transfusion engines, patient and donor
have DEF 7, cannot run or charge, and must stay B2B
with each other (they are allowed to activate
simultaneously and act and move at the same time in
combat, but are strongly advised not to engage in armed
conflict). If the connection is broken prematurely, the
donor keeps suffering from penalties he has accrued so
far, but recovers normally (It should be noted that the
enforced close proximity of patient and donor may pose a
significant risk of infection, and if the donor should
become infected, or poisoned, the engines will
automatically start drawing on the former patient's
physiology to support the donor, effectively reversing the
patient-donor relationship. It is even possible for either
user to simultaneously act as a donor and a patient if both
have been infected or poisoned).
If the patient dies while hooked up to a vital transfusion
engine (no matter whether from disease, toxin, or injury),
the donor immediately suffers the full effects of the
patient's disease or toxin as far as stat and roll penalties
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are concerned, is reduced to 0 vitality, and must make a
roll on the Injury Table (see IKRPG, p. 217) using 1d6+7
instead of 3d6 as normal (a result of battle scars will
always scar the skin underneath the transfusion engine).
The Foglio-Valeo vital transfusion engine's settings are
specific for each species (e.g. only a human can become a
donor to a human, or a trollkin can become a donor to a
trollkin). Changing the settings for a different species
takes about five minutes and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering or INT+Medicine roll,
whichever is lower, against a target number of 15.
Fabrication: The material cost of each transfusion engine
is 70 gc. It takes two weeks to construct each engine. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Medicine.
Constructing the conduit takes another week, and requires
parts worth 20 gc. Constructing the conduit does not
require the Inscribe Formula ability.
The vital tranfusion engines' runeplates (one per engine)
take three weeks to inscribe and require successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering rolls against a target
number of 15.
Folding Shield
Cost: 760 gc (alchemical capacitor not included)
Skill: Shield
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 0
Description: At first glance the folding shield appears to
be merely a rather large bracer with a sheaf of thin metal
blades attached to a swivelling joint at the wrist. A closer
look reveals mechanikal conduits on the blades, which
can be fanned out into a buckler, which is then stabilised
into a serviceable instrument of defense via an arcantrik
field. An alchemical capacitor set into the bracer powers
the device.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: It takes a quick action to fan out the
blades into a buckler shape, and another quick action to
engage the arcantrik field that makes the metal blades
strong enough to ward off blows. An activated folding
shield can be used like a regular shield (though not very
effectively as a weapon), but is quite unobtrusive while
stowed, and can actually be concealed under a cloak or
even in a wide sleeve. Stowing the shield requires two
quick actions as well, one to deactivate the field, and
another to stow the blades. An unpowered folding shield
that is used to ward off a blow is destroyed (but can be
repaired by replacing the blades, which requires
replacement parts costing 60 gc and takes two weeks for
laying the conduits).
Fabrication: The material cost of the folding shield's
parts is 100 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
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device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The folding shield's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Galvanic Bayonet
Cost: 410 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Hand Weapon (mounted on a pistol), Great Weapon
(mounted on a rifle)
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 10 (electrical damage, see below)
Description: A compact mechanikal device with two
metal prongs jutting out from its front, the galvanic
bayonet can be used to deliver powerful electric attacks in
close combat. It is usually powered by an alchemical
capacitor.
Rune Points: 2
Special Rules: A character may make melee attacks with
a galvanic bayonet mounted on a pistol or rifle. These
attacks have POW 10 (do not add the character's Strength
or bonus dice for charge attacks or having the Mighty
archetype). The damage is electrical, and a galvanic
bayonet only damages living targets. If the damage roll
exceeds the ARM of a cortex-equipped steamjack, it
suffers no damage but is disrupted (see the electrocutioner
runeplate's effects in IKRPG, p. 285). If a living character
is incapacitated by a galvanic bayonet, he automatically
recovers 1 vitality and becomes concussed (see IKRPG, p.
216) as long as the roll on the injury table (see IKRPG, p.
217) does not have a result of 3, in which case the
galvanic bayonet stopped the target's heart.
A galvanic bayonet becomes unpowered after a successful
attack roll (or after accidental self-electroction; see
below), but powers up again automatically in the wielder's
Maintenance Phase in the next round. When a galvanic
bayonet is unpowered, it can no longer be used to deliver
electrical attacks, and the gun suffers an additional -1
attack penalty (both for clobbering a target with the non-
functional galvanic bayonet, which just means simply
hitting the target with the gun, and for shooting, as the
uncompensated weight of the galvanic bayonet makes
handling the gun awkward).
Though it is possible to wield the galvanic bayonet as an
impromptu galvanic dagger, this is not advisable, as the
lack of a long handle when the device is not mounted on a
gun makes self-electrocution a real risk (on an attack roll
of snake eyes, the wielder of the galvanic dagger suffers a
POW 10 electrical damage roll, with the additional effects
described above). For similar reasons, galvanic bayonets
are usually switched off when a gun is holstered, so an
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is required when the gun is drawn, if only to remove the
penalty the unpowered galvanic bayonet inflicts on attack
rolls.
Fabrication: The material cost of the housing of a
galvanic bayonet is 40 gc. It takes two weeks to construct
the device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Craft (metalworking).
The galvanic bayonet's runeplate requires two weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Galvanic Sleep Inducer
Cost: 740 gc (integral clockwork capacitor included)
Description: This light, helm-like device, which is
usually secured with a strap under the chin and mostly
covers the eyes and back of the neck, causes its wearer to
become nearly instantaneously and restfully asleep. It is
powered by an integral clockwork capacitor, for good
reason.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A galvanic sleep inducer usually includes
a clockwork cutout that shuts it down after about five
hours of use, though this can be disabled or left out and a
long-lasting power source attached instead of the usual
clockwork capacitor.
1d3 rounds after donning and activating a galvanic sleep
inducer, the wearer is soundly asleep and cannot be
roused by any means unless the inducer is shut off first.
This sleep is extremely restful; reduce the amount of sleep
needed by half (though this does not extend the period of
wakefulness, so frequent users increasingly drift out of
sync with the day/night rhythm of the world around
them). Additionally, any influences that affect affect the
user's mind negatively (including magic, drugs, disease,
or insanity) take a -4 penalty to relevant effect or damage
rolls while the inducer is active (if the effect is not rolled,
the user gains +4 to applicable resistance rolls instead).
It is hardly likely that a character is forced to put on a
galvanic sleep inducer, though he may be tricked
somehow into wearing an odd mechanikal helmet that
covers the eyes completely. In such a case, the character
may roll PHY or INT, whichever is higher, against a target
number of 16 at the beginning of each of his turns. As
long as he succeeds, he does not fall asleep, which may
give him time to escape.
Galvanic sleep inducers must fit the head pretty tightly, so
different models must be provided for dwarves, gobbers,
ogrun, satyxis or trollkin. Iosans and Nyss can use human
helmets.
Fabrication: The material cost of the galvanic sleep
inducer's parts is 90 gc, including parts for the clockwork
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capacitor. It takes three weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The galvanic sleep inducer's runeplate requires three
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 15.
Ghost Barding
Cost: 1,340 gc (including an integral clockwork
accumulator)
ARM Modifier: +4
Description: Ghost barding, which is usually dark grey or
dark blue, significantly dampens any noises a horse's
hoofs and movements make, including noises caused by
the rider. As such, it is usually used by riders who have to
move clandestinely.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: When a character rides a horse wearing
powered ghost barding, he may roll AGL+Riding or
AGL+Sneak, whichever is lower, to determine how hard
it is for sentries or other witnesses to detect his passage.
The character receives a +3 bonus to this roll.
Because the sound dampening effect is quite noticeable to
the horse as well, activating ghost barding requires an
AGL+Riding or Animal Handling roll against target
number 11. On a failure, the horse panics and will likely
throw the rider and bolt. Additionally, any hearing-based
Detection rolls by the rider or horse suffer a -3 penalty
while the ghost barding is active.
Fabrication: The material cost of ghost barding parts is
300 gc (including the parts for the internal clockwork
capacitor). It takes three weeks to construct the device.
The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The ghost barding runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Ghost-Ward Armour
Cost: 910 (light suit), 1,460 (medium suit)
(arcanodynamic accumulator not included)
DEF Modifier: -1 (light suit), -2 (medium suit)
ARM Modifier: +5 (light suit), +7 (medium suit)
Description: Produced by the Strangelight Workshop to
protect operatives working on rooting out hauntings, these
mechanikal suits of armour significantly weaken most
attacks made by ghostly adversaries. The suits are
powered by arcanodynamic accumulators installed behind
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an armoured panel on the chest. At present the
Strangelight Workshop has produced four suits of light
ghost-ward armour and only one suit of medium ghost-
ward armour, since most of the Workshop's agents aren't
really at home with a martial bearing and thus prefer not
walking around like soldiers. The medium suit was thus
mainly built as a proof-of-concept.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: When characters with the Incorporeal trait
(see IKRPG, p. 219) or the Ghostly trait (see IKUA, p. 74,
or the excruciator description in IKMN, p. 43) make
melee or ranged attacks against characters wearing ghost-
ward armour, they roll one less damage die when making
their damage rolls. Ghost-ward armour does not protect
against normal objects wielded by ghosts (e.g. a ghost
swinging a sword it picked up does not suffer the penalty
to its damage roll, but when attacking with its claws or a
sword that is part of its ghostly essence it deals one less
damage die). Similarly, ghost-ward does not protect
against magic attacks, special effects of attacks like Dread
Touch (see IKMN, p. 78), or special damage effects like
the damage dealt via the Anatomical Precision ability (see
IKRPG, p. 157).
If the armour becomes unpowered, the DEF modifier of
light ghost-ward armour becomes -3. The DEF modifier
of medium ghost-ward armour becomes -4. Additionally,
unpowered ghost-ward armour no longer protects from
the attacks of incorporeal or ghostly opponents.
Fabrication: The material cost of the parts for a light suit
of ghost-ward armour is 70 gc. The material cost of the
parts for a medium suit of ghost-ward armour is 265 gc. It
takes four weeks to construct either suit. The pertinent
Craft skill for construction is Craft (metalworking).
The ghost-ward armour runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Ghostlock Pistol
Cost: 1,000 gc (accumulator not included)
Ammo: 1 (light round)
Effective Range: 48 feet (8”)
Extreme Range: 240 feet
Skill: Pistol
POW: 10
Description: A ghostlock pistol is usually inscribed with
decorative runes of Morrow and blessings against the
depredations of ghosts and the undead, and its conduits
must be fashioned from a special alchemically treated
silver. While the runeplate has power (which is provided
by an arcanodynamic capacitor set into the handle), faint
whisps of evaporating ectoplasm drift from the pistol's
barrel.
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Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: When an incorporeal character is hit by
the ghostlock pistol, he loses the incorporeal trait for one
round, and cannot regain it by any means during this time.
If a character with the ghostly trait is hit by the ghostlock
pistol, he loses ghostly for one round, and cannot regain it
by any means during this time.
Because the character loses incorporeality or ghostly
when he is hit, the ghostlock pistol causes normal damage
(i.e. damage is not reduced by one die against a formerly
incorporeal character).
Note: Characters with access to feat points may shake the
effects of a hit by a ghostlock pistol by spending a feat
point at the beginning of their activation.
A ghostlock pistol uses light rounds. It costs 2 gc for
blasting powder, bullets and casings for five light rounds.
If the ghostlock pistol is unpowered, any attacks with it
receive a -1 modifier, and do not cause incorporeal or
ghostly characters to become fully corporeal.
Fabrication: The material cost of the ghostlock pistol's
housing is 130 gc (accumulator not included). It takes
three weeks to construct the device. The pertinent Craft
skill for construction is Craft (gunsmith).
The ghostlock pistol's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Ghost Suit
Cost: 1,760 (arcanodynamic accumulator not included)
DEF Modifier: -2
ARM Modifier: +7
Description: This device currently only exists as a set of
schematics in a liber mechanika locked away in a safe of
the Strangelight Workshop. A fully enclosed suit of
armour, complete with helmet, gauntlets and iron-shod
boots, the intent of the device was to render the wearer
temporarily insubstantial, which would be invaluable to
criminals and intelligence services alike. While a test run
was apparently mostly successful, something still went
horribly wrong, not only destroying the prototype in a
horrific explosion but also killing the wearer (who also
happened to be the suit's designer. The Strangelight
Workshop has so far refused to disclose the identity of the
mechanik in question). Even worse, the suit's wearer has
returned as a ghost who now haunts the workshop (and
which the staff has been reluctant to exorcise, as they are
both terrified of the potential repercussions of a device
that can render the living into restless shades, as well as
curious if the ghost might be enticed into revealing details
of the failed experiment. Unfortunately, the ghost has so
far been less than cooperative, which might have
something to do with the bits of architecture that appear to
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be embedded in parts of its head and body (Incidentally,
the Strangelight Workshop would be grateful for the
services of any investigators with a record of establishing
peaceful contact with the restless dead, especially those
that appear less than sane)). According to the schematics,
the device was powered by an arcanodynamic
accumulator.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: The character wearing a powered ghost
suit may spend a quick action to gain Ghostly for one
round (a Ghostly character can move through terrain and
obstacles without penalty if he has enough movement to
move completely past them, and cannot be targeted by
free strikes). Once the character's activation ends, the
ghost suit becomes unpowered until the character's next
Maintenance Phase, worsening the DEF penalty to -4.
It is unknown at present what the side-effects of wearing
the ghost suit are, and why the device failed so
catastrophically. The gamemaster is encouraged to be
creative, and may choose from the following options
(since the suit would have to be rebuilt, it wouldn't even
be clear initially whether any of these flaws are caused by
flaws in the original design or are due to faulty
construction):
● The suit might simply fail on 1-2 on 1d6 each time
an activation is attempted.
● If the helmet isn't closed or some of the conduits
torn loose (especially those connecting the
gauntlets, boots and helmet), the wearer might be
rendered semi-insubstantial and unable to pass
through obstacles because the body parts in the
currently unpowered parts of the suit aren't
rendered insubstantial. This might even cause such
body parts to become effectively separated from
the body at once, with obviously life-threatening
or outright fatal results.
● The suit might fail when passing through certain
materials or depths of material, dealing 3d6+ARM
of the material in damage to the wearer, which is
only reduced by the wearer's PHY and may leave
the wearer partially embedded in foreign material.
● The suit might fail if the wearer moves too quickly
because the arcantrik field is unstable, meaning the
wearer becomes substantial again once he moves
more than a certain distance while the suit is
activated, potentially trapping him in an obstacle
as described above.
● The original wearer might also simply have
stopped in an obstacle without noticing it or by
accident, with the catastrophic effect described
above.
Fabrication: The material cost of the parts for ghost suit
is 355 gc (not including accumulator parts). It takes four
weeks to construct the suit. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
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The ghost suit runeplate requires four weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 16.
Gill Helmet
Cost: 910 gc (arcanodynamic capacitor not included)
Description: The gill helmet is a heavy copper helmet
complete with strong glass viewports that must be worn
strapped securely to the shoulders with an integral
harness. An arcanodynamic capacitor set into the device
on a panel that covers the upper chest powers the device.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: While the gill helmet has power,
characters wearing it can breathe underwater, as the
helmet's mechanika filters breathable air out of the water.
An inbuilt mechanikal lantern also allows the user to
illuminate his surroundings , though the range of visibility
is severely reduced underwater, more so if the water
contains silt, algae or pollutants.
Gill helmets inflict a -1 penalty to hearing-based
Detection rolls. They cannot double as gas masks, since
the mechanika only extracts breathable air from water.
Gill helmets require regular cleaning and maintenance if
they are used in salt water, as the water quickly damages
the mechanikal parts. For the same reason clockwork
capacitors are not used, even though they could power the
device as long as the lantern is not turned on.
Fabrication: The material cost of the gill helmet's
housing is 90 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The gill helmet's runeplates requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Grenadier's Gauntlet
Cost: 740 gc (including an internal clockwork capacitor)
Skill: Unarmed Combat / Thrown Weapons (see below)
Attack Modifier: +0 (ranged) / -1 (melee)
POW: 1 (when used to strike in melee)
Description: A grenadier's gauntlet covers the wearer's
hand and arm with a lightweight framework fitted with
kinetic capacitors and mechanikal triggers. The device is
powered by an internal clockwork capacitor installed in a
bracer covering the lower arm.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: By spending a quick action to prime the
device, a character wearing a grenadier's gauntlet gains +4
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RNG to his next thrown weapon ranged attack. The
gauntlet's fingers make handling thrown weapons other
than grenades, spears or axes awkward, so weapons that
require a measure of manual dexterity, like throwing
knives, suffer a -1 penalty to attack rolls. The character
can also wield a melee weapon in the hand wearing the
gauntlet, but incurs a -1 penalty to melee attack rolls
because the device's arm bracings interfere with the
movements required in melee. If the gauntlet becomes
unpowered, any attack roll made with the arm wearing the
gauntlet suffers an additional -1 penalty.
Donning or doffing a grenadier's gauntlet takes at least a
minute, as the framework must be strapped securely to the
wearer's arm. With the help of an assistant, the gauntlet
can be put on substantially faster, requiring only two full
actions to tighten all the straps.
Fabrication: The material cost of the grenadier's
gauntlet's housing and clockwork capacitor parts is 90 gc.
It takes four weeks to construct the device. The pertinent
Craft skill for construction is Craft (metalworking).
The grenadier's gauntlet's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Heat Sink
Cost: 840 gc (including integral clockwork capacitor)
Description: The heat sink is a cylindrical array of
runeplates and copper toroids mounted on a sturdy tripod.
A crank on top allows the internal clockwork capacitor to
be wound.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: While the heat sink has power and is
switched on, an area of about 15 feet radius is chilled, as
all heat is drawn into the device. This is not enough to
actually inflict damage, although prolonged exposure may
have harmful consequences, as it does get cold enough to
freeze water. As a matter of fact, the device is usually
used to create ice, or to preserve foodstuffs. In order to
work, the area where the heat sink is set up must be well
insulated (usually, small underground chambers are used,
and the walls of the chamber are stuffed with straw) and
shielded from warm air and sun.
An operating heat sink tends to get encrusted with ice, so
it must usually be taken out of the chamber every few
days and thawed, or the internal mechanisms will get
damaged. Because of this, heat sinks tend to be luxury
items, and only get used in areas that have no easy access
to ice during the warm seasons (as a matter of fact, buying
ice that has been stored during the winter is a lot cheaper,
especially since transporting blocks of ice quickly using
the train network in countries like Cygnar is very easy).
Fabrication: The material cost of the heat sink's housing
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and power source is 120 gc (including the parts for the
integral clockwork capacitor). It takes two weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The heat sink's runeplate requires three weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 15.
Heterodynamic Inhibitor
From the Liber Mechanika of Professors Phil and Kaja
Foglio, http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?
date=20061208#.WLM1OBAxm_s
Cost: 690 gc (including integral clockwork capacitor)
Description: This odd device, which is about the size of a
child's fist and suspended from a necklace, was
supposedly found abandoned in a mostly cleared-out
mechanikal workshop in Ceryl and then sold to Mr.
Wilson, a well-known collector of mechanikal curios,
who then submitted it to local mechaniks for further
study. There is little clue as to the device's true purpose at
present, though its rearward side bears the cryptic
inscription “B Heterodyn Inhib #A” (which has since
inspired the device's unofficial, if equally cryptic, name).
The device is powered by an internal clockwork capacitor,
and seems to somehow affect the wearer's mind, though
the exact details of its effects are currently unknown
despite much testing.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A character wearing the active
heterodynamic inhibitor is freed from any control a
possessing entity has on him while the device is powered
– without actually exorcising the possessing entity in any
way (as a matter of fact, possession does not expire
normally at all and cannot be shaken off by the possessed
character's willpower or voluntarily ended by the
possessor while the possessed character is wearing the
powered device, though the device does not hinder
exorcisms or a possessing entity's specific weaknesses,
like a riven's inability to cross thresholds even when
possessing a creature, from prematurely ending an
episode of possession). It is quite possible that this is
somehow an intended effect, since the device's name
suggests it inhibits an 'other power' affecting the wearer.
As to why the device does not simply expel a possessing
essence, there are hints that the intention was to entrap a
possessor or to preserve the possessor for some reason
while limiting its ability to wreak havoc, possibly even in
order to allow the possessed person a chance of
extricating information from the second mind sharing his
body, effectively turning possession against the possessor.
A heterodynamic inhibitor will not prevent control by an
outside essence (i.e. a spellcaster casting spells like
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Influence or Overmind), or mitigate the effects of artifacts
like Orgoth blades on their users' minds.
It should be noted that the mechaniks who have examined
the device so far have not yet figured out the exact
parameters of its effects.
Fabrication: The material cost of the heterodynamic
inhibitor's parts is 75 gc (including the parts for the
integral clockwork capacitor). It takes two weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Mechanikal Engineering.
The heterodynamic inhibitor's runeplate takes three weeks
to inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
“Hurricane” Frictionless Mini-
Slugger
Cost: 1,710 gc (capacitor not included)
Ammo: 30 (metal-cased heavy rounds)
Effective Range: 60 feet (10”)
Extreme Range: 300 feet
Skill: Light Artillery
Attack Modifier: 0 (mounted on stand), -1 (fired
standing)
POW: 11
Description: Expensive enough to make even the most
well-heeled quartermaster choke, this weapon was
originally intended for special operations units that
needed a compact weapon that could lay down even
heavier covering fire than regular mini-sluggers by using
mechanikal compensators to ensure the ammunition feed
runs more smoothly. While the design does work, its price
tag means it will likely not see production anytime soon,
if ever. As a matter of fact, the design is already a retrofit
of a conventional mini-slugger rather than a custom-built
mechanikal gun, paying for this cost-cutting measure with
an increased power draw for enhanced ergonomic
compensators. The device is usually powered by an
alchemical capacitor.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: This weapon uses all the rules of a mini-
slugger (see IKKNG, p. 96), but when using Burst Fire
the character firing this weapon may make 1d6 attacks for
expending six rounds of ammunition, targeting a primary
target and any number of secondary targets within 2” of
the primary target and ignoring intervening characters
when declaring secondary targets. As usual, a secondary
target cannot be targeted by more attacks than the primary
target.
If the “Hurricane” should become unpowered, it can only
be used to make 1d3 Burst Fire attacks for every 6 shots
of ammunition expended, and suffers an attack modifier
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of -2 (-3 when fired standing).
Fabrication: The material cost of the “Hurricane”
frictionless mini-slugger's housing is 510 gc (including
the cost of purchasing a mini-slugger and parts for the
mechanikal retrofit). It takes one week to retrofit the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for retrofitting is Craft
(gunsmith).
The “Hurricane's” runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Infusion Crucible
Cost: 960 gc (accumulator not included)
Description: Arcane minerals are an exotic, expensive
and unfortunately widely required ingredient of
alchemicals, and while there are sources for these
minerals, the supply is unfortunately likely to get cut off
unexpectedly (usually simply because the areas where
such crystals are found can be dangerous to get to, or back
from). The mechanikal infusion crucible has been
developed as an attempt to provide an alternative source.
On the surface, it is simply a small, sturdy, insulated
container wrapped in mechanikal conduits, but it can
indeed be used to artificially grow arcane mineral
crystals. Unfortunately, the device is inefficient,
somewhat difficult to use, and slow, but there is ongoing
research into making it more effective. Infusion crucibles
are powered by arcanodynamic accumulators or, more
commonly, run off arcane turbines, which are sometimes
powered by water wheels.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: An infusion crucible must be filled with
molten mineral salts (this counts as four units of mineral
crystals), which usually requires an alchemical lab with a
high-grade furnace. The molten mass then slowly cools
and crystallizes over 1d3+1 days while being subjected to
a bombardment of arcane energies. Once the crystals have
stopped growing, a character with the Alchemy skill can
roll on the production table to see what he can recover
from the crucible:
Infusion Crucible Production Table
1d6 Roll Result
1-2 1 unit of arcane minerals
2 units of alchemical waste (crystal)
3-4 2 units of arcane minerals
1 unit of alchemical waste (crystal)
5-6 3 units of arcane minerals
A character with the Alchemy skill can instead opt to
recover the less perfectly formed crystals , producing low-
grade arcane minerals that can only be used by characters
with the Free Style ability (see IKRPG, p. 163). When
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recovering lower-grade arcane minerals, roll on the
following table instead:
Infusion Crucible Production Table
(Low-grade arcane mineral production)
1d6 Roll Result
1 1 unit of low-grade arcane minerals
3 units of alchemical waste (crystal)
2-3 2 units of low-grade arcane minerals
2 unit of alchemical waste (crystal)
4-5 3 units of low-grade arcane minerals
1 unit of alchemical waste (crystal)
6 4 units of low-grade arcane minerals
Fabrication: The material cost of the infusion crucible's
housing is 160 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The infusion crucible's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
“Kerwin” Fractional Still
Cost: 760 gc (capacitor not included)
Description: Named after one of the principal innovators
of mechanika, Sebastien Kerwin, who used established
alchemical practices as the foundation for his mechanikal
theories, the fractional still is an unwieldy and somewhat
fragile device that allows an alchemist to perfectly control
temperature gradients during alchemical distillation,
improving the output of these normally wasteful
processes. The device is powered by an alchemical
capacitor.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: When an alchemist uses the “Kerwin” to
distill alchemical compounds (see IKRPG, p. 291), he
may recover one unit each of two different ingredients
used in the formulation of the compound rather than the
single unit of a single ingredient that is normally
recovered. The “Kerwin” cannot be used to distill
compounds that only contain two ingredients. As with
normal alchemical distillation, the process also yields a
unit of alchemical waste (crystal or liquid) in addition to
the recovered ingredients.
Using a “Kerwin” requires either the Mechanikal
Engineering skill or basic instruction by a character with
the Mechanikal Engineering skill. A “Kerwin” also
requires regular maintenance and cleaning (which does
require the character to have the Mechanikal Engineering
skill to disassemble and reassemble the device).
Bigger, more complex versions of the “Kerwin” have
been constructed. These devices are even more power-
hungry (and usually powered by arcane turbines) but
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improve the output of alchemical distillations even
further. Such devices are not portable, however.
Fabrication: The material cost of the “Kerwin” fractional
still's housing is 160 gc (not including the parts for the
capacitor). It takes three weeks to construct the device.
The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(glassworking).
The ”Kerwin's” runeplate requires three weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 15.
Kinetic Bracer
Cost: 840 gc (including clockwork capacitor)
Description: A kinetic bracer encases a character's lower
arm and hand in a gauntlet outfitted with a complex
system of mechanikal triggers and runeplates. An integral
clockwork capacitor powers the device.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: While the kinetic bracer has power, the
attack modifier for wielding a two-handed weapon that
may be wielded one-handed in only one hand is reduced
by -1 as a displacement field surrounds the wielder's
lower arm, hand, and the weapon itself, significantly
reducing the weapon's apparent weight and making it less
unwieldy. Mechanikal triggers briefly switch off the
displacement field on a successful hit with a melee
weapon, ensuring that the full force of the blow reaches
the target.
Because of the arrangement of the mechanikal triggers,
the kinetic bracer does not work well when wielding
melee weapons two-handed, and should be switched off
unless the wearer wants the displacement field to instead
interfere with his attacks.
Fabrication: The material cost of the kinetic bracer's
housing and power source is 110 gc. It takes two weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The kinetic bracer's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Kinetic Frame
Cost: 1,590 gc
Description: The kinetic frame is a set of articulated arms
with attached gauntlets that extends from a central unit
mounted on the back of the user, which also contains an
arcanodynamic accumulator to power the device. The unit
must be strapped securely to the user's torso and arms
before it can be used. If the user wants to wear armour,
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some refitting is required to accommodate the armour's
bulk. The kinetic frame usually is not worn with warcaster
armour, simply because the back-mounted boiler is in the
way of the shoulder bracing that is part of the kinetic
frame.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: The kinetic frame greatly enhances the
strength of the user's arms, though this only applies to
actions that rely exclusively on upper body strength (so
actions like lifting and carrying are not affected). The
kinetic frame is somewhat slow to respond, inflicting a -1
penalty to all AGL, POI and PRW rolls, including attack
rolls, but the wearer's STR is considered to be 7 (or the
Veteran level STR maximum when designed for other
races) while the kinetic frame has power. If it should
become unpowered while it is still being worn, the user
suffers a -3 penalty to all AGL, POI and PRW rolls until
the frame is removed or powered up again. Donning or
removing a kinetic frame is time-consuming and requires
an assistant.
Fabrication: The material cost of the kinetic frame's
housing is 225 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The kinetic frame's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Kinetic Transfer Shield
Cost: 710 gc (alchemical capacitor not included)
Skill: Shield
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 0
Description: A kinetic transfer shield carries a specialised
mechanikal trigger and channelling array that translates
the force of a charging character's movement into a blast
that can knock targets onto their backs and even sends
them flying. The shield is powered by an alchemical
capacitor mounted on its inner face.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A character must spend a quick action to
prime the kinetic transfer shield before charging a target
and striking it with the shield. If the character moves at
least 3” as part of the charge, that character makes a slam
attack instead of a charge attack and if the character hits
the target then the target is slammed (see Slammed,
IKRPG, p. 204), The POW of the slam damage roll and
collateral damage roll is equal to the character's STR+1,
or has a POW equal to the number of inches charged + 1,
whichever is greater. This attack is not treated as a charge
attack, and this character does not get any bonuses that
apply to charges such as a boosted damage roll. If the
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character is unable to advance more than 3” before
making this attack, then the character's attack is a normal
attack with the shield.
When the kinetic transfer shield becomes unpowered, it
receives a -1 attack modifier, and can no longer slam
characters.
Fabrication: The material cost of the kinetic transfer
shield's parts is 85 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The kinetic transfer shield's runeplate requires three
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 15.
Laterna Magica
Cost: 810 gc (capacitor not included)
Description: A laterna magica is a handheld lantern with
a complex array of filaments and coils surrounding a
central runeplate. An arcanodynamic capacitor is inserted
into the top of the device to power it. While the laterna
magica is active, a disquieting, diffuse glow surrounds it
that does not appear to actually shed any illumination on
other objects.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: The laterna magica's glow only
illuminates magical objects, allowing the laterna's wielder
to identify items as magical in some fashion (unpowered
mechanika is not illuminated, but powered mechanika is.
Cursed or blessed objects are always illuminated, even if
their special traits are currently inactive (e.g. a Menite
relic blade not currently being wielded by a Menite will
still light up)).
The laterna magica's glow does not extend further than
one or two feet, so it is necessary to pass objects that are
to be examined under the device. The glow is also nearly
invisible in daylight, so the device is only practical under
conditions of very low lighting.
If a character has an appropriate Lore skill, he may, at the
gamesmaster's discretion, be able to gain some additional
information on an object he examines with a laterna
magica by interpreting the exact shades and patterns of
reflected light. Having the Rune Reader archetype ability
may grant a +1 to +3 bonus to such a test, depending on
how familiar the character is with similar magics.
Fabrication: The material cost of the laterna magica's
housing is 70 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(glasswork).
The laterna magica's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
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Leyline Drainer
Cost: 2,610 gc (not including the accumulator; the cost
reflects the somewhat makeshift construction of the
device that usually is the result of frequent burnouts)
Description: Intended to rob opponents like the Circle of
Orboros, the Retribution of Scyrah or the Convergence of
Cyriss of their greatest strengths, the leyline drainer is a
sabotage device that wreaks havoc with the geomantic
energies these factions rely on. While the long-term
effects of this kind of mystical warfare are unknown, the
device still suffers from substantial flaws, which make its
operation dangerous – and that does not even take into
account the swift retribution that those who rely on
geomantic energies will inflict on the operators and
producers of these devices. Leyline drainers are powered
by arcanodynamic accumulators, though once the device
has started draining leyline energies it draws on the
energies of the leyline instead.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A leyline drainer looks like a large spear
covered with mechanikal conduits, switches, dials, and
emitters. It is usually carried and set up with the help of a
heavy steamjack; since most arcanists of the Iron
Kingdoms do not know very much about ley lines, they
are forced to rely on circumstantial evidence left at the
site of wold creation or the place where myrmidons stood
idle in order to recharge to determine a liable site.
Once set up, a mechanik must monitor the gauges of the
leyline drainer and tune it. This takes an hour and requires
an INT+Mechanikal Engineering or INT+Lore (Arcane)
roll, whichever is lower, against a target number of 17 (up
to three mechaniks may work together when operating the
leyline drainer). On a success, the mechanik determines
whether the leyline drainer has actually been planted in a
leyline node (as determined by the gamemaster). On a
failure, the mechanik can try again after another hour.
Once a leyline drainer has been properly set up and tuned,
the mechanik may start draining energy from the node.
This requires another INT+Mechanikal Engineering or
INT+Lore (Arcane) roll, whichever is lower, against
target number 17. Each attempt takes 1d3+1 hours. On a
successful roll, the leyline node becomes disabled for a
day. When an already drained node is drained again, it
becomes disabled for a week, and then for a month. It
seems that the current design of the leyline drainer is
incapable of permanently destroying a leyline node.
A disabled leyline node cannot be crossed via leyline
travel (see IKU, p. 36), cannot be used for wold creation,
and significantly slows down the rate at which Iosan
myrmidons or Cyrissist vectors and ambient accumulators
at adjacent sites recharge (the details are up to the
gamemaster to decide; though recharging at the damaged
node usually does not work at all). It is highly likely that
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interested parties at nearby leyline nodes notice
something is interfering with the leylines and will
investigate. There are also rumors that some factions like
the Circle or the Convergence have means of
reinvigorating damaged nodes before they recover on
their own, though such procedures are certainly involved
and demand a high expense of resources.
Each time a roll to drain a leyline is failed, roll 1d6. On a
1-2, the leyline drainer burns out some if its mechanika
and becomes useless until it is repaired, which requires
replacing its runeplate and most of its conduits, which
costs 1,610 gc. On a successful roll to drain a leyline, this
takes place on a roll of 1 on 1d6. If the mechanik is
prevented from monitoring the device during the draining
process or the device suffers significant damage (it has
ARM 12 and 12 vitality), the device explodes on a roll of
1-3 on 1d6, inflicting a POW 15 magical damage roll on
anyone within 5” (30 feet), and a POW 8 magical blast
damage roll against any character within 10” (60 feet).
Fabrication: The material cost of the leyline drainer's
housing is 810 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking) or Lore (Arcane), whichever is lower.
The leyline drainer's runeplate takes four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Lifetimer
Cost: 910 gc (accumulator not included)
Description: This deceptively small mechanikal device,
which is powered by an internal arcanodynamic
accumulator, does not look unlike a large pocket watch.
When activated, it slows down the metabolic processes of
its wearer, which might give a doctor more time to work
in an emergency, or allow a user to last longer with
limited supplies. Ironically considering its name and
purpose, the design is attributed to the ever-elusive and
notoriously untimely Lord Hugh Galfrey.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A small- or medium-based living
character wearing an activated lifetimer on his body (e.g.
by having it stashed in a coat pocket; holding the lifetimer
in hand does not allow it to work) loses a quick action in
each activation, and must also forfeit his movement or
actions. The character also cannot run, and it takes twice
as long as normal to recover from injuries through normal
recovery (recovery through feat points or similar means is
unaffected). On the plus side, the character also doubles
the time it takes injuries or illnesses to affect him (e.g. the
character would bleed out in PHYx2 rounds instead of
PHY rounds, or a disease that would worsen after 1d3
days would now worsen after 1d3x2 days). The character
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also doubles the time he can last without food, water or
fresh air.
Fabrication: The material cost of the lifetimer's housing
is 160 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Mechanikal
Engineering.
The lifetimer's runeplate takes four weeks to inscribe and
requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 16.
Limb Brace
Cost: 930 gc (power source not included)
Description: Basically nothing more than a set of struts
and straps strung with mechanikal inertial regulators,
these devices can support a limb with a broken bone to
promote healing or restore a measure of mobility. Limb
braces come in two different varieties, a leg brace and an
arm brace. The devices are usually powered by
alchemical capacitors, though travellers often prefer to
install a clockwork capacitor so the device is ready to use
in a pinch.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: Properly attaching a limb brace requires a
successful INT+Medicine roll against a target number of
12. While the limb brace has power, it absorbs shocks that
would normally prevent a broken bone from knitting,
allowing a broken limb to recover according to the
standard rules even when the patient is not getting any
rest (see IKRPG, p. 217). The bulk and somewhat slow
responses of the limb brace do cause penalties, however;
an arm brace causes -1 to all rolls involving the injured
arm and -2 to melee damage when using the braced arm,
and a leg brace causes a -1 penalty to SPD and AGL, and
a penalty of -2 to DEF. If a limb brace becomes
unpowered before the limb has recovered and the
character is involved in strenuous activity like running or
fighting, the character must roll PHY against a target
number of 12 at the end of every turn in which he does
not rest. If the roll fails, the strain to the injured limb
means the time spent recovering so far has been wasted.
If a character using a limb brace also gets to rest, the limb
brace helps the character recover, reducing the time that
has to elapse until the broken bone has set by 1 day for
every 1d3+5 days the limb brace is worn.
Arm braces do not offer any assistance in the case of
broken hands, fingers or shoulders. Leg braces still help
keep a character with a broken foot mobile, but they
cannot help a character with a broken hip.
Fabrication: The material cost of the limb brace's parts is
150 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The limb brace's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Lodge Guard Armour
Cost: 1,610 gc (arcanodynamic accumulator not
included)
SPD Modifier: -1
DEF Modifier: -3
ARM Modifier: +8
Description: This suit of mechanikal armour, which is
powered by an arcanodynamic accumulator, is worn by
warriors guarding the most critical facilities of the
Fraternal Order of Wizardry. There are rumours that the
Greylord Covenant and the Convergence of Cyriss make
use of their own variants. Apart from its protective value
in itself, these suits of armour guard their wearers from
their enemies' magic while allowing the assistance of their
own arcanists.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Characters wearing lodge guard armour
cannot be targeted by spells unless the spellcaster is using
the lodge key wand to which the armour is attuned (see
below). As long as the mechanik inscribing the runeplates
knows the proper code runes, any number of suits of
lodge guard armour or lodge key wands compatible with
each other may be produced.
If the armour becomes unpowered, its DEF modifier
becomes -5.
Fabrication: The material cost of the lodge guard armour
parts is 310 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The lodge guard armour runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Lodge Key Wand
Cost: 690 – 1,140 gc (including an internal clockwork
capacitor; see fabrication for further information)
Description: This short mechanikal wand is too delicate
to be used as a weapon in its own right. Its only purpose is
to modulate spell patterns in such a way that they can
penetrate the warding of a suit of lodge guard armour (see
above). The wand is powered by an internal clockwork
capacitor.
Rune Points: 2 (see also fabrication; the power draw of
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Special Rules: Every lodge key wand must be attuned to
the runeplates in one or more suits of lodge guard armour
(see above). Once a runeplate is attuned, the attunement
cannot be altered without completely reworking the
runeplate.
Spellcasters bearing the correct lodge key wand can target
characters in lodge guard armour with spells, ignoring
their warding. Additionally, every lodge key wand
contains lockout runes so the wand only works with a
specific caster. Most wands contain lockout runes for four
different users, which are usually the arcanists serving as
the guards' arcane backup. Switching from one lockout
rune to another takes a quick action.
Fabrication: The material cost of a lodge key wand's
parts, including capacitor parts, is 120 gc. It takes two
weeks to construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The lodge key wand's runeplate, which contains the
lockout rune for a single user, requires two weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 14. For every
additional user (up to four at most), an additional rune
must be inscribed, which takes another week per rune and
increases the target number by +1. Additionally, the
market price of a lodge key wand increases by 150 gc for
every lockout rune after the first.
Magnetic Brace
Cost: 390 gc (including an internal clockwork capacitor;
640 gc for the lantern-equipped variant)
Description: The magnetic brace is simply a sturdy gun
brace set with metal plates that are magnetised by a
standard magnetism runeplate, which is powered by a
built-in clockwork capacitor. It is mainly intended as a
cheaper and more versatile alternative to equipping a suit
of armour with a magnetism runeplate. Some variants
include a mechanikal lantern on the shoulder.
Rune Points: 1 (2 for the lantern-equipped variant)
Special Rules: Wearing a powered magnetic brace grants
the wearer one additional quick action each turn that can
be used to stow or retrieve objects with a significant
number of iron or steel parts. A magnetic brace can hold
up to four pistols or similarly large pieces of equipment.
However, getting hit with a short out or blackout spell
will cause the magnetic brace to shut down and drop all
held objects to the ground, since it lacks the heavy
shielding a suit of armour would have.
Fabrication: The material cost of a magnetic brace's
parts, including capacitor parts, is 75 gc (105 for the
lantern-equipped variant). It takes one week to construct
the device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Craft (tanner) (for the lantern-equipped variant, the lower
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of Craft (tanner) and Craft (metalworking) is used).
The magnetic brace's runeplate requires one week to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 13 (14 for the
lantern-equipped variant, which takes two weeks to
inscribe).
Magnetic Vortex Shield
Cost: 810 gc (alchemical capacitor not included)
Skill: Shield
Attack Modifier: -1 (-3, see below)
POW: 2
Description: This heavy shield projects an uneven,
fluctuating magnetic field from its outer facing. While the
field of one shield alone is too localised to offer anything
in the way of added protection, when several warriors
bearing magnetic vortex shields stand shoulder to
shoulder, the shields amplify each other's fields. The
shields are powered by alchemical capacitors mounted on
the inner face of the shield.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: When two characters bearing powered
magnetic vortex shields stand B2B (and side by side, as
the shields' fields only interact when the shields are in
close proximity), they gain +1 DEF against ranged and
melee attacks originating in their front arc as long as the
attacker's melee weapon or projectile contains substantial
metal parts (even arrowheads are usually made of metal,
but a Tharn's sacral blade or a simple wooden staff or club
would not be). If the characters bearing the magnetic
vortex shields also have the Defensive Line ability (see
IKRPG, p. 160), they gain an additional DEF bonus equal
to their ARM bonus, for a total DEF bonus of +2 (or +3 if
both characters have the Defensive Line ability).
If a character wants to use a magnetic vortex shield to
attack, the attack roll suffers a -3 penalty if the target is
composed largely of metal (like a steamjack) or wears
substantial metal armour (chain mail at the minimum).
The bearer of the shield may instead spend a quick action
to shut down the shield and only suffer a -2 attack roll
penalty. The character bearing a magnetic vortex shield
neither gains any benefits nor offers any benefits to allies
for one round after using the shield to strike.
Fabrication: The material cost of the magnetic vortex
shield's parts is 115 gc. It takes three weeks to construct
the device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Craft (metalworking).
The magnetic vortex shield's runeplate requires three
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
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Necropathic Interlocutor
Cost: 1,010 gc (arcanodynamic accumulator not
included)
Description: Currently only rumoured to exist as a
schematic in a strongbox hidden in the facilities of the
Strangelight Workshop (or, to be more exact, existing as
an accusation levied against them by some Morrowan and
Menite clergy), this device is supposed to consist of a
stout box containing its power source (an arcanodynamic
accumulator, according to the few individuals who claim
to have seen the schematics) and core runeplate array and
an articulated, conduit-studded frame for mounting a skull
on top of the device. When powered up, the device
supposedly allows the operator some manner of
interaction with a departed soul, which would be
considered necromancy and punished harshly – though
procuring and mounting the skull would already be
desecration of the dead and have similar repercussions if
the user of the device was caught.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Correctly mounting a skull on the
necropathic interlocutor, if one were to fabricate such a
device, would take about ten minutes and require an
INT+Mechanikal Engineering or INT+Lore (Undead)
roll, whichever was lower, against a target number of 12.
If this roll was failed, the renanimation the device
produces would be garbled, and while this would be quite
obvious most of the time, the results could still be
extremely disconcerting, ranging from the skull starting to
char from the energies passing through it to hideous
howls and roars issuing from the device. Depending on
the condition of the skull, mounting it might also damage
it no matter whether it was mounted correctly or
incorrectly and eventually cause it to fall apart, making it
useless for the device (it should be noted that the device
supposedly only requires the brainpan and front of the
skull to work, meaning neither the spine nor the jaw
would be needed for a correct setup).
Once correctly set up, the device would allow the operator
to speak to the skull and, possibly, receive answers
issuing from the box underneath the skull. Apparently the
device would neither force the partly reanimated head to
speak nor account for language barriers, meaning
substantial study and persuasion might be required to
produce any results (the unnamed individual who devised
the schematics obviously seemed to have been of the
opinion that the device would be most useful for
interviewing those who might be desperate to pass on
what they knew, like murder victims or, possibly,
scholars). Of course, if the soul of the deceased was
unavailable for some reason (e.g. it was trapped in a soul
cage or had been captured by an Infernal), the device
would not work at all. Furthermore, in contrast to
necromantic techniques like the grave whispers spell, the
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necropathic interlocutor would do nothing to help the
interrogated individual overcome the shock of realizing
they are dead, which could easily render them completely
incoherent.
Fabrication: The material cost of the necropathic
interlocutor's housing should be around 130 gc (not
including parts for the arcanodynamic accumulator). It
would take three weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skills for construction would be Craft
(metalworking) and Lore (Undead).
The necropathic interlocutor's runeplate would require
four weeks to inscribe and a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Numen Reprinter
Cost: 3,130 gc (including a dedicated arcane turbine)
Description: This somewhat experimental device is a
desk-sized console with receptacles for two cortices and a
snake's nest of conduits. It is powered by a built-in arcane
turbine (although the device itself does not draw all the
power the turbine provides, the cortices must be powered
while the device is running, which requires the turbine's
remaining output).
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: The numen reprinter can only be used by a
focuser who has three bond slots available (one for each
cortex, and one for the numen reprinter itself). Once the
device has been set up, the operating focuser may attempt
to reprint information from an old cortex onto a new one
by making INT+Mechanikal Engineering or ARC rolls,
whichever is better, against a target number of 16, with a
penalty of +2 for each Wear and Tear result on the cortex
damage table for the old cortex (see IKRPG, p. 316).
Each roll takes four hours of concentrated effort on the
part of the user, and usually no more than two rolls are
attempted each day, since any mistake made (i.e. rolls of
snake eyes) by a tired user will likely ruin the reprinting
process. On a successful roll, a single learned cortex
ability (an increase of +1 to MAT or RAT) has been
transcribed from the old cortex onto the new one. Bonds
may also be reprinted, though only the focuser who
formed the bond may attempt to do so. An additional
number of rolls must be made equal to the cortex's INT to
complete the reprint, or the cortex's skills and memories
will not mesh, rendering it inoperative.
In order for the reprinting process to be possible, a fresh
or reset cortex of the same grade and type as the old
cortex must be provided (e.g. a ferrum-grade cortex or a
special Toro aurum-grade cortex (see IKKNG, p. 314)),
and the old cortex must be fully repaired (except for Wear
and Tear damage). The process is also dangerous to the
old cortex, as it must be partially disassembled to attach
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the conduit leads, which requires an INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against the same target number as
reprinting the cortex. If this roll is failed, a roll on the
catastrophic cortex damage table (see IKRPG, p. 316)
must be made for the old cortex before any reprinting can
be attempted (after the required repairs have been
finished).
Fabrication: The material cost of the numen reprinter's
housing and arcane turbine is 790 gc. It takes four weeks
to construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The numen reprinter requires three different runeplates to
be inscribed. The two runeplates used to link up to the
cortices take one week each to inscribe and require
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering rolls against a
target number of 13. The bond runeplate used to control
the reprinting process takes two weeks to inscribe and
requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 14.
Numenomic Lantern
Cost: 1,060 gc (power source not included)
Description: This complex experimental device was built
by mechaniks of the Fraternal Order to research cortex
architecture and information processing. Simply put, it
allows the visual projection of a cortex's memories onto a
screen. There has been some interest in using the device
as an investigative tool as well, essentially using
steamjacks as eyewitnesses, but the Fraternal mechaniks
have not been able to prove convincingly that the images
the device projects cannot be manipulated – a significant
problem because the device needs to be operated by those
with the warcasting gift for the best results, since even the
most experienced 'jack marshals find it nigh impossible to
make a steamjack “remember” anything. Also, the images
tend to be confusing and hard to interpret, especially with
lower-grade cortices, as 'jacks do not process memories in
the same way as people. The device is usually powered by
an arcane turbine or arcane interval generator.
Rune Points: 5
Special Rules: In order to use a numenomic lantern, a
steamjack's cortex must be removed from the 'jack's
cortex bay and hooked up to the device. A 'jack marshal
may then command the cortex to remember events, and
the memories are projected onto a silk or paper screen as
somewhat indistinct silent images. Focusers bonded to the
cortex can achieve a much finer degree of control over
which memories they dredge up from the cortex, but since
their interaction with the cortex is entirely telepathic, they
can easily command the cortex to display the wrong
memories or even potentially fabricate images of their
own without anyone watching the screen the wiser.
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Gamemaster's Note: This device is mainly meant to be a
storytelling tool apart from its academic applications, and
therefore it would be up to the gamemaster to decide
which rolls are appropriate to command the cortex to
correctly (or falsely) display memories. Generally, the
difficulty of such rolls should not be below 15, and rise
substantially higher for lower-grade cortices (and perhaps
be impossible for cupernum-grade cortices), damaged
cortices, or memories not related to the steamjack's usual
activities and quirks. Some cortex imprints, like the
Hunter or Sentinel traits, might also provide lower target
numbers or even allow boosted rolls at the gamemaster's
discretion. Interpreting the images might well be an
equally difficult problem as well.
Fabrication: The material cost of the numenomic lantern
is 100gc. It takes five weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(glassworking).
The numenomic lantern's runeplates require five weeks to
inscribe and require a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Plugger
Cost: 922 gc (arcanodynamic accumulator not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -2
POW: 4 (for additional effects see Special Rules)
Description: The plugger is basically a small armoured
compartment housing the device on a strong, long metal
pole. The device is operated by way of a small pulley and
powered by an arcanodynamic accumulator set into the
armoured housing.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: The plugger can be used when a ship has
been holed below the water level as long as the hole isn't
extravagantly huge (gamemaster's discretion; if the
ammunition store has blown up, this will probably not
work). Even with water gushing in, the pole allows one or
two crewmen to manhandle the device into the breach and
pull the rope to activate it. The activated plugger then
instantly freezes the water within a radius of about nine
feet of the device solid, and maintains it in a frozen
condition as long as the accumulator lasts, effectively
plugging the hole. The design intentionally prevents
deactivation by locking the mechanism in ice to prevent
anybody from tampering with it (the Black Out spell
(IKRPG, p. 237) is one of the few ways the device can be
effectively shut down prematurely). Once the ship is
drydocked or beached, the ice can be hacked away and
the device shut down so repairs can commence.
The plugger can be be used in combat by expending a
quick action in addition to the attack roll. If the attack
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hits, center a 3” AOE on the target character; if the attack
fails, center the 3” AOE on the wielder of the weapon.
Everybody inside the AOE suffers a POW 12 cold
damage roll.
Alternatively, if characters are standing in a body of water
that is at least shin-deep, the character wielding the
plugger can target their feet by taking an additional -1
penalty to their attack roll. If the attack succeeds, the feet
(and possibly legs) of all characters in the AOE (and the
plugger itself) are encased in a large block of ice,
rendering all characters immobile (this effectively counts
as a knockdown except the locked characters can still
attack, have DEF 7 against melee attacks, cannot change
their facing and cannot “get up” - exceptionally strong
characters may manage to break their own feet free at the
gamemaster's discretion as long as the water doesn't reach
as high as their knees by making a successful Strength roll
against difficulty 18 as a full action).
By the time any ice-locked characters have been hacked
free, they have likely suffered frostbite on their feet unless
they have Immunity: Cold or they are freed very, very
quickly (PHY roll against difficulty 16 to prevent
frostbite; difficulty 13 if the character is wearing
watertight boots. Factors like warm weather, clothing, the
creative use of fire magic etc., may further reduce the
difficulty at the gamemaster's discretion). A frostbitten
character will likely lose some or all of their toes (-1 to
SPD and their racial speed maximum), and may lose their
feet as well, not to mention the risk of dying from
gangrene).
When used in combat, a plugger must be wielded two-
handed and has Reach.
Fabrication: The material cost of the plugger's housing is
112 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The plugger's runeplate requires four weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 16.
Professor Gyser's
Containment Collar
Cost: 710 gc (accumulator not included)
Description: The containment collar, devised by the
Thurian arcane mechanik and Thamarite scholar Jedediah
Gyser, is a simple metal collar that serves as the housing
for a runeplate of dubious design that renders undead
wearing the collar docile and easily controlled. The
device is powered by an internal arcanodynamic
accumulator.
Rune Points: 4
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Special Rules: If a character manages to put the
containment collar on an undead and power it up (which
requires the undead to be first rendered immobile, e.g.
through the Dominate Undead spell (see IKUA, p. 69) or
any ability or spell that can render an undead opponent
stationary), the undead becomes near-inert and will only
move or perform an action on each of its turns. Undead
who can understand a character's language can be
commanded to perform an action, and will obey if the
character passes an INT+Command roll against a target
number of 11. If multiple characters issue an order, the
undead follows the orders of the character who rolled
highest, or does nothing on a tie. There is no preference as
to which character can order the contained undead
around, as long as the undead can understand the
character's language. If the undead does not speak the
same (or any) languages as the controlling character,
spells like Dominate Undead (see IKUA, p. 69) are
required to command it instead. Such spells automatically
succeed when cast on an undead wearing a powered
containment collar, and can be used to issue long-term
commands as long as they're simple enough for the
undead to understand (commands like “attack this person”
or “do not move” are understood by all undead).
Undead wearing a powered containment collar will still
attack the living unless ordered not to do so. This
command is therefore usually added to all other
commands.
The containment collar cannot be used on incorporeal
undead and construct-like undead like iron liches or iron
maidens (see IKM, pp. 52-53). Ghostly undead can wear
the containment collar, but will lose it as soon as they use
their Ghostly ability (see IKUA, p. 74, or IKM, p. 43).
Fabrication: The material cost of Professor Gyser's
Containment Collar's housing is 40 gc. It takes one week
to construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalwork).
Professor Gyser's Containment Collar's runeplate requires
four weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16.
Quiescator
Cost: 1,010 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1 (one-handed), 0 (two-handed)
POW: 4 (one-handed), 6 (two-handed)
Description: The still experimental quiescator sword,
developed by Illuminated arcane mechaniks, uses a
Caspian battleblade emblazoned with the sunburst of
Morrow as its housing. When in use, the white glow
emanating from the mechanikal core slowly becomes
replaced by the sickly glow of balefire. An
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arcanodynamic accumulator set into the sword's pommel
is used to power the quiescator.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Quiescators have been developed for one
purpose only – to counter one of the Nightmare Empire's
greatest assets, the immortal revenants. When a revenant
is destroyed by a hit from a quiescator, it will not simply
reappear close to the revenant it is bound to mere
moments later, as its undead essence is instead sucked
into the quiescator and contained there. If the wielder of
the quiescator is so fortunate as to strike down a revenant
who has other revenants bound to himself, those
revenants will not be able to return from being destroyed
until their master has been released from the quiescator
and rematerialised first. A quiescator can hold the essence
of up to three destroyed revenants; any further revenants
destroyed by the blade will not be affected by its special
effects. It is currently unknown whether the most
powerful revenants, the captains of the ghost ships in
particular, can be contained by a quiescator, as they are
not bound to other revenants in turn but to their ships.
Unfortunately, at its current stage of development the
quiescator must eventually give up the revenant essences
it has stored when its power source fails. The containment
is so fragile that even the swiftest switch to another power
source has not been accomplished without causing
damage to the runeplate and releasing the imprisoned
revenants. It is a small consolation that the released
revenants will not be able to manifest again before
returning to their master, so at least there is no immediate
risk to the place where the quiescator is stored when it
shuts down. Similarly, no way has yet been developed to
transfer revenant essences to a more long-term
containment. It is hoped, however, that quiescators can at
least dent the morale of the ghost ship crews and serve as
a powerful distraction.
A character must have STR 5 to wield a quiescator in one
hand. If the quiescator becomes unpowered, all captured
revenant essences are released and no more can be
imprisoned before power is restored. Additionally, the
attack modifier becomes -2 for one-handed attacks and -1
for two-handed attacks.
Fabrication: The material cost of the quiescator's
housing is 130 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The quiescator's runeplate requires four weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 16.
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Quiet Coach
Cost: 3,810 gc (not including the accumulator)
Skill: Driving
Skill Modifier: -1
SPD: As horses (requires 4 draft horses)
DEF: 10
ARM: 14
Damage Capacity: 22
Damage Threshold: 4
Passengers: 6 (including the driver; see below)
(See the appendix “Vehicles of the Iron Kingdoms” in the
“Bitter Medicine” downloadable scenario for vehicle
rules)
Description: Also known as the primarch's coach or royal
coach, this coach isn't just a well-appointed coach for
wealthy travellers, but the brass fittings on the axles and
the carriage contain mechanikal systems designed to
make the journey whisper-quiet and smooth for the
passengers, no matter the road conditions – a luxury item
if ever there was one, though the design can also be used
to carry fragile and volatile items with virtually no risk of
breakage. The quiet coach is powered by an
arcanodynamic accumulator installed inside the carriage.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: While its mechanikal systems are
powered, the passengers of a quiet coach will hear barely
any sound intrude from outside (nor will much sound
from inside escape as long as the doors are closed. The
switches for the mechanikal systems are conveniently
located inside the carriage so the passengers can turn
them off to communicate with the driver, and a pull line is
also installed that can be used by either the driver or the
passengers to signal the other – but if the driver is too
busy to use the line or unwilling, the passengers may
easily miss what is going on outside until it is too late).
Additionally, the movements of the carriage caused by
road conditions (or the driving style) are significantly
dampened, making most rides so smooth it's possible to
have a drink without having to fear one's cups being
knocked over, or to write a letter while the coach is
moving (this also reduces any movement penalties for
attacks made from the coach by 1). This system also
significantly reduces damage to passengers riding in the
carriage if the coach should crash, unless it is destroyed in
the crash (roll 1d6 less for damage to the passengers
caused by crashing). Last but not least, the quiet coach
provides mechanikal light inside the carriage, which can
be turned on or off separately from the other systems.
The quiet coach provides comfortable room for four
passengers, which receive all the benefits of the
mechanikal systems, plus a driver and a second coachman
at the front of the coach, who only benefit from the
motion-dampening system.
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Fabrication: The material cost of a quiet coach's parts is
1,110 gc . It takes four weeks to construct the coach. The
pertinent Craft skills for construction are Craft
(metalwork) and Craft (carpentry).
The quiet coach's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Quiet Coach System Table
D6 Result System Damaged
1-3 Body – No specific system is damaged.
4 Horses – One of the horses pulling the
coach is hit. Apply the damage roll to
that horse. If all the coach's horses are
killed, the coach becomes stationary at
the end of its next turn.
5 Driver – Either the driver or the second
coachman sitting at the front of the
coach are hit (determine randomly).
Apply the damage roll to the character
hit.
6 Wheels – A randomly determined coach
wheel is hit. Reduce the coach's DEF
and SPD by 1.
Radiant Shield
Cost: 1,000 gc (arcanodynamic accumulator not
included)
Skill: Shield
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 0
Description: The radiant shield is usually emblazoned
with a Morrowan sunburst, or, far more rarely, a menofix,
and inscribed with prayers warding against the undead.
The surface always consists of highly polished silver. An
arcanodynamic accumulator is mounted on the inside of
the shield to power the device. This shield is usually used
by members of the Order of Illumination when they know
they have to move against the restless dead.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A character wearing a radiant shield
cannot be charged by undead in his front arc.
Additionally, undead in the character's front arc suffer a -2
penalty to their melee attack rolls. All standard rules for
shields apply as well.
Variants: A variant of the radiant shield known as the
soul shield exists that has the same effects against
infernals that the radiant shield has against the undead.
Soul shields are gold-plated and have a cost of 1,600 gc
(material cost 370 gc).
Fabrication: The material cost of the radiant shield's
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housing and runeplate is 130 gc. It takes four weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The radiant shield's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Repulsor Gauntlet
Cost: 810 gc (arcanodynamic accumulator not included)
Skill: Unarmed Combat
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 3
Description: The repulsor gauntlet is a heavy gauntlet
with an emitter runeplate set into the palm. An
arcanodynamic accumulator is set into a housing on a
brace on the wearer's lower arm.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A character armed with a repulsor gauntlet
can either strike a target normally, or can make a ranged
repulsor blast attack that is RNG 8, AOE -, POW 10.
Repulsor blast attacks are made using the attacker's POI.
Characters hit by either a repulsor blast or a strike by a
repulsor gauntlet may be pushed back 1d3”, and are
knocked down on a critical hit. Repulsor gauntlets can
also be used for knockout strikes, adding +2 to the target
number to avoid knockout.
Fabrication: The material cost of the repulsor gauntlet's
housing is 60 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The repulsor gauntlet's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Rosalyn Di Florys' Patent
Ethereal Vestments
Cost: 810 gc (power source not included)
Description: Another product of the esteemed Madame
di Florys' theatrical genius, this adaptation of defensive
combat mechanika consists of three to five small
mechanikal emitters strapped to the limbs and hooked up
to a central unit worn on a body harness, which is
powered by an alchemical capacitor. When powered, the
device's emitters produce thick wisps of ectoplasmic
smoke. Combined with the right kind of costume, these
wisps seem to drip ominously from the wearer's sleeves,
collar, and trouser legs, creating the impression of
witnessing a ghostly apparition rather than a living person
(this effect is further enhanced by the ectoplasmic smoke's
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propensity of briefly taking on the appearance of nearby
materials, making it appear as if the user's face and body
was constantly dissolving into and re-forming from
ethereal smoke).
Rune Points: 2
Special Rules: The device produces thick wisps of smoke
that seep from each emitter (usually, one emitter is worn
on the throat or back of the head, with two others worn on
the wrists and two more on the lower legs. The emitters
are hooked up to the central unit via arcanoconductive
tubing). Since the smoke is ectoplasmic in nature, it
behaves unlike normal smoke, being cold to the touch
(which can quite unpleasant for the wearer in the long
run) and not quite moving with prevailing winds. The
smoke also takes on some of the colour of nearby
materials, which can appear quite disconcerting.
In game terms, the device usually grants a +3 modifier to
Social rolls made to either dramatically portray a ghostly
character on stage or convince people they are facing a
spectral being (though cons can quickly become very
embarrassing if the user is asked to back up his claims
with true spectral deeds, when footprints are spotted, or
when the user's footsteps are heard). The device produces
too little smoke to provide concealment.
Fabrication: The material cost of Rosalyn di Florys'
patent ethereal vestments' parts is 160 gc. It takes two
weeks to construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
Rosalyn di Florys' patent ethereal vestment's runeplate
requires two weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 14.
Rosalyn Di Florys' Patent
Galvano-Magnetic Hair Clipper
Cost: 250 gc (power source not included)
Description: A simple but ingenious compact contraption
basically consisting of a tiny magnetic runeplate, a set of
comb-like shear blades (an iron one mounted as the
switch of a mechanikal trigger, and a brass one in a fixed
mount in a simple brass case), and a spring, this device
was inspired by industrial steam saws mounted on some
steamjacks (The Llaelese clockwork enthusiast Rosalyn di
Florys experimented with both steam-powered and
clockwork versions, which each have their own
drawbacks compared to the mechanically simple and thus
both rugged and light mechanikal version). For a simple
hairstylist's tool the galvano-magnetic hair clipper is
outrageously expensive, but it does allow different
hairstyles than can be reasonably maintained with razors
or scissors, and if there is one thing Madame di Florys
knows, it is that fashion never goes out of fashion. The
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device is powered by a trickle capacitor worn on a belt.
Rune Points: 1
Special Rules: The device is a hair clipper.
Fabrication: The material cost of Rosalyn di Florys'
patent galvano-magnetic hair clipper's parts is 37 gc. It
takes one week to construct the device. The pertinent
Craft skill for construction is Craft (metalworking).
Rosalyn di Florys' patent galvano-magnetic hair clipper's
runeplate requires one week to inscribe and requires a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 13.
Rosalyn Di Florys' Patent
Illuminated Vestments
Cost: 710 gc (power source not included)
Description: Developed for the most exclusive theatres
and opera houses of the Iron Kingdoms by the ever style-
conscious clockwork enthusiast Madame di Florys, this
device seems to consist of a thin body harness to which
bracers, a collar and a strange-looking device like a
dangling broken hoop are attached via flexible conduits.
The device is supposed to be worn under long, specially
tailored robes or gowns, and allows different parts of the
wearer's body to be bathed in light that appears to
emanate from within their body, which looks extremely
impressive on the stage, and is usually reserved for actors
portraying deities, archons or magicians. The device is
powered by an alchemical capacitor worn on the harness.
Rune Points: 2
Special Rules: The device can be quickly reconfigured
for different patterns of light by any character with the
Mechanikal Engineering skill without the need for a roll.
Usually, the bracers shed light out of the sleeves onto the
wearer's hands, while the hoop sheds light around the
user's legs, making the wearer appear to be floating on
light (the robes worn over the device need to be
reasonably light-proof for maximum effect, though the
hoop emitter is designed to shed light downward and
outward only). The collar can be set to illuminate the
wearer's face from below for a suitably sinister
impression (which can be further enhanced by wiring
small plates of tinted glass to the device), or may
alternatively backlight the wearer's head for a beatific
halo effect.
In game terms, the device usually grants a +2 modifier to
Social rolls made to either dramatically portray a
supernatural character on stage or convince people they
are facing a supernatural being (though cons can quickly
become very embarrassing if the user is asked to back up
his claims). The broken hoop emitters for the floating-on-
light effect can also become tangled in the wearer's legs if
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he needs to move at more than a suitably dignified sedate
pace (if the wearer of the patent illuminated vestments
moves more than 5” in one turn, he must make an AGL
roll against a target number of 10 at the end of his
movement and is knocked down if the roll is failed).
Fabrication: The material cost of Rosalyn di Florys'
patent illuminated vestments' parts is 130 gc. It takes two
weeks to construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
Rosalyn di Florys' patent illuminated vestment's runeplate
requires two weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 14.
Shadelight Lantern
Cost: 810 gc (capacitor not included)
Description: Developed by the Strangelight Workshop to
investigate hauntings and abodes of the restless dead, the
shadelight lantern sheds an eerie illumination that cannot
be seen by the undead. The shadelight lantern is powered
by an arcanodynamic accumulator.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: The shadelight lantern sheds bright light
within 18 feet (3”) of the lantern and dim light within 36
feet (6”). This lights affects objects strangely, which
inflicts a -1 penalty to all actions requiring vision that are
undertaken by the living in the area of effect. Undead
characters, however, cannot see the illumination granted
by the shadelight lantern at all, meaning they treat living
characters illuminated by the lantern as if they were only
illuminated by the otherwise prevailing light conditions
(which is the reason the shadelight lantern is usually used
at night or in enclosed spaces that allow no other
illumination, granting the living substantial bonuses to
covert actions or combat (see lighting modifiers in
IKRPG, p. 225)).
Fabrication: The material cost of the shadelight lantern's
housing is 70 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(glasswork).
The shadelight lantern's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Shellcracker Rifle
Cost: 1,810 gc (capacitor not included)
Ammo: 1 (heavy round)
Effective Range: 84 feet (14”)
Extreme Range: 420 feet
Skill: Rifle
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Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 5 (see below)
AOE: -
Description: A heavy rifle with its reinforced barrel
wrapped in serial loops of mechanikal conduits, this
experimental weapon is intended to provide armour-
piercing firepower against steamjacks and other large
targets by firing mechanikally accelerated bullets wrapped
in a short-lived stabilising arcantrik field. The rifle is
powered by an arcanodynamic accumulator in its stock.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: When calculating damage from the
shellcracker rifle while it has power, halve the base ARM
of characters hit who have medium or larger bases. This
weapon gains +2 to damage rolls against characters with
small bases while it is powered.
Firing the shellcracker rifle temporarily depletes its
power. After a shot the rifle becomes unpowered, but
powers up again automatically in the wielder's next
Maintenance Phase.
This weapon requires two hands; if the character wielding
the rifle does not have at least STR 5, he suffers an
additional -1 attack modifier unless he braces the rifle for
firing by using a bipod (or at least resting it on a suitable
object). If the shellcracker rifle becomes unpowered, its
hits have POW 12 but are no longer armour-piercing. The
unpowered shellcracker rifle also suffers a -1 attack
modifier (-2 if the character wielding the rifle does not
have STR 5 and is not bracing the rifle).
It costs 3 gc for blasting powder, bullets and casings for
five heavy rounds.
Fabrication: The material cost of the shellcracker rifle's
housing is 610 gc (capacitor parts not included). It takes
four weeks to construct the device. The pertinent Craft
skill for construction is Craft (gunsmith).
The shellcracker rifle's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Shortout Shield
Cost: 660 gc (alchemical capacitor not included)
Skill: Shield
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 0
Description: A shortout shield is usually an otherwise
inconspicuous shield, the only giveaway of its true nature
being the coils of conduits on its outer surface. It is
powered by an alchemical capacitor mounted on its inner
face.
Rune Points: 3
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Special Rules: When a character with a shortout shield is vitality after a short rest, and then 2 points of vitality per
hit by a mechanikal weapon or shield, that device hour for the next 3 hours instead of the usually recovered
becomes unpowered and must be restarted by using a vitality if successfully treated with a shrapnel extractor at
quick action before its mechanikal properties become once).
available again. Similarly, a character can hit an opponent
If the character using the shrapnel extractor fails the
with a shortout shield, and if the target character is
INT+Medicine roll, the patient suffers 1d3 points of
bearing a mechanikal shield, that shield becomes
damage as the shrapnel tears a new wound on its way out
unpowered until it is reactivated. Mechanikal armour is
of the patient's body. If the patient becomes incapacitated
too well shielded to be affected by a shortout shield.
from this, he may suffer the Battle Scars result on the
It is possible to strike a character wearing a shortout injury table at the gamemaster's discretion, though such a
shield in such a manner that the shield is avoided. This mistake is usually not fatal.
can be accomplished by back strikes, by using a Mighty
Last but not least, successfully using a shrapnel extractor
character's Shield Beater attack, or by using chain
prevents certain types of ammunition like necrotite-laced
weapons like a flail.
bullets from wreaking further havoc on the patient.
Fabrication: The material cost of the shortout shield's
Fabrication: The material cost of a shrapnel extractor's
parts is 70 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the device.
housing is 25 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
(metalwork).
The shortout shield's runeplate requires three weeks to
The shrapnel extractor's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.

Shrapnel Extractor Sound-Eater

Cost: 510 gc (accumulator not included)
Cost: 660 gc (capacitor not included)
Description: This innocuous-looking short rod, which is
Description: A compact device little bigger than a
powered by an alchemical capacitor set into the handle,
grenade, the sound-eater deadens all sound in a small area
generates a powerful, short-ranged and extremely tightly
centered on the device. While theoretically invaluable to
channelled magnetic field that can be used to safely and
intelligence agencies, assassins and criminals alike, the
quickly extract metal fragments from injuries caused by
device's utility is hampered by also rendering the user
explosive grenades, scattershot or light rounds of firearm
completely unable to use his sense of hearing, and the
ammunition. The device's operating principles make the
device being rather difficult to conceal if the user or his
use of capacitors with moving parts impossible, unless the
belongings are searched. The device is powered by an
capacitor is hooked up to the shrapnel extractor via
alchemical capacitor.
conductive tubing.
Rune Points: 3
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: The sound-eater completely stops all
Special Rules: Using the shrapnel extractor requires a
sound from escaping from a 3” AOE centered on the
little practice – the device has to be precisely aligned with
device once it is active, making tasks like picking locks or
the wound channel, and when it is activated the magnetic
blowing up safes perfectly stealthy (unless people in
field retrieves the piece of shrapnel in the wound (an
adjacent rooms notice the pictures on the wall rattling
admittedly painful but hygienic process, and certainly not
from the blast or sense the tremor in the ground, or find
as painful or time-consuming as cleaning shrapnel
flakes of dust suddenly drifting down from the ceiling).
wounds using tweezers or similar tools). The magnetic
Similarly, the device prevents any sound from entering
field's short range and extremely tight shape (about the
this AOE (incidentally rendering the area of effect
thickness and length of a pencil stub) prevents the device
immune to trollkin fell calls), potentially allowing guards
from extracting every shrapnel in the vicinity and tearing
to sneak up on the users or preventing them from hearing
the patient to pieces in the process.
the guards in the room they are breaking into receiving
Correctly using the shrapnel extractor on a character orders to make ready for the intruders. Characters within
suffering injuries from shrapnel requires an the AOE cannot communicate by speaking, either,
INT+Medicine roll against a target number of 13, and preventing the use of abilities like Battle Plans, a 'jack
allows the patient to recover an extra 1d3+1 points of marshal's Drives or gaining bonuses from the presence of
vitality, at a rate of one point of vitality at each instance of an Intellectual or Cunning character.
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Fabrication: The material cost of the sound-eater's
housing is 70 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalwork).
The sound-eater's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Static Compaction Staff
Cost: 510 gc (capacitor cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1 (-2 with capacitor attached)
POW: 3
Description: A walking staff rather than a useful weapon,
tapping the base of this device on the ground sends a burst
of electrostatic charge into the soil, causing fine, dry,
shifting material to stick together in a nearly solid block,
making walking on such ground a lot less tiresome
(incidentally, this also tends to make the user's hair stand
on end). This device is often used by explorers in the
Stormlands or the Bloodstone Desert and powered by an
alchemical capacitor worn on a belt and hooked up to the
staff via arcanoconductive tubing.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A character wielding a static compaction
staff may walk on dry dust or sand without sinking into it
by spending a quick action each turn to tap the staff's end
on the ground, effectively gaining the Pathfinder ability.
The static compaction staff cannot be used when the user
is running or charging.
Once the staff's charge has compacted the ground, the
area remains compacted for a few minutes until the
charge has dissipated. The compacted zone is wide
enough to allow several small- or medium-based
characters to gain the benefits of the staff as long as they
follow the user in single file.
Static compaction staves are Reach weapons and must be
used two-handed if the user wants to use them as a
weapon, but can be used one-handed when used as a
traveling aid.
A character wielding a static compaction staff can spend 1
feat point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack.
If the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
Fabrication: The material cost of the static compaction
staff's housing is 25 gc. It takes one week to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The static compaction staff's runeplate requires three
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
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of 15.
Steady Saddle
Cost: 840 gc (integral clockwork capacitor included)
Description: Little more than a standard saddle laced
with conduits and powered by an integral clockwork
capacitor, this device utilises effects already more
commonly used by the Compensator and Steady armour
runeplates to assist riders in staying mounted. A welcome
side-effect is that riding with a steady saddle is
significantly more comfortable in addition to being very
safe even for unskilled riders.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: While the steady saddle has power,
mounted characters using the device do not risk being
thrown from the saddle under most circumstances (the
major exceptions being the rider getting knocked out or
bodily picked off their mounts, or the mount getting
knocked down). Additionally, ranged and magic attacks
made by a mounted character using a steady saddle only
suffer a -1 penalty. A reduction in chafing on the
character's backside will also result in a sunnier
disposition.
Fabrication: The material cost of the steady saddle's
parts (including clockwork capacitor parts) is 120 gc. It
takes two weeks to construct the device. The pertinent
Craft skills for construction is Craft (tanning).
The steady saddle's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Still Chamber
Cost: 610 gc (capacitor not included)
Description: A luxury fitting for wealthy ship passengers
(and also very useful for running a laboratory at sea), the
still chamber is simply a room outfitted with mechanikal
conduits and compensator runeplates that render any
movements of the room practically unnoticeable to those
inside. Looking out of the window is not adviced,
however, as the mismatch between the sensation of
stillness and seeing the heaving seas outside has proven to
induce intense bouts of seasickness. There is also concern
that the device places undue stress on the ship's frame, as
there is now one area that resists moving with the rest of
the vessel and constantly wrenches and tears at the
superstructure. The device is powered by an alchemical
capacitor set into a wall mount.
Rune Points: 3
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space for two bunks and a small desk, or for a large
workbench. Anybody and anything inside the still
chamber is unaffected by any movement of the ship (i.e.
they cannot be knocked down by a ship's movement, nor
risk spilling their drinks even in the severest of storms).
At the GM's discretion, keeping a still chamber powered
during severe storms may cause some stress damage to
the ship's hull, though this should not be exceptionally
severe and possibly amount to 1d3-1 points of damage to
the ship.
Fabrication: The material cost of the still chamber
modifications is 40 gc. It takes three weeks to construct
the device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Craft (shipwright) or Craft (carpentry).
The still chamber's runeplate takes three weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 15.
Stormhold Impersonation
Engine
From the Liber Mechanika of Professors Phil and Kaja
Foglio, http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?
date=20051102#.WKdzVBAxnzU
Cost: Estimated at 2,400 gc, but probably quite a bit
higher considering the quality of the materials and the
artistry that has gone into the engine’s construction
Description: No-one knows the exact nature of the injury
or illness the Lady Anevka Stormhold, daughter of the
arcane mechanik Lord Aaronev Stormhold, suffered, but
what is known is that ever since she has never been seen
in public – or, to be more exact, she has not been seen in
the flesh. Instead, she has been travelling about in an
enclosed capsule being carried by a quartet of servants in
the manner of a sedan chair, which has a mechanikal
puppet attached to it via a thick bundle of
arcanoconductive conduits. The disturbingly life-like
puppet, whose immobile painted features bear the young
lady Stormhold’s stylized likeness, has been lovingly and
lavishly manufactured from precious materials, and serves
as Anevka’s mouthpiece, eyes, ears, and hands, lending
credence to rumours that her real physical body has been
too horribly maimed to even consider more conventional
mechanikal prosthetics. How she could have survived
such injuries, let alone found the will to continue to exist
in this form of mechanikal half-life, are, perhaps, the
smallest mysteries surrounding Stormhold Manor these
days.
The Stormhold Impersonation Engine is powered by an
arcane turbine installed in the capsule containing Lady
Anevka’s body.
Rune Points: 8 (5 points for the puppet, and 3 points for
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the devices allowing Lady Anevka to control it and
perceive through its senses)
Special Rules: Though exact specifications are unknown
to anybody but Lord Stormhold and, probably, his
daughter, it is clear the device consists of two distinct
units: The puppet, and the capsule containing Anevka’s
body.
The capsule itself contains a complex mechanikal
transducer that allows the occupant to control the attached
puppet in a manner much like a warcaster commanding a
steamjack, though commands (and power) are relayed to
the puppet via arcanoconductive cabling rather than a true
arcane bond. The capsule has a medium base, DEF 5,
ARM 12, 10 damage boxes, and no back arc. If all of its
damage boxed are marked, the connection to the puppet is
broken, and the puppet shuts down. Additionally, the
character in the capsule suffers any damage the capsule
takes beyond its damage boxes. The character in the
capsule cannot be rendered stationary and is always
considered to be knocked down.
The capsule is quite heavy. A single small-based character
could drag the capsule 1” per activation as a full action.
For every additional character dragging the capsule, it can
be moved 1” further. Instead, four small-based characters
can pick up and carry the capsule. The carried capsule is
not considered knocked down and gains DEF 7 as well as
the SPD of its slowest bearer -2.
The second unit of the Stormhold Impersonation Engine,
the puppet, perceives, acts and speaks in place of the
individual hooked up to the transducer, though it can
never stray far from the capsule containing its operator.
The puppet uses the operator’s INT, PER, and ARC, and
the following stats in place of its operators’:
PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI ARM
6 5 4 4 4 3 12
Base Size: Small
Damage Boxes: 10
Construct: The puppet is a construct, but since it is its
operator’s only connection to the world, most operators
will try to flee if possible, irrationally confusing the
puppet for their own actual body.
Critical Systems Failure: If the puppet suffers at least 5
points of damage from a single damage roll, a roll on the
following table must be made to determine whether it
suffers additional damage:
Stormhold Impersonation Engine System Table
D6
Result System Damaged
1-2 No Internal Systems are damaged – No
additional penalty.
3 Arm Damaged – One of the puppet’s arms is
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crippled. Randomly determine which arm is
affected. Until the damage is repaired, all
rolls for actions undertaken with that arm
suffer a -3 penalty.
4 Loss of Power – The puppet’s power
systems are damaged. Until it is repaired,
the puppet suffers -3 STR.
5 Movement Damaged – The puppet’s legs
have been damaged. Until repaired, the
puppet suffers -1 SPD and -1 DEF, and
cannot run or charge.
6 Head Damaged – The puppet can no longer
speak and suffers -3 to DEF and all rolls for
actions that require sight or hearing.
Not Actually My Real Body: Gifted users operating the
puppet can only cast spells with RNG:CTRL or RNG:
Self (including all spells cast at the caster; such spells
always affect the capsule as well as its resident, not the
puppet), or spells not requiring line of sight to the target.
The point of origin of such spells is the capsule, not the
puppet.
Poor Coordination: The puppet suffers -2 DEF.
Restricted Sensorium: The puppet can see and hear as
well as a normal human. It has no senses of taste or smell
(in fact, its mouth and nose are mere decoration), and a
somewhat restricted sense of touch, suffering -2 PER
when examining objects with its fingers.
Tethered: The puppet cannot move further than 4” from
the capsule containing its operator. A character who can
attack the puppet’s back arc can strike at the connecting
cables instead of attacking the puppet directly. The cable
has the same DEF as the puppet, ARM 10, and 4 hit
boxes. If all of the cable’s hit boxes are marked, the
puppet is severed from its operator and shuts down.
Fabrication: The material cost of the capsule’s parts is
290 gc (including parts for the arcane turbine and
arcanoconductive cabling; the version of the engine
constructed by Lord Stormhold probably was significantly
more expensive, but most of these additional expenses
were caused by embellishments and modifications
specifically required to accommodate Lady Anevka’s
shattered body rather than any of the functional parts of
the impersonation engine itself). It takes three weeks to
construct the capsule. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalwork).
The capsule’s runeplate takes three weeks to inscribe and
requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 15.
The material cost of the puppet’s parts is 210 gc (again,
the version constructed by Lord Stormhold was
significantly more elaborate artistically, and thus likely
rather more expensive). It takes three weeks to construct
the puppet. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Craft (metalwork).
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The puppet’s runeplate takes five weeks to inscribe and
requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 17.
Stormrunner Sloop
Cost: 31,310 gc
Skill: Sailing
Skill Modifier: -1
SPD: 10
DEF: 7
ARM: 16
Damage Capacity: 60
Damage Threshold: 10
Passengers: 30 (8-man minimum crew)
(See the appendix “Vehicles of the Iron Kingdoms” in the
“Bitter Medicine” downloadable scenario for vehicle
rules)
Description: Built by Ordic mechaniks working for the
Maritime Order of the Trident, the Ordic Royal Navy's
premiere arcane institution, the stormrunner is more an
outrageously expensive proof-of-concept than anything
that is likely to see widespread production anytime soon,
if ever. Simply put, a small single-masted sailing ship has
been retrofitted with extensive mechanikal systems that
offer the ship substantial protection from capsizing in
storms and foul weather, though it remains to be seen
whether these adaptations do not also tear the ship apart
from the stresses inflicted. The stormrunner's mechanikal
systems are powered by an arcane turbine, though they
may also be powered by several sailors working a
treadmill in a pinch.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: While her mechanikal systems are
powered, the stormrunner is immune to capsizing (any
results of failed Sailing rolls that would normally lead to a
capsized ship are simply ignored). However, extensive
compensators are required to simultaneously allow the
ship to still remain maneuverable and allow her to lean
into the wind. These systems are usually operated from a
set of mechanikal controls situated near the steering
wheel, and do not require exceptional expertise to operate,
though the only stormrunner in existence always has a
mechanik on call for aiding the steersman. The
mechanikal systems do not make the stormrunner immune
to taking water, so bailing pumps have been added to the
design to compensate for the risk of taking more water
than usual when the ship fails to move naturally with the
waves. It is currently unclear whether the design offers
substantial benefits traversing the horrific storms of the
Meredius, though intelligence services certainly have
indicated their interest in a ship that can reliably escape
pursuit by heading into storms.
Fabrication: The material cost of a stormrunner's parts is
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6,170 gc (this is the cost of buying and retrofitting an
existing sloop rather than building one with mechanikal
fittings from scratch, and includes the parts for the arcane
turbine). It takes four weeks to retrofit the stormrunner.
The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(shipwright).
The stormrunner's core runeplate takes four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Stormrunner Sloop System Table
D6 Result System Damaged
1-2 Hull – No specific system is damaged.
3-4 Sails and Rigging – The sails or rigging
is damaged. Reduce the sloop's DEF
and SPD by 1.
5 Wheel, Rudder and Systems – The
control mechanism is damaged,
including the mechanikal controls.
Apply a -2 penalty to all attempts to
control the vehicle. If this location is
damaged again, roll 1d6: On 1-3 the
steering mechanism is destroyed. On 4-
6 the mechanikal stabilizers are
destroyed, making it easier to steer the
ship (reduce the penalty to controlling
the ship to -1), but making the vessel
vulnerable to capsizing again. If this
system is damaged a third time, the
remaining damaged but not destroyed
system (steering or mechanikal
stabilizers) is destroyed.
6 Passengers/Cargo: Randomly determine
which passenger is hit (passengers
inside the body of the vehicle are not
eligible targets). If no passengers are
eligible, a piece of cargo or a weapon
stored on the deck is damaged.
Stormwalker Armour
Cost: 16,010 gc (storm chamber not included)
SPD Modifier: -3
DEF Modifier: -3
ARM Modifier: +9
Description: This experimental suit of mechanikal
armour adapts storm chamber-powered mechanikal
systems to provide motive power rather than using steam
power, as similar designs like man-o-war armour do.
Rune Points: 5
Special Rules: A character who wants to wear
stormwalker armour must have the Ironhead ability (see
IKKNG, p. 181). Similar to man-o-war amour,
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stormwalker armour provides 10 additional damage boxes
that must be destroyed before the wearer of the armour
starts suffering damage, and provides +3 STR to the
character wearing the suit of armour (see IKKNG, p. 183
for rules details of mechanized armour). Additionally, the
wearer of stormwalker armour gains Immunity: Electricty,
though this only applies to electrical attacks made against
the character wearing the suit of armour, and does not
protect the wearer from any electrical damage caused by
internal damage effects. The tight confines of
stormwalker armour preclude the wearing of a sufficiently
padded and insulated undersuit, unfortunately.
Stormwalker armour cannot be upgraded like ironhead
armour.
Volatile Power Source: When stormwalker armour
suffers the Loss of Power or Boiler Leak internal damage
effects (see IKKNG, p. 183), the wearer of the armour
starts taking POW 12 electrical damage rolls each turn
until he ejects from the suit of armour in addition to all
other effects (there is no damage from a boiler leak, of
course, as the power source isn't a steam engine). Outside
of combat, this damage is suffered every minute. If
stormwalker armour suffers both the Loss of Power and
Boiler Leak internal damage effects, the storm chamber is
destroyed, and the armour shuts down; this also causes
lightning to arc to the closest 1d3 characters within 4” of
the suit of armour. Each character struck by the lightning,
as well as the character wearing the armour, suffers a
POW 12 electrical damage roll. The destroyed storm
chamber must be replaced before the armour can function
again.
Complex: Spare parts and repairs for stormwalker armour
cost three times the usual amount.
Fabrication: The material cost of the stormwalker
armour housing is 4,610 gc. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking). It takes five weeks
to construct the suit of armour.
The runeplates translating the storm chamber's energy
into motive power require five weeks to inscribe and
require a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 17.
Third Hand
Cost: 960 gc (not including power source; 1,260 gc for a
bond-enabled third hand)
Description: The third hand (actually an arm and a hand)
is usually mounted on a harness of straps worn on the
torso and secured to one shoulder. Though different
models can be mounted according to the preferences of
their users, most arms are on the same side as the user's
preferred arm, at about waist height. While not
particularly useful during work, third arms are still a
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favourite mechanik's party trick when concealed under
long coats.
Rune Points: 3 (5 for a bond-enabled third hand)
Special Rules: While the third hand has power, a
character can spend a quick action to use it during any of
his rounds (this quick action must be expended in addition
to an attack or another quick action to actually accomplish
anything with the third hand, as the concentration
required to operate the third hand takes a toll. There are
rumours of bond plate-modified third arms for focusers,
which do not require a quick action to operate but are
more expensive and require stronger power sources).
Mostly, the third hand is used for clandestine or surprise
actions while the character's own hands are in full view
(some enterprising rogues even add concealed slits in
their coats for the arm to operate through).
Third hands aren't particularly powerful. They use the
wearer's AGL, POI, and PRW, with a -1 penalty, have the
same base strength as the race for which they have been
made (4 for humans), and can neither wield weapons
larger than one-handed weapons or pistols, nor can they
be used to aim shots. Still, that is good enough in the right
circumstances.
Characters with the Two-Weapon Fighting ability, or a
similar ability, can use the third hand for their additional
attack by expending a quick action, and do not take an
additional off-hand penalty if the “shoulder” of their third
hand is located on the same side as their preferred arm.
Fabrication: The material cost of the third hand's
housing is 160 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The third hand's runeplate requires three weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 15 (it takes five weeks to
inscribe a bond-enabled runeplate for the third hand, and
the target number rises to 17).
Transference Bracer
Cost: 1,000 gc (arcanodynamic accumulator not
included)
Description: The transference bracer is a delicate array of
mechanikal conduits incorporated into a bracer and light
gauntlet. An arcanodynamic accumulator slotted into the
back of the bracer powers the device.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: While the transference bracer has power, a
warcaster who has bonded to it can boost attack and
damage rolls with any non-mechanikal and non-magical
weapon he wields in the hand wearing the bracer,
including thrown weapons, guns, and unarmed attacks.
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The warcaster cannot spend focus to gain additional
attacks with these weapons, and the weapons do not
become magical weapons (i.e. they still cannot damage
incorporeal characters).
Fabrication: The material cost of the transference
bracer's housing is 130 gc. It takes three weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The transference bracer's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Voice Displacer
Cost: 620 gc (integral clockwork capacitor included)
Description: This small, handheld device does not look
too unlike the mouthpiece of a pneumatic speaking tube
mounted on a short handle. When the user speaks into the
tube (or otherwise makes noises directed at the
mouthpiece), no sound issues forth from the user. Instead,
his voice (or the sound he makes) seems to issue from a
location in the vicinity, providing both a means of
distraction as well as allowing some expensive stage
magic. The device is powered by an integral clockwork
capacitor.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: The voice displacer renders any sounds
produced within a distance of a few inches of the
mouthpiece inaudible, and causes these sounds to instead
issue from a point within the user's line of sight and
within 12” (72 feet) at which the user points the device. A
user with the Mechanikal Engineering skill, or one who
has been thoroughly instructed in the use of the device,
can adjust the distance by which sounds are displaced
from anywhere between 3” (18 feet) to 12” (72 feet) by
spending a quick action.
Fabrication: The material cost of the voice displacer's
parts is 54 gc, including parts for the clockwork capacitor.
It takes three weeks to construct the device. The pertinent
Craft skill for construction is Craft (metalworking).
The voice displacer's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Voice-Mask
Cost: 280 gc (alchemical capacitor not included)
Description: A deceptively simple design looking not
unlike a heavy metal collar strapped tightly around the
neck, this device sends a powerful vibration into the
wearer's throat, distorting the voice to the point of
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unrecognisability. The device is used on the more
extravagant stages of the Iron Kingdoms (operatic singers
in particular can achieve uncannily otherworldly effects
with this device) as well as by spies and crime lords who
like both the intimidation factor of their altered voices and
that they can speak to contacts without these contacts later
being able to identify the speaker by his voice (most
significantly, a properly configured voice-mask can even
disguise the speaker's gender). The device must be
powered by a form of alchemical capacitor, since the
vibrations wreak havoc on the workings of clockwork
capacitors.
Rune Points: 1
Special Rules: Using a voice-mask requires a little
practice but no real special training. Under most
circumstances the voice-mask makes it completely
impossible to recognise the speaker's normal voice later.
With some simple mechanical tools, the voice-mask can
also be adjusted by a character with the Mechanikal
Engineering skill to raise or lower the speaker's pitch in
different ways. Doing this takes a full action but requires
no roll.
Using a voice-mask inflicts a -2 penalty on non-
Intimidation Social rolls, but grants a +1 bonus to
Intimidation rolls (other Social rolls intended to make use
of the distortion may also gain the bonus instead of the
penalty, like when an operatic singer uses the device to
deliberately distort his voice for a special performance).
Fabrication: The material cost of the voice-mask's
housing is 46 gc. It takes one week to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The voice-mask's runeplate requires one week to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 13.
Voltaic Carbine
Cost: 910 gc (storm chamber not included)
Effective Range: 60 feet (10”)
Extreme Range: –
Skill: Rifle
POW: 10 (electrical damage)
Description: This experimental device barely resembles a
conventional carbine, as it looks more like an assemblage
of heavy copper and glass coils pulsing with galvanic fury
that has been mounted on a carbine stock. A dedicated
storm chamber powers the voltaic carbine.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A voltaic carbine does not require
ammunition or reloading, though the rate at which its
coils draw power from the storm chamber limits the
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device to two shots per round (if the character operating
the carbine has the ability to make additional shots, e.g.
from having the Skilled Archetype or the Quick Thinking
Intellectual Archetype benefit, or abilities like Dual Shot
or Sentry). Additionally, firing a voltaic carbine inflicts a
POW 10 electrical damage roll on the firer, as the
discharging coils ground randomly upon firing. Wearing
insulated armour is recommended.
Fabrication: The material cost of the voltaic carbine's
parts is 100 gc (storm chamber parts not included). It
takes two weeks to construct the device . The pertinent
Craft skills for construction are Craft (metalwork) and
Craft (glassmaking).
The voltaic carbine's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Waldo Gauntlet
Cost: 580 (internal clockwork capacitor included)
Skill: Unarmed Combat
Attack Modifier: -2
POW: 0
Description: The waldo gauntlet's fingers are covered in
a delicate arrangement of kinetic coils. An integral
clockwork capacitor set into the back of the gauntlet
powers the device.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A waldo gauntlet is intended as a tool for
handling hazardous materials, though it can also be used
offensively in a pinch. The gauntlet generates a kinetic
field a few feet away from the wearer that exactly
replicates the wearer's hand and finger movements, and
transfers any weight handled to the user's hand (actually,
it is for these reasons that for most tasks a pair of waldo
gauntlets is required). The user may handle materials with
his waldo gauntlet as if he stood about 2” further ahead,
though the difficulty of doing delicate work at this
distance while wearing thick gauntlets inflicts a -2 penalty
to all rolls required. In combat, the waldo gauntlets grant
their wearer Reach. Waldo gauntlets will protect their user
effectively when handling electrified, corrosive, toxic or
cursed objects, since most of these are only a problem
when they are actually touched.
Fabrication: The material cost of the waldo gauntlet's
housing is 90 gc (including parts for the clockwork
capacitor). It takes three weeks to construct the device.
The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The waldo gauntlet's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
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Warcasting Manifold
Cost: 1,010 gc (accumulator not included)
Description: A warcasting manifold is a complex array of
mechanikal receptors and relays built into a heavy helmet,
which usually features some kind of relay vanes on the
temples. The device is usually powered by an
arcanodynamic accumulator worn on a belt and attached
to the helmet via conductive tubing.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A warcaster who bonds to a warcasting
manifold can bond to two warjacks through the manifold
(these warjacks must be equipped with special receivers,
see the warcasting manifold receiver warjack upgrade for
rules and costs). This would be particularly useful for
journeymen, who usually struggle to control many pieces
of mechanika at the same time, but the warcasting
manifold's usefulness to the military is limited by the fact
that any warcaster who wears the manifold can bond to
and control the warjacks equipped with receivers and thus
bypass cortex locks and passcodes (except Cyrissist
warcasters, though the reasons for this are religious
strictures rather than an actual inability to use the
manifold).
Fabrication: The material cost of a warcasting manifold's
housing and blank runeplate is 130 gc (not including
accumulator parts). It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The warcasting manifold's runeplate requires four weeks
to inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Warded Strongbox
Cost: 930 gc (accumulator not included)
Description: A warded strongbox is a metal chest that
usually bears the sigil of a major arcane or religious
organisation, but otherwise does not look too
extraordinary except for the arcanodynamic accumulator
mounted on the back. Most warded strongboxes are just
large enough to put a sword or disassembled suit of
armour into them, though both smaller and bigger boxes
have been made.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Warded strongboxes are used to carry or
store cursed or haunted objects. While such an object is in
a closed and powered strongbox, its supernatural
properties are suppressed. This will not exorcise ghosts,
but may weaken them in some way (though ghosts have
also been known to simply disappear while an item they
were haunting was in the strongbox, only to reappear once
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the item was removed). There is also a limit to what can
be stored safely in a warded strongbox – putting too many
different items of little power in there may be too much
for the mechanikal systems to handle. Similarly, some
items are simply too powerful to be suppressed by a
warded strongbox (items like the infamous Witchfire or
the legendary athancs of the dragons being two classes of
item that a warded strongbox is powerless against).
Though few warded strongboxes are ever left unguarded,
they are typically equipped with sophisticated locks,
which require a AGL+Lock Picking roll against a target
number of 19 to open. Forcing the lid open similarly
requires a STR roll against target number 19.
Fabrication: The material cost of a warded strongbox's
housing is 130 gc (not including accumulator parts). It
takes four weeks to construct the device. The pertinent
Craft skill for construction is Craft (metalworking).
The warded strongbox's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Whip-Blade Sword
From Macavity's Liber Mechanika
Cost: 1,040 gc (including integral clockwork capacitor)
Attack Modifier: 0 (sword), -2 (whip-blade)
Skill: Hand Weapon (sword) / Great Weapon (whip-
blade)
POW: 4 (sword) / 3 (whip-blade)
Description: This segmented sword blade held together
by mechanikal locks with a retaining chain-belt running
through the centre of the blade can be wielded as a sword
or disengaged to spool out into a long, bladed chain whip
for improved reach and fighting against opponents
wielding shields. The runeplate in the hilt magnetizes the
blade pieces, allowing the whip to be quickly retracted
and locked back into sword form, and also stabilises the
motion of the whip-blade, giving actual usable control
over it in whip form – though it is still a cumbersome and
difficult weapon to wield. The whip-blade sword's
mechanikal systems are powered by an integral
clockwork capacitor.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: The whip-blade sword can be used as a
regular, if heavy, sword. With a quick action, the character
wielding the sword can disengage the chain and de-
tension the blade segments turning the sword into a
bladed chain. A full action is required to retract the chain
again and lock the sword pieces back together into a
blade.
Attacks from a whip-blade in its whip form ignore ARM
bonuses from bucklers and shields and give the wielder 2"
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Reach.
If a whip-blade sword should become unpowered in its
blade form, it unspools into its whip-blade form.
Unfortunately, the unpowered whip-blade cannot be
wielded as an effective weapon, though it could at least be
used as an improvised climbing aid or set of restraints.
Fabrication: The material cost for the whip-blade sword
housing and integral clockwork capacitor is 170 gc. It
takes three weeks to forge all the pieces, construct the
interlocking mechanisms for each piece, and assemble all
individual elements into the finished weapon. The
pertinent Craft skill for fabrication is Craft (Metalwork).
Inscribing the runeplate takes three weeks and requires an
INT + Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target
number of 15.

Will O' Wisp Lantern

Cost: 630 gc (including internal clockwork capacitor)
Description: A will o' wisp lantern is little more than a
small mechanikal lantern powered by an internal
clockwork capacitor. It is unusual in that it hovers,
however, and is usually tethered to someone's shoulder by
a piece of sturdy string.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: Will o' wisp lanterns shed light as a
mechanikal lantern (see IKRPG, p. 225). Because they
hover, they don't require a free hand, though they must be
kept tethered at all times, or they will simply float away
(generally, if a will o' wisp lantern becomes untethered,
every character who can get into unarmed melee range
within the next turn may attempt to catch it by making an
Agility or Unarmed Combat roll against difficulty 11 (9
for ogruns because they are taller, 13 for gobbers and
dwarves). Untethered will o' wisp lanterns are only a
problem outside, of course).
Fabrication: The material cost of a will o' wisp lantern
housing is 60 gc (including parts for the clockwork
capacitor). It takes two weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The lantern's runeplate requires three weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 15.

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Mechanikal Modifications
Arcantrik Balancer
Cost: 230 gc (capacitors not included)
Description: Supplying power to energy-hungry
mechanika can be a hassle, not to mention expensive.
Though not a cheap solution itself, the arcantrik balancer
allows two capacitors to simultaneously feed their power
into a single mechanikal device.
Rune Points: 1
Special Rules: Two capacitors, which must be of the
same type, can be hooked up to the arcantrik balancer.
The sum of their power output, minus the rune point of
power the balancer needs for itself, can then be supplied
to a mechanikal device attached via arcanoconductive
cabling (this will automatically inflict a -1 penalty on
attack rolls with mechanikal weapons, unless an upgrade
like the enhanced conduit infrastructure (see warcaster
armour upgrades) is being used. Example:
Two clockwork capacitors are hooked up to an arcantrik
balancer. Normally, each clockwork capacitor provides 3
power, for a sum of 6 power for two capacitors. However,
the balancer requires 1 power to safely channel power, so
the actual power output is 5.
An arcantrik balancer is always designed with a particular
power source in mind (e.g. clockwork capacitors), and
will not work with other power sources without switching
out the runeplate.
Fabrication: The material cost of the arcantrik balancer's
parts is 31 gc (including parts for enough
arcanoconductive cabling to attach one external
mechanikal device). It takes two weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The arcantrik balancer's runeplate requires one week to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 13.
Armour Runeplate Selector
Cost: +25% of armour mechanikal housing cost
Description: By installing a set of redundant conduits and
heavy-duty mechanikal switches behind a protective panel
on a suit of armour, a character becomes able to quickly
switch between two runeplates installed in his suit of
armour.
Special Rules: The selector conduits and switches are too
heavy to be installed in weapon or shield mechanika
housings. In effect, they allow two different runeplates to
be installed in a suit of armour, though only one of them
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can be powered at any single point of time.
Using the selector to switch between the runeplates is
faster than having a mechanik swap runeplates, but still
somewhat complex. First the mains switch uncouples the
power source, causing the suit of armour to become
unpowered and worsening its DEF penalty by -2, in
addition to ending the effects of the currently active
runeplate. The selector switch can then be turned so the
conduits become realigned to the second runeplate. Last
but not least the mains switch has to be thrown to
reengage the power source, ending the -2 DEF penalty
caused by the unpowered suit of mechanikal armour and
causing the second runeplate's runes to take effect.
Most armour runeplate selectors are constructed in such a
way that the runeplate selector switch cannot be moved
unless the mains switch is disengaged (this is especially
important when the power source is a storm chamber).
Switching the conduits on engaged runeplates has been
known to cause explosive disjunction effects, destroying
the runeplate or conduits in the process (or electrocuting
the wearer, in the case of a storm chamber power source).
Throwing the mains switch or turning the selector takes a
quick action.
Fabrication: The material cost of an armour runeplate
selector is 25% of the parts cost of the suit of mechanikal
armour. It takes one week to construct the device.
Constructing the device requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16. If the roll is failed, it can be reattempted after
another two days spent reworking the device.
Razor Bite (aka “Gator Grillz”)
[Mechanikal Housing]
From RentedTritium's Liber Mechanika
Cost: 200 gc
Type: Unarmed (Gatorman bite)
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: -1 (cumulative with the POW of a gatorman's bite)
Description: This contraption of spiked metal caps set
into a framework of conduits, which doesn't quite look
unlike an oddly-shaped bear trap, fits over a gatorman's
teeth to provide the infrastructure for mechanikal
augmentations (though adding runes like flame or
electrocutioner is probably never going to be popular with
the device's users). The housing's capacitor must be worn
on a belt.
Gatormen who wear a razor bite usually have problems
speaking clearly, suffering a -2 penalty to their Command
Range and social rolls (except Intimidation).
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Runeplate Selector Weapon

Housing
From Macavity's Liber Mechanika
Cost: 450% base weapon cost (fabrication parts) /
1,500% base weapon cost (completed housing)
Description: Cumbersome and bulky switches and
conduits for weapon runeplate selectors prevented
mechanikal weapons from being able to switch between
runeplates without requiring a mechanik to dismantle the
housing and replace one runeplate with another, until a
clever arcane mechanik named Varys decided to build a
weapon around the runeplate selector mechanism. This
weapon housing integrates two runeplates encased in
alchemically hardened glass insulators into the weapon,
which draw power from a centrally mounted capacitor. By
folding or twisting the weapon around the central
capacitor, different runeplates are shifted into or out of
contact with the capacitor's conduits, using similar
technology to that employed in the arcane interval
generator. Clockwork gears ensure that the capacitor is
properly decoupled before the runeplates are switched.
Special Rules: A runeplate selector weapon housing must
be scratch-built; it is impossible to adapt a finished
weapon to this mechanism.
Switching between the two runeplates installed in the
weapon requires a full action.
Both runeplates installed in a runeplate selector weapon
housing must come with two points' worth of pre-installed
runes each that compensate for the greater bulk of the
weapon and help protect the weapon from mechanikal
disjunction when quickly coupling and uncoupling the
capacitor. This means that both runeplates only have
space for three additional rune points' worth of runes.
Still, most users who are interested in the great flexibility
of the runeplate selector weapon housing consider that a
price well worth paying.
Fabrication: Constructing a runeplate selector weapon
housing follows all the normal rules for constructing a
mechanikal weapon housing (see IKRPG, p. 281), but
takes half again as long. The target number for fabricating
the housing is 17.

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Mechanika Power Sources
Arcane Flux Converter
Cost: 125 gc
Power Output: 1-4 (see Special Rules)
Lifespan: see Special Rules
Description: The arcane flux converter works by
converting the energy of a sustained spell into energy that
can be utilised by mechanika, and is easily recognisable
by the gold-plated receptor array extending from the
generator's housing.
Special Rules: The arcane flux converter only generates
power after an upkeep spell has been cast on the receptor
array, which will accept any upkeep spell regardless of the
usual target requirements that does not have a range of
Self. The spell does not take effect but is considered to
have been cast (so no other instance of the same spell may
be cast or upkept by the same caster), and the arcane flux
converter then provides a number of points of power
equal to the casting cost of the spell for as long as the
spell is upkept. If the caster casts another instance of the
spell used to power the converter, it shuts down
immediately.
Mechanika powered by arcane flux converters is
susceptible to spells and abilities that end upkeep spells,
like Dispel or Purification. If such a spell or ability affects
a character wielding mechanika powered by arcane flux
converters, the converters automatically shut down.
Since spells must be specifically targeted at the receptor
array, it is not possible to use an arcane flux converter to
ward of offensive upkeep spells.
Fabrication Requirements: Inscribe Formulae,
Mechanikal Engineering and Lore (Arcane)
Material Cost: 45 gc
Fabrication: Construction requires a mechanik's
workshop.
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
arcane flux converter, he must spend one week crafting
and assembling the components. At the end of this time,
the player makes an INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates a functional arcane flux converter. If the
roll fails, the character can make another attempt once he
has spent an additional day reworking the converter.
Catalytic Capacitor
Cost: 20 gc
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Power Output: 3
Lifespan: 1 week (see below)
Description: Catalytic capacitors are a variant of the
more common alchemical capacitors. They are slightly
heavier, more difficult to produce, and require more
expensive parts, but their advantage is that they will not
lose efficacy until the catalytic reaction is started by
tightening a screw at the bottom of the capacitor, which
forces a catalytic crystal through the membrane separating
it from the reagents.
Special Rules: It takes 1d3 rounds for a catalytic
capacitor to become fully active once the crystal has been
inserted, after which it will provide its 3 rune points of
power for up to one week. These capacitors are mostly
used where clockwork capacitors run the risk of having
their gears fouled by dust or water and supply lines are
unreliable, requiring a capacitor that will keep and can be
swapped out in the space of a few moments.
Catalytic capacitors cannot be recharged, and the reaction
cannot be stopped once it has been initiated.
Fabrication Requirements: Alchemy and Mechanikal
Engineering
Material Cost: 6 gc
Fabrication: Construction requires both an alchemist's
lab and a mechanik's workshop.
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
catalytic capacitor, he must spend eight hours preparing
and assembling the components. At the end of this time,
the player makes an INT+Alchemy or Mechanikal
Engineering roll, whichever is lower, against a target
number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the character creates a
functional capacitor. If the roll fails, the character can
make another attempt once he has spent an additional two
hours reworking the capacitor.
Crystal Capacitor
Cost: 25 gc for the capacitor, 21 gc for enough catalytic
solution for a month
Power Output: 3
Lifespan: 1 month (see below)
Description: This form of alchemical capacitor produces
power from the reaction between two alchemical crystals
bathed in a catalytic solution. While the capacitor is more
expensive than standard alchemical capacitors, it has a
longer life-span and better shelf-life, though it does
require more maintenance as well.
Special Rules: A crystal capacitor provides no power and
does not decay until it is filled with the catalytic solution.
Once that solution has been introduced, the capacitor
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provides power for a week, as the catalytic solution is
slowly consumed until the reaction finally comes to a
stop. At this point the capacitor must be emptied and
another batch of the catalytic solution introduced before it
can produce power again (characters with the Mechanikal
Engineering or Alchemy skills can do this without the
need for a roll with some basic implements and about 10
minutes' time). As the crystals slowly shrink, the
capacitor is eventually used up, but any period of time
without fresh catalytic solution does not count against the
capacitor's lifespan.
The full batch of spent catalytic solution can be distilled
by an alchemist to reclaim 6 gc's worth of arcane minerals
for use in producing a new crystal capacitor (reducing the
remaining material cost of producing a new capacitor to 2
gc). Alternatively, the low-grade arcane minerals that can
be recovered from the spent solution can be used for other
alchemical formulae by characters with the Free Style
ability (see IKRPG, p. 163).
Fabrication Requirements: Alchemy and Mechanikal
Engineering
Material Cost: 8 gc for the capacitor, 7 gc for the
catalytic solution (which requires 1 unit of arcane extract
and 1 unit of mineral acid)
Fabrication: Construction requires both an alchemist's
lab and a mechanik's workshop.
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
crystal capacitor, he must spend two days growing the
crystals and preparing and assembling the components. At
the end of this time, the player makes an INT+Alchemy
or Mechanikal Engineering roll, whichever is lower,
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates a functional capacitor. If the roll fails,
the character can make another attempt once he has spent
an additional two hours reworking the capacitor.
Formulating the catalytic solution requires an alchemical
lab and two hours spent combining and stabilizing the
ingredients. At the end of this time the character makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 14. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates enough catalytic
solution for a month. If the roll fails, the character
produces one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Necrosiphon Generator
Cost: 320 gc
Power Output: 4
Lifespan: Indefinite
Description: This horrid-looking device draws on the
necromantic energies normally imbued into thralls to
provide power to mechanika, and works on principles
similar to those utilised by parasitic generators and siphon
generators. Such devices are only used by the most jaded
and depraved of mechaniks or the necrotechs of Cryx,
since their core component is always the fleshless, rune-
inscribed skull of a sentient being.
Special Rules: While the device is intact, the skull that
forms its core is considered “unconscious,” even though it
is animated by virtue of the thrall runes, as the energy
provided by the runes is drawn off into the the siphon
converter. Should the device become inoperable, the skull
becomes “animate” and aware again until the generator is
repaired.
Because the necrosiphon generator must always be built
around a sentient creature's skull, it is usually only used to
power stationary devices or armour, though it could be
used to power warjack weapons or weapons sized for
ogruns without causing them to be too unwieldy.
Fabrication Requirements: Inscribe Formulae, Inscribe
Thrall Rune, Mechanikal Engineering, Lore (undead)
Material Cost: 70 gc
Fabrication: Construction requires a mechanik's
workshop and a necromancer's kit.
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
necrosiphon generator, he must first inscribe the skull
with sufficiently powerful thrall runes, which requires a
skull and special inks worth 20 gc, and takes 24 hours. In
order to inscribe the runes correctly, the character must
pass an INT+Thrall Crafting roll against target number
16.
He must then spend one week crafting and assembling the
mechanikal components and mounting them on the skull.
At the end of this time, the player makes an
INT+Mechanikal Engineering or INT+Lore (Undead)
roll, whichever is lower, against a target number of 16. If
the roll succeeds, the character creates a functional
necrosiphon generator. If the roll fails, the character can
make another attempt once he has spent an additional day
reworking the generator.
Pyrocatalytic Capacitor
Cost: 50 gc
Power Output: 3
Lifespan: 1 week (see below)
Description: Pyrocatalytic capacitors are a curious
variant of the normal alchemical capacitor. At the heart of
this device is a sturdy metal cartridge that contains a
complex alchemically grown crystal. This crystal slowly
breaks down over time and, while doing so, bleeds off
energy that can be used to power mechanika. However, in
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be regrown by heating the cartridge containing it, though
over time the regrown crystals become smaller and
smaller until the capacitor no longer works.
Special Rules: A pyrocatalytic capacitor provides power
normally. Once it has run down, the metal cartridge
containing the crystal can be removed by any character
with the Mechanikal Engineering skill without the need
for a test and placed in a fire (e.g. a campfire or cooking
fire; a forge would be too hot, and even a steamjack's
heartfire can destroy the cartridge, especially if the 'jack
in question is driven or utilises focus). The cartridge must
remain in the fire for a full day (24 hours) for the crystal
to be fully regrown (some cleaning of the cartridge is also
recommended before reassembling the capacitor). Every
time the crystal is regrown, 1d6 is rolled, and on a result
of 1 the crystal does not regrow to its proper size,
reducing the capacitor's lifespan by 1 day. This lifespan
reduction is cumulative, until the crystal is finally too
small to provide any power at all for more than a few
moments. A smaller crystal still needs the full 24 hours of
firing to fully regrow.
Fabrication Requirements: Alchemy and Mechanikal
Engineering
Material Cost: 15 gc
Fabrication: Construction requires both an alchemist's
lab and a mechanik's workshop.
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
pyrocatalytic capacitor, he must spend two days preparing
and assembling the components. At the end of this time,
the player makes an INT+Alchemy or Mechanikal
Engineering roll, whichever is lower, against a target
number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character creates a
functional capacitor. If the roll fails, the character can
make another attempt once he has spent an additional day
reworking the capacitor.
Resonance Converter
Cost: 150 gc
Power Output: 1-4 (see Special Rules)
Lifespan: see Special Rules
Description: The resonance converter, which works on
principles not dissimilar to the ones utilised by some
Cyrissist capacitors, works by siphoning off a small
measure of the power generated by certain sustained area-
affecting spell and transforming it into power that can be
utilised in mechanika. Like the arcane flux converter, this
mechanikal power source has an obvious gold-plated
receptor node extending from the piece of mechanika it
powers.
Special Rules: Each resonance converter is designed to
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work with a specific spell and does not work with any
other (Aura of Protection and Fog of War are popular
choices). A resonance converter can only be constructed
to generate power from an upkeep spell that has RNG:
Self and AOE: CTRL, and which provides some kind of
bonus to every character (or every friendly character)
within the AOE (so spells like Light in the Darkness and
Whiteout cannot be used, since the first does not
specifically affect any characters and the latter does not
provide bonuses. The gamemaster has the final say as to
what spells a resonance converter can draw power from).
As long as the correct spell is in effect and the resonance
converter is in the caster's control area, the converter
provides power equal to the casting cost of the spell it is
attuned to. The converter shuts down at once if the spell
ends.
Fabrication Requirements: Inscribe Formulae,
Mechanikal Engineering and Lore (Arcane)
Material Cost: 60 gc
Fabrication: Construction requires a mechanik's
workshop.
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
resonance converter, he must spend one week crafting and
assembling the components. At the end of this time, the
player makes an INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 17. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates a functional resonance converter. If the
roll fails, the character can make another attempt once he
has spent an additional two days reworking the converter.
Siphon Generator
Cost: 250 gc
Power Output: 1-4 (see special rules)
Lifespan: Indefinite while in direct skin contact of a
Gifted wearer
Description: Usually mounted in the grip of a weapon or
within a suit of mechanika armour, this unusual capacitor
draws upon the arcane energies channelled by those gifted
with arcane abilities. It is not very common except as a
back-up tool, because an active siphon generator
significantly hampers the arcane abilities of its wearer.
Siphon generators are sometimes incorporated into
restraints intended for captive magic users, however.
Special Rules: A Gifted character holding or wearing a
mechanikal device powered by a siphon generator either
loses a number of focus or fury points equal to the power
draw of the device at the end of each control phase, or
gains an equal number of points of fatigue if he is a will
weaver. If the character does not have sufficient focus or
fails a fatigue roll if he gains more fatigue than his ARC
stat, the device becomes unpowered (focus or fury points
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are still lost, and fatigue is still inflicted). workshop.

If the character has the Great Power ability and is not
sustaining a spell, he may instead reduce the amount of
focus or fury drained by the siphon generator by one, or
gain one less point of fatigue.
Fabrication Requirements: Inscribe Formulae,
Mechanikal Engineering, Lore (Arcane)
Material Cost: 50 gc
Fabrication: Construction requires a mechanik's
workshop.
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
siphon generator, he must spend one week crafting and
assembling the components. At the end of this time, the
player makes an INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates a functional capacitor. If the roll fails,
the character can make another attempt once he has spent
an additional day reworking the capacitor.
Soul Generator
Cost: 250 gc
Power Output: 1-8; usually 3-4 (see below)
Lifespan: indefinite
Description: These foul devices do not look dissimilar to
most capacitors at first glance; however, the sickly light
they shed and the faint keening they give off gives away
their true nature right away. The entropic energies they
harness also cause their metal to tarnish, providing
another hint at their horrific content. Possessing such a
device is a hanging offence anywhere in the Iron
Kingdoms (except for Cryx, of course).
Special Rules: Soul generators work by harnessing the
power of a captured soul. Most souls only provide 1 rune
point of power and are thus useless for all but the most
basic mechanika (at the GM's discretion, individual souls
may provide more power – as a rule of thumb, if a
character had access to feat points, his feat point
maximum could be added to the amount of power his soul
generates, for a final power output of 2-4). The souls of
Gifted users are a lot more powerful, and provide power
equal to the ARC stat the soul had in life (do not add feat
points to this total). Most soul generators provide 3-4
points of power.
Fabrication Requirements: Inscribe Formulae,
Mechanikal Engineering. The character must also have
some ability that allows him to handle souls, like the
Thamarite Advocate's Soul Taker ability.
Material Cost: 90 gc
Fabrication: Construction requires a mechanik's
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
soul generator, he must spend one week preparing and
assembling the components. At the end of this time, the
player makes an INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 18. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates a functional soul generator . If the roll
fails, the character can make another attempt once he has
spent an additional day reworking the generator.
A character may build the generator without having a soul
at hand. Any character who can handle souls can insert a
soul into an empty soul generator, though extracting a
soul without damaging the generator requires an
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 14. On a failure, the soul is extracted, but the generator
has been damaged in the process, and requires spare parts
and a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against target number 16 before it can hold another soul.
Repairing a damaged soul generator takes one day.
Extracting souls does not require soul-handling
capabilities, though if the character has no way of
handling the soul it will simply move on to Urcaen in
short order.
Storm Condenser
Cost: 200 gc
Power Output: 4
Lifespan: indefinite or six hours (see below)
Description: This device was developed specifically for
the Stormlands and consists of a vane-studded receptor
mounted on a long pole and an arcanoconductive tube that
can be used to hook up mechanikal devices to it. Since
storm condensers must be mounted in place and are much
too unwieldy to carry around, they can only be used to
power stationary devices (like mechanikal lighting or
emplacements of mechanikal guns).
Special Rules: As long as a storm condenser is properly
set up, it generates power indefinitely while in the
Stormlands (as a rule, most lightning storms in other areas
of Immoren are too weak to consistently power the
device). Additionally, all natural lightning strikes within
30 feet (5”) of the device, as well as lightning strikes
created by stormcallers, are redirected into the storm
condenser (storm condensers suffer no damage from
electrical attacks). For the same reason storm condensers
must be set up at least 60 feet (10”) apart from each other
so that each condenser can harvest sufficient energy for
itself.
In the rare case of a lull in the storm, storm condensers
stop generating power six hours after the end of the storm,
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storm begins. Description: A variant of the alchemical capacitor, trickle

capacitors utilise the same principle of an alchemical
Fabrication Requirements: Inscribe Formulae,
reaction generating power for mechanikal use. The
Mechanikal Engineering
reaction is much slower in the trickle capacitor, however,
Material Cost: 75 gc providing a cheap if extremely weak source of power that
lasts for a significantly longer period of time. They are
Fabrication: Construction requires a mechanik's
mostly used in lanterns or other extremely simple
workshop.
mechanika.
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
Special Rules: Trickle capacitors lose efficacy once
storm condenser, he must spend a week assembling the
assembled, whether they are used or not. They cannot be
components. At the end of this time, the player makes an
recharged.
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character creates a Fabrication Requirements: Alchemy and Mechanikal
functional storm condenser. If the roll fails, the character Engineering
can make another attempt once he has spent an additional
Material Cost: 3 gc
day reworking the storm condenser.
Fabrication: Construction requires both an alchemist's
lab and a mechanik's workshop.
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
Torsion Capacitor trickle capacitor, he must spend four hours preparing and
Cost: 225 gc assembling the components. At the end of this time, the
Power Output: 4 player makes an INT+Alchemy or Mechanikal
Engineering roll, whichever is lower, against a target
Lifespan: 12 hours (may be rewound) number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the character creates a
Description: Based on the design of the arcane interval functional capacitor. If the roll fails, the character can
generator but utilizing two smaller cylinders made from make another attempt once he has spent an additional
lower-grade materials and inscribed with less powerful hour reworking the capacitor.
runes, the torsion generator produces a significantly
smaller charge but may maintain its power output for
longer.
Special Rules: Completely rewinding a run-down torsion
capacitor takes twenty minutes of effort.
Fabrication Requirements: Inscribe Formulae, Craft
(glasswork), Mechanikal Engineering
Material Cost: 80 gc
Fabrication: Construction requires both a mechanik's
workshop and a glassworker's shop.
Once a character has the raw materials to construct the
torsion capacitor, he must spend five days crafting and
assembling the components. At the end of this time, the
player makes an INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates a functional capacitor. If the roll fails,
the character can make another attempt once he has spent
an additional day reworking the capacitor.

Trickle Capacitor
Cost: 10 gc
Power Output: 1
Lifespan: 1 month

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Steamjack Gear, Upgrades and
Weapons
'Jacknails
Cost: 50 gc (light steamjack), 80 gc (heavy steamjack)
Description: Also called “hobnails for 'jack feet,” this
simple modification to a steamjack's feet gives it
improved traction on slippery ground. Unfortunately, it
also causes the 'jack to lose its footing on particularly
solid ground like cobbles or rock surfaces, so 'jacknails
are usually only installed in steamjacks that work in the
country, like lumberjacks.
Special Rules: A steamjack equipped with 'jacknails
ignores knockdown risks caused by slippery ground such
as that caused by the frozen ground spell (see IKRPG, p.
239) or advancing on ice. However, if the 'jack moves on
ground too solid for the 'jacknails to bite into (like solid
rock or well-cobbled streets), the 'jack will become
knocked down at the end of its movement if it advances
further than its SPD.
A light steamjack equipped with 'jacknails that performs a
stomp power attack (see NQ66, p. 109) adds +2 to its
stomp damage. A heavy steamjack equipped with
'jacknails adds +3 to its stomp damage.
Mounting 'jacknails on a steamjack chassis requires the
mechanik to have access to the steamjack's feet and basic
mechanical tools. Installing 'jacknails requires two hours
of labour and a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 14. If the roll fails, it can
be repeated after another hour. Until the failure is
corrected or the improperly installed 'jacknails removed,
the 'jack always becomes knocked down after moving
further than its SPD.
Paying to have 'jacknails mounted on a steamjack costs an
additional 50 gc unless the character does the job himself.
Alchemical Vents
From SidiousMike's Liber Mechanika
Cost: 400 gc (requires a heavy boiler to be preinstalled;
see IKRPG, p. 311)
Ammunition: 3 (specialised canisters; see below)
Description: This modifications to a heavy boiler's steam
pipes and fittings allows the steamjack to shroud itself in
clouds of steam laced with alchemical compounds.
Special Rules: Since hot steam would cause many
alchemical compounds to decay and become ineffective,
the alchemical vents store pressurised steam in a separate
chamber where it can cool off a little before use. Because
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of this the system can only be used again once a number
of rounds equal to one third of the steamjack's PHY
(rounded down) has elapsed (2 rounds for most light
steamjacks, 3 for most heavy steamjacks – see individual
steamjack entries for exact details). Additionally, in the
round after the alchemical vents have been fired, the
steamjack's heavy boiler provides no benefits since too
much steam is being diverted into the pressure chamber.
When the alchemical vents are fired by expending a quick
action, a 3” AOE cloud effect is centered on the
steamjack. Any character in the AOE is affected by the
alchemical compound that has been added to the steam,
but the steam is not hot enough to inflict any actual
damage. The AOE remains in play for one round.
It should be noted that different canisters can be used, so
different compounds can be vented each time. The
character controlling the steamjack can choose which
canister will get vented in the course of marshalling the
'jack or activating it while it is in its controlling
warcaster's control area.
Reloading the alchemical vents' supply of alchemicals
requires canisters loaded with the desired alchemicals
(available for the same cost as an alchemical grenade for
the same compound) and can be accomplished by a
character with the Mechanikal Engineering skill within 20
minutes without the need for a skill roll. Since the canister
magazine is internal, it cannot be reloaded during battle.
Spent canisters can be reused.
Alchemical vents are not compatible with other steamjack
upgrades that allow steam venting, like the massive
boilers installed in some Juggernauts. Similarly, the
system cannot be installed in 'jacks that do not use boilers,
like vectors or galvanically powered 'jacks.
Integrating alchemical vents into a steamjack requires the
proper tools, eight hours of labour, and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 14. If the roll fails, it can be repeated after another two
hours of labour.
Paying to have alchemical vents installed costs an
additional 50 gc.
Arcanoconductive Spear
Cost: 2,060 gc (light steamjack), 2,760 gc (heavy
steamjack) (accumulator not included)
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 4 (light steamjack) / 5 (heavy steamjack)
Description: Arcanoconductive spears assist warcasters
who prefer to get their arc node-equipped 'jacks into
melee range by allowing them to channel offensive spells
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through the spears into the 'jacks' melee opponents with
great precision. Arcanoconductive spears are powered by
internal arcanodynamic accumulators.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Only steamjacks who are equipped with
arc nodes can make use of arcanoconductive spears,
which must be hooked up to the arc nodes with heavy-
duty conductive cabling.
When a steamjack equipped with a functioning arc node
and an arcanoconductive spear has successfully hit a
character with the spear, for one round the controlling
warcaster can arc spells at the last character hit by the
spear even if the 'jack is still in melee (if the last attack
made with the spear during the steamjack's activation
missed its target, the spear cannot be used to channel
spells that round). The warcaster receives a +2 bonus to
magic attack rolls for spells channelled through the spear.
If the target has somehow moved out of the
arcanoconductive spear's melee range, the normal
channelling rules (see IKRPG, p. 233-234) must be used
instead. Steamjacks that are knocked down or stationary
or suffer from Disruption cannot use an arcanoconductive
spear.
A steamjack must have a non-crippled arm system with an
open fist to pick up the arcanoconductive spear, though it
will not benefit from any special rules unless the spear is
also hooked up to the arc node by a mechanik. While
armed with the spear, the steamjack cannot make attacks
with the fist in which it holds the weapon.
Arcanoconductive spears have Reach. If the spear
becomes unpowered, its attack modifier becomes -2 (-1 if
no cabling is attached to the spear).
A character in the front arc of a steamjack armed with an
arcanoconductive spear suffers -2 on charge, slam power
attack, and impact rolls against the steamjack.
Installing an arcanoconductive spear requires some minor
modifications to the arc node that require parts costing 45
gc and a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 15. These modifications take 1
day; if the skill roll is failed it can be retried after another
two hours' work. Paying an arcane mechanik to make the
modifications to the arc node costs an additional 90 gc.
Hooking up the arcanoconductive spear to the modified
arc node requires no roll and can be accompanied by any
character with the Mechanikal Engineering skill with a
full action.
Fabrication: The material cost of the arcanoconductive
spear's housing and conduits is 435 gc for the light
steamjack version and 645 gc for the heavy steamjack
version. It takes three weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The arcanoconductive spear's runeplate requires four
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weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16.
Catapult Shield
Cost: 4,110 gc (capacitor not included)
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 1
Description: This heavy shield mechanikally focuses the
momentum of a charging warjack, allowing it to slam
targets over tremendous distances and with equally
tremendous force. The shield is powered by an
arcanodynamic accumulator.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A steamjack must have a non-crippled arm
system with an Open Fist to pick up the catapult shield.
While wielding the catapult shield, the steamjack cannot
make attacks with the fist that holds the shield. If the arm
system holding the catapult shield is crippled, the
steamjack can continue fighting with the shield but suffers
the penalties for the crippled system.
A steamjack equipped with a catapult shield gains +2
ARM against attacks originating in its front arc.
The steamjack may spend 1 point of focus during its
activation to activate the catapult shield. If the steamjack
then makes a successful slam power attack in the current
round, roll twice for the distance the target is slammed
and use the higher result. Additionally, the steamjack adds
+2 to its slam damage roll and collateral damage rolls,
and is considered to be one base size bigger than it is for
the purposes of determining the slamming distance. If the
steamjack's modified base size is greater than its target's
base size, add +2 to the slam distance.
If this weapon does not have a functional capacitor, it
loses the ability to perform enhanced slams and gains an
attack modifier of -1.
Fabrication: The material cost of the catapult shield's
housing is 1,060 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The catapult shield's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
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Cortex, Argentum-Grade
Cost: 1,750 gc
Description: Developed by the Greylords Covenant in an
attempt to create a simplified cortex design specially
geared for warfare that can be built with less expensive
and more commonly available materials, the performance
of the argentum-grade cortex nevertheless has been a
disappointment, and the design has been shelved. Most
argentum-grade cortices still in existence are used as
stopgap cortices by mercenary warcasters, though there
are rumours that some resource-strapped factions may be
interested in fabricating the cheap argentum-grade
cortices again.
Special Rules: A steamjack equipped with an argentum-
grade cortex gains the Two-Weapon Fighting ability and
the Ambidextrous Skilled benefit, and may use focus or
be marshalled normally. Argentum-grade cortices can
gain imprints and improve their fighting skills like aurum-
grade cortices. They can only gain +1 to MAT and RAT
through improvements.
INT 1 design exists at all.
PER 2
Volatile Predisposition: Because of the way an argentum-
grade cortex's responses are skewed towards fighting, as
reflected by their high PER compared to their low INT,
whenever an argentum-grade cortex rolls on the imprint
table (see IKRPG, p. 325), there is a 50% chance (1-3 on
1d6) that the result of the imprint roll is ignored and the
cortex instead develops the Berserk trait, which is another
reason for the unpopularity of the design with troops and
less bloody-minded warcasters.
Cortex, Crucible-Grade
Cost: 1,500 gc
Description: This labourjack cortex type has been
developed for the use in workshops and laboratories that
require a steady hand and caution in addition to the
strength and endurance a steamjack provides. Steamjacks
equipped with crucible-grade cortices are extremely good
at following complex instructions with no or little
additional supervision needed.
Special Rules: A steamjack equipped with a crucible-
grade cortex gains the Two-Weapon Fighting ability and
the Ambidextrous Skilled benefit, and may use focus or
be marshalled normally. Crucible-grade cortices can gain
imprints but cannot improve their fighting skills (usually,
these cortices are not used in warjacks anyway).
INT 2 alloy of gold and silver, is the result of an attempt to make
PER 1 a cheaper cortex architecture for specialised warjacks.
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An aptitude for being meticulous: Because of the way a
crucible-grade cortex's responses are skewed towards
following complex orders and interpreting the steamjack's
environment, as reflected by their high INT compared to
their low PER, whenever a crucible-grade cortex rolls on
the imprint table (see IKRPG, p. 325), there is a 50%
chance (1-3 on 1d6) that the result of the imprint roll is
ignored and the cortex instead develops the Sentinel trait.
Cortex, Duello-Grade
Cost: 2,500 gc
Description: This variant of the standard aurum-grade
cortex currently only exists as schematics and, possibly, a
few prototypes, since it was developed in Llael
immediately before the occupation. It is most notable for
its different response to a warcaster's will or a 'jack
marshal's instructions, which robs it of raw power but
provides greater finesse (hence the design's name).
Neither Khadoran nor Protectorate forces currently seem
inclined to pursue production, if they are even aware the
Special Rules: A duello-grade cortex follows all the rules
for a standard aurum-grade cortex (see IKRPG, p. 304).
However, when a steamjack equipped with a duello-grade
cortex uses focus or is driven to boost an attack roll, the
attack roll is not boosted but the steamjack instead gains
the Virtuoso Skilled Archetype benefit for this one attack
and damage roll (this means the steamjack rolls an
additional die on the attack and damage roll and discards
the lowest die from each roll). A duello-grade cortex does
not permit the use of focus or drives to boost damage rolls
directly (including blast damage rolls), though charge
attack damage rolls are boosted normally and may be
further enhanced by spending focus on the attack roll,
triggering the duello's unique bonuses.
Note: Some weapons, like the Cygnaran dual cannon (see
IKKNG, p. 98), bear special mention. In the case of the
dual cannon, the attack roll of the cannon cannot be
boosted by spending focus points, as the duello cortex's
rules are used instead. Since the dual cannon's attack roll
is not boosted, its damage roll will not be boosted either,
instead gaining the Virtuoso benefit as per the Duello
cortex's rules.
Cortex, Electrum-Grade
Cost: 3,000 gc
Description: The somewhat experimental electrum grade
cortex, a variant of the aurum-grade cortex named after an
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Special Rules: An electrum-grade cortex follows all the
rules for aurum-grade cortices (IKRPG, p. 304), but has
been modified to be a specialist for a specific battlefield
role:
• Arcanist: The cortex provides +1 MAT and no
RAT bonus. When the steamjack equipped with an
arcanist-type electrum-grade cortex is also
equipped with an arc node and channels spells, the
warcaster controlling the steamjack gains +1 to the
magic attack rolls for channelled spells. The
steamjack may also improve this aptitude instead
of increasing its MAT or RAT when a multiple of
25 XP is gained, providing a total of +2 to the
magic attack rolls for channelled spells.
• Blaster: The cortex provides +1 MAT and no RAT
bonus unless the ranged weapon does electrical
damage, in which case the cortex provides +2
RAT.
• Brawler: The cortex provides +2 MAT, but no
RAT bonus.
• Broadsider: The cortex provides +1 RAT and no
MAT bonus. Additionally, the cortex grants the
steamjack the Defensive Line ability (see IKRPG,
p. 160).
• Duelist: The cortex provides +1 RAT and PER 3,
but no MAT bonus.
• Firebrand: The cortex provides +1 MAT and no
RAT bonus unless the ranged weapon deals fire
damage, in which case the cortex provides +1
RAT, or +2 RAT if the weapon also has RNG:SP.
• Gladiator: The cortex provides +1 MAT and PER
3, but no RAT bonus.
• Iron Brother: The cortex provides +1 MAT and no
RAT bonus. Additionally, the cortex grants the
steamjack the Defensive Line ability (see IKRPG,
p. 160).
• Iron Pack: The cortex provides +1 MAT and no
RAT bonus. Additionally, the cortex grants the
steamjack the Gang ability (see IKRPG, p. 163).
• Master Gunner: The cortex provides +2 RAT, but
no MAT bonus.
• Watchdog: The cortex provides +1 MAT and
receives boosted PER rolls (since the watchdog
'jack is intended to keep watch and interpose itself
when danger approaches, the watchdog cortex
boasts increased melee capabilites rather than
ranged accuracy; after all, even a missed cannon
shot will alert a sleeping camp).
So far the design has been less than successful, even
though it is decidedly cheaper than arcanum-grade
cortices. The problem is that the electrum-grade cortex
lacks versatility, which is a particular problem for
mercenary outfits who do not have the resources to be
able to always provide a cortex with the perfect chassis
(the melee specialist variants are also significantly more
common than the ranged specialist variants, because
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warjacks with melee weapons generally stick to their
strengths, while even warjacks with ranged weapons may
easily become embroiled in melee combat, where the
ranged specialist electrum-grade cortex fares worse than a
standard aurum-grade cortex). It is for this reason that the
resale value of the electrum-grade cortex is lower than for
a standard aurum-grade cortex, usually at no more than
2,000 gc even for an electrum-grade cortex in pristine
condition.
When examining an electrum-grade cortex, a
warcaster can automatically determine what kind of
specialist the cortex is by bonding to the cortex.
Characters with the Inscribe Formulae ability can also
determine the nature of an electrum-grade cortex (as well
as differentiate it from a standard aurum-grade cortex) by
making a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 16.
Cortex, Venger-Grade
Cost: 3,000 gc
Description: Inauspiciously named in the current political
climate of the Iron Kingdoms – and rumoured to be the
design of a devoutly Menite mechanik, though the
schematics have found their way to Cygnaran as well as
Protectorate warjack foundries – the venger-grade cortex
grants a steamjack the ability to pursue and attack a single
target with unparalleled aggression, at the expense of
somewhat limiting overall potential and responsiveness.
Special Rules: Unless stated otherwise, a venger-grade
cortex follows all the rules for aurum-grade cortices
(IKRPG, p. 304). If the cortex system is crippled, the
warjack loses the Target Lock and Vengeful traits until the
cortex is repaired.
Locked Behaviour Patterns: Venger-grade cortices
cannot properly develop imprints. When it would
normally receive an imprint, it gains the ability to receive
an additional point of focus from its bonded warcaster
normally, but does not make a roll on the imprint table.
Target Lock: The warjack equipped with a venger-grade
cortex may spend a point of focus to designate a target
within the steamjack's or its bonded warcaster's line of
sight ('jack marshals may instead spend a quick action to
designate a target within the warjack's line of sight). The
warjack then receives boosted attack rolls when attacking
that target, but cannot boost attack or damage rolls against
any other targets by spending focus or being driven
without breaking the lock first, which requires the
warjack to spend another point of focus (or the 'jack
marshal to spend another quick action). The lock is
automatically broken if the target character is destroyed,
but it is not broken if the target character merely leaves
the steamjack's field of vision.
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Vengeful: The warjack equipped with a venger-grade
cortex may run or charge directly towards its designated
target without spending a point of focus or being driven as
long as the warjack has line of sight to the designated
target at the beginning of its activation.
If the warjack is outside its bonded warcaster's control
area or outside its 'jack marshal's command range, it will
automatically charge its designated target in its
activation . If the designated target has left the warjack's
line of sight, the warjack will instead run towards the
location where it last saw the target. If that is insufficient
to reestablish line of sight, the warjack will wait there and
not run off any further.
Cortex Drive
Cost: 800 gc
Description: This device is an attempt to supercharge a
cortex. Though the device undoubtedly works, it has on
occasion severely damaged or outright destroyed a cortex,
so the design has been sent back to the drawing board for
the time being.
Special Rules: A cortex drive must be started up before
its effects apply, and becomes available in the turn
following its activation (activation can be accomplished
by a warcaster when the steamjack equipped with the
cortex drive is in his control area, or by a 'jack marshal
when driving a steamjack). Shutting down a cortex drive
is instantaneous but also requires an active command by
the warcaster or 'jack marshal controlling the steamjack.
While a cortex drive is active, the steamjack receives 1
point of focus in its Maintenance Phase as long as its
cortex is not disabled (the cortex cannot exceed its focus
allocation limits this way). A marshalled steamjack with
an active cortex drive may be driven without the need for
a quick action by the 'jack marshal by spending a focus
point, but it must still be in the 'jack marshal's command
range – in effect, the cortex responds to even minimalist
instruction because its perceptions and interpretative
abilities are temporarily enhanced by the cortex drive.
However, if the steamjack should finish its activation with
the cortex drive turned on and one or more focus points
still on it, on 1-2 on 1d6 the steamjack suffers 1 point of
damage to its first available cortex box (this is a particular
risk if the steamjack is shut down because its warcaster
has been killed or rendered unconscious, or when it is not
in its 'jack marshal's command range – the steamjack will
not spend the focus generated by the cortex drive unless it
is either being commanded by a warcaster or as part of a
'jack marshal's drive).
Mounting a cortex drive takes a day and requires the
proper tools as well as a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16. On a
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failed roll, the character can try again after another four
hours of labour.
Paying to have a cortex drive installed costs an additional
120 gc.
Cortex Enabler
Cost: 450 gc (power source not included)
Description: This device allows a warcaster to remotely
bond to and activate unbonded steamjacks or steamjacks
disabled by cortex shock. The device draws power from a
dedicated power source, which usually is an alchemical
capacitor.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A warcaster may bond to and activate an
unbonded steamjack for which he has the cortex lock
codes as long as he is within 6” of the steamjack. The
bond enabler has no effect if the steamjack is currently
bonded, but may be used to take over a steamjack that is
only being 'jack marshalled. If the steamjack is currently
suffering from disruption or has a crippled cortex, the
cortex enabler cannot be used to bond to the steamjack.
Mounting a cortex enabler takes six hours and requires
the proper tools as well as a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15. On a
failed roll, the character can try again after another two
hours of labour.
Paying to have a cortex enabler installed costs an
additional 90 gc.
Fabrication: The material cost of the cortex enabler is 30
gc. It takes three weeks and a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15 to inscribe
a cortex enabler's runeplate.
Cortex Shock Failsafe
Cost: 300 gc
Description: Cortex shock failsaves are installed in a
warjack's cortex to prevent its shutdown when the
controlling warcaster passes out or dies. Unfortunately,
the device is prone to malfunction, which may
accidentally break the bond between warcaster and
steamjack.
Special Rules: When the warcaster controlling the
steamjack equipped with a cortex shock failsafe dies or
falls unconscious, the steamjack becomes autonomous
instead of shutting down. However, the bond may also be
accidentally broken on a roll of 1-2 on 1d6 when any one
of the following conditions is met:
• The steamjack suffers Disruption (see
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Electrocutioner, IKRPG p. 285).
• The steamjack suffers damage to any of its cortex
boxes.
• The controlling warcaster's Intellect aspect
becomes crippled.
• The controlling warcaster is prevented from
recovering focus during his Control Phase.
When a bond is accidentally broken, the steamjack
becomes autonomous but may be re-bonded normally.
The cortex shock failsafe is incompatible with the
augmented cortex receiver (see IKKNG, p. 110), arc node
(see IKRPG, p. 311) and sympathetic node upgrades (see
below).
Mounting a cortex shock failsafe takes a day and requires
the proper tools as well as a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16. On a
failed roll, the character can try again after another four
hours of labour.
Paying to have a cortex shock failsafe installed costs an
additional 60 gc.
Digger Claw
(Rhulic Heavy Steamjack only)
Cost: 260 gc
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 3
Description: The digger claw is a heavy pneumatic claw
with shovel-like fingers. The design is popular with
Rhulic engineers because of its utility both in mining,
especially when mining from the surface or clearing away
debris, and in fighting.
Special Rules: The digger claw has the Open Fist rule
and can be used to make Headlock/Weapon Lock,
Grapple and Push power attacks. It cannot be used to fight
with weapons or shields held in the claw. When
attempting to escape a grapple or lock maintained by a
digger claw, the steamjack maintaining the lock or
grapple is considered to gain +2 STR.
As a full action, a steamjack equipped with a digger claw
can excavate a foxhole in its front arc and in B2B with the
steamjack (usually the steamjack is powerful enough to
dig into pretty much any soil but solid rock; the GM is the
final arbiter of whether the ground is suitably soft). A
small-based character can enter the foxhole to gain cover,
become immune to blast damage, and no longer block line
of sight. If a steamjack is equipped with two non-crippled
digger claws, it can instead dig foxholes for up to three
small-based characters or one medium-based character as
a full action. Getting into or out of a foxhole takes a quick
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action; gaining the bonuses does not require spending a
quick action in subsequent turns. Any bonuses granted by
foxholes are lost when the characters in them are engaged
in melee or placed.
When an arm system equipped with a digger claw
becomes crippled, the steamjack can no longer use it to
dig foxholes.
Mounting a digger claw on a steamjack chassis requires
the mechanik to first remove the steamjack's old arm and
replace it with the digger claw (see “Removing or
Replacing Arms,” IKRPG, pp. 319-320).
Paying to have an arm system removed and a digger claw
mounted on a steamjack costs an additional 60 gc unless
the character does the job himself.
Displacement Shield
[Heavy Steamjack Only]
Cost: 3,960 gc (capacitor not included)
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 1
Description: A steamjack equipped with a displacement
shield can be empowered by its controlling warcaster to
use the shield to project a massive concussive wave when
it moves, devastating swathes of infantry by charging into
their ranks. The displacement shield is powered by an
alchemical capacitor.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A steamjack must have a non-crippled arm
system with an Open Fist to pick up the displacement
shield. While wielding the displacement shield, the
steamjack cannot make attacks with the fist that holds the
shield. If the arm system holding the displacement shield
is crippled, the steamjack can continue fighting with the
shield but suffers the penalties for the crippled system,
and can no longer use the shield to project a concussive
wave.
A steamjack equipped with a displacement shield gains
+2 ARM against attacks originating in its front arc.
The steamjack may spend 1 point of focus during its
activation to activate the displacement shield. If the
steamjack then makes a trample power attack (which
requires an additional point of focus or the use of a spell
or ability that enables the steamjack to make a trample
attack as normal), any character within 2” of the
steamjack is considered to be contacted by the trample
attack and suffers an attack accordingly, in addition to
characters attacked during the trample according to the
standard rules (see IKRPG, p. 314). Characters within 2”
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of the trampling steamjack will not stop a trample even if
they aren't small-based, and any character within 2” of the
trampling steamjack suffers an attack, including allied
characters.
If the displacement shield becomes unpowered, it suffers
a -1 attack roll penalty and can no longer be used to
enhance trample power attacks.
Fabrication: The material cost of the displacement
shield's housing is 1,060 gc. It takes three weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The displacement shield's runeplate requires three weeks
to inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Enhanced Evasion Array
Cost: 300 gc
Description: An enhanced evasion array allows a
steamjack to temporarily become more sensitive to danger
and adept at dodging, at the cost of ranged accuracy.
Special Rules: At the start of its turn, a steamjack
equipped with an enhanced evasion array may spend 1
focus to gain +2 DEF for one round. The steamjack does
become jittery during this time, however, and also suffers
-2 RAT for the same duration. A steamjack with a
disabled movement system cannot benefit from an
enhanced evasion array. An enhanced evasion array can
only be used once per turn.
Mounting an enhanced evasion array takes eight hours
and requires the proper tools as well as a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16. On a failed roll, the character can try again after
another hour of labour.
Paying to have an enhanced evasion array mounted costs
an additional 120 gc.
Firespitter
Cost: 450 gc (light steamjack) / 675 gc (heavy steamjack)
Type: Ranged
Location: Arm
Ammo: 9 (light steamjack) / 15 (heavy steamjack)
Effective Range: 6 (light steamjack) / 8 (heavy
steamjack)
Extreme Range: –
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 12 (fire damage)
AOE: –
Description: The firespitter is an attempt by Protectorate
vassal mechaniks to construct an alternative design of a
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flamethrower. Instead of firing a sustained spout of
burning liquid, the firespitter uses steam pressure vented
from the 'jack's boiler to launch burning gobbets of a
semi-solid alchemical compound derived from more
traditional recipes for Menoth's Fire. The device's
ingenious but simple rotating valve firing mechanism
responds exceptionally well to a warcaster's applied will,
allowing for sustained barrages. Furthermore, if the
steamjack is not using its boiler to power its hydraulics
for movement, it may channel extra pressure into the
launching chamber, increasing the range of the firespitter.
Special Rules: Characters hit by a firespitter attack suffer
the Fire continuous effect.
A firespitter can fire once per round, but the fast-cycling
reloading mechanism responds well to a warcaster's
commands. By spending one point of focus the steamjack
may fire the firespitter two additional times. The
firespitter may not fire more than three times in one
round. A 'jack marshal may also use the Drive: Ancillary
Attack ability to make one immediate attack with the
firespitter, and may use this ability a second time in one
round to fire a third shot as well.
If a steamjack equipped with the firespitter forfeits its
movement to gain an aiming bonus, the firespitter also
gains +2 RNG for all firespitter attacks made that round.
Reloading a firespitter's fuel reservoir can be
accomplished by any character with the Mechanikal
Engineering skill but cannot be done in combat. It takes
30 minutes to refuel the firespitter. Enough fuel for one
firespitter shot costs 10 gc.
Mounting a firespitter on a steamjack chassis requires the
mechanik to first remove the steamjack's old arm and
replace it with the firespitter (see “Removing or
Replacing Arms,” IKRPG, pp. 319-320).
Paying to have an arm system removed and a firespitter
mounted on a steamjack costs an additional 60 gc unless
the character does the job himself.
Firetaker
[Heavy Steamjack Only]
Cost: 2,610 gc (for one firetaker; accumulator not
included), 5,050 gc for the boiler modifications (see
below; capacitor not included)
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 5
Description: A product of the mechaniks of the Greylords
Covenant, the firetaker is a mechanikally modified design
of the armoured warjack fist normally installed in the
Kodiak warjack. The mechanikal systems of a firetaker
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fist wreathe it in deadly cold, and transfer the heat they
drain from the 'jack's victims into the boiler to further
enhance the 'jack's performance. Firetakers are powered
by arcanodynamic accumulators and usually installed in
pairs. So far the design does not seem likely to see
widespread use because of its exorbitant cost and less
than rugged construction compared to established
Khadoran warjack designs.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A firetaker has the Open Fist rule and can
be used to make Arm/Head/Weapon Lock, Push, Throw
and Two-Handed Throw power attacks. It cannot be used
to pick up weapons.
If a steamjack equipped with a firetaker scores a critical
hit on a target that does not have Immunity: Cold, the
target becomes stationary for one round, and the
steamjack gains one heat token. In the warjack's next
Maintenance Phase, after the character controlling it
replenishes focus but before any focus points are
allocated, the warjack gains one point of focus for every
heat token it has. If this should cause the warjack to gain
more focus points than it is normally allowed, it suffers
1d3 points of damage to a random column as its systems
overheat and excess boiler pressure ruptures the 'jack's
systems (this automatically happens when the warjack has
collected heat tokens but cannot currently gain focus
points, e.g. because it is suffering from Disruption or its
cortex system is crippled). Focus points in excess of the
warjack's normal maximum focus allocation are lost.
In order to work, firetakers must be hooked up to
mechanikal modifications to the 'jack's boiler. A modified
boiler costs 5,050 gc and must be powered by an
alchemical capacitor. Without a modified boiler, firetakers
can still render characters hit stationary but can no longer
accumulate heat tokens.
When a firetaker does not have power, it suffers -1 POW
and a -1 penalty on attack rolls, and loses its critical
effect.
Mounting a firetaker on a steamjack chassis requires the
mechanik to remove the steamjack's old arm and replace
it with the firetaker (see the “Removing and Replacing
Arms” section of the Steamjack chapter in IKRPG, p.
319-320).
Fabrication: The material cost of the firetaker's housing
is 610 gc. The parts for modifying the boiler cost 960 gc.
It takes four weeks to construct a firetaker, or two weeks
to modify the boiler. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking) in both cases.
The firetaker's runeplate requires four weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 16. The runeplate installed
in the boiler requires two weeks to inscribe and a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
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target number of 14.
Frost Fist
Cost: Base cost of chassis without cortex for the
mechanikally modified arm and fist + 460 gc for the
runeplate (+ 10 gc for an alchemical capacitor)
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 3 (light steamjack) / 4 (heavy steamjack)
Description: The frost fist is a heavily insulated
steamjack fist with conduits laced through the fingers.
While the frost fist has power, a deadly cold radiates from
it.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: When a steamjack is grappled or taken
into a headlock, armlock or weapons lock with a frost fist,
it takes a -2 penalty to STR as long as the lock or grapple
is maintained. This penalty also affects rolls to escape the
lock or grapple. If more than one steamjack with a frost
fist manages to get a lock hold, of if a steamjack is being
grappled by a 'jack with two frost fists, these penalties are
cumulative as the touch of the combined frost fists
dampens the output of the grappled steamjack's boiler.
The main purpose of frost fists is to restrain enemy or
experimental steamjacks without damaging them too
much until mechaniks can douse their heartfires –
however, steamjacks that have Immunity: Cold and 'jacks
that do not rely on steam power like Cygnar's
Thunderhead are not affected.
When a frost fist does not have power, it suffers -1 POW
and a -1 penalty on attack rolls, and will no longer inflict
penalties on grappled steamjacks.
Fabrication: The material cost of the frost fist's housing
is 30% of the steamjack's chassis cost in gc (remember
that this does not include the price of the cortex). It takes
three weeks to construct the device. The pertinent Craft
skill for construction is Craft (metalworking).
The frost fist's runeplate requires three weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 15.
Frostlock Shield
(Heavy Steamjack only)
Cost: 3,960 gc (capacitor not included)
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 1
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Description: The frostlock shield can generate a zone of
cold that is so intense it can literally freeze enemies in
their tracks if they are so foolish as to enter the field. The
shield is powered by an alchemical capacitor.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A steamjack must have a non-crippled arm
system with an Open Fist to pick up the frostlock shield.
While wielding the frostlock shield, the steamjack cannot
make attacks with the fist that holds the shield. If the arm
system holding the frostlock shield is crippled, the
steamjack can continue fighting with the shield but suffers
the penalties for the crippled system.
A steamjack equipped with a frostlock shield gains +2
ARM against attacks originating in its front arc.
A steamjack armed with this weapon can use a full action
to activate the frost field. For one round after activating
the field, any character without Immunity: Cold ending
their turn in the steamjack's front arc and within 2” of the
steamjack become stationary until the end of their next
turn, unless they managed to cripple the arm holding the
shield during their activation.
If this weapon does not have a functional capacitor, it
loses this ability and gains an attack modifier of -1.
Fabrication: The material cost of the frostlock shield's
housing is 1,060 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The frostlock shield's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Grappling Claw
(Heavy Steamjack only)
Cost: 200 gc
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 3
Description: The grappling claw is a modified heavy
steamjack fist that incorporates elongated fingers, more
powerful pneumatics, and often serrated pads on the palm
and fingers to ensure that whatever the steamjack grapples
stays grappled. The design is popular with those who have
an interest in taking bounties alive or intact.
Special Rules: When a steamjack with a grappling claw
makes a grapple or arm lock/head lock/weapon lock
power attack, the steamjack's STR is considered to gain a
bonus of +2 for the purposes of determining how hard it is
to escape the grapple.
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A grappling claw has Open Fist. Because of the altered
design of the fist, any weapon it wields suffers a -1
penalty to attack rolls unless the grip of the weapon has
been specifically altered to accommodate the grappling
claw's fingers (altering a steamjack weapon in this way
increases its cost by 10%; if a steamjack without a
grappling claw wields a modified weapon, it suffers a -1
penalty to its attack rolls).
Mounting a grappling claw on a steamjack chassis
requires the mechanik to first remove the steamjack's old
arm and replace it with the grappling claw (see
“Removing or Replacing Arms,” IKRPG, pp. 319-320).
Paying to have an arm system removed and a grappling
claw mounted on a steamjack costs an additional 60 gc
unless the character does the job himself.
Hazard Reflex Array
Cost: 300 gc
Description: The hazard reflex array, which must be
attached to a steamjack's cortex, improves a steamjack's
ability to move in an environment where bumping into
objects could have dire repercussions, like mines and
foundries.
Special Rules: When a steamjack equipped with a hazard
reflex array fails a roll and the failure causes a hazardous
environment effect (e.g. bumping into a prop in a mine
during an ongoing excavation, which could cause a cave-
in, or missing with a swing and hitting a volatile
mechanikal device by accident), the steamjack may repeat
the roll, and the repeat roll is automatically boosted. A
success on the repeat roll will not mean success on the
failed action the steamjack was attempting in the first
place (e.g. the steamjack still makes no progress while
digging, or the swing still misses its target), but it will
avoid any possible hazardous environment effects.
A hazard reflex array has no effect on ranged attacks that
miss, on rolls the steamjack had to make in order to avoid
the hazardous situation in the first place (e.g. making an
AGL roll to avoid falling overboard in a storm), or when
the hazardous environment effect is not caused by the
steamjack's actions (e.g. being slammed into a wall).
A hazard reflex array stops working when the steamjack's
cortex or movement system are disabled.
Only Ferrum-grade cortices or better can be upgraded
with hazard reflex arrays. Additionally, a 'jack handler has
to “train” the steamjack to recognise the dangers, which
usually takes about 1d3+6 days. A steamjack with a
hazard reflex array can learn to safely navigate a number
of environments equal to its INT+PER.
Mounting a hazard reflex array takes four hours and
requires the cortex to be removed from the steamjack's
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cortex bay. On a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 14, the hazard reflex array
has been successfully installed. On a failure, the character
can try again after another hour of labour.
Paying to have a hazard reflex array mounted costs an
additional 60 gc.
Hoarfrost Blaster
(Heavy Steamjack only)
Cost: 3,910 gc (accumulator not included)
Type: Ranged
Location: Arm
Ammo: N/A
Effective Range: SP8 /special
Extreme Range: –
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 12 (cold damage)
AOE: –
Description: The hoarfrost blaster is an experimental
mechanikal warjack weapon developed by the Greylords
Covenant. Its basic design is a heavily insulated housing
with a focussing aperture that allows a specialized
runeplate array based on heatsinking mechanika to
voraciously drain heat from either a large or small area.
The weapon is furthermore very responsive to a
warcaster's focus, which can greatly increase its efficacy.
The hoarfrost blaster is powered by an arcanodynamic
accumulator.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Any character that does not have
Immunity: Cold that is directly hit by this weapon suffers
-2 SPD and -2 DEF and cannot run or make power attacks
for one round.
When a steamjack makes an attack with this weapon, it
can spend 1 point of focus to boost every attack roll made
with that attack.
Instead of attacking with this weapon, the steamjack can
instead place a 3" AOE cloud template anywhere in B2B
with the steamjack, which remains in play for one round.
The center of the AOE must be completely in the
steamjack's front arc. By spending 1 point of focus, the
cloud effect may instead become a 5" AOE. Characters
without Immunity: Cold who begin their activation or end
their movement in the cloud effect suffer -2 SPD and DEF
for one round. This ability cannot be used when the
steamjack is engaged in melee.
A hoarfrost blaster can only be fired or used to create a
cloud once per round, as its runeplate requires some time
to shed the drained heat before it can be activated again.
Fabrication: The material cost of the hoarfrost blaster's
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housing is 1,000 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The hoarfrost blaster's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Janet Maxwell's Patent
Thermo-Lensing Boiler
Cost: 2,460 gc (light steamjack), 3,960 gc (heavy
steamjack) (power source not included)
Description: The Thurian arcane mechanik Janet
Maxwell retrofitted already existing efficient boiler
designs with thermo-lensing mechanika to further
improve the boilers' performance. The thermo-lensing
conduits entrap heat inside the firebox and boiler,
meaning the steamjack is unusually cool on the outside
and utilises coal much more efficiently, though the
boiler's water use still limits by how much the design
extends a steamjack's runtime.
Considering the current price of coal and the exorbitant
costs of retrofitting mechanikal boilers, Maxwell's designs
are currently seen as more of a curiosity than true
progress.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: Rather than the normal increased fuel
efficieny of improved boilers, Janet Maxwell's patent
thermo-lensing boiler improves the steamjack's fuel
efficiency by 50%, meaning it can run half again as long
with a normal fuel load than usual.
The patent thermo-lensing boiler's mechanikal systems
are normally powered by excess power generated by the
steamjack's arcane turbine. However, if the steamjack
already has other particularly power-hungry devices
hooked up to its arcane turbine, a suitable external power
source like an alchemical capacitor can be used.
Since Janet Maxwell's patent thermo-lensing boiler is a
retrofit, it isn't well shielded against spells like Short Out
(see IKRPG, p. 244) or Black Out (see IKRPG, p. 237), or
similar abilities. While such spells will knock the
mechanikal systems off-line, requiring a mechanik to
restart them by spending a quick action while in B2B with
the steamjack, having the system shut down for a such
brief times does not impact overall performance.
The patent thermo-lensing boiler is part of a steamjack's
movement system. Replacing a boiler requires a mechanik
to first remove the old boiler and replace it with a new
one (see “Removing or Replacing the Boiler” in IKRPG,
p. 320). Paying to have a boiler replaced costs an
additional 50 gc.
According to rumours, Janet Maxwell is currently
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working on adapting her design to the power systems of
ironhead armour.
Fabrication: The material cost of Janet Maxwell's patent
thermo-lensing boiler is 810 gc for a light steamjack
boiler, or 1,410 gc for a heavy steamjack boiler (since
these devices are retrofits, the cost includes the cost of a
functional efficient boiler and the parts required for
retrofitting mechanikal conduits, as per IKRPG, pp. 281-
282). It takes three weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The runeplate for Janet Maxwell's patent thermo-lensing
boiler requires three weeks to inscribe and requires a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 15.
Meteor Mace
[Heavy Steamjack Only]
Cost: 2,010 gc (accumulator not included)
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 6
Description: A rare example of Protectorate mechanikal
innovation, an opponent struck at the correct angle by the
massive angular brass head of the meteor mace is not only
sent flying but will also ignite, exploding in a burst of
flame as soon as he hits the ground. Meteor maces are
powered by internal arcanodynamic accumulators and are
designed to be dual-wielded by heavy steamjacks.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: On a critical hit, the target character may
be slammed 1d6” directly away from the steamjack
wielding the meteor mace. The POW of the slam damage
roll is equal to the steamjack's STR plus the POW of the
meteor mace. The POW of collateral damage rolls is
equal to the steamjack's STR. After the slam movement
has been resolved, a 3” AOE is centered over the
slammed character. Any character in the AOE, including
the slammed character, suffers the Fire continuous effect.
A steamjack must have a non-crippled arm system with an
open fist to pick up a meteor mace. While armed with the
mace, the steamjack cannot make attacks with the fist in
which it holds the weapon.
If the meteor mace becomes unpowered, its attack
modifier becomes -1, it suffers -1 POW, and can no longer
be used to slam characters.
Since there is a significant risk of a steamjack wielding
meteor maces accidentally setting fire to itself if a slam
doesn't knock the opponent far enough away, steamjacks
with meteor maces are usually also equipped with fire
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shielding (see IKKNG, p. 378).
Fabrication: The material cost of the meteor mace's
housing and conduits is 430 gc. It takes four weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The meteor mace's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Pulse Cannon
(Heavy Steamjack only)
Cost: 4,760 gc (storm chamber not included)
Type: Ranged
Location: Arm
Ammo: N/A
Effective Range: SP10
Extreme Range: –
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 10 (electrical damage)
AOE: –
Description: The stubby, coil-wrapped pulse cannon fires
a medium-range blast of voltaic energy that can easily
encompass multiple enemies and disrupt steamjack
cortices. If a warcaster applies his will, these blasts
become extremely accurate. An internal storm chamber
powers the device.
Rune Points: 5
Special Rules: On a critical hit, any living character that
does not have Immunity: Electricity and is directly hit by
this weapon is knocked down. Steamjacks without
Immunity: Electricity that are hit by this weapon suffer
Disruption (see the electrocutioner runeplate in IKRPG, p.
285). If the steamjack firing the pulse cannon does not
have Immunity: Electricity, it also suffers a POW 10
electrical damage roll each time it fires the pulse cannon.
When a steamjack makes an attack with this weapon, it
can spend 1 point of focus to boost every attack roll made
with that attack.
A pulse cannon can only be fired once per round, as its
coils require a moment to recharge before another pulse
can be triggered.
Fabrication: The material cost of the pulse cannon's
housing is 1,210 gc. It takes five weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking). The pulse cannon's runeplate takes five
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
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Quiet Vault
Cost: 910 gc (accumulator not included)
Description: Jointly developed by the Sancteum, the
Order of Illumination and the Strangelight Workshop, the
quiet vault follows the same design philosophy as the
quiescator and is intended to entrap the spiritual essences
of revenants and imprison them. Unfortunately, quiet
vaults are somewhat delicate and heavy, and must be
carried into battle against revenants by the warjacks of the
Sancteum. They are powered by arcanodynamic
accumulators.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: Quiet vaults are installed inside the
armoured shell of a steamjack. When revenants within 5”
(30 feet) of a steamjack with a quiet vault are destroyed,
they do not return to their anchors to rematerialise but are
instead sucked into the quiet vault and imprisoned there.
If a quiet vault imprisons a revenant who serves as the
anchor for other revenants, none of the revenants bound to
the anchor may rematerialise before the anchor is
released. A quiet vault may contain up to three revenant
essences.
If a warjack equipped with a quiet vault becomes disabled
or the quiet vault becomes unpowered, any imprisoned
revenant essences are released. However, the design of
the quiet vault allows the device to be removed from a
steamjack without shutting it down, which is considered
an improvement to the quiescator blade as the revenant
essences can be taken away to laboratories for study
without robbing a warrior of his weapon.
The eventual intention of the developers of the quiet vault
is to build a more permanent storage facility for revenant
essences, or find some other long-term method of ridding
the Iron Kingdoms of the nigh-indestructible ghost ship
crews.
Mounting a quiet vault for the first time takes four hours
and requires some minor modifications to the steamjack's
chassis. On a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 12, the quiet vault has been
successfully installed. On a failure, the character can try
again after another hour of labour. Once a quiet vault has
been successfully mounted, removing it or replacing it
with another quiet vault requires no test and only basic
tools, and can be done by any character with the
Mechanikal Engineering skill in half an hour.
Paying to have a quiet vault mounted costs an additional
30 gc. Once the mounting has been installed, most
mechaniks take 10 gc for removing or replacing a quiet
vault.
Fabrication: The material cost of the a quiet vault's
housing is 100 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
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(metalworking).
The quiet vault's runeplate requires four weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 16.
Residual Focus Matrix
Cost: 450 gc
Description: The residual focus matrix, which is grafted
directly to the cortex, allows a warcaster to use the energy
infused into a steamjack a little more efficiently by
feeding a small amount of leaking power back into the
cortex. The device is most popular with warcasters who
run steamjacks equipped with rapid-firing chain guns,
cannons firing explosive shells, or saw-type melee
weapons.
Special Rules: When a steamjack equipped with a
residual focus matrix spends a point of focus to boost a
melee or ranged attack or damage roll, it gains a +1 bonus
to another roll of the same type made in the same
activation for each point of focus spent on boosting (e.g.
if the steamjack boosts two melee attack rolls, it gains a
+1 bonus to two more melee attack rolls; if the steamjack
boosts two ranged attack and one ranged damage roll, it
gains +1 to two ranged attack rolls and one ranged
damage roll). Bonuses not used by the end of the
steamjack's activation are lost.
Mounting a residual focus matrix takes four hours and
requires the cortex to be removed from the steamjack's
cortex bay. On a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 16, the residual focus
matrix has been successfully installed. On a failure, the
character can try again after another hour of labour.
Paying to have a residual focus matrix mounted costs an
additional 120 gc.
Resonance Relay Node
Cost: 800 gc
Description: The resonance relay node is a modified arc
node design that, rather than extend a spellcaster's ability
to cast spells at distant targets, extends the reach of spells
that affect the area surrounding the warcaster, like the
common Aura of Protection spell.
Special Rules: As long as a steamjack equipped with a
resonance relay node is in the control area of the
warcaster it is bonded to, any spells cast by the warcaster
that have AOE:CTRL also affect eligible characters
within a number of inches of the warjack equal to the
warcaster's ARC (or, if the warcaster is using the Feat:
Dominator Gifted Archetype ability, within double that
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distance), even if the target characters are not in the
warcaster's normal control area. Any abilities that disrupt
channeling (IKRPG, p. 234) will also render the
resonance relay node inoperable.
A sympathetic node cannot extend spells with effects that
depend on the position of the caster like the Star Fire or
Force of Faith spells, which damage characters moving
towards the caster or push characters away from the
caster. Resonance relay nodes cannot channel spells that
do not have AOE: CTRL. A warcaster can simultaneously
benefit from as many steamjacks with resonance relay
nodes as he can bond to.
A steamjack outfitted with a resonance relay node gains
two additional damage boxes on its damage grid.
Additionally, the lowest boxes in columns 3 and 4 that do
not already contain letters for systems become “N” boxes
for the resonance relay node system.
A steamjack cannot have both an arc node and a
resonance relay node, since the two systems utilise the
same hookups to the cortex.
Paying to have a resonance relay node mounted on a
steamjack costs an additional 30 gc.
Smogger
Cost: 385 gc (light steamjack version) / 575 gc (heavy
steamjack version). Capacitor cost not included.
Description: Perhaps not very auspiciously named after
the extremely unpleasant weather condition that
sometimes afflicts industrial centres, the smogger appears
at first glance to be a simple extension to a steamjack's
smokestack. However, the mechanikal heat sink in the
smogger supercools the smoke coming from a steamjack's
firebox, preventing it from rising. While this does nothing
to make a steamjack more quiet, it does make it
impossible to spot a steamjack at a distance by its plume
of smoke, and in enclosed spaces the layer of cold smoke
swirling on the ground will not hinder vision or breathing
as much, at least in the short term. Smoggers can also be
installed in ironhead suits, and there has been some
interest in installing smoggers on steam-powered ships,
though the latter would require additional modifications
to the ship's smokestacks to prevent the smoke from
blowing onto the ship's deck.
Smoggers are usually powered by alchemical capacitors.
Rune Points: 2 (light steamjack and ironhead version) or
3 (heavy steamjack version)
Special Rules: A steamjack or suit of ironhead armour
equipped with a smogger does not have a plume of smoke
rising from its smokestack, and cannot be spotted by such
smoke at a distance. Operating a steamjack or suit of
ironhead armour in enclosed spaces means other
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characters' vision or breathing will not be affected by
smoke in the short term (how long this lasts depends on
the size of the area and is ultimately up to the GM. It
should also be noted that ventilation in mines usually
assumes smoke rises, so a mine's ventilation might
actually be less efficient at drawing off the smoke given
off by a smogger-equipped piece of machinery. However,
steam engines equipped with smoggers will also not
throw out sparks or embers, which might make the engine
less likely to set off explosions if there is gas in a mine, as
long as the engine's air intakes are also protected in some
suitable fashion).
Fabrication: The material cost of the parts for a light
steamjack or ironhead suit smogger's housing is 40 gc (60
gc for the heavy steamjack version). It takes two weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The runeplate for a light steamjack or ironhead suit
smogger takes two weeks to inscribe and requires a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 14. The runeplate for a heavy steamjack
smogger takes three weeks to inscribe and requires a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 15.
Installing a smogger requires little skill and only basic
tools, and can be accomplished by any character with the
Mechanikal Engineering or Craft (metalworking) skills
without the need for a roll in about 30 minutes at most.
Paying to have a smogger installed on a steamjack's or
ironhead suit's smokestack costs an additional 15 gc.
Steamjack Power Field
Generator
Cost: 1,500 gc (the system is experimental, however, and
not available on open markets)
Description: This device is an attempt to reverse-
engineer the power fields generated by Iosan myrmidons.
Unfortunately, the arcanikal mastery of the Iosans still
eludes the Iron Kingdoms' arcane mechaniks, and the
device suffers from many flaws as a consequence.
Special Rules: The device provides a steamjack with a
power field (see IKRPG, p. 289) with six power field
boxes. The emitters require the steamjack's hull to be
modified to lessen interference with the field, which costs
the steamjack the topmost damage box in each column of
its damage grid. When the steamjack first powers up, its
power field does not provide any protection; it must be
charged first by a warcaster or through the use of the
Power Booster spell (see IKRPG, p. 242). Once during
the steamjack's activation, it may spend 1 focus to recover
1d3 damage boxes to its power field. The steamjack
power field is unstable, however: Roll 1d6 in the
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steamjack's Maintenance Phase, and on a 1-2 the power
field loses 1d3 damage boxes.
A steamjack outfitted with a steamjack power field
generator gains two additional damage boxes on its
damage grid. Additionally, the lowest boxes in columns 3
and 4 that do not already contain letters for systems
become “G” boxes for the steamjack power field
generator system (if the steamjack also possesses an arc
node system, the field generator damage boxes are
inserted on top of the arc node boxes). When both power
field generator damage boxes have been marked, the
power field shuts down and cannot be used until the
system has been repaired.
The steamjack power field generator cannot be mounted
alongside any upgrades that draw significant power from
the steamjack's arcane turbine, like the bulwark system
(see NQ53, p. 73).
Paying to have a steamjack power field generator
mounted on a steamjack costs an additional 150 gc.
Stone Furnace
Cost: 1,300 gc (light steamjack), 2,250 gc (heavy
steamjack) for the furnace, plus 150 gc (light steamjack)
or 225 gc (heavy steamjack) for the firebox modifications.
Description: A Rhulic design, a stone furnace is
essentially a steel lattice holding a large number of
alchemically grown crystals that can absorb heat when in
a hot environment, and that will shed their stored heat
when the surrounding area is significantly colder. Stone
furnaces are useful when a steamjack must venture into a
mine that contains no breathable air or explosive gases, as
the crystals neither require air nor set off explosions.
Special Rules: Before a stone furnace can be used, the
crystals must be fired in a special kiln, which requires as
much coal as the steamjack would require for a full load
and takes three times the steamjack's combat running
time. Once the stone furnace is fully fired, it is retrieved
from the kiln and installed in a steamjack with a specially
modified firebox. The steamjack may then run on the heat
stored in the crystals normally, as if burning a load of
coal. While searingly hot, the crystals do not depend on
air for generating their heat, and will not set off explosive
gases. The crystals can even generate heat while
submerged in water, eliminating the usual vulnerability of
a firebox to water, though the steamjack automatically
consumes the stored energy at combat rates while
submerged.
Being B2B with a fully fired stone furnace inflicts a POW
14 fire damage roll every turn. Being within 2” of a fully
fired stone furnace inflicts a POW 10 fire damage roll
every turn. Normally, a fired stone furnace is installed in a
'jack by another 'jack equipped with fire shielding (see
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IKKNG, p. 378).
A steamjack modified for a stone furnace cannot be fueled
by coal, and cannot receive any boiler upgrades or
modifications.
A stone furnace may be reused, though the crystals slowly
decay over time, costing 225 gc for a light steamjack or
420 gc for a heavy steamjack for replacement crystals
after a year of continuous use.
Fabrication: Constructing a stone furnace requires the
Alchemy skill, alchemical raw materials costing 400 gc
(for a light steamjack) or 700 gc (for a heavy steamjack)
and a steel lattice for mounting the crystals, which costs
30 gc for a light steamjack or 50 gc for a heavy
steamjack. Usually, the crystals are grown in smaller
batches so less of the raw materials are wasted in case of a
failed synthesis, so producing a stone furnace takes about
four weeks and requires a successful INT+Alchemy skill
roll against a target number of 14. If the roll is failed, 20%
of the raw materials are wasted for every point by which
the roll falls short of the target number.
Modifying a steamjack's firebox requires parts costing 50
gc (for a light steamjack) or 75 gc (for a heavy
steamjack), takes 1 day, and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 12. On a failure, the roll can be repeated after another
hour of labour. Paying to have a steamjack's firebox
modified for a stone furnace costs an additional 50 gc.
Stormburst Shield
(Heavy Steamjack only)
Cost: 3,960 gc (capacitor not included)
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 1
Description: The stormburst shield can be used to
generate a zone crackling with electricity that can easily
prove lethal to anybody foolish enough to enter the
electrified area. The shield is usually powered by a
dedicated storm chamber.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A steamjack must have a non-crippled arm
system with an Open Fist to pick up the stormburst shield.
While wielding the stormburst shield, the steamjack
cannot make attacks with the fist that holds the shield. If
the arm system holding the stormburst shield is crippled,
the steamjack can continue fighting with the shield but
suffers the penalties for the crippled system.
A steamjack equipped with a stormburst shield gains +2
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A steamjack armed with this weapon can use a full action
to generate a stormburst and place a 3" AOE template
anywhere in B2B with the steamjack, which remains in
play for one round. The center of the AOE must be
completely in the steamjack's front arc. By spending 1
point of focus, the template effect may instead become a
5" AOE. Any character without Immunity: Electricity
who enters the AOE or ends their movement in it suffers a
POW 10 electrical damage roll.
If this weapon does not have a functional capacitor, it
loses this ability and gains an attack modifier of -1.
Fabrication: The material cost of the stormburst shield's
housing is 1,060 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The stormburst shield's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Sympathetic Node
Cost: 250 gc
Description: The sympathetic node is basically a
simplified version of the arc node. Its purpose is to ease
the use of a warcaster's support spells on bonded
steamjacks equipped with sympathetic nodes.
Special Rules: As long as a steamjack equipped with a
sympathetic node is in the control area of the warcaster it
is bonded to, the warcaster may cast spells that target that
steamjack regardless of range or line of sight. Any
abilities that disrupt channeling (IKRPG, p. 234) will also
render the sympathetic node inoperable. A sympathetic
node cannot channel offensive spells.
A steamjack outfitted with a sympathetic node gains two
additional damage boxes on its damage grid. Additionally,
the lowest boxes in columns 3 and 4 that do not already
contain letters for systems become “S” boxes for the
sympathetic node system.
A steamjack cannot have both an arc node and a
sympathetic node, since the two systems utilise the same
hookups to the cortex.
Paying to have a sympathetic node mounted on a
steamjack costs an additional 30 gc.
Sword-Dance Driver
[Light Steamjack Cortex
Upgrade]
Cost: 400 gc
Description: A light warjack equipped with two melee
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weapons may engage the sword-dance driver to move its
weapons in a whirling pattern that works well towards
deflecting melee attacks. Only aurum- or arcanum-grade
cortices can be equipped with sword-dance drivers.
Special Rules: A light warjack equipped with two
steamjack melee weapons without Reach and a sword-
dance driver gains Parry (despite its name, the driver
works with axes and maces as well as swords). The
steamjack's arms may not be equipped with secondary
weapons like underarm slug guns or bucklers, as
additional weight could easily slow the deflection pattern
down too much to still be effective.
A sword-dance driver cannot be installed in a steamjack
equipped with the battle driver or neural agitator upgrades
(see IKKNG, pp. 370-371).
A sword-dance driver cannot be utilized if one of the
steamjack's arm systems is crippled.
Mounting a sword-dance driver takes six hours and
requires the cortex to be removed from the steamjack's
cortex bay. On a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 16, the sword-dance driver
has been successfully installed. On a failure, the character
can try again after another hour of labour.
Paying to have a sword-dance driver mounted costs an
additional 80 gc.
Tactical Aptitude Cortex
Grafts
Cost: 300 gc
Description: A tactical aptitude cortex graft, or TAG for
short, skews a cortex's responses and behaviour towards
certain combat actions and allows for greater efficiency
when utilising these tendencies. These devices are
intended to be grafted to an already finished cortex.
Special Rules: Each TAG grants a steamjack the ability
to perform a certain type of power attack without the need
for spending focus. Additionally, a 'jack marshal may
spend a quick action to instruct a steamjack in his
command range which is equipped with the appropriate
TAG to perform the power attack granted by the device. A
cortex may receive a number of grafts equal to its INT
(cupernum-grade cortices cannot receive TAGs,
however). The following are the TAGs currently available
from mechaniks in the Iron Kingdoms:
• Nutter: The steamjack may perform head-butt and
knockout power attacks (IKRPG, p. 210) without
spending focus.
• One-Two: This TAG will only function in
steamjacks which have the same weapon in each
arm (e.g. open fists, the same melee weapon, or the
same type of gun), and which have a cortex that
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grants the Two-Weapon Fighting ability. When this
steamjack is driven to boost an attack or damage
roll with one of these two weapons, the other
weapon receives the same drive (e.g. if the
steamjack's 'jack marshal drives it to boost an
attack roll with its left fist, its right fist will receive
a boosted attack roll as well). There is a serious
drawback to this TAG, however, which is that if a
steamjack does not have a valid enemy target for
the second weapon (usually because the first
weapon has already struck down the last target in
range), the steamjack will use the second attack on
the next legitimate target in range, including
friendly characters. At the very least, the steamjack
will waste ammunition by firing a shot into a target
that is already down.
• Steamroller: The steamjack may perform slam and
trample power attacks without spending focus.
• Thug: Puns about “'jack-booted thugs” aside, the
steamjack may perform stomp power attacks (see
NQ66, p. 109) without spending focus, and may
also charge targets that are currently knocked
down without spending focus or being driven.
• Tosser: The steamjack may perform push, throw
and double-handed throw power attacks without
spending focus.
• Wrestler: The steamjack may perform grapple
(IKRPG, p. 210) and armlock/headlock/weapon
lock power attacks without spending focus.
• Shadow: Developed by the Cygnaran arcane
mechanik Charles Kennan, this complex device
counts as two TAGs for the purposes of pricing
and the number of TAGs that may be installed in a
steamjack but allows a steamjack to efficiently
follow orders and duplicate the effects of drives
given to another steamjack. In order to benefit
from a shadow TAG, the steamjack must be of the
same chassis type and have the same upgrades and
armaments as the steamjack it shadows. The
shadowing steamjack must be in the 'jack marshal's
command range and have line of sight to the 'jack
it shadows (this generally makes it difficult to have
more than two 'jacks shadow the movements of a
third). If a shadowing steamjack cannot complete a
shadowed action, its activation simply ends as
soon as it finds itself unable to duplicate the other
steamjack's actions (e.g. if a shadowing steamjack
attempts to charge a character being charged by
another steamjack but finds the charge lane
blocked, it moves as close to the target character as
it can, following a straight line, and then its
activation ends, even if the shadowing steamjack
could have run to get into melee range of the target
for the next round or circled around the obstacle in
order to make a normal melee or ranged attack).
Switching a shadow TAG on or off requires a
quick action and a verbal command while the
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steamjack is in the 'jack marshal's command range.
Steamjacks cannot be affected by drives separately
while the shadow TAG is active.
Mounting a tactical aptitude cortex graft takes a day and
requires the proper tools as well as a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16. For every TAG after the first, the target number is
increased by 1. On a failed roll, the character can try
again after another four hours of labour.
Paying to have a tactical aptitude cortex graft installed
costs an additional 120 gc.
Teleforce Fist
[Heavy Steamjack only]
Cost: Base cost of chassis without cortex for the
mechanikally modified arm and fist + 610 gc for the
runeplate (accumulator cost not included)
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: -1 (see below)
POW: 3 (heavy steamjack)
Description: This heavily modified heavy steamjack fist
that is wrapped in kinetic projectors and capacitors can be
used to dramatically extend a steamjack's melee range.
Teleforce fists are usually intended to be wielded in pairs
for maximum effect and powered by arcanodynamic
accumulators.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A teleforce fist has a 4” melee range
during the steamjack's activation, and can be used to
deliver grapple, headlock/armlock/weapon lock, push,
throw and double-handed throw power attacks at this
range. When delivering attacks at ranges beyond the
steamjack's normal melee range of 0.5”, these attacks
have a STR equal to the steamjack's STR without adding
the POW of the teleforce fist.
When a steamjack is using teleforce fists to grapple or
lock a target at the extended range, any non-incorporeal
model with a base size of Medium or larger that moves in
between the steamjack equipped with teleforce fists and
its target automatically breaks the grapple or lock.
Teleforce fists are difficult to use at a range greater than
0.5” (the normal melee range) unless the steamjack is
equipped with specialised, alchemically treated lenses that
enable it to perceive the force vortices projected by its
fists. Such lenses cost 130 gc and eliminate the -1 attack
roll penalty for using teleforce fists at ranges beyond 0.5”.
When a teleforce fist does not have power, it suffers a -1
penalty on attack rolls (this is not cumulative with the -1
attack roll penalty for using teleforce fists without
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upgrading the steamjack's eyes), and can no longer be
used to attack or make power attacks at greater ranges
than 0.5”.
Fabrication: The material cost of the teleforce fist's
housing is 30% of the steamjack's chassis cost in gc
(remember that this does not include the price of the
cortex). It takes four weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The teleforce fist's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Tempest Node
Cost: 650 gc
Description: A specialised arc node design, the tempest
node has been specifically modified to channel electrical
spells with greater accuracy, at the cost of being unable to
channel non-electrical spells.
Special Rules: The tempest node is an arc node (see
IKRPG, p. 311). When it is used to channel a spell that
does electrical damage (including spells like Electrify and
Protection from Electricity, which doesn't do electrical
damage but affects electrical damage), the magic attack
roll gains a +2 bonus. Tempest nodes cannot channel
spells that do not cause electrical damage (or otherwise
affect electrical damage).
A steamjack outfitted with a tempest node gains two
additional damage boxes on its damage grid. Additionally,
the lowest boxes in columns 3 and 4 that do not already
contain letters for systems become “T” boxes for the
tempest node system.
A steamjack cannot have both an arc node and a tempest
node, since the two systems utilise the same hookups to
the cortex.
Paying to have a tempest node mounted on a steamjack
costs an additional 30 gc.
Tempest Spear
[Heavy Steamjack Only]
Cost: 2,710 gc (storm chamber not included)
Type: Melee
Location: Arm
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 6
Description: Intended for the Stormclad chassis, the
electrified tempest spears are not just dangerous melee
weapons but also allow the steamjack wielding them to
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unleash a devastating burst of lightning that strikes
everybody in the vicinity. The tempest spear is powered
by a dedicated storm chamber.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: When a steamjack makes a melee attack
with the tempest spear or an Eye of the Tempest attack, it
suffers a POW 14 electrical damage roll, so equipping the
steamjack with electrical shielding (see IKKNG, p. 110)
is strongly advised.
Instead of making a melee attack, the steamjack wielding
the tempest spear can raise the spear to the heavens to
make an Eye of the Tempest attack as long as the arm
wielding the tempest spear is not crippled. When the
steamjack makes the Eye of the Tempest attack, every
character within 2” of the steamjack suffers an
unboostable POW 12 electrical damage roll. A steamjack
can only make one Eye of the Tempest attack each round.
A steamjack must have a non-crippled arm system with an
open fist to pick up the tempest spear. While armed with
the spear, the steamjack cannot make attacks with the fist
in which it holds the weapon.
Tempest spears have Reach. If the spear becomes
unpowered, its attack modifier becomes -1, it suffers -1
POW, and can no longer be used to make Eye of the
Tempest attacks.
A character in the front arc of a steamjack armed with a
tempest spear suffers -2 on charge, slam power attack, and
impact rolls against the steamjack.
Fabrication: The material cost of the tempest spear's
housing and conduits is 640 gc. It takes four weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The tempest spear's runeplate takes four weeks to inscribe
and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 16.
Terminus Charge Cannon
(Light Steamjack Only)
Cost: 2,410 gc (storm chamber not included)
Type: Ranged
Location: Arm
Ammo: N/A
Effective Range: 60 feet (10”)
Extreme Range: –
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 10 (electrical damage)
AOE: –
Description: A variant of the storm blaster (see IKKNG,
p. 100), the terminus charge cannon generates bolts of
electrical power that cause the target to become
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temporarily charged and thus subject to stormsmiths'
lightning strikes. The terminus charge cannon is powered
by a dedicated storm chamber.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: This weapon can only be fired once per
round.
When a character without Immunity: Electricity is hit by
this weapon, they become a possible terminus for surge or
triangulation stormsmithing attacks (see IKKNG, p. 91)
for one round. When making a surge or triangulation
stormsmithing attack that uses a character hit by a
terminus charge cannon to determine the area of effect,
the character hit by the terminus charge cannon may be
targeted by the stormsmith as well.
Generally this weapon is only integrated into steamjacks
with Immunity: Electricity. Each time a steamjack without
Immunity: Electricity makes an attack with this weapon,
it suffers a POW 10 electrical damage roll.
Mounting this weapon on a steamjack chassis requires the
mechanik to remove the steamjack's old arm and replace
it with the terminus charge cannon. Mounting a terminus
charge cannon on a chassis other than a Charger takes
double the normal amount of time and increases the target
number to 16. A character who wishes to have a terminus
charge cannon integrated into a light steamjack chassis
other than a Charger must pay double the normal rate.
Replacing a Charger's arm system with a terminus charge
cannon costs an additional 60 gc unless the character does
the job himself. Having an arm system replaced by a
terminus charge cannon on a chassis other than a Charger
chassis costs an additional 100 gc.
This weapon cannot be used without a functional
accumulator.
Fabrication: The material cost of the terminus charge
cannon housing is 550 gc. It takes four weeks to construct
the device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Craft (metalworking).
The terminus charge cannon's runeplate requires four
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16.
Triptych
(Protectorate Light Warjack)
[Devout Chassis]
Cost: 8,500 (with custom cortex), 5,500 gc (chassis only),
+280 gc (flame spear), +350 gc (shield); 9,130 gc (fully
armed Triptych)
Description: The Triptych is a specialised light warjack
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based on the Devout chassis (see IKKNG, p. 370, for
Devout stats and damage grid) that is designed to be used
in formations of three, with one of the 'jacks leading
attacks and the two others supporting their leader in
various ways. The Triptychs' specialised cortices are
specially engineered to offer improved benefits to offense
or defense when working in tandem.
Armament: Triptychs are armed with shields and flame
spears sized for light warjacks and balanced for one-
handed use. These spears have 2” Reach and POW 4, and
contain a reservoir of fuel that burns for 30 minutes in
combat. While the spear is fueled, a character hit by it
suffers 1 additional point of fire damage. Refueling the
reservoir takes a minute and consumes 10 gc's worth of
fuel.
Cortex: The Triptych's custom cortex is considered an
aurum-grade cortex but also grants the 'jack the
Formation Fighting ability.
Formation Fighting: The Triptych's custom cortex can
either grant a formation of Triptychs the Gang or
Defensive Line abilities (see IKRPG, p. 163 and p. 160),
though only the Triptychs belonging to the same
formation benefit from these abilities. This ability can be
triggered when 'jack marshalling by calling out
commands to the supporting Triptychs; in this case, a
single quick action can be used to command both
supporting Triptychs to move up and engage in the
'marshalled behaviour in support of their leader. Once a
formation of Triptychs has been assigned a combat
behaviour, it will retain it until a new formation is ordered
or the leading Triptych is destroyed.
Triptychs lose the Gang and Defensive Line abilities at
once if their formation's leader is destroyed, and cannot
gain the benefits of the Formation Fighting ability until
they have been assigned a new formation leader. A 'jack
marshal can spend a quick action to designate one of the
surviving Triptychs as the new leader. Warcasters can
designate new formation leaders in their Control Phase.
Twitch Interface
Cost: 300 gc
Description: A twitch interface allows a warjack to
respond to a limited set of clipped verbal or non-verbal
commands (usually little more than a brief gesture or
wordless shout, which gives the device its name),
increasing the ease with which the 'jack can be handled by
a marshal. If more than one 'jack with twitch interfaces is
being run by the same marshal at the same time, however,
there is some potential for confusion, which has on
occasion resulted in horrific accidents when two 'jacks
attempted to interpret and obey the same clipped
command.
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Special Rules: As long as the 'jack marshal the steamjack
equipped with a twitch interface is assigned to is within
the steamjack's field of vision, the 'jack marshal gains a
single additional quick action each turn that can only be
used to drive that steamjack.
Only Aurum-grade cortices or better can be upgraded
with twitch interfaces. A twitch interface can be trained to
respond to a number of different drives up to the
steamjack's INT. Changing these drives requires the 'jack
marshal to train the steamjack, which requires no roll but
takes about three hours per drive and steamjack.
A 'jack marshal can marshal several different steamjacks
equipped with twitch interfaces at the same time. A 'jack
marshal cannot gain more additional quick actions each
turn from twitch drives than he has quick actions
available that could be used for driving steamjacks (i.e.
abilities that grant additional quick actions that cannot be
used for 'jack marshalling, like the Fast Reload ability's
additional quick action for reloading a gun, are
disregarded when considering how many 'jacks a marshal
can twitch drive). For example, a 'jack marshal with the
Ace Commander ability can use two twitch drives per
activation, since he normally has one quick action a turn,
plus an additional quick action for marshalling for being
an Ace Commander. If the marshal forfeited his attack, he
could use three twitch drives instead – two for the two
quick actions he gets for forfeiting his attack, and one
additional one for being an Ace Commander. Similarly,
spending Feat points for quick actions allows the 'jack
marshal to use one additional twitch drive for each
additional quick action. It should be noted that the 'jack
marshal is still restricted to only twitch driving each
steamjack under his command once per activation.
Mounting a twitch interface takes four hours and requires
the cortex to be removed from the steamjack's cortex bay.
On a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against
a target number of 14, the twitch interface has been
successfully installed. On a failure, the character can try
again after another hour of labour.
Paying to have a twitch interface mounted costs an
additional 60 gc.
Underarm Alchemical
Spraygun
From Wolfhard's Liber Mechanika
Cost: 220 gc
Type: Ranged
Location: Arm
Ammo: 5 (specialised ammunition, see below)
Effective Range: 36 feet (SP6)
Extreme Range: –
Attack Modifier: 0
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POW: 0 (no damage roll; see alchemical compound for
effect instead)
AOE: – (alchemicals dispensed with the spraygun also
never leave cloud effects)
Description: The underarm alchemical spraygun is
mounted under the arm of a steamjack with an open fist
and allows the 'jack to dispense a variety of alchemicals
as long as the correct spray canisters have been loaded
into the gun's ammo wheel before combat.
Special Rules: Due to the slow rate of its loading
mechanism, this weapon can be fired only once per round.
Reloading the alchemical spraygun's ammo supply out of
combat takes five minutes and can be accomplished by
any character with the Mechanikal Engineering skill
without a die roll.
Each turn, a steamjack with an underarm alchemical
spraygun can attack with either the spraygun or the fist it
is mounted under, not both.
This weapon uses specialised alchemical canister shells
that cost as much an alchemical grenade of the same type
but can be reused since they do not explode. Refurbishing
a spent canister shell costs 1gc for replacement parts in
addition to the cost of the alchemical compound.
Integrating an underarm alchemical spraygun into a
steamjack requires the proper tools, four hours of labour,
and a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll fails, it can be
repeated after another hour of labour.
Warcasting Manifold Receiver
Cost: 160 gc
Description: The warcasting manifold receiver, or WMR,
is an upgrade to a steamjack's cortex architecture that
allows a steamjack to receive commands and focus from
and transmit sensory information to a warcaster using a
warcasting manifold (see the warcasting manifold
dedicated mechanika entry for rules).
Special Rules: Steamjacks equipped with a warcasting
manifold receiver can still be bonded to normally by
warcasters who know the cortex passcodes. However, any
warcaster who wears and has bonded to the correct
warcasting manifold is automatically considered to be
bonded to a steamjack equipped with a receiver,
irrespective of whether they know the passcodes, as long
as the steamjack in question does not currently have a
direct bond.
Integrating a warcasting manifold receiver into a
steamjack requires the proper tools, six hours of labour,
and a succesful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against
a target number of 14. If the roll fails, it can be repeated
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after another hour of labour.
Paying to have a warcasting manifold receiver mounted
on a steamjack costs an additional 80 gc.
Warcasting Repeater
Cost: 300 gc
Description: The warcasting repeater allows a steamjack
bonded to a warcaster to act as a relay that extends the
warcaster's control range just a little further – but
sometimes this little bit of extra control range can make
the difference between losing control of part of a
battlegroup and victory.
Special Rules: As long as the steamjack with the
warcasting repeater is in the warcaster's control area, any
steamjack bonded to the warcaster that is within ARCx6
feet (or ARC tabletop inches) of the repeater is also
considered to be in the warcaster's control area for the
purposes of assigning focus or channelling (but not when
resolving spells that use the warcaster's control area). It is
not possible to string several repeaters together to extend
the control area again and again.
If the warcaster has abilities that modify his control area
(e.g. the Dominator Gifted archetype benefit), or if
steamjacks have augmented cortex receivers or similar
equipment that extends the effective control area, these
modifiers apply to the repeater range as well. A
warcasting repeater stops working when the steamjack's
cortex is disabled.
Integrating a warcasting repeater into a steamjack requires
the proper tools, six hours of labour, and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 14. If the roll fails, it can be repeated after another hour
of labour.
Paying to have a warcasting repeater installed in a
steamjack costs an additional 80 gc.
War Horn
Cost: 85 gc
Description: A small measure of steam is diverted from
the 'jack's engine into a steam-powered horn, which emits
an ear-shattering blare that makes most living enemies
keep their distance, at least for a moment.
Special Rules: The war horn may be triggered as part of a
drive or at a warcaster's orders. Any living character who
wants to make a free strike against the 'jack in the turn the
war horn is on must pass a Willpower roll against target
number 16 or be unable to make the free strike. Any
resistances to fear apply to this roll. At the gamemaster's
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discretion, characters whose ears are substantially
protected (e.g. characters wearing enclosed helmets or
man-o-war or ironhead armour) receive a bonus of 1-3 to
their Willpower roll.
If a war horn is used more than once in a battle, enemies
gradually become used to the loud 'jack. The target
number of the Willpower roll is reduced by 1 every time
after the first that the war horn is used in a single battle, to
a minimum of 13.
Integrating a war horn into a steamjack requires the
proper tools, two hours of labour, and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 13. If the roll fails, it can be repeated after another 30
minutes of labour.
Paying to have a war horn installed in a steamjack costs
an additional 30 gc.
Special: War horns may also be integrated into ironhead
armour. Doing this requires the character to wear
substantial ear protection or be deafened for a while after
triggering the war horn. Deafened characters cannot
benefit from Battle Plans or other beneficial abilities that
use command range for 1d3 turns (unless sign language is
being used). Wearing ear protection halves every ally's
command range when determining whether they are in
range of beneficial abilities like the bonuses granted by an
Intellectual character or Battle Plans, but prevents getting
deafened.
Watchman
Cost: 250 gc (including an integral clockwork capacitor)
Description: The watchman modification is a back-up
power source and relay that enables a steamjack's cortex
to remain powered and aware even when its heartfire is
out. The main benefit is that the steamjack can warn its
warcaster when it is being tampered with. The watchman
relay is powered by an integral clockwork capacitor,
which is sufficient to power the cortex for a night.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A steamjack equipped with a watchman
modification is considered to be stationary while its
heartfire is out but may still make perception rolls to
notice intruders passing through its field of vision (though
a stationary steamjack's field of vision is restricted, it
makes up for this by being able to better utilize its sense
of hearing; since a steamjack without pressure in its boiler
is very quiet indeed compared to a steamjack running at
full power, the steamjack may easily hear intruders).
When a bonded steamjack passes its PER roll to notice an
intruder, its controlling warcaster is notified, which will
even wake him from sleep (but not unconsciousness).
Watchman modifications are also useful if a steamjack
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should become submerged and its heartfire be stormsmith summons or dismisses weather phenomena
extinguished, since the steamjack can then still relay within 20” of himself by extending his area of effect, for
information to its controlling warcaster, possibly helping example, the area within 10” of the steamjack with the
a salvage crew locate it, even if it cannot move. weathermaker will be affected by the stormsmith's efforts
as well as long as the steamjack is within the original 20”.
A watchman modification must be wound up for fifteen
minutes before it can be used. A steamjack outfitted with a weathermaker gains two
additional damage boxes on its damage grid. Additionally,
Mounting the watchman modification takes four hours
the lowest boxes in columns 3 and 4 that do not already
and requires the proper tools as well as a successful
contain letters for systems become “W” boxes for the
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
weathermaker system.
of 14. On a failed roll, the character can try again after
another hour of labour. Before a weathermaker can be used, it must be tuned to a
stormsmith's stormcaller and lightning rod (see IKKNG,
Paying to have a watchman modification installed costs
pp. 93-94). This requires no test and can be accomplished
an additional 60 gc.
by a character with the Mechanikal Engineering skill
Fabrication: The material cost of the watchman within half an hour. A single stormsmith can have any
modification's parts is 35 gc. It takes one week and a number of weathermakers tuned to his stormcaller and
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a lightning rod, but usually no more than two
target number of 15 to fabricate the modification's weathermakers are tuned to a single stormcaller – the
conduits, relay and power source (the device does not device is still rare, and, of course, if a stormsmith should
require runeplates to function). fall, all weathermakers attuned to his stormsmithing
devices will become useless until they are retuned or
another stormsmith picks up his fallen colleague's tools.
Paying to have a weathermaker mounted on a steamjack
Weathermaker costs an additional 50 gc.
Cost: 1,110 gc (storm chamber not included)
Fabrication: The material cost of the weathermaker's
Description: Developed for the use of stormsmith squads parts is 160 gc (not including storm chamber parts). It
that routinely accompany Sebastian Nemo, the heavy and takes four weeks to construct the device. The pertinent
still experimental weathermakers with their odd arrays of Craft skill for construction is Craft (metalworking).
vanes must be carried into battle mounted on a steamjack. The weathermaker's runeplate requires four weeks to
By resonating with the energies manipulated by the inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
stormsmiths, weathermakers significantly extend the area Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
of effect of a stormsmith's abilities. Weathermakers are
powered by dedicated storm chambers, as they draw more
power than a steamjack can spare.
Rune points: 4
Special Rules: As long as a steamjack equipped with a
powered and non-disabled weathermaker is within the
area of effect of a friendly stormsmith's abilities, the
abilities affect an additional area of effect equal to half
their normal range, measured from the steamjack with the
weathermaker system. The stormsmith does not have to
be the steamjack's controller.
As long as a steamjack with a weathermaker is within the
command range of a friendly stormsmith, for example,
every character within a number of inches from the
steamjack equal to half the stormsmith's command range
will benefit from the stormsmith's Eye of the Storm and
Storm Booster abilities (see IKKNG, p. 90). A stormsmith
may also make single strike stormsmithing attacks against
any target within 5” of the steamjack with the
weathermaker as long as the steamjack is within 10” of
the stormsmith (weathermakers offer no benefit to surge
and triangulation stormsmithing attacks; see IKKNG, p.
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Warcaster Armour
Warcaster Armour, Fortress
Cost: 5,280 gc
SPD Modifier: -2
DEF Modifier: -3
ARM Modifier: +10
Description: Fortress warcaster armour is only ever worn
by the very strongest individuals, like the famous Rhulic
warcaster Gorten Grundback, as it is extremely
cumbersome even with its mechanikal assists running (not
to mention prohibitively expensive to produce). Layered,
massive plates enclose the warcaster's body, head, and
limbs in rigid shells that need considerable time, the
assistance of aides and a few simple tools to put on.
Rune Points: 5
Special Rules: Fortress warcaster armour includes an
arcane turbine that provides 8 rune points of power. The
armour itself has a power draw of 5 rune points for the
bond plate, the power field and the mechanikal assist
systems. Additional devices may be connected to the
turbine as described in the arcane turbine rules.
Only characters with the Load Bearing or Divine
Fortitude (see IKKNG, p. 361) abilites can wear fortress
warcaster armour. If fortress warcaster armour becomes
unpowered, the wearer suffers -8 DEF and -4 SPD. If
SPD becomes 0 because of this, the character is
considered stationary until he can be freed from the
armour by outside assistance.
Fabrication: The material cost of fortress warcaster
armour housing is 1,370 gc. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
Fortress warcaster armour runeplates require five weeks
to inscribe and require a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17. Note that
fortress warcaster armour runeplates integrate bond runes
into their makeup.
Warcaster Armour, “Iron
Bear”
Cost: 8,760 gc
SPD Modifier: -2
DEF Modifier: -2
ARM Modifier: +9
Description: Built by the Khadoran arcane mechanik and
warcaster Barak Zhivo, “Iron Bear” warcaster armour is
the traditional Khadoran suit of man-o-war steam armour
retrofitted as a suit of warcaster armour. Though
impressive in the abilities it provides, the specialised
training required to operate steam armour as well as the
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increased demands on fuel compared to regular suits of
warcaster armour render the “Iron Bear” more of an
expensive curiosity rather than something that could be
widely adopted by the warcasters of the Motherland.
Rune Points: 5
Special Rules: “Iron Bear” warcaster armour includes an
arcane turbine that provides 8 rune points of power. The
armour itself has a power draw of 5 rune points for the
bond plate, the power field and the mechanikal assist
systems. Additional devices may be connected to the
turbine as described in the arcane turbine rules.
A warcaster who wants to wear “Iron Bear” warcaster
armour must have the Ironhead ability (see IKKNG, p.
181). In addition to the benefits of warcaster armour, like
assist systems and the generation of a power field, “Iron
Bear” warcaster armour grants all the benefits of standard
man-o-war armour (see IKKNG, p. 183). Additionally,
any points of damage that are absorbed by the armour's
power field do not count when determining if internal
systems get damaged.
If this armour's mechanikal systems become unpowered,
the wearer suffers -6 DEF and -4 SPD (this happens when
the result of a roll on the internal damage table is “Loss of
Power,” see IKKNG, p. 183). These penalties are applied
in place of the usual DEF and SPD penalties of wearing
man-o-war armour as long as the armour's non-
mechanikal systems are still running.
When applying upgrades to the armour's mechanikal
systems, treat “Iron Bear” warcaster armour as
superheavy warcaster armour.
Fabrication: The material cost of the “Iron Bear”
warcaster armour housing is 3,170 gc (these are the costs
of retrofitting a suit of man-o-war armour rather than the
cost of building “Iron Bear” warcaster armour from
scratch, and include the cost of a working suit of man-o-
war armour). The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Craft (metalworking). Retrofitting the suit of man-o-
armour takes two weeks.
“Iron Bear” warcaster armour runeplates require five
weeks to inscribe and require a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17. Note that “Iron Bear” warcaster armour runeplates
integrate bond runes into their makeup.
Warcaster Armour, Ironhead
Cost: 8,760+ gc (see “A Rocky Upgrade Path;” usually
suits of ironhead warcaster armour are never sold but
remain the ongoing projects of their operator-
constructors)
SPD Modifier: -2
DEF Modifier: -2
ARM Modifier: +8
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Description: When the mechanical inclinations of an
ironhead go hand in hand with the abilities of a warcaster,
it only needs a heavy dash of expertise in mechanikal
engineering and the injection of monstrous amounts of
cash to allow the construction of ironhead steam-powered
warcaster armour – though the expense of the result is
considered far beyond its merits by even the most affluent
mercenary companies or national treasurers. Just ask
Captain E. Dominic Darius.
Rune Points: 5
Special Rules: Ironhead warcaster armour includes an
arcane turbine that provides 8 rune points of power. The
armour itself has a power draw of 5 rune points for the
bond plate, the power field and the mechanikal assist
systems. Additional devices may be connected to the
turbine as described in the arcane turbine rules.
A warcaster who wants to wear ironhead warcaster
armour must have the Ironhead ability (see IKKNG, p.
181). In addition to the benefits of warcaster armour, like
assist systems and the generation of a power field,
ironhead warcaster armour grants all the benefits of
standard ironhead armour (see NQ52, pp. 35-36).
Additionally, any points of damage that are absorbed by
the armour's power field do not count when determining if
internal systems get damaged.
If this armour's mechanikal systems become unpowered,
the wearer suffers -6 DEF and -4 SPD (this happens when
the result of a roll on the internal damage table is “Loss of
Power,” see NQ52, p. 35). These penalties are applied in
place of the usual DEF and SPD penalties of wearing
ironhead armour as long as the armour's non-mechanikal
systems are still running.
When applying upgrades to the armour's mechanikal
systems, treat ironhead warcaster armour as superheavy
warcaster armour.
A Rocky Upgrade Path: Ironheads are well known for
constantly tinkering with their suits of armour.
Unfortunately, the delicate mechanikal systems of
warcaster armour are less than forgiving, so extra care
must be taken, as well as more expensive parts used (for
example, some upgrade parts must include mechanikal
conduits in order not to interfere with the mechanikal
assist systems or the projection of the power field). The
following upgrades are twice as expensive when installed
in suits of ironhead warcaster armour (or five times as
expensive when a completed suit is bought, as per the
Retrofitting rules on IKRPG, p. 281; most ironhead
warcasters tinker with their own suits, so they usually pay
the lesser cost – only the suit's arcane turbine and its
runeplates require the Inscribe Formulae abilities of a true
arcane mechanik, after all): Ablative Armour, Amphibious
Construction, Artillery Mount, Cargo Crane, Failsafes,
Force Amplifier, Hardened Case, Weight Compensators
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(see NQ52, pp. 36-38). These additional costs apply no
matter whether they are added to a completed suit of
ironhead warcaster armour or included at the time of
construction.
Fabrication: The material cost of the ironhead warcaster
armour housing is at least 3,170 gc (see also “A Rocky
Upgrade Path;” these are the costs of constructing and
retrofitting a standard suit of ironhead armour with no
upgrades rather than the cost of building a mechanikal
ironhead warcaster armour housing from scratch, and
include the cost of the parts for building a working suit of
ironhead armour). The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking). Retrofitting the suit
of ironhead armour takes two weeks.
Ironhead warcaster armour runeplates require five weeks
to inscribe and require a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17. Note that
ironhead warcaster armour runeplates integrate bond
runes into their makeup.
Warcaster Armour,
Superheavy
Cost: 3,110 gc
SPD Modifier: -1
DEF Modifier: -2
ARM Modifier: +9
Description: Superheavy warcaster armour encloses the
warcaster's body, head, and limbs in thick plates that
surpass even the thickness of heavy plate mail, and are on
par with the armour worn by the likes of stormblades.
Even with its mechanikal assist systems, the armour's
weight and bulk significantly inhibit the wearer, but some
warcasters consider the additional armour well worth the
encumbrance.
Rune Points: 5
Special Rules: Superheavy warcaster armour includes an
arcane turbine that provides 8 rune points of power. The
armour itself has a power draw of 5 rune points for the
bond plate, the power field and the mechanikal assist
systems. Additional devices may be connected to the
turbine as described in the arcane turbine rules.
If this armour becomes unpowered, the wearer suffers -6
DEF and -3 SPD.
Fabrication: The material cost of superheavy warcaster
armour housing is 760 gc. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
Superheavy warcaster armour runeplates require five
weeks to inscribe and require a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17. Note that superheavy warcaster armour runeplates
integrate bond runes into their makeup.
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Warcaster Armour Upgrades
Warcaster armour upgrades can be installed in a suit of
warcaster armour to improve its performance by utilising
the excess power generated by the armour's arcane
turbine. These upgrades only provide their benefits when
the arcane turbine is running at full steam (IKRPG, p.
289).
Every upgrade has a power requirement. This power
requirement must be met by the armour's arcane turbine,
limiting the total number of upgrades to 3.
Fabricating Upgrades
Constructing the upgrade systems requires parts
costing one third of the final cost of the upgrade and a
mechanik's workshop. Crafting some parts requires
additional expertise, like the Inscribe Formulae ability.
Installing Upgrades
Since warcaster armour is already one of the most
complex pieces of mechanika in existence, installing
further upgrades is difficult and risks unbalancing or
damaging the armour's systems. The target number for
installing upgrades is increased by +1 for the second
upgrade, and by +2 for the third upgrade. When an
upgrade test is failed, a roll on the upgrade failure table
must be made:
D6 Result
1 No significant failure – the character can retry
the roll after two hours spent reworking the
armour
2 Botched installation – the upgrade does not
work, and the upgrade somehow interferes
with the wearer's movements, inflicting a -1
DEF penalty until the upgrade is removed and
reworked.
3 Upgrade damaged – the upgrade itself is
damaged and requires replacement parts
costing 20% of its price before it can be
repaired and reinstalled.
4 Boiler leak – the armour's arcane turbine
leaks, venting steam into the armour and
causing 1 point of damage to the wearer at the
end of each turn. Outside of combat this
damage is suffered once per minute.
5 Assist Failure – the armour's assists stop
working, giving the armour the SPD and DEF
penalties of unpowered warcaster armour.
Repairing the assists takes 1 day and a
successful INT+Mechanika roll against a target
number of 15.
6 Power Field Failure – the armour's power field
stops working. Repairing the power field takes
1 day and a successful INT+Mechanika roll
against a target number of 17.
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Arcantrik Accelerator
Cost: 300 gc
Effect: The warcaster wearing a suit of warcaster armour
equipped with an arcantrik accelerator can spend 1 focus
to gain +2 SPD for one round. This SPD bonus does not
grant increased DEF.
Power Requirement: 2
Installation: Installing an arcantrik accelerator upgrade
requires 1 day of labour followed by a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 14.
Fabrication: The material cost of an arcantrik accelerator
upgrade is 100 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. Fabricating an arcantrik accelerator upgrade
requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 14.
Blast Shield
Cost: 150 gc
Effect: As long as at least one power field damage box is
unmarked, a suit of warcaster armour equipped with the
blast shield upgrade grants its wearer +2 ARM against
blast damage rolls. If a blast damage roll depletes the
power field, the ARM bonus is only lost once the blast
damage roll has been completely resolved.
Power Requirement: 1
Installation: Installing a blast shield upgrade requires 1
day of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of a blast shield upgrade
is 50 gc. It takes one week to construct the device.
Fabricating a blast shield upgrade requires the Inscribe
Formulae ability and a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Concussion Field
Cost: 300 gc
Effect: The warcaster can partially deplete his power field
to generate a burst that staggers nearby characters,
potentially enabling a cornered warcaster to escape.
Depleting 1 power field box is enough to stagger all
small-based characters within 2” of the warcaster,
preventing them from making free strikes for one round.
To stagger medium-based characters, 2 power field boxes
must be depleted, and staggering large-based characters
requires the warcaster to deplete 3 power field boxes. If
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the power field does not have the required number of
damage boxes and the warcaster cannot recharge it to the
required number, the concussion field cannot be used in
the current round.
Power Requirement: 2
Installation: Installing a concussion field upgrade
requires 1 day of labour followed by a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of a concussion field
upgrade is 100 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. Fabricating a concussion field upgrade requires
the Inscribe Formulae ability and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Emergency Power Booster
Cost: 450 gc
Effect: After an attack that depletes the power field has
been completely resolved, the power field immediately
recovers 1d6 damage boxes. The accumulators of the
emergency power booster require about half an hour to
recharge, so the device requires the suit of warcaster
armour to run for at least that long on full steam before
the booster can be triggered again. Once fully charged,
the booster's internal accumulators hold their charge for
one day before it dissipates.
Power Requirement: 3
Installation: Installing an emergency power booster
requires 1 day of labour followed by a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of an emergency power
booster upgrade is 150 gc. It takes three weeks to
construct the device. Fabricating an emergency power
booster upgrade requires the Inscribe Formulae ability
and a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 17.
Enhanced Conduit
Infrastructure
Cost: 50 gc (per arm)
Effect: By integrating conduit links into the armour's
frame and installing connectors extending from its
vambraces, feeding power from an arcane turbine into
attached mechanikal weaponry becomes less of a hassle.
Power Requirement: none
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Installation: Mechanikal weapons drawing power from
the arcane turbine via an enhanced conduit infrastructure
do not suffer the -1 attack roll penalty that weapons linked
to an external power source via conductive tubing usually
suffer. It takes four quick actions to switch the tubing to
another weapon – one to power down the conduit, one to
unhook the first weapon, one to attach the conduit to the
new weapon, and one more to power up the conduit again.
If a character wearing armour equipped with enhanced
conduit infrastructure drops his weapon or is forced to
switch to another weapon in a hurry, he suffers -2 to all
attack rolls with that hand while the first weapon or piece
of equipment is still dangling from the conduit extending
from his vambrace. If the weapon dangling from the
conduit is a shield, great weapon or rifle, the penalty
increases to -4. It takes a quick action to uncouple the
weapon and drop it or retrieve it, though it is not
advisable to attach another weapon in a hurry without
shutting down the conduit first (see above).
This upgrade may be installed in regular suits of
mechanikal armour as well in order to feed power from a
back-mounted arcane turbine or other powerful capacitor
to hand-held weapons or devices. A separate upgrade
must be installed in each arm. Installation takes a day and
requires a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 15.
Fabrication: The material cost of an enhanced conduit
infrastructure upgrade is 15 gc. It takes one week to
construct the device. Fabricating an enhanced conduit
infrastructure upgrade requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 15.
Enhanced Power Field
Cost: 450 gc
Effect: Adding an enhanced power field adds +2 damage
boxes to the warcaster armour's power field. This upgrade
may be taken twice.
Power Requirement: 1 (cumulative for each power field
enhancement)
Installation: Installing an enhanced power field requires
1 day of labour followed by a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of an enhanced power
field upgrade is 150 gc. It takes three weeks to construct
the device. Fabricating an enhanced power field upgrade
requires the Inscribe Formulae ability and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
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Feedback Stabiliser
Cost: 300 gc
Effect: When the power field of a warcaster whose
armour is equipped with a feedback stabiliser suffers
damage, the character may lose unspent focus points
instead of losing power field damage boxes, offsetting the
damage to the power field at a 1:1 ratio. Only after the
attack has been completely resolved is the warcaster's
ARM recalculated, using his current focus points to
determine whether he still gets an overboosting ARM
bonus.
A warcaster who has prevented damage to his power field
by losing focus points is not considered to have been
damaged by the attack. The feedback stabiliser does not
work when the warcaster's power field is currently
depleted.
Power Requirement: 2
Installation: Installing a feedback stabiliser requires 1
day of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of a feedback stabiliser
upgrade is 100 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. Fabricating a feedback stabiliser upgrade requires
the Inscribe Formulae ability and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Warmachine Mark III Note: If using the Warmachine
Mark III power field overboosting rules, this upgrade no
longer offers meaningful benefits, and is no longer
available.
Field-Feedback Overbooster
Cost: 300 gc
Effect: This modification must be activated by spending a
quick action and then remains activated until the power
field is depleted or the warcaster shuts it down again with
another quick action.
While a field-feedback overbooster is activated, whenever
the warcaster suffers a damage roll, the power field is
depleted by 1 box before applying the damage, and the
warcaster then gains +5 ARM against that damage roll (It
should be noted that the field-feedback overbooster works
well when facing few, powerful attacks, but will quickly
cause the power field to crumple to rapid fire or massed
attacks, even if the attacks cannot overcome the
overboosted ARM, so caution is advised when deciding to
activate the overbooster). While a field-feedback
overbooster is activated, the warcaster cannot overboost
his power field by spending focus points. After
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completely resolving a damage roll that triggered the
field-feedback overbooster, the device shuts down if the
power field is completely depleted.
Power Requirement: 2
Installation: Installing a field-feedback overbooster
requires 1 day of labour followed by a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of a field-feedback
overbooster upgrade is 100 gc. It takes two weeks to
construct the device. Fabricating a field-feedback
overbooster upgrade requires the Inscribe Formulae
ability and a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 17.
Warmachine Mark III Note: This upgrade may only be
utilised if resolving power field overboosting according to
the Warmachine Mark III power field overboosting rules.
Force Condenser
Cost: 450 gc
Effect: This device harvests the force of attacks that
impact the warcaster's power field and feeds the energy
back into the wearer of the armour in order to enhance his
abilities. Unfortunately, the current iteration of the device
is unstable. Iosan versions (which are warjack-sized, and
from which this device has been reverse-engineered) do
not suffer from instability issues, and neither does the
version employed by the Rhulic warcaster Durgen
Madhammer, which hasn't been made available for study
by non-Rhulic mechaniks yet (or, for that matter, to
anyone beside Durgen and his personal mechaniks).
When a warcaster whose suit of warcaster armour is
equipped with a force condenser suffers a damage roll, he
gains one power token. A force condenser may store a
maximum of three power tokens. During the warcaster's
next Control Phase, after receiving focus points but before
allocating focus points or paying spell upkeep, each
power token is replaced by a focus point. The warcaster's
focus points may exceed ARC in this fashion.
If the warcaster's power field is depleted by a damage roll
while the force condenser is engaged, all power tokens on
the device are lost, and the device shorts out completely
on 1-2 on 1d6, causing 1d3 damage points to the
warcaster plus one additional point of damage for every
power token that was on the device when the power field
collapsed. The shorted force condenser is destroyed and
must be replaced.
Power Requirement: 3
Installation: Installing a force condenser requires 1 day
of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
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Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of a force condenser
upgrade is 150 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. Fabricating a force condenser upgrade requires the
Inscribe Formulae ability and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Gas Ward
Cost: 220 gc
Effect: The warcaster wearing a suit of warcaster armour
equipped with a gas ward may spend a quick action to
make his power field impervious to gases (the cost of the
gas ward enhancement includes the cost of a longer
smokestack that extends beyond the perimeter of the
power field). As long as the power field does not get
depleted, the warcaster is immune to gas effects as long as
the gas ward was activated while the warcaster was still
surrounded by clean air. However, the gas ward will also
prevent the air inside the power field from being
replenished; this is the reason why activating the gas ward
requires turning the key of a small clockwork timer
mounted on the armour's chest or arm. The timer runs
down very quickly (usually within 6 rounds) in order to
prevent the warcaster from suffocating in his own power
field (a realistic danger considering the presence of an
active arcane turbine and boiler) if he should fall
unconscious or simply forget about the gas ward.
Power Requirement: 1
Installation: Installing a gas ward upgrade requires 1 day
of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of a gas ward field
upgrade is 60 gc. It takes one week to construct the
device. Fabricating a gas ward upgrade requires the
Inscribe Formulae ability and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Improved Assist
Cost: 225 gc (medium warcaster armour), 300 gc (heavy
warcaster armour), 420 gc (superheavy warcaster armour)
Effect: Adding improved assists reduces the DEF penalty
of a suit of warcaster armour by 1, to a minimum penalty
of +0. This upgrade may be installed more than once.
Power Requirement: 1 (cumulative for each improved
assist)
Installation: Installing improved assists requires 1 day of
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labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Fabrication: The material cost of an improved assist
upgrade is 75 gc for medium warcaster armour, 100 for
heavy warcaster armour, and 140 gc for superheavy
warcaster armour. It takes one week to construct the
device. Fabricating an improved assist upgrade requires ta
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 15.
Overboost Stabilizer
Cost: 300 gc
Effect: When the warcaster spends a point of focus to
overboost his power field, the overboost bonus to ARM is
also applied to the next damage roll the warcaster suffers.
If the warcaster does not suffer another damage roll
before the end of his next Maintenance Phase, this free
overboost expires.
An overboost stabilizer is not compatible with a power
field overbooster upgrade.
Power Requirement: 2
Installation: Installing an overboost stabilizer upgrade
requires 1 day of labour followed by a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of an overboost stabilizer
upgrade is 100 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. Fabricating an overboost stabilizer upgrade
requires the Inscribe Formulae ability and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Warmachine Mark III Note: The overboost stabilizer
upgrade is intended exclusively for resolving the effects of
power field overboosting according to the Warmachine
Mark III power field rules, and has no purpose when
resolving overboosting the power field according to
IKRPG, p. 289.
Power Assist, Heavy
Cost: 450 gc
Effect: Installing a heavy power assist in the suit of
warcaster armour provides a +2 bonus to STR to the
armour's wearer.
Power Requirement: 3
Installation: Installing a heavy power assist requires 1
day of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
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Heavy power assist upgrades cannot be installed in light
warcaster armour.
Fabrication: The material cost of a heavy power assist
upgrade is 150 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. Fabricating a heavy power assist upgrade requires
a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 15.
Power Assist, Light
Cost: 300 gc
Effect: Installing a light power assist in the suit of
warcaster armour provides a +1 bonus to STR to the
armour's wearer.
Power Requirement: 2
Installation: Installing a light power assist requires 1 day
of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Light power assist upgrades cannot be installed in light
warcaster armour.
Fabrication: The material cost of a light power assist
upgrade is 100 gc. It takes one week to construct the
device. Fabricating a light power assist upgrade requires a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 15.
Power Field Charger
Cost: 300 gc
Effect: When a warcaster spends focus to recharge his
power field, he regenerates two power field boxes per
point of focus.
Power Requirement: 2
Installation: Installing a power field charger requires 1
day of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of the power field charger
upgrade is 100 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. Fabricating a power field charger upgrade requires
the Inscribe Formulae ability and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Power Field Overbooster
Cost: 150 gc
Effect: As long as the warcaster's power field has at least
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1 undepleted field box, the warcaster receives +1 ARM.
When an attack or damage roll depletes the power field,
the ARM bonus is only lost once that attack or damage
roll has been completely resolved. This upgrade may be
installed twice; the ARM bonuses are cumulative.
Power Requirement: 1 (cumulative for each power field
overbooster upgrade)
Installation: Installing a power field overbooster requires
1 day of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of the power field
overbooster upgrade is 50 gc. It takes one week to
construct the device. Fabricating a power field
overbooster upgrade requires the Inscribe Formulae
ability and a successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
against a target number of 16.
Warmachine Mark III Note: If using the Warmachine
Mark III power field rules, this upgrade improves the
ARM bonus for overboosting to +6 for one point of focus
spent for a 1-point overbooster, or to +7 for a 2-point
overbooster.
Power Field Regenerator
Cost: 450 gc
Effect: If a warcaster's suit of warcaster armour is
equipped with a power field regenerator, its power field
regains 1d3 power field boxes at the end of each
maintenance phase. This upgrade is not compatible with
the power field stabiliser (see below).
Power Requirement: 2
Installation: Installing a power field regenerator requires
1 day of labour followed by a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of the power field
regenerator upgrade is 150 gc. It takes two weeks to
construct the device. Fabricating a power field regenerator
upgrade requires the Inscribe Formulae ability and a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 17.
Power Field Stabiliser
Cost: 225 gc
Effect: If a warcaster's suit of warcaster armour is
equipped with a power field stabiliser, its power field
regains 1 power field box at the end of each maintenance
phase. This upgrade can only be installed once, and is not
compatible with the power field regenerator (see above).
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Power Requirement: 1
Installation: Installing a power field stabiliser requires 1
day of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of the power field
stabiliser upgrade upgrade is 75 gc. It takes one week to
construct the device. Fabricating a power field stabiliser
upgrade requires the Inscribe Formulae ability and a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 17.
Power Field Tuner
Cost: 150 gc
Effect: The power field tuner allows the warcaster to
make his warcaster armour project an uneven power field.
When overboosting a tuned power field, the warcaster can
choose one arc (usually back arc or front arc, though the
warcaster may just as easily choose his left or right arc).
That arc gains +1 ARM from overboosting, while the
opposite arc suffers a -1 ARM penalty (e.g. if a warcaster
overboosts his power field's front arc with 4 focus, he
gains +5 ARM in his front arc but only +3 ARM in his
back arc).
The power field tuner provides no benefit when the
warcaster is not overboosting his power field, unless the
suit of warcaster armour is also equipped with a power
field overbooster upgrade. The power field tuner is not
compatible with the power shield upgrade.
Power Requirement: 1
Installation: Installing a power field tuner requires 1 day
of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of a power field tuner
upgrade is 50 gc. It takes one weeks to construct the
device. Fabricating a power field tuner upgrade requires
the Inscribe Formulae ability and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 17.
Warmachine Mark III Note: If using the Warmachine
Mark III power field rules, this upgrade increases the
power field's overboosting ARM bonus by +1 for attacks
originating in the arc the field is tuned to, and reduces it
by -1 in the arc the power field is not tuned to (normally,
this means the warcaster gains +6 ARM against attacks
originating in one arc and +4 ARM in the opposite arc).
The warcaster must decide in his Maintenance Phase
towards which arc the field is tuned, and can only change
the arc in his next Maintenance Phase, potentially leaving
himself vulnerable to flanking attacks that strike at the
detuned arc. The warcaster may also decide not to tune
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the field towards any arc, at which point the normal
overboosting rules resume.
Power Shield
Cost: 300 gc
Effect: Instead of generating an all-encompassing power
field, this upgrade allows the warcaster to reshape his
power field into a power shield that only protects his front
or back arc (warcaster's choice; the warcaster must decide
which shape his power field is going to have for the next
round in his Control Phase).
When the power field becomes shield-shaped, it grants +1
ARM against attacks originating in the shielded arc and
gains a number of additional damage boxes equal to one-
half its regular damage boxes (rounding up; most power
shields thus have 9 boxes rather than 6. These boxes are
considered marked when they are generated, and must be
regenerated by spending focus or using appropriate
upgrades to the suit of warcaster armour). However, the
power shield does not provide any protection against
attacks originating in the unprotected arc (by the same
token, ARM bonuses from overboosting the power field
only apply in the shielded arc). Additionally, the
warcaster does not gain any protection from continuous
effects while using the power shield (for example, the
Corrosion or Fire continuous effects apply their damage
directly to the warcaster's unmodified ARM and life spiral
rather than first depleting the power field, even if the
attacks that inflicted these continuous effects originated in
the shielded arc. Other effects that require an all-
encompassing power field, like the air retention of naval
warcaster armour (see IKKNG, p. 307), also do not work
while the power shield is being used).
When a power shield is remodelled into a power field, all
marked boxes are transferred directly to the power field's
regular damage boxes, but any excess damage is simply
lost (for example, if a power shield with 9 damage boxes
absorbs 7 damage before being returned to its power field
shape (6 damage boxes), the power field collapses as soon
as it assumes its regular shape, but the seventh point of
damage of the power shield is simply ignored).
Power Requirement: 2
Installation: Installing a power shield requires 1 day of
labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Fabrication: The material cost of a power shield upgrade
is 100 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the device.
Fabricating a power shield upgrade requires the Inscribe
Formulae ability and a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
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Installation: Installing a sound-eater field requires 1 day

Resonance Transfer of labour followed by a successful INT+Mechanikal
Modulator Engineering roll against a target number of 17.
Cost: 160 gc
Fabrication: The material cost of the sound-eater field
Effect: Instead of relying on clumsy conduit cabling, the upgrade is 100 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
suit of warcaster armour utilises its power field to transfer device. Fabricating a sound-eater field upgrade requires
power to a resonance converter keyed to the resonance the Inscribe Formulae ability and a successful
transfer modulator instead of a spell (see mechanika INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
power sources for more information on resonance of 14.
converters). Since only excess power produced by the
arcane turbine can be transferred, this usually constrains
what kind of devices can receive the power. Additionally,
as long as the power field is depleted, the resonance Warcasting Conduit
converter does not receive any power. Cost: 300 gc
Power Requirement: 3 (see above) Effect: While this upgrade is powered, friendly characters
Installation: Installing a resonance transfer modulator can target the warcaster with the Power Booster spell (see
requires 1 day of labour followed by a successful IKRPG, p. 242). The focus point the spell normally grants
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number to a steamjack controlled by the caster is instead
of 15. channelled through the warcaster bonded to the
warcasting conduit-equipped suit of armour into one of
Fabrication: The material cost of the resonance transfer the steamjacks bonded to the warcaster and in his Control
modulator upgrade is 60 gc. It takes one week to construct Area.
the device. Fabricating a resonance transfer modulator
upgrade requires the Inscribe Formulae ability and a Power Requirement: 2
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a Installation: Installing a warcasting conduit requires 2
target number of 15. hours of labour followed by a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 15.
Fabrication: The material cost of the warcasting conduit
Sound-Eater Field upgrade is 100 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
Cost: 300 gc
device. Fabricating a warcasting conduit upgrade requires
Effect: By spending 1 focus in his Control Phase, the the Inscribe Formulae ability and a successful
warcaster wearing a suit of warcaster armour equipped INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
with this upgrade may cause all noises generated within of 14.
the power field to become nullified for one round,
granting the warcaster a +3 Sneak bonus and negating
Sneak penalties for carrying active mechanika (including
mechanikal weapons or other mechanikal equipment) as
long as potential observers cannot see the warcaster. The
sound-eater field will also completely silence gunshots
fired by the warcaster, but will not silence the impact of
the bullet nor any noises made by the target.
However, while this upgrade is active, the warcaster must
halve his command range since his allies cannot hear him,
either. The sound-eater field does not impair the
warcaster's own hearing, so he may make Detection rolls
normally and benefit from other characters' command
range-based abilities, like the bonuses granted by an ally
with the Intellectual Archetype.
If the power field is currently depleted, this upgrade
cannot be used until at least a single power field box has
been regenerated.
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Vessels and Devices of Cyriss
Burst Fire Aperture Beam
Clockwork Vessel Upgrade
Prerequisite: Aperture Beam clockwork vessel upgrade
(see NQ48, p. 68)
Once during each of his turns a character who has this
upgrade and makes an aperture beam attack can make 1d3
attacks instead of his regular attack. The burst fire attacks
must target a primary target and any number of secondary
targets within 2” of the primary target or the last character
attacked with the aperture beam. A secondary target
cannot be targeted by more attacks than the primary
target, and the clockwork vessel must have line of sight to
all targets, which all need to be in range. Attack and
damage rolls are made separately for each target.
The burst fire aperture beam upgrade cannot be used in
the same turn as the AOE aperture beam upgrade, though
the clockwork vessel may have both upgrades and decide
each turn which upgrade to use. Like all aperture beam
upgrades, the burst fire upgrade can only be taken once.
Essence Repository
Clockwork Vessel Upgrade
When a faithful Cyrissist character, including a clockwork
vessel with a damaged essence chamber (see NQ48, p
67), is destroyed within the command range of a
clockwork vessel with an essence repository upgrade, the
destroyed character's soul is stored in the essence
repository and may later be transferred to an essence
chamber at a temple of Cyriss.
An essence repository can store up to five souls. The
device is very delicate, however, and if the essence
chamber of the clockwork vessel with the essence
repository gets damaged, the stored souls are lost. The
same happens when the clockwork vessel with the
essence repository is destroyed, even if its own essence
chamber survives.
Some specialised vessels of Cyriss like the Enigma
Foundry carry both spare essence chambers as well as the
divine mechanisms required to transfer the gathered souls
of the faithful to their own essence chambers right away.
Harmonic Transmitter
Clockwork Vessel Upgrade
Prerequisite: Will Weaver
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When a character with this upgrade casts a non-offensive
spell at an allied clockwork vessel, servitor or vector, the
character can use the Increase the Range of a Spell ability
(see IKRPG, p. 229) for free.
Induction Relay Clockwork
Vessel Upgrade
Prerequisite: Focuser
Vectors within 6” of a controlling warcaster who is
equipped with an induction relay are considered to be
within 6” of each other for the purposes of focus
induction (see NQ48, p. 74). If the warcaster's vessel has
suffered the essence chamber damage internal damage
result, the induction relay no longer works until the
essence chamber is repaired or replaced.
Runespike Launcher
Clockwork Vessel Upgrade
Ammo: 5 (rune spikes)
Effective Range: 60 feet (10”)
Extreme Range: –
Skill: Pistol
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 10
AOE: –
Developed by the Cyrissist gunmage Jaspar Morello after
his ascension to clockwork immortality, the runespike
launcher allows Cyrissist gunmages to continue using
their specialised magic while doing away with the
reliance on old-fashioned powder weapons. The runespike
launcher, which is built into a clockwork vessel's lower
arm and powered by the essence chamber, allows the
firing of rune-engraved metal spikes in place of rune
bullets, with otherwise identical effects. The runespike
launcher has an internal magazine that can be reloaded by
spending one quick action for each rune spike, or by
swapping out the ammo wheel, which also takes one
quick action. Ammo wheels for runespike launchers are
generally not available for sale, but can be acquired at
temples of Cyriss for 15 gc.
A character can hold another weapon in the hand of the
arm equipped with a runespike launcher, but can only
attack with either the weapon wielded in his hand or with
a rune spike.
Rune spikes have the same cost and are prepared in the
same way as magelock pistol bullets. Firing a rune shot-
imbued rune spike burns out the runes, so even if the
spike can be recovered it must be reworked before it can
be used for another rune shot.
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This upgrade can be taken a second time to add a second
runespike launcher in another of the character's arms.
Additionally, the runespike launchers can receive a +4
RNG upgrade; if this upgrade is taken, it is applied to all
runespike launchers the character is equipped with.
However, firing a rune spike with the +4 RNG bonus
means only one rune spike launcher may be fired that
turn.
Tuning Array Clockwork
Vessel Upgrade
Skill: Hand Weapon
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 4
The tuning array, which is a complex array of
manipulators and tools on individual small articulated
arms, replaces one of the arms of a clockwork vessel (and
is therefore usually only used by Cyrissists inhabiting
clockwork vessels with more than two arms). Though the
tuning array cannot be used to hold any kind of weapon, it
can be used as a melee weapon in its own right.
Additionally, a clockwork vessel equipped with a tuning
array receives a +1 bonus to Mechanikal Engineering
rolls to fabricate, repair, disassemble or perform
maintenance on mechanika, steamjacks, servitors,
clockwork vessels and vectors, and may bodge
mechanikal constructs whether or not the character has
the Bodge ability.
The bonuses are cumulative (so two tuning arrays provide
a +2 bonus to Mechanikal Engineering). This upgrade
cannot be taken more than twice.
Ley-Pulse Communicator
Cost: 970 gc (power source not included)
Description: This rod-like device must be inserted into a
leyline or leyline node and operated by a priest of Cyriss,
who may send small pulses of energy through the leyline
that may be detected by nearby Cyrissist installations.
This way of communication is undetectable to anybody
who is not sensitive to leyline fluctuations. Since the
devices are intended to be mobile, they are usually
powered by arcanodynamic accumulators or arcane
interval generators rather than ambient accumulators.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: The device can only be operated in a
leyline or leyline node (the GM decides whether an
appropriate site is nearby, though Cyrissists with Lore
(Cyriss) 3+ or characters with Lore (Orboros) may be able
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to more readily locate such sites). Once set up, the device
must be tuned before it can be used. Tuning takes a full
action and a roll against INT+Mechanikal Engineering or
INT+Lore (Cyriss), whichever is lower, against a target
number of 15 (if using a leyline node) or 19 (if using a
leyline, but not a node). If the roll is failed, it may be
reattempted by spending another full action working on
the device (only a successful tuning roll will reveal that
the device is incorrectly planted, however).
Once tuned, the device may be used to send vibrations
along the leyline. The vibrations can be picked up by any
Cyrissist facility on the same leyline, though the range is
restricted (generally speaking, no roll is required to pick
up the message if the Cyrissist facility is on an
immediately adjacent node, but the more nodes intervene
between the communicator and Cyrissist facilities, the
harder PER+Mechanikal Engineering rolls should be for
monitoring priests and mechaniks, starting at a target
number of 10 and increasing by 1 per intervening node).
Perceptor vessels may also pick up the vibrations if they
stand on the leyline or node and have the Magic
Sensitivity Gifted Archetype benefit, though they must
succeed at PER+Detection rolls to do so, starting at a
target number of 12 and suffering a +2 increase to the
target number per intervening node. The ley-pulse
communicator may also be used in turn to receive
messages, though successfully reading a message requires
an INT+Mechanikal Engineering or INT+Lore(Cyriss)
roll, whichever is lower, against a target number of 13,
which increases by +2 for every intervening node. If the
signal's source is a Cyrissist facility, the much more
powerful signal can be picked using the same rules as for
a Cyrissist facility (see above).
Characters intending to use a ley-pulse communicator
must know an appropriate Signal Language, or they must
have the Cryptography skill or a codebook.
Blackclads may also happen to sense the odd vibrations in
the flow of ley energies, though they usually do not
understand that these are messages sent by mortals. If
they found out, they would take a very dim view of using
leylines for mortal communications, especially by those
not worshipping Orboros. Ios also has access to arcanika
that can pick up leyline vibrations, though they usually do
not care too much about this apart from learning that
human users of magic are nearby.
Fabrication: The material cost of the ley-pulse
communicator's housing is 118 gc (not including a power
source). It takes four weeks to construct the device. The
pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft (metalwork).
The ley-pulse communicator's runeplate requires four
weeks to inscribe and a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
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Matrix Retuner
Cost: 1,185 gc (including an internal ambient
accumulator, see NQ48, p. 69 for details)
Description: This strange-looking, multi-pronged spear is
actually much too delicate to be used as a weapon. Its
purpose is retuning power fields and kinetic drives,
allowing friendly Cyrissists to improve the performance
of their warcasters and constructs. The device is powered
by a built-in ambient accumulator.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: A character wielding this device (which
requires two hands) may retune the power fields of
friendly warcasters within 2” by taking a full action and
making an INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a
target number of 14. On a success, the warcaster's power
field replenishes a number of field boxes equal to this
character's skill level in Mechanikal Engineering.
The character wielding the matrix retuner may also
attempt to improve the performance of a friendly
construct of Cyriss within 2” that has the ability to hover
(usually represented by the Flight or Pathfinder abilities).
This takes a quick action and an INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 14. On a
success, the construct gains +2 SPD on its next activation.
Using a matrix retuner requires the character to be able to
perceive the lattices of energy fields. This is
accomplished by integrating a proprietary Cyrissist
runeplate into a suit of optifex armour (see NQ48, p. 69).
This runeplate costs 300 gc and adds 2 rune points to the
optifex armour's power draw.
Fabrication: The material cost of the matrix retuner's
parts (including parts for the integral ambient
accumulator) is 190 gc. It takes four weeks to construct
the device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Mechanikal Engineering.
The matrix retuner's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Fluxcaster Servitor
These vane-studded servitors can assist vessels of Cyriss
and certain types of vectors with focussing their electrical
attacks. The drain this causes on the fluxcaster servitor's
internal accumulators is substantial, limiting the servitor's
utility, and the power reserves stored in the servitor's
internal accumulators make it a potential risk to its allies
as well if the containment systems should fail.
PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI INT PER
6 6 3 3 3 3 1 3
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Initiative DEF ARM WIL
12 12 13 7
(Armour -1) (Armoured Hull +7)
Damage Boxes: 6
Command Range: 1
Base Size: Small
Construct: This character is not a living character and
never flees.
Focussing Array: A fluxcaster servitor may use its
focussing array to assist a friendly vessel of Cyriss or
vector within 2” that is making electrical attacks against
targets in the fluxcaster servitor's front arc. Each assist
consumes 1 point from the servitor's power reserves, and
each attack may only gain the benefit of one assist. The
servitor may perform as many assists in one round as its
power reserves allow. Available assists are Virtuoso (this
grants a single electrical attack the Virtuoso Skilled
Archetype benefit, see IKRPG, p. 117), +4 RNG, +2
bonus to the attack roll, or +2 POW.
Non-Combatant: The fluxcaster servitor has no melee
range and cannot make free strikes.
Pathfinder: This character can move over rough terrain
without penalty.
Power Reserves: A fluxcaster servitor may perform 5
assists before it needs to recharge its internal
accumulators at a temple of Cyriss. It takes 10 minutes for
the servitor to regain 1 point of charge.
Steady: This character cannot be knocked down.
Volatile: If a fluxcaster servitor is incapacitated while it
still has unspent power reserves, center a 4” AOE on the
servitor. All characters in the AOE suffer an electrical
blast damage roll with a POW equal to double the number
of unspent charges. After resolving all damage rolls, the
servitor is completely destroyed.
Skills
Detection (PER + Rank 2 = 5)
Sneak (AGL + Rank 2 = 5)
Integration Servitor
The special way the Cyrissist vectors' interface nodes
interact with warcasters and each other are both a strength
and a weakness, emphasizing the need for precise
coordination and combat formations while allowing the
controlling warcasters to use their powers with
significantly greater efficiency than regular warcasters.
The integration servitor, an unassuming hovering sphere
studded with transceiver tines, is one way of building on
the strengths of the interface node.
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PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI INT PER Construct: This character is not a living character and
6 6 3 3 3 3 1 3 never flees.
Initiative DEF ARM WIL Interface Link: A mobilization servitor in B2B with an
12 12 13 7 uncontrolled vector may assume control over the vector if
(Armour -1) (Armoured Hull +7) its interface node system is not crippled. The vector
Damage Boxes: 6 activates on the mobilizer servitor's Initiative and may
stand up or move up to its SPD, but may not perform any
Command Range: 1 other actions or attack. At the end of its activation, the
Base Size: Small vector becomes uncontrolled again. A mobilizer servitor
can only control one vector in each of its activations.
Circular Vision: This character's front arc extends 360°.
Non-Combatant: The mobilizer servitor has no melee
Construct: This character is not a living character and range and cannot make free strikes.
never flees.
Pathfinder: This character can move over rough terrain
Dedicated Servitor: The integration servitor must be without penalty.
assigned to a warcaster. This can be accomplished by a
character with Mechanikal Engineering 1 and Lore Steady: This character cannot be knocked down.
(Cyriss) 1 without the need for a roll in about 10 minutes, Skills
for which the warcaster needs to be present. The Detection (PER + Rank 2 = 5)
integration servitor can only use its Induction Relay Sneak (AGL + Rank 2 = 5)
ability to benefit vectors bonded to that warcaster.
Induction Relay: Vectors which belong to the same
warcaster's battlegroup and which are within 6” of the
integration servitor are considered to be within 6” of each Triangulation Servitor
other for the purposes of focus induction (see NQ48, p.
These small servitors aid Cyrissist warcasters and vectors
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in aiming ranged attacks by providing additional targeting
Non-Combatant: The integration servitor has no melee and range information.
range and cannot make free strikes.
PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI INT PER
Pathfinder: This character can move over rough terrain 6 6 3 3 3 3 1 3
without penalty.
Initiative DEF ARM WIL
Steady: This character cannot be knocked down. 12 13 13 7
(Armour -1, (Armoured Hull +7)
Skills Size +1)
Detection (PER + Rank 2 = 5)
Sneak (AGL + Rank 2 = 5) Damage Boxes: 6
Command Range: 1
Base Size: Small
Mobilizer Servitor Construct: This character is not a living character and
never flees.
Sometimes it may become necessary to shift vectors
without having a Convergence warcaster on hand. A Dedicated Servitor: The triangulation servitor must be
mobilizer servitor can then be used to exert limited assigned to a warcaster. This can be accomplished by a
control over a vector's interface node, just enough to character with Mechanikal Engineering 1 and Lore
make it mobile. (Cyriss) 1 without the need for a roll in about 10 minutes,
for which the warcaster needs to be present. The
PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI INT PER
triangulation servitor can only use its Rangefinder ability
6 6 3 3 3 3 1 3
to benefit vectors bonded to that warcaster, or the
Initiative DEF ARM WIL warcaster himself. Triangulation servitors activate on their
12 12 12 7 warcaster's Initiative and only use their own Initiative
(Armour -1) (Armoured Hull +6) when not assigned to a warcaster, or when their warcaster
Damage Boxes: 6 is unconscious or disabled.

Command Range: 1 Non-Combatant: The triangulation servitor has no melee

range and cannot make free strikes.
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Pathfinder: This character can move over rough terrain collateral damage rolls. Additionally, when performing
without penalty. push or slam power attacks, a Collider with a non-
crippled Head system may spend 1 focus to push or slam
Rangefinder: During its activation, the triangulation
as if it was a large-based model (i.e. push or slam
servitor may as a full action use this ability for the benefit
distances are not halved when pushing or slamming a
of a single vector bonded to its warcaster or the
large-based model. Add +2 to the slam distance when
warcaster's own ranged weapon. The triangulation
slamming a smaller-based model).
servitor must have line of sight to the target character and
may not be further from the target character than the RNG Base Size: Medium
of the weapon for which it is triangulating. The vector or
Construct: This character is not a living character and
warcaster for whom the servitor is triangulating receives a
never flees.
+2 attack roll bonus to its ranged attacks against the target
character in this round's activation. No single vector or Pathfinder: This character can move over rough terrain
warcaster may benefit from more than one triangulation without penalty.
servitor per round.
Peak Operational Duration: 2.5 hours combat
Steady: This character cannot be knocked down.
Tactical Redeployment: Once per turn, either at the start
Skills or at the end of its activation, the Collider may spend 1
Detection (PER + Rank 2 = 5) focus point to be placed completely within 5” of its
Sneak (AGL + Rank 2 = 5) current location. The Collider loses Tactical
Redeployment if its Movement system is crippled, if it is
knocked down, if it must forfeit either its movement or
action during its activation, or if it is stationary.
Collider
[Convergence Light Vector]
Using a simple but sturdy design based on the Corollary Deflector
chassis, this hovering vector is a blunt instrument of war [Convergence Light Vector]
that perfectly suits the sensibilities (or lack thereof) of
Axis, the Harmonic Enforcer, its purported designer. Another variant of the Corollary chassis, the hovering
While most Convergence warcasters scoff at the Deflector acts as a kinetic sink for nearby vectors,
unsophisticated vector, the sight of a Collider launching absorbing the force of impacts inflicted on them.
itself at an enemy to send them flying before beating an
PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI
elegant retreat leaves few witnesses unimpressed. 7 6 6 4 X X
PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI
Initiative DEF ARM
7 6 6 4 X X
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Initiative DEF ARM
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1 2 3 4 5 6
DAMAGE
1 2 3 4 5 6

M M
M H H M
M M
I I
M H H M
I I Armament: Armoured Ram (Head location, Melee, POW
2, P+S 8). The Deflector adds the armoured ram's POW to
Armament: Kinetic Lensing Array (Head location, the damage it inflicts with bash, head butt and slam power
Melee, POW 3, P+S 9). As long as its Head system is not attacks.
crippled, a Collider may perform push or slam power
Base Size: Medium
attacks without spending focus, and uses the Kinetic
Lensing Array's POW+S for slam damage rolls and Buckler: The armoured ram adds +1 to the Deflector's

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ARM against attacks originating in its front arc as long as

Armament: Ram Shield (Head location, Melee, POW 3,
its Head system is not crippled.
P+S 13). The Localizer adds the ram shield’s POW to the
Construct: This character is not a living character and damage it inflicts with bash, head butt and slam power
never flees. attacks.
Girded: The Deflector gains Girded as long as its Head Base Size: Large
system is not crippled (a character with Girded does not
Construct: This character is not a living character and
suffer blast damage, nor do friendly characters in B2B
never flees.
with this character suffer blast damage).
Girded: The Localizer gains Girded as long as its Head
Kinetic Sink: Friendly vectors within 6” of the Deflector
system is not crippled (a character with Girded does not
and the Deflector may spend focus points on the Deflector
suffer blast damage, nor do friendly characters in B2B
to gain +5 ARM against a single damage roll (however,
with this character suffer blast damage).
Kinetic Sink cannot be used to absorb damage rolls that
ignore magical ARM bonuses, like damage rolls caused Local Positioning System: By spending 1 focus, a
by blessed attacks or attacks made by Arcane Assassins Localizer can grant its Spatial Lock ability to up to three
(see IKRPG, p. 157)). Friendly vectors and the Deflector small- or medium-based friendly vectors, servitors or
may spend any number of focus points from the Deflector clockwork vessels within 5” of itself, or to one large-
per turn, but can only spend a single focus point per based friendly vector, servitor or clockwork vessel within
damage roll, no matter how many Deflectors are within 5” of itself. A Localizer may spend up to three points of
6”. Focus points spent using Kinetic Sink cannot be focus per activation on using its Local Positioning
inducted into other vectors. If the Deflector's Head system System. If its Head system is crippled, the Localizer loses
is crippled, it loses the Kinetic Sink ability until the Head the Local Positioning System ability.
system has been repaired.
Pathfinder: This character can move over rough terrain
Pathfinder: This character can move over rough terrain without penalty.
without penalty.
Shield: The ram shield adds +2 to the Localizer’s ARM
Peak Operational Duration: 2.5 hours combat against attacks originating in its front arc as long as its
Head system is not crippled.
Spatial Lock: The Localizer is immune to being
slammed, pushed, thrown or knocked down by characters
Localizer with small, medium or large bases. If its Head system is
[Convergence Heavy Vector] crippled, the Localizer loses the Spatial Lock ability.
Developed as an offshoot of the Collider and Peak Operational Duration: 2 hours combat
Supercollider vectors, the hovering Localizer focuses on
defending the lines of Convergence forces from being
disrupted by foes crashing into them by extending its
geomantic field to lock nearby allies in place, turning Supercollider
them into unmovable obstacles. [Convergence Heavy Vector]
PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI
12 5 10 3 X X
Another of the few vectors designed by Axis, the
Harmonic Enforcer, the Supercollider is another blunt
Initiative DEF ARM instrument of war strangely at odds with the usual
- 11 19 elegance of Convergence technology. While not as mobile
as the smaller Collider, the Supercollider's ability to
DAMAGE disrupt enemy infantry lines is spectacular indeed.
1 2 3 4 5 6 PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI
12 5 10 3 X X
Initiative DEF ARM
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DAMAGE
1 2 3 4 5 6
M H H H H M
M I I M
Armament: Kinetic Ram (Head location, Melee, POW 4,
P+S 14). As long as its Head system is not crippled, a
Supercollider may perform push, slam or trample power
attacks without spending focus, and uses the Kinetic
Ram's POW+S for slam damage rolls and collateral
damage rolls.
Base Size: Large
Concussion Burst: A Supercollider with a non-crippled
Head system may make a concussion burst attack instead
of making its initial melee attack. Every character within
2” of the Supercollider suffers a damage roll with a POW
equal to the Supercollider's STR. This damage may be
boosted.
Concussion Wave: A Supercollider making a trample
power attack may spend 1 focus to project a concussion
wave as long as its Head system is not crippled. When
executing the trample attacks, the Supercollider may
make trample attacks against any character within 2” of
the path covered by its base as well as against characters
it contacted. Targets that are critically hit by a concussion
wave attack are knocked down.
Construct: This character is not a living character and
never flees.
Field Distortion: The Supercollider always has
concealment as long as its Head system is not crippled.
Pathfinder: This character can move over rough terrain
without penalty.
Peak Operational Duration: 2 hours combat
Sympathetic Interlink
[Vector Upgrade]
Cost: 300 gc
Description: Working by the alchemical principle of “like
attracts like,” the sympathetic interlink vector upgrade
enhances the ranges at which vectors can relay the
energies their controlling warcasters have imbued them
with.
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Special Rules: A vector equipped with a sympathetic
interlink doubles the range at which other vectors can
induct focus into it as long as it currently has at least 1
point of focus.
Integrating a sympathetic interlink into a vector requires
the proper tools, four hours of labour, and a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 14. If the roll fails, it can be repeated after another hour
of labour.
Paying to have a sympathetic interlink installed in a
vector costs an additional 60 gc.
Adept Vessel
In contrast to the more common clockwork priest vessel,
the adept vessel is humanoid in appearance, with merely
two arms and two legs, and may actually pass as human
when the vessel is covered by cloak, cowl and shawl. The
adept vessel is intended for use by those among the
faithful whose strength does not lie in their gift for magic,
but in the skill of their bodies (though few members of the
Inner Circle would be prepared to admit that physical
skills hold any merit in the eyes of the Maiden). Adept
vessels are far superior to run-of-the-mill warrior vessels,
and are usually reserved for specialists that need to move
unseen and unnoticed.
PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI ARM
7 6 5 4 4 4 13
Base Size: Small
Damage Boxes: 12
Enhanced Coordination: Characters who had the Skilled
Archetype when they were alive retain all Skilled
Archetype benefits when inhabiting an adept vessel after
their transcendence, and may continue acquiring Skilled
Archetype benefits normally. If the character already had
the Ambidextrous Skilled Archetype benefit before their
clockwork transcendence, they may choose an additional
Skilled Archetype benefit upon becoming a clockwork
adept.
Light Frame: The Adept Vessel can only receive the
following clockwork vessel upgrades twice (see NQ48, p.
68): Hardened, Increased ARM, Increased STR.
Optimised Gear Train: Adept vessels do not suffer the
-2 penalty to DEF that vessels of Cyriss usually suffer
from. Additionally, the internal mechanisms of the vessel
are so quiet that the vessel does not suffer any penalties to
Sneak rolls, and cannot be identified as a clockwork
vessel by ear.
Pre-Allocated Resources: Adept vessels cannot receive
the AOE or Burst Fire Aperture Beam upgrades (see
NQ48, p. 68).
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Boon of the Maiden: At the GM's discretion, Skilled
characters who belong to a Cyrissist adventuring group
(see NQ48, p. 72) may take the Clockwork
Transcendence ability and become clockwork adepts
(technically, any character could take an adept vessel, but
the vessel's abilities are optimised for Skilled characters).
Perceptor Vessel
The perceptor vessels appear very similar to the
clockwork priest vessels, though they do appear more
delicate, and their heads sport multiple eye lenses, some
of which are mounted on vanes extending from the
temples. The main purpose of perceptor vessels is
surveying, charting and analysing the geomantic sites the
Convergence requires for its temples and engines. The
Perceptors also commonly supervise experiments, their
sensitivity and acute perception allowing them to spot
flaws and dangers before they have catastrophic results.
PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI ARM
7 5 6 4 4 3 14
Base Size: Medium
Damage Boxes: 15
Light Frame: The Perceptor Vessel can only receive the
following clockwork vessel upgrades twice (NQ48, p.
68): Hardened, Increased ARM, Increased STR
Pre-Installed Upgrades: All Perceptor Vessels start with
the upgrades Circular Vision and Optical Array.
Hyper Perception: Perceptor Vessels gain the Hyper
Perception Intellectual Archetype benefit.
Sensitive: Gifted characters inhabiting a Perceptor Vessel
double their ARC when determining the range of the
Magic Sensitivity Gifted Archetype benefit (few
characters who do not have the Magic Sensitivity benefit
to start with ever choose to inhabit Perceptor Vessels).
Soul Choir Vessel
One of the major weaknesses of the military forces of
Cyriss is their dependence on the ambient energies
generated by their facilities to charge their accumulators
and vectors. The Soul Choir vessel is one way the
Convergence has of remedying this weakness. A floating,
statuesque vessel topped with the brilliantly lit face of the
Maiden, the soul choir can generate an energy field that
can be used to recharge ambient accumulators and
vectors. However, these vessels are neither agile nor
physically powerful, so they require careful protection by
Cyrissist forces (perhaps not dissimilarly so to the
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Enigma Foundries), and are only used to charge up
accumulators and other devices when the conditions are
reasonably safe.
PHY SPD STR AGL PRW POI ARM
9 5 6 3 3 3 16
Base Size: Medium
Damage Boxes: 18
Ambient Field: The Soul Choir can generate a field the
size of the character's control area that recharges ambient
accumulators (see NQ48, p. 69) and vectors. Total the
ARC stats of the essences in the Soul Choir (see Divine
Harmony; most Soul Choirs contain a total of four souls
with ARC 4 each, for a total of 16). For each point of
ARC, one ambient accumulator can be recharged
according to the standard rules. Small-based servitors
require 2 points of ARC, light vectors require 3 points of
ARC, and heavy vectors require 5 points of ARC (if any
vectors have weapons or devices which draw power from
their own accumulators, these must be charged
separately). If too many devices attempt to draw on the
ambient field, the character controlling the vessel decides
which devices are getting recharged. While the Soul
Choir is projecting its ambient field, the character
inhabiting it is incapable of casting spells and largely
oblivious to his surroundings (the Soul Choir is
considered stationary during this time, and cannot upkeep
any spells or direct any vectors. Even if the Soul Choir is
notified by attending Cyrissists of any developments or it
is attacked, it remains stationary for another 1d3 rounds,
and during its first turn the character inhabiting the soul
choir is considered to have a number of fatigue points
equal to his ARC minus 1 (if a will weaver) or one focus
points (if a focuser; usually focusers are considered too
valuable as warcasters to use in Soul Choirs, however).
Characters with the Magic Sensitivity Gifted Archetype
benefit will automatically detect a Soul Choir projecting
an ambient field.
Circular Vision: This character's front arc extends 360°.
Divine Harmony: The Soul Choir is not equipped with
melee weapons (in fact, it doesn't have any arms at all), so
it does not have a melee range and cannot make free
strikes. However, apart from the essence chamber of the
character inhabiting the vessel, the Soul Choir contains up
to three additional essence chambers containing the
essences of priests of Cyriss. The souls can all perceive
and communicate with each other or with individuals
addressing the vessel, though only one of these souls is
considered to be the soul which has transcended to being
a Soul Choir, and only this soul can direct the vessel’s
actions. Because all of the souls contained in these
essence chambers gain the Choir ability while they are
installed in the soul choir (see IKRPG, p. 159), the
essence in control of the Soul Choir Vessel gains +3 to
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magic attack rolls. The souls in the supplementary

essence chambers enshrined in the Soul Choir Vessel
cannot use their Choir ability to benefit characters other
than the Soul Choir itself, however, and cannot act
independently of the Soul Choir. If the Soul Choir suffers
the Essence Chamber Damaged result on the Clockwork
Vessel Critical Damage chart, this result applies to all
essence chambers installed in the Soul Choir.
Heavy Frame: The Soul Choir Vessel can only receive
the following clockwork vessel upgrades twice (see
NQ48, p. 68): Increased AGL, Increased POI, Increased
PRW. The Soul Choir Vessel cannot receive the Increased
SPD upgrade.
Pathfinder: The Soul Choir hovers, and therefore can
move over rough terrain without penalty. The vessel does
not have any legs.
Share the Load: When the character controlling the Soul
Choir Vessel removes fatigue points in their Maintenance
Phase, they remove 1 additional point of fatigue for each
essence chamber beyond the one of the character
controlling the Soul Choir (usually, this means Soul
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Arcanomechanikal Tools
These specialised pieces of dedicated mechanika are
specifically designed to augment spellcasting. While
some other devices like the conduit pistol also augment or
affect spellcasting, the conduit pistol primarily is a
handgun with the ability to aid spellcasting if the bullet
hits. The arcanomechanikal tools included in this section
primarily augment spellcasting and are only used as melee
or ranged weapons in a back-up capacity, if at all.
Arcane Realignment Staff
Cost: 910 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: The arcane realignment staff is a long staff
with complex mechanikal resonators embedded along its
armoured length. The staff is powered by an
arcanodynamic accumulator.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: While the arcane realignment staff has
power, a spellcaster wielding it may re-roll failed magic
attack rolls. The arcane realignment staff requires two
hands to wield, and can be used as a battle staff in
combat, though the additional weight of the mechanika
ruins its balance as a weapon.
The arcane realignment staff does not allow re-rolls for
magic attacks that are being channelled.
Arcane realignment staves are Reach weapons and must
be used two-handed.
A character wielding an arcane realignment staff can
spend 1 feat point to make a trip attack instead of a
normal attack. If the attack hits, the target is knocked
down instead of suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the arcane realignment
staff's housing is 100 gc. It takes four weeks to construct
the device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Craft (metalworking).
The arcane realignment staff's runeplate requires four
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16.
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Arcantrik Expressor Staff
Cost: 770 gc (accumulator cost not included), plus 400 gc
for every additional spell (see Special Rules)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: Based on simplified schematics derived
from the unique echo spear, the arcantrik expressor staff
assists a spellcaster in performing the mnemonic
techniques used in spellcasting. Since these techniques
can differ considerably from one caster to another, these
devices are usually custom-built. Most are powered by
arcanodynamic accumulators, though the most powerful
staves need higher-yield power sources like storm
chambers.
Rune Points: 3 (+1 for each additional spell; see Special
Rules)
Special Rules: An arcantrik expressor staff contains
mnemonic assists for one to three spells, chosen at the
time of the staff's construction. When the character
wielding the arcantrik expressor staff casts one of these
spells, he does not need to use a quick action to do so
(though he still cannot cast spells when running,
performing full actions or being otherwise prevented from
performing any quick action).
Adapting an arcantrik expressor staff for a different
spellcaster, especially when trained in a different school
(e.g. the Greylords Covenant rather than the Fraternal
Order), requires a new runeplate and some adaptations to
the staff's mechanisms. The cost of the new runeplate is
450 gc, plus 150 gc for each additional spell the staff
facilitates. Adapting the mechanisms costs 50 gc, plus 50
gc for each additional spell. Successfully making these
adaptations takes a day for every spell and requires a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering or INT+Lore
(Arcane) roll whichever is lower, against a target number
of 13. On a failure, this roll can repeated after an
additional six hours per spell spent reworking the
mechanism.
Arcantrik expressor staves do not allow channelled spells
to be cast without using quick actions.
Arcantrik expressor staves are Reach weapons and must
be used two-handed. However, the workings of these
staves are exceedingly delicate even though they are
intended to be used in combat. If a character hits another
character with an arcantrik expressor staff, the staff's
workings are damaged on a result of 1 on 1d6 (the staff
does not count as unpowered, but no longer offers
benefits to spellcasting).
A character wielding an arcantrik expressor staff can
spend 1 feat point to make a trip attack instead of a
normal attack. If the attack hits, the target is knocked
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down instead of suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the arcantrik expressor
staff's parts is 109 gc plus 75 gc for every additional spell
beyond the first the staff is designed to facilitate. It takes
three weeks to construct the device, plus one week for
each additional spell. The pertinent Craft skills for
construction are Craft (metalworking) and Lore (Arcane).
The arcantrik expressor staff's runeplate requires three
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 15. For every additional spell, the time required to
inscribe the runeplate increases by one week, and the
target number for the INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll
increases by 1.
Baleflame Staff
Cost: 710 gc (capacitor cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: Usually constructed with either a Morrowan
sunburst or a crook at the end, this staff was developed by
the Order of Illumination to enhance spells cast against
the walking dead. The staff is powered by an alchemical
capacitor set into the haft.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: When a character wielding a baleflame
staff casts spells against undead characters, one additional
die is rolled on magic attack and damage rolls, and the
lowest die is removed from each roll.
The baleflame staff offers no benefits to channelled spells.
Baleflame staves are Reach weapons and must be used
two-handed.
A character wielding a baleflame staff can spend 1 feat
point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. If
the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the baleflame staff's
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housing is 85 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The baleflame staff's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Casting Wand
Cost: 640 gc (including clockwork capacitor)
Description: The casting wand is a short baton with an
integral clockwork capacitor. The tip of the baton contains
an arcane targeting relay that assists spellcasters in aiming
offensive spells.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: While the casting wand has power, a
spellcaster wielding it gains an additional die for magic
attack rolls, and discards the lowest die in each magic
attack roll. If the spellcaster also has the Combat Caster
Archetype ability, he gains two additional dice on magic
attack rolls and discards the two lowest dice.
A casting wand's arcane relay is too delicate for the wand
to be used as a weapon. The casting wand also does not
confer any bonuses to magic attacks that are being
channelled.
Fabrication: The material cost of the casting wand's
housing and power source is 60 gc. It takes three weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The casting wand's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Convector Staff
Cost: 660 gc (810 gc for the 2-point version, 960 gc for
the 3-point version; see Special Rules for details.
Capacitor cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: A spellcaster who kills a living being with a
spell while using this staff can channel some of the
energies released by the target's death into the next spell
he casts. Needless to say, many spellcasters and
mechaniks are quick to point out that this process borders
on necromancy, and are understandably wary of the
wielders of such staves, while users point out the not-too-
uncommon use of spells like Convection. The device is
normally powered by an alchemical capacitor, though the
more advanced versions require better power sources (see
Special Rules).
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Rune Points: 3 (4 for the 2-point version, 5 for the 3-
point version; see Special Rules for details)
Special Rules: When a spellcaster wielding a convector
staff destroys a living character with a magic damage roll,
he reduces his current fatigue by 1 (if a will weaver) or
gains 1 focus (if a focuser) or 1 fury (if a harnesser). A
convector staff has limited capacity for gathering the
energies released by death, and can only provide this
benefit once per activation. There are versions around,
however, which can reduce the current fatigue by or
provide a number of points of focus or fury of up to two
or three per activation, respectively, though those staves
are more costly, more difficult to produce, and more
power-hungry.
Convector staves cannot be used to harvest energy from
living characters destroyed by channelled spells.
Convector staves are Reach weapons and must be used
two-handed when used as a weapon. For spellcasting,
they can be wielded in one hand.
A character wielding a convector staff can spend 1 feat
point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. If
the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the convector staff's
housing is 70 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The basic convector staff's runeplate requires three weeks
to inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15. Increase
the time required to inscribe the runeplate by one week
and the target number for successfully inscribing the
runeplate by 1 for each additional point of energy the staff
can gather, up to a maximum of five weeks' time and a
target number of 17 for the most powerful convector
staves.
Elemental Enhancer Wand
Cost: 740 gc (including clockwork capacitor)
Description: Elemental enhancer wands boost a
spellcaster's ability to handle elemental spells. Their
appearance usually reflect which element the wand is
attuned to – eletrical enhancer wands will shed a bluish-
white glare, for example, while ice enhancer wands trail
vapour. In any case elemental enhancer wands are not
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built to be used as weapons.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: While an elemental enhancer wand has
power, it grants its wielder the Elemental Mastery ability
(see IKRPG, p. 161) for spells from one of the elemental
spell lists (see IKRPG, p. 236), determined when the
wand's runeplate is inscribed. However, in contrast to
sorcerers who possess this ability, elemental enhancer
wands will not enhance spells that are being channelled.
Fabrication: The material cost of the elemental enhancer
wand's housing and power source is 90 gc. It takes three
weeks to construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The elemental enhancer wand's runeplate requires three
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 15.
Elemental Escalation Staff
Cost: 860 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: These heavily reinforced staves are topped
with an emitter that shows their elemental affinity (a fire
escalation staff might have an array of coils glowing with
heat, while an ice escalation staff would have a freezing
mist seeping from the emitter), and powered by an
arcanodynamic accumulator. Elemental escalator staves
are most effective when used by several arcanists working
in tandem, making spells increasingly powerful with each
additional hit on the same target.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: When a character wielding an elemental
escalation staff casts a spell from the sorcerer spell list the
staff is attuned to (see IKRPG, p. 236), the character gains
+1 to his magic damage roll for each time the target
character has previously suffered a damage roll from a
spell from that spell list. Bonuses to magic damage rolls
accrued that way are cumulative among several
spellcasters wielding elemental escalation staves attuned
to the same element (up to a maximum effective damage
roll bonus of +3, even if a single target has suffered more
than three damage rolls from spells enhanced by the same
type of elemental escalation staff). In the staff's wielder's
Maintenance Phase, the number of damage rolls he
caused in his last activation are removed from the total,
but bonuses accrued by other spellcasters remain till their
own Maintenance Phases.
Example: Two storm sorcerers equipped with storm
escalation staves unleash a barrage of chain lightning on
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an enemy warcaster's battlegroup. The first sorcerer hits
with his first spell, granting his second chain lightning a
+1 bonus to the damage rolls as long as the chain
lightning arcs to characters that have previously been
struck by that sorcerer's chain lightning (even if those
characters have not actually suffered any damage from
the first chain lightning). The second chain lightning spell
hits as well, increasing the damage bonus to +2, but the
first sorcerer has accumulated too much fatigue to cast
another spell.
The second sorcerer then activates and unleashes his first
chain lightning spell, hitting and increasing the damage
roll bonus to +3. He casts a second chain lightning spell,
but the effective bonus remains at +3. However, each
target character has now suffered a total of four storm
spell damage rolls.
When it's the first sorcerer's turn again, the two damage
rolls he inflicted in his last activation are removed from
the tally in his Maintenance Phase. This leaves the
sorcerer with the two damage rolls his colleague has
inflicted, meaning the damage rolls the first sorcerer now
inflicts start out with a +2 bonus.
A spellcaster need not be a sorcerer to benefit from an
elemental escalation staff, he merely needs to be able to
cast spells from a sorcerer's spell list.
An elemental escalation staff offers no benefits to
channelled spells.
Elemental escalation staves are Reach weapons and must
be used two-handed, both when using them as a weapon
and during spellcasting.
A character wielding an elemental escalation staff can
spend 1 feat point to make a trip attack instead of a
normal attack. If the attack hits, the target is knocked
down instead of suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the elemental
escalation staff's housing is 85 gc. It takes four weeks to
construct the device. The pertinent Craft skill for
construction is Craft (metalworking).
The elemental escalation staff's runeplate requires four
weeks to inscribe and requires a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16.
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Elemental Force Staff
Cost: 660 gc (capacitor cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: The elemental force staff is a long staff with
mechanikal focussing apparatus embedded along its
length, which clearly show the staff's elemental type (e.g.
lightning-crowned coils for a lightning force staff, or
arrays wreathed in icy vapor for an ice force staff). The
staff is powered by an alchemical capacitor.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: An elemental force staff must be
constructed for one specific elemental spell list (fire, ice,
stone or storm; see IKRPG, p. 236), though the user of the
staff need only cast a spell included on the correct list to
gain the staff's benefits, rather than actually be a sorcerer
wielding the staff's element. While the elemental force
staff has power, the spellcaster wielding it gains an
additional die on magic damage rolls caused by spells on
the staff's elemental spell list, and discards the lowest die
from each damage roll.
Elemental force staves offer no benefit to channelled
spells.
Elemental force staves are Reach weapons and must be
used two-handed.
A character wielding an elemental force staff can spend 1
feat point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack.
If the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the elemental force
staff's housing is 70 gc. It takes three weeks to construct
the device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Craft (metalworking).
The elemental force staff's runeplate requires three weeks
to inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Flux Regulator Staff
Cost: 910 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
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Description: This staff, which is covered with a complex
array of mechanikal triggers, inhibitors and focussing
devices, greatly enhances an arcanist's ability to deploy
his energies with pinpoint accuracy, using only as much
or as little power as needed to achieve an effect. The flux
regulator staff is powered by an arcanodynamic
accumulator. Its use as a weapon is not encouraged, as the
complex staff would probably suffer damage as a result.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: While the flux regulator staff has power, a
spellcaster wielding it may boost magic attack or damage
rolls after making the roll (i.e. boosting by spending 1
focus or gaining 1 fatigue only when the unboosted roll
did not achieve a useful result yet). The flux regulator
staff must be wielded in two hands to provide this bonus.
It can also be used as a battle staff in combat, but after
each successful attack roll 1d6 must be rolled, and on a
roll of 1 the staff becomes non-functional until it is
repaired, as its components have been knocked out of
alignment.
The flux regulator staff has no effect on channelled spells.
Flux regulator staves are Reach weapons, and must be
wielded in two hands when used to strike.
A character wielding a flux regulator staff can spend 1
feat point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack.
If the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the flux regulator staff's
housing is 100 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The flux regulator staff's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Force Projection Staff
Cost: 660 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: This mechanikal staff, which is powered by
an alchemical capacitor, enhances spells that project pure
force without taking recourse to an elemental medium.
Rune Points: 3
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Special Rules: While the force projection staff has power,
a spellcaster wielding it gains +1 to magic attack and
damage rolls for the following spells (all spells except for
those with their own entry are from IKKRPG, pp. 236-
245): Arcane Blast (IKKNG, p. 91), Arcane Bolt, Arcane
Strike, Battering Ram, Force Hammer, Gallows (IKKNG,
p. 182), and Telekinesis. The force projection staff
requires two hands to wield, and can be used as a battle
staff in combat, though it is poorly balanced for use as a
melee weapon.
The force projection staff does not enhance channelled
spells.
Force projection staves are Reach weapons and must be
used two-handed.
A character wielding a force projection staff can spend 1
feat point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack.
If the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the force projection
staff's housing is 70 gc. It takes three weeks to construct
the device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is
Craft (metalworking).
The force projection staff's runeplate requires three weeks
to inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Infused Strike Staff
Cost: 690 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: +1
POW: 3
Description: This well-balanced mechanikal staff
improves the synergy between several older runeplate
designs that enhance spellcasting to allow spellcasters of a
martial inclination to easily channel spell energy through
the weapon's strikes. The staff is powered by an
arcanodynamic accumulator set into a housing in the
staff's center.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: While the infused strike staff has power, a
spellcaster wielding it may make an Infused Strike attack
against a target instead of making a normal attack. Infused
Strike attacks gain an additional +1 attack roll bonus, for
a total of +2, since the target only needs to be touched. If
the attack hits its target, the staff's wielder may cast an
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offensive spell against that target without the need for a bonus is not limited to spells the mastery staff is
quick action instead of making a normal damage roll. This specifically attuned to).
spell automatically hits unless target cannot be targeted by
Additional spell patterns may be added to the mastery
spells, in which case the Infused Strike has no effect
staff's runeplate while it is being crafted. Each additional
(fatigue is still gained, and focus or fury are still spent).
spell pattern, up to a maximum of 3 spell patterns in total,
While it is possible to make Infused Strikes with
increases the mastery staff's power draw by 1, to a
offensive spells with an AOE, the spellcaster is still
maximum of 5.
subject to the blast damage if he is too close to the target
(unless the spell's description says otherwise, as in the Mastery staves offer no benefits to channelled spells.
case of the Sunburst or Ashes to Ashes spells). Similarly,
Mastery staves are Reach weapons and must be used two-
spells like Chain Lightning might easily arc back to the
handed.
caster when used in an Infused Strike attack.
A character wielding a mastery staff can spend 1 feat
Infused strike staves offer no bonuses for channelled
point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. If
spells.
the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
Infused strike staves are Reach weapons and must be used suffering damage.
two-handed.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
A character wielding an infused strike staff can spend 1 knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
feat point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
If the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
suffering damage. the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
If the infused strike staff becomes unpowered, it can no
longer be used to make Infused Strike attacks, and suffers Fabrication: The material cost of the mastery staff's
a total attack roll modifier of -1. housing is 130 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
Fabrication: The material cost of the infused strike staff's
(metalworking).
housing is 34 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
The mastery staff's runeplate requires three weeks to
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
(carpentry).
Engineering roll against a target number of 15. Every
The infused strike staff's runeplate takes four weeks to
additional rune increases the time it takes to inscribe the
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
runeplate by one week and increases the target number of
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
the INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll by +1, to a
maximum of five weeks and a target number of 17 for a
mastery staff that enhances three different spells.
Mastery Staff
Cost: 860 gc (accumulator cost not included), +150 gc for
every additional spell pattern (1,160 gc total for a mastery Powerblaster Staff
staff that enhances three different offensive spells)
Cost: 670 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
POW: 4
Description: A mastery staff is a long staff with complex
Description: The powerblaster staff is a long staff with
mechanikal conduits embedded along its armoured length.
armoured mechanikal coils embedded along its length. A
The power requirements of mastery staves vary, but most
powerblaster staff is usually powered by an alchemical
can still be powered by an arcanodymanic accumulator.
capacitor.
Only the most advanced mastery staves require storm
chambers or other advanced mechanikal capacitors. Rune Points: 3
Rune Points: 3+ (see below) Special Rules: While the powerblaster staff has power, a
spellcaster wielding it gains +2 to all his magic attacks'
Special Rules: A character wielding a mastery staff
blast damage rolls. The damage to targets directly hit by
receives a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls for a
AOE spells is not increased.
single offensive spell, determined at the point of time
when the staff is crafted. Additionally, the spellcaster may Powerblaster staves offer no bonuses for channelled
give up their movement and regular attack to receive the spells.
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Powerblaster staves are Reach weapons and must be used
two-handed.
A character wielding a powerblaster staff can spend 1 feat
point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. If
the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the powerblaster staff's
housing is 85 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The powerblaster staff's runeplate takes three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Resonator Staff
Cost: 670 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: The resonator staff is a long staff with
complex mechanikal conduits embedded along its
armoured length. A resonator staff is usually powered by
an alchemical capacitor.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: While the resonator staff has power, a
spellcaster wielding it may upkeep one spell for free each
turn (in addition to the free upkeep granted by the Great
Power ability). The spellcaster must hold on to the
resonator staff with one hand in order to use this ability; if
he is forced to drop the staff the spell upkept by the
resonator staff expires at once.
In contrast to many arcanomechanikal tools, the benefits
provided by a resonator staff apply to channelled spells as
well as spells cast without using a channeller.
Resonator staves are Reach weapons and must be used
two-handed.
A character wielding a resonator staff can spend 1 feat
point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. If
the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
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the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the resonator staff's
housing is 85 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The resonator staff's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Retributor Staff
Cost: 660 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: A somewhat venerable and (as of today)
unpopular design that requires its user to expose himself
to significant risks, wielding a retributor staff grants a
spellcaster additional power when facing enemy
spellcasters. Retributor staves were most common with
members of Vinter Raelthorne's Inquisition, but they still
find use among the Order of Illumination today.
Retributor staves are powered by alchemical capacitors.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: When a character wielding a powered
retributor staff is the target of a successful magic attack
roll, he gains a +2 bonus to his next magic attack roll
against the spellcaster who attacked him. If the wielder of
the retributor staff suffered damage from being directly
hit by a spell cast against him, he also gains a +2 bonus to
his next magic attack damage roll against the attacking
spellcaster. If these bonuses are not used by the end of the
wielder's next activation, they are lost.
The bonuses provided by retributor staves cannot be used
on channelled spells; if the user was affected by a
channelled spell, the bonuses can be applied against the
channeller, but not against the caster.
Retributor staves are Reach weapons and must be used
two-handed.
A character wielding a retributor staff can spend 1 feat
point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. If
the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
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housing is 70 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The retributor staff's runeplate requires three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Spellblight Staff
Cost: unknown (see below), though in all likelihood
around 900 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: Salvaged from the remains of an iron lich
overseer and subsequently taken to a mechanikal
laboratory for analysis, this black iron staff sheds a
baleful radiance that sickens the living. Harmful spells
channelled with the help of the staff are enhanced by
those blighted energies, but using the staff also causes
living spellcasters to suffer a measure of the same effects.
The spellblight staff is powered by an arcanodynamic
accumulator set into the haft.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: When a character wielding a spellblight
staff casts spells against living, non-blighted characters,
one additional die is rolled on spell damage rolls against
targets directly hit, and the lowest die is removed from
each roll. Additionally, living, non-blighted characters hit
by a spell enhanced by a spellblight staff or in the AOE of
such a spell lose Tough, cannot heal or be healed, and
cannot transfer damage for one round.
If the character casting a spell with the aid of a spellblight
staff is a living, non-blighted character, he also loses
Tough, cannot heal or be healed, and cannot transfer
damage for one round after casting a blighted spell.
Immorese arcanists and mechaniks also warn of the risk
of becoming permanently blighted through prolonged
reliance on spellblight staves.
The spellblight staff offers no benefits to channelled
spells.
Spellblight staves are Reach weapons and must be used
two-handed.
A character wielding a spellblight staff can spend 1 feat
point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. If
the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by the attack. If the target suffers damage
from the attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a
target number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If
the target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
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knocked out.
Fabrication: Since the spellblight staff has only been
analysed, rather than fabricated, by non-Cryxian
mechaniks, there is no perfectly reliable estimate of the
costs of fabrication.The material cost of the spellblight
staff's housing is probably around 90 gc, and it should
take four weeks to construct the device. The pertinent
Craft skill for construction would be Craft
(metalworking).
The spellblight staff's runeplate probably requires four
weeks to inscribe and would require a successful
INT+Mechanikal Engineering roll against a target number
of 16.
Stormfury Staff
Cost: 660 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
POW: 4
Description: The stormfury staff is covered in copper and
glass coils that constantly crackle and sparkle while the
staff has power. The staff, which is powered by an
internal alchemical accumulator, makes certain
electricity-based spells that are common with Cygnaran
sorcerers more effective.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A spellcaster must wield the stormfury
staff in at least one hand to gain its benefits, which are
that electrical damage spells gain a +1 bonus to their
magic attack rolls, and that electrical damage spells that
arc to a random number of additional targets (e.g. Chain
Lightning, IKRPG p. 237) roll twice for the additional
number of targets hit and use the better result.
Stormfury staves offer no benefit to channelled spells.
Stormfury staves are Reach weapons and must be used
two-handed.
A character wielding a stormfury staff can spend 1 feat
point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. If
the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by an attack with the staff. If the target
suffers damage from the attack, he must make a
Willpower roll against a target number equal to the
attacking character's STR+9. If the target succeeds, he
stays conscious. If he fails, he is knocked out.
If the stormfury staff becomes unpowered, it no longer
enhances electrical damage spells, and its attack modifier
becomes -1.
Special: A variant of the stormfury staff that enhances fire
damage spells, the wildfire staff (which has identical
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benefits for fire damage spells and the Ashes to Ashes
spell, IKRPG p. 236) has been devised, but there is less
demand for such a mechanikal enhancer, especially since
the most likely beneficiaries, the fire sorcerers and priests
of the Protectorate, are biased against using mechanika.
Fabrication: The material cost of the stormfury staff's
housing is 70 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The stormfury staff's runeplate takes three weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Subtle Gauntlet
Cost: 390 gc (capacitor not included)
Description: This finely-crafted thin metal gauntlet is
often concealed under a regular glove (which is usually
ostentatiously ornamented to hide the still slightly greater
than normal bulk). The device, which uses a variant of the
more commonly employed obscuration runeplate,
dampens stray arcane energies, making it significantly
more difficult to detect the wearer is casting spells. An
alchemical capacitor worn on a bracer powers the device.
Rune Points: 2
Special Rules: When a character wearing a subtle
gauntlet casts spells with a COST of 1 or 2, the spell
runes are only visible up to 24 feet (4”) away, and Gifted
individuals with the Magic Sensitivity archetype benefit
(see IKRPG, p. 115) can only sense the spell being cast if
they are within a distance equal to their ARCx10 in feet.
A subtle gauntlet neither hides a focuser from other
focusers who have the Magic Sensitivity archetype
benefit (nor does it hide a harnesser from other
harnessers, though harnessers are usually much less likely
to use mechanika), nor does it conceal spells with a COST
of 3 or 4.
Figuring out that a spellcaster is wearing a subtle gauntlet
can be nigh impossible, given the right costume, unless
the character wearing the gauntlet is touched or shaken by
the hand. Even then, all the investigator can ascertain
without viewing the gauntlet is that his opposite is
wearing a metal gauntlet under a glove.
Fabrication: The material cost of the subtle gauntlet's
housing is 34 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The subtle gauntlet's runeplate requires two weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 14.
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Swathecaster Staff
Cost: 810 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: This conduit-wrapped staff allows a
spellcaster casting area-of-effect spells to imbue these
spells with exceptional lethality. The device is powered
by an arcanodynamic accumulator.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: When a spellcaster wielding a powered
swathecaster staff resolves the effects of an offensive spell
he has cast, he can spend a single point of focus or fury or
gain a single point of fatigue to boost two attack or two
damage rolls caused by the spell. Swathecaster staves
have no effect on channelled spells or rune shots.
A swathecaster staff has Reach and must be wielded two-
handed when used as a weapon. For spellcasting it can be
wielded in one hand.
A character wielding a swathecaster staff can spend 1 feat
point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. If
the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by an attack with the staff. If the target
suffers damage from the attack, he must make a
Willpower roll against a target number equal to the
attacking character's STR+9. If the target succeeds, he
stays conscious. If he fails, he is knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the swathecaster staff's
housing is 70 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
The swathecaster staff's runeplate takes four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.
Virtuoso's Wand
Cost: 510 gc (capacitor not included)
Description: This short conduit-covered baton allows a
spellcaster to channel their efforts more precisely,
sacrificing some accuracy for additional power. The
device is powered by an alchemical capacitor, and cannot
be used as a melee weapon.
Rune Points: 3
Special Rules: A spellcaster wielding a powered
virtuoso's wand in one hand during spellcasting may
spend a point of focus or fury, or gain a point of fatigue if
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a will weaver, to add a die to their magic attack roll, and point to make a trip attack instead of a normal attack. If
discards the lowest die from the roll. The spellcaster gains the attack hits, the target is knocked down instead of
the same bonus to the magic damage roll against the suffering damage.
target directly hit by the magic attack. A spell that has
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
been enhanced by a virtuoso's wand cannot have its attack
knocked out by an attack with the staff. If the target
or damage rolls boosted by gaining fatigue or spending
suffers damage from the attack, he must make a
focus or fury. This restriction also applies to blast damage
Willpower roll against a target number equal to the
rolls or secondary damage rolls generated by spells like
attacking character's STR+9. If the target succeeds, he
Chain Lightning and Ashes to Ashes.
stays conscious. If he fails, he is knocked out.
Fabrication: The material cost of the virtuoso's wand's
Fabrication: The material cost of the warcasting staff's
housing is 25 gc. It takes two weeks to construct the
housing is 82 gc. It takes four weeks to construct the
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
device. The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft
(metalworking).
(metalworking).
The virtuoso's wand's runeplate requires three weeks to
The warcasting staff's runeplate requires four weeks to
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
inscribe and requires a successful INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll against a target number of 15.
Engineering roll against a target number of 16.

Warcasting Staff
Cost: 850 gc (accumulator cost not included)
Skill: Great Weapon
Attack Modifier: -1
POW: 4
Description: Though warcasters have unique abilities for
handling mechanika, they are at the same time poor
spellcasters compared to will weavers. However, some
warcasters are still more inclined to spellcasting than to
using mechanikal weapons, and for those mystically
inclined focusers a warcasting staff acts as a welcome aid.
A warcasting staff is a two-handed staff equipped with
amplification devices in armoured housings. It is powered
by an arcanodynamic accumulator set into the staff near
its head.
Rune Points: 4
Special Rules: When a warcaster who has bonded to a
warcasting staff casts a spell while holding the warcasting
staff and spends 1 focus to boost his magic attack roll, the
damage roll is boosted as well (for area-of-effect spells,
only the target directly hit by the spell gains the damage
boost. Spray effect spells boost magic attack rolls and
damage rolls individually for each target. Spells that
automatically hit do not receive special benefits from the
warcasting staff).
Warcasters bonded to a warcasting staff may also boost
melee attacks and damage rolls and gain additional melee
attacks with the warcasting staff by spending focus
normally.
The spellcasting bonuses provided by warcasting staves
do not apply to channelled spells.
Warcasting staves are Reach weapons and must be used
two-handed.
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From the Workshop of Dr. Arkadius
Cerebral Bypass
[Brain Enhancement]
Cost: This item is manufactured exclusively in the
workshops of Dr. Arkadius. It is usually only available to
farrow warlocks with Connections: Thornfall Alliance.
Only Dr. Arkadius knows how to successfully graft this
device onto the brain of a farrow warbeast.
Description: The cerebral bypass is grafted onto the back
of the neck and spine of a living warbeast (this usually
involves replacing the top of the skull with a bolted-on
steel plate and mounting protective plates on the back of
the neck) and allows the warlock controlling the warbeast
to maintain his control of the warbeast even when it has
suffered substantial cranial trauma.
Special Rules: A warbeast with a cerebral bypass may be
forced even when its Intellect aspect is crippled (it still
suffers the DEF penalty of a crippled Intellect aspect,
however).
A warbeast can only have one brain enhancement grafted
to it.
Cerebral Lockdown
[Brain Enhancement]
Cost: This item is manufactured exclusively in the
workshops of Dr. Arkadius. It is usually only available to
farrow warlocks with Connections: Thornfall Alliance.
Only Dr. Arkadius knows how to successfully graft this
device onto the brain of a farrow warbeast.
Description: The cerebral lockdown is grafted onto the
brain of a living warbeast (this usually involves replacing
the top of the skull with a bolted-on steel plate) and
provides a warlock with the means to temporarily shut
down a warbeast that is getting out of control.
Special Rules: As long as the farrow warbeast equipped
with the cerebral lockdown brain enhancement is in its
warlock's control area and does not have a crippled
Intellect aspect, the warbeast may be rendered stationary
when it frenzies. The warlock may decide to engage the
cerebral lockdown before or after the warbeast's
movement, but must engage the device before the
warbeast makes any attacks if he wants to place his
warbeast in lockdown.
Remember that the warbeast is still considered to have
frenzied, even if it is in lockdown, so it does not activate
in the current round, and cannot be forced to shake the
stationary effect.
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A warbeast can only have one brain enhancement grafted
to it.
Destabilizer
[Brain Enhancement]
Cost: This item is manufactured exclusively in the
workshops of Dr. Arkadius. It is usually only available to
farrow warlocks with Connections: Thornfall Alliance.
Only Dr. Arkadius knows how to successfully graft this
device onto the brain of a farrow warbeast.
Description: The destabilizer is grafted onto the brain of
a living warbeast (this usually involves replacing the top
of the skull with a bolted-on steel plate) and expands the
warbeast's capacity for primal rage at the cost of
potentially causing brain damage.
Special Rules: The warbeast gains +1 FURY as long as
its Intellect aspect is not crippled (please note that the
warbeast's THR is not changed, inherently making the
warbeast more unstable). If the number of the warbeast's
fury points at the end of its activation equals its FURY
stat, including the bonus from the destabilizer, the
warbeast suffers 1 point of damage to its first available
Intellect branch.
A warbeast can only have one brain enhancement grafted
to it.
Empathic Transference Link
[Brain Enhancement]
Cost: This item is manufactured exclusively in the
workshops of Dr. Arkadius. It is usually only available to
farrow warlocks with Connections: Thornfall Alliance.
Only Dr. Arkadius knows how to successfully graft this
device onto the brain of a farrow warbeast. Farrow
warlocks desiring an empathic transference link for their
warbeasts should expect to do the doctor a favour worth at
least 300gc per warbeast.
Description: The empathic transference link is grafted
onto the brain of a living warbeast (this usually involves
replacing the top of the skull with a bolted-on steel plate)
and improves a warlock's ability to shed damage onto his
bonded warbeasts.
Special Rules: A warbeast equipped with an empathic
transference link gains the Empathic Transference ability
(a warbeast with the Empathic Transference ability can
have damage transferred to it by its controlling warlock
even when it has a number of fury points equal to its
FURY stat).
A warbeast can only have one brain enhancement grafted
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to it.
Empathic Tuner
[Brain Enhancement]
Cost: This item is manufactured exclusively in the
workshops of Dr. Arkadius. It is usually only available to
farrow warlocks with Connections: Thornfall Alliance.
Only Dr. Arkadius knows how to successfully graft this
device onto the brain of a farrow warbeast. Farrow
warlocks desiring an empathic tuner for their warbeasts
should expect to do the doctor a favour worth at least
300gc per warbeast.
Description: The empathic tuner is grafted onto the brain
of a living warbeast (this usually involves replacing the
top of the skull with a bolted-on steel plate) and
substantially improves the range at which a farrow
warlock may direct the creature.
Special Rules: Double the warlock's ARC when
determining whether the warbeast equipped with an
empathic tuner is in the warlock's Control Area as long as
the warbeast's Intellect aspect is not crippled. If the
warbeast gets bonded to a new warlock, a character with
the Mechanikal Engineering skill must adjust the
empathic tuner for the new warlock after the warbeast has
been bonded in order to grant the new warlock the
device's benefits. This requires no roll or special tools but
takes about half an hour.
A warbeast can only have one brain enhancement grafted
to it.
Flesh Conversion Engine
Cost: Based on the schematics of the parasitic generator
(see NQ51, pp. 36-37), this highly experimental item is
manufactured exclusively in the workshops of Dr.
Arkadius. It is usually only available to farrow warlocks
with Connections: Thornfall Alliance. Only Dr. Arkadius
knows how to successfully graft this device onto a farrow
warbeast. Farrow warlocks desiring a flesh conversion
engine for their warbeasts should expect to do the doctor a
favour worth at least 300gc per warbeast.
Description: The flesh conversion engine is installed in
the chest cavity of a warbeast, close to the heart. Apart
from the sutures there is little outward sign of its
presence.
Special Rules: When a farrow warbeast grafted with a
flesh conversion engine is forced to use its animus,
instead of gaining fury equal to the COST of the animus
the warlock may decide to instead cause a number of
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points of damage equal to the COST of the animus +1 to
the first available branch of the warbeast's Physique
aspect. The flesh conversion engine can only be used once
per activation, and it cannot be used if the warbeast's
Physique is currently crippled. If the warbeast becomes
disabled by the vitality cost of using the flesh conversion
engine, its animus does not take effect.
Lateral Transference Link
[Brain Enhancement]
Cost: This item is manufactured exclusively in the
workshops of Dr. Arkadius. It is usually only available to
farrow warlocks with Connections: Thornfall Alliance.
Only Dr. Arkadius knows how to successfully graft this
device onto the brain of a farrow warbeast.
Description: The lateral transference link is grafted onto
the brain of a living warbeast (this usually involves
replacing the top of the skull with a bolted-on steel plate)
and grants the warbeast the ability to transfer some of the
damage it suffers to another warbeast in a lesser imitation
of a warlock's ability to transfer the injuries he suffers to
his warbeasts.
Special Rules: Two warbeasts must be equipped with
lateral transference links, and they must both be in the
warlock's Control Area to use the link. When one of the
two warbeasts is injured, it can gain a point of fury and
transfer half the damage it has suffered (rounded up) to
the other warbeast equipped with a lateral transference
link. If the warbeast transferring the damage has a number
of fury points on it equal to its FURY stat, it cannot use
the lateral transference link. Similarly, if the warbeast that
has damage transferred to it has a number of fury points
on it equal to its FURY, it cannot have damage transferred
to it through the lateral transference link.
The lateral transference link cannot be used to transfer
damage if the warbeast transferring the damage has a
crippled Intellect.
A warbeast can only have one brain enhancement grafted
to it.
Pacificator
[Brain Enhancement]
Cost: This item is manufactured exclusively in the
workshops of Dr. Arkadius. It is usually only available to
farrow warlocks with Connections: Thornfall Alliance.
Only Dr. Arkadius knows how to successfully graft this
device onto the brain of a farrow warbeast.
Description: The pacificator is grafted onto the brain of a
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living warbeast (this usually involves replacing the top of

the skull with a bolted-on steel plate) and enhances a
warlock's ability to manage his warbeast, especially when
more than one warbeast must be controlled at the same
time.
Special Rules: At the beginning of the warbeast's
activation, the warlock may decide to activate the
pacificator if the warbeast is in his Control Area. If the
pacificator is active, the warbeast loses 1 fury at the end
of its activation but suffers 1 point of damage to its first
available Intellect branch. If the warbeast's Intellect
aspect is crippled, the pacificator cannot be used.
A warbeast can only have one brain enhancement grafted
to it.

Pain Compensator
[Dial]
Cost: This item is manufactured exclusively in the
workshops of Dr. Arkadius. It is usually only available to
farrow warlocks with Connections: Thornfall Alliance.
Only Dr. Arkadius knows how to successfully graft this
device to a farrow warbeast.
Description: The pain compensator is grafted onto the
chest of a giant hog and connected to its heart. A farrow
warlock can trigger the dial to release a flood of
alchemical substances into the warbeast's bloodstream to
make it momentarily impervious to pain at the cost of
aggravating existing injuries, potentially to the point of
killing the warbeast.
Special Rules: A warbeast with a pain compensator can
be forced during its activation to ignore all crippled
aspects for one round (this includes aspects crippled for
reasons other than injury; a warbeast equipped with a pain
compensator can be forced to activate the pain
compensator even when its Intellect aspect is crippled as
long as its current number of fury points does not equal its
FURY stat). At the end of its activation the warbeast
suffers 1d3 damage points.
A warbeast can only have one dial grafted to it.

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Alchemy
Aidanite
Cost: 12 gc per vial
Description: Named after the Thamarite Scion of the
hunted, Aidan, this very fine powder is popular with
spies, saboteurs and anybody else who has to reckon with
having bloodhounds on their trail.
Special Rules: Aidanite only works when scattered on
dry ground which isn't exposed to strong winds, so it is a
lot more effective in urban areas than in the wilderness.
The user simply scatters the powder in his path as he runs,
and when bloodhounds or other animals that track by
scent pass through the area seeded with Aidanite, they
breathe in a measure of the powder, which will distort
their sense of smell within PHY rounds after inhalation
and make the animals incapable of tracking anything for
the next 1d3+1 hours, which is usually enough to
significantly expand the fugitive's lead, especially when
no other tracking animals can be brought in. Dousing
Aidanite with water or other liquids binds it and renders it
harmless, but the fine layer of dust is very hard to spot,
especially in dim lighting, and since the powder is
completely scentless and only becomes active when
exposed to the moisture in a tracking animal's nostrils,
animals usually do not notice anything until it is too late.
At the gamemaster's discretion, animals that track via
scent but do not breathe in (e.g. cataphract beetles using
their antennae) are unaffected by Aidanite. Similarly,
Aidanite is less effective against Argus because usually
only one head sniffs the ground, though laying down a
second patch of Aidanite at a distance is usually enough
to take care of the two-headed wolves as well.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of heavy metals
Total Material Cost: 4 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Aidanite requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding and
stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this time, the
alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target
number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the character creates
one vial of Aidanite. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of
alchemical waste (crystal).
Alchemical Telegraph
Cost: 51 gc per jar
Description: This strange concoction was a chance
discovery the alchemist Gianna Borgho made while she
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was cleaning up after brewing bottled light. The resinous
compound responds to being rubbed or struck by lighting
up, and the light will quickly travel throughout the resin
before fading out.
Special Rules: A jar's worth of alchemical telegraph can
be applied with a stiff brush to create a line up to 12” (72
feet) long, though particularly uneven ground will
significantly shorten the length of the line. It can also be
soaked into a thick flaxen thread instead. The compound
has a dark green colour, so it is quite noticeable, but under
most circumstances the line is easily concealed by
painting it into corners or covering it with rugs when
indoors.
By spending a quick action to strike the resin with a
hammer or similar hard, flat surface, it can be made to
glow firefly-bright for a brief moment (it requires a
PER+Detection roll against a target number of 15 to
notice the glowing point travelling along the resin in
darkness; if trouble has been taken to conceal the line or
the area is lit, the target number may a lot higher. The
usual procedure is to paint somewhat larger areas at the
end of the line to make the glow more noticeable for
potential recipients of the “telegraphed” message). The
glow travels the length of the line within one round as
long as the line is unbroken, and then fades out. Once the
resin has reacted, it does not respond to being struck again
for 1d3+3 rounds. The resin also decays rather quickly,
becoming inert after one day, or within the space of 1d3
hours in particularly dry or humid conditions. In an
airtight jar, alchemical telegraph remains fresh and usable
for three weeks.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 2 units of bioluminescent extract, 1 unit of
mineral crystals, 2 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 17 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating alchemical telegraph
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of alchemical telegraph. If the
roll fails, he creates two units of alchemical waste
(liquid).
Allegiant's Blessing
Cost: 33 gc per vial (sufficient for two limbs; see Special
Rules for details)
Description: Most widely used in the Protectorate,
rubbing this oil on hands and feet (and, sometimes, on the
head as well) allows those gifted with the ability to
channel magical energies into weapons to use the same
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ability to channel such energy into unarmed strikes.
Special Rules: Living focusers or harnessers can spend
focus or fury to boost attack and damage rolls and buy
additional attacks when making unarmed melee attacks
with a body part rubbed with allegiant's blessing (the
compound seems to have been developed in the
Protectorate, but has already found its way abroad, even if
most users still live in the Protectorate). Additionally,
attacks made with a limb treated with allegiant's blessing
count as magical unless the user isn't a focuser or
harnesser. Undead or construct characters cannot use this
compound.
Rubbing both hands (or, if the user wishes, the head by
using one hand) with allegiant's blessing takes a single
quick action (plus another quick action to get out and
open the vial). Rubbing the feet takes at least a full action,
possibly two if shoes have to be removed first. Gatormen
can also rub their tails with the compound, which requires
a separate quick action from applying the compound to
their hands and heads. One application of allegiant's
blessing remains in effect for about ten minutes.
One vial of allegiant's blessing contains enough of the
compound for two limbs, and can be split according to the
user's needs and preferences. A hand, a foot, the head and
a tail count as one limb each. Some individuals can make
do with significantly less of the compound: Focusers who
have a free bond slot available (see IKRPG, p. 158),
harnessers with the Empower Weapon ability (see IKU, p.
159) who currently have no other empowered weapon,
individuals with the Imbue Weapon ability (see IKUA, p.
68) who have no currently imbued weapon, and
individuals with the Fist of God ability (see IKKNG, p.
361) double the effective number of applications they get
from one vial of allegiant's blessing. These bonuses are
cumulative (e.g. a focuser with a free bond slot who also
has the Fist of God ability triples the number of
applications he gets from one vial of the compound,
meaning he can split a vial of allegiant's blessing and use
it on both his hands in the course of three combat
encounters).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 2 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating allegiant's blessing
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of allegiant's blessing. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
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Anchorstone
Cost: 39 gc per crystal (alchemists usually charge for
each attempt to grow an anchorstone)
Description: This strange crystal feels cold to the touch,
and seems to glitter oddly in light. Grown from arcane
minerals and ectoplasm, it is useful in some efforts to deal
with the shades of the departed.
Special Rules: An anchorstone is most useful when
dealing with shades and spectres with the Bound or
Temporal Existence deathly burdens (see IKMN, p. 79),
as these spirits can act as if they are bound to the
anchorstone as well as the places, things or times they
normally haunt. Restless shades with the Afraid deathly
burden also seem less afraid of characters carrying an
anchorstone made from their ectoplasm on the skin (the
sympathy this affords the character wearing the stone
grants them +1 to all Social rolls made to interact with the
Afraid spirit).
Once formulated, anchorstones decay over time, usually
becoming useless after a month.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of ectoplasm (this must be from the spirit
whose anchorstone this is going to be), 1 unit of heavy
metals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 13 gc (the cost for ectoplasm
generally does not apply, since it must be harvested from
the spirit on site)
Alchemical Formula: Creating an anchorstone requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients, as well as
1d3+1 days spent growing the crystal. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates an anchorstone for the spirit whose ectoplasm was
used in formulating the crystal. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
If the anchorstone is removed from the domain of a
Bound spirit or a spirit's Temporal Existence elapses
before the stone is fully grown, the attempt to formulate
an anchor stone for this spirit automatically fails.
Arcane Irritant
Cost: 27 gc per vial
Description: Arcane irritant is a glittering, glowing
powder that significantly dampens the ability of arcanists
and other users of magic to draw on the energy they
require to cast and upkeep spells. It is usually utilised in
the form of alchemical grenades.
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Special Rules: A character with an ARC stat hit by a
thrown vial of arcane irritant either takes 1d3 points of
fatigue at the beginning of his control phase if he is a will
weaver, loses 1d3 points of focus if he is a focuser, or
loses 1d3 points of fury if he is a harnesser. This effect
lasts for 1d3 rounds, and multiple doses of arcane irritant
do not have any cumulative effects.
The usual method of delivery, however, is an alchemical
grenade. An arcane irritant grenade creates a 3” AOE that
affects all characters with an ARC stat caught in the AOE.
Alchemical grenades filled with arcane irritant cost 36 gc
each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating arcane irritant requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking and
grinding the ingredients. At the end of this time, the
alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target
number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the character creates
one vial of arcane irritant. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Arcane Reagent
Cost: 27 gc per vial
Description: Arcane reagent is usually a silvery powder,
though Gifted individuals adhering to a particular faith
more commonly suspend the powder in oils. The
compound is highly unstable, but spellcasters can channel
the energy released by its decay into the spells they cast.
Special Rules: A Gifted character must spend a quick
action to either pour some of the reagent onto his palm or
smear it on his fingers, though this can be done before
actual spellcasting is performed.
When casting a spell while holding arcane reagent, the
COST of the spell is reduced by 1, though it cannot be
reduced below 1 this way. The arcane reagent is
consumed during the spellcasting.
Different versions of arcane reagent must be prepared for
different spellcasters. Most versions can be prepared
using Lore (Arcane), though arcane reagents for priests or
other characters who draw on their faith for magic must
use the Lore of the intended user's faith instead (e.g. Lore
(Morrow) for arcane reagent intended for a priest of
Morrow).
Arcane reagent must be stored in a lead-coated flask to
slow its breakdown from being exposed to ambient arcane
energies. Even in a lead flask, however, the reagent rarely
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remains viable for more than a year.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy and Lore (Arcane) or
Lore (Religion)
Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of heavy
metals
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating arcane reagent requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking and
grinding the ingredients. At the end of this time, the
alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy or INT+Lore (Arcane
or Religion) roll, whichever is lower, against a target
number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character creates
one vial of arcane reagent. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Arcanoconductive Jelly
Cost: 45 gc per jar
Description: This silvery, glittering paste can be applied
to the leads connecting a steamjack's cortex to its sensory
apparatus during routine maintenance. The jelly improves
the reliability of channelling signals to the cortex,
enhancing the 'jack's perceptions and receptiveness to
being marshalled.
Special Rules: A steamjack that has undergone
maintenance using arcanoconductive jelly gains a +2
bonus to its PER rolls, and increases the distance at which
it can be marshalled by 2 + PER tabletop inches (or 12 +
PERx6 feet) – for example, a character with a command
range of 6 can normally marshal a steamjack with a
ferrum-grade cortex at a distance of 36 feet, or 6 tabletop
inches. If this 'jack has received maintenance using
arcanoconductive jelly, the marshalling range increases by
2+1=3 inches, or 12+6x1=18 feet (since the 'jack's cortex
has PER 1).
Warcasters do not benefit from using arcanoconductive
jelly on their 'jacks, unless the 'jack is equipped with an
augmented cortex receiver (IK:KNG, p. 110), in which
case the command range bonus provided by the
arcanoconductive jelly is added to the extended control
range as well.
Arcanoconductive jelly must be reapplied every time a
steamjack's cortex or sensory apparatus undergo
maintenance or repair. The jelly will slowly decay over
time, generally lasting 1d6 months before it loses its
effectiveness, or 1d6 weeks if the steamjack is used in
combat routinely, since the stress of combat causes the
'jack's internal systems to get hotter, speeding up the
decay of the jelly.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
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extract, 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals
Total Material Cost: 15 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating arcanoconductive jelly
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of arcanoconductive jelly. If the
roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Arcanodynamic Accelerator
Cost: 27 gc per canister
Description: Introducing this gaseous compound into a
specially modified arcanodynamic accumulator speeds up
the reactions that cause the accumulator to generate
power, increasing its output but drastically reducing its
lifespan.
Special Rules: An arcanodynamic accumulator can be
designed or modified to allow the introduction of
arcanodynamic accelerator for about 3 gc in addition to
the accumulator's usual cost. Arcanodynamic accelerator
is usually transferred from the canister to the accumulator
by using a large syringe. The arcanodynamic accumulator
then provides one additional point of power, but every
day the accumulator is running while containing the
accelerator reduces its lifespan by two days. A character
with the Mechanikal Engineering and Alchemy skills may
flush the arcanodynamic accumulator using a simple
solution of alchemical stone and mineral crystals before
this time (successfully doing this takes about a minute and
requires an INT+Alchemy or INT+Mechanikal
Engineering roll, whichever is lower, against a target
number of 14; on a failure, the accumulator is destroyed),
slowing down the accelerated reaction and restoring the
accumulator to its normal power output and remaining
normal lifespan. Usually, however, the accumulator is
allowed to keep running at the accelerated output in order
to power a particularly demanding piece of mechanika
when no better power source is available.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of mineral
acid
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating arcanodynamic
accelerator requires an alchemy lab and two hours of
labour spent combining, cooking and stabilising the
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes
an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one canister of
arcanodynamic accelerator. If the roll fails, the ingredients
evaporate in a runaway reaction and are wasted.
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Arcanostatic Solution
Cost: 30 gc per vial
Description: Developed as a means to improve long-term
storage of arcanodynamic accumulators (and thus the
reliability of supply lines), introducing this compound
into slightly modified arcanodynamic accumulators
arrests the reactions that produce energy.
Special Rules: An arcanodynamic accumulator can be
designed or modified to allow the introduction of
arcanostatic solution for about 3 gc in addition to the
accumulator's usual cost. An arcanodynamic accumulator
filled with arcanostatic solution does not produce any
energy, but neither does it decay over time. By draining
the fluid from the accumulator, it can be activated.
Draining an accumulator without damaging it requires the
Mechanikal Engineering skill and an alchemist's kit as
well as a mechanik's tool kit. The process takes about ten
minutes, but requires no roll.
An arcanodynamic accumulator loses 1d3+1 days from its
lifespan each time the arcanostatic solution is drained
from the accumulator (generally, the compound is
introduced directly after fabrication, drained when the
accumulator is installed, and never reintroduced). The
compound may be reused, but larger accumulators (e.g.
those installed in steamjack weapons) may require two or
even three vials per accumulator.
Arcanostatic solution slowly decays over time, and
generally cannot be reused after a year or so. Decayed
arcanostatic solution appears noticeably cloudy.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane extract, 1 unit
of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating arcanostatic solution
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of arcanostatic solution. If the
roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Arcanoluminant Crystal
Cost: 54 gc for one arcanoluminant crystal
Description: These alchemically grown crystals focus the
energies of light-generating spells, allowing Gifted users
to maintain such illumination with little effort.
Special Rules: When a character casts the Light in the
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Darkness spell (see IKRPG, p. 241) while holding an
arcanoluminant crystal, they may upkeep the spell for free
as long as they keep the arcanoluminant crystal on their
person. If they are forced to drop the crystal, the spell
expires at once.
Arcanoluminant crystals slowly decay over time, whether
they are used to channel the light spell or not. Roll 1d6
when a year has passed since the crystal was made. On a
1-2 the crystal has decayed too much to further respond to
spells and counts as a unit of crystalline alchemical waste.
If the roll is a 3-6, repeat it every month afterwards until
the crystal has decayed.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 2 units of bioluminescent extract, 1 unit of
heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 18 gc
Alchemical Formula: Growing an arcanoluminant
crystal requires an alchemy lab and two days of labour
spent stabilising the ingredients and growing the crystal.
At the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one arcanoluminant
crystal. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical
waste (crystal).
Arcanoresidual Assay
Cost: 33 gc per vial (one vial contains ten applications of
the compound)
Description: Sprinkling a little of this glittering powder
onto an object or individual that has recently been
exposed to magical energies causes the crystals to
evaporate, with the speed of evaporation indicative of the
power and recency of exposure. While occasionally
helpful, there are too many factors that throw off the
reliability of the assay to make it a standard tool of
investigation. Because of its sensitivity to magical
energies, arcanoresidual assay must be stored in a lead
vial, and even then slowly evaporates over the course of a
year or two.
Special Rules: Arcanoresidual assay evaporates when
coming into contact with a character or object that has
been the target of or directly affected by a spell within the
last 24 hours. The assay will also evaporate when
sprinkled on a character who was fabricating runeplates,
inscribing magical runes, wearing or handling magical
objects or active mechanika, crafting bone grinder
fetishes, or brewing alchemical compounds that contained
arcane extract or arcane minerals within the same
timeframe. The assay also reacts to spellcasters who have
cast a spell within the last 24 hours. Arcanoresidual assay
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does not react if the originator of the magical event has
the Shadow Magic ability (see IKRPG, p. 167).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit
of arcane minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating arcanoresidual assay
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
grinding, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of arcanoresidual assay, which
contains ten applications of the compound. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Arcanotropic Elixir
Cost: 63 gc per vial
Description: This clear, bluish solution enhances a user's
arcane abilities for a limited time if it is injected into the
bloodstream, at the cost of significantly weakening the
user afterwards. It has also been known for arcanists to
develop a psychological addiction to the rush of power
the elixir provides.
Special Rules: Administering a dose of arcanotropic
elixir requires a syringe.
A living Gifted character injected with arcanotropic elixir
gains +2 ARC at the start of his turn two turns after being
injected. This bonus lasts for a number of rounds equal to
the character's PHY stat. Immediately after the ARC
bonus wears off, the character suffers a -2 penalty to ARC
and all INT or PER rolls for a number of rounds equal to
the character's PHY.
If a non-Gifted character should be injected with the
elixir, he simply suffers -2 to all INT and PER rolls for a
number of rounds equal to twice their PHY, starting two
turns after injecting the elixir.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of mutagenic
extract
Total Material Cost: 21 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating arcanotropic elixir
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of arcanotropic elixir. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
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Arcantrik Assay
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: Basically a more inert form of the more
commonly used bottled light formula, holding a vial of
arcantrik assay close to a magical object causes it to glow,
the strength of the glow providing a handy way of
measuring the object's power.
Special Rules: Under dim lighting conditions, a vial of
arcantrik assay can be seen to light up when held close to
a magical object. This is a handy and cheap way of
quickly checking over an inventory of objects when
looking for magical, haunted or cursed items. A vial of
arcantrik assay will also light up when held by a Gifted
character (unless the character has the Shadow Magic
ability, see IKRPG, p. 167) or when held close to powered
mechanika (incidentally providing a means of checking
for damage or design flaws by using a minuscule glass
bulb filled with arcantrik assay mounted on a long handle
and slowly passing it over a powered runeplate or
conduits).
Like bottled light, arcantrik assay is an unstable
compound, and will not respond to the presence of magic
any more two weeks after it has been synthesised.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane extract, 2 units
of bioluminescent extract, 1 unit of heavy metals
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating arcantrik assay requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of arcantrik assay. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Arkadine
Cost: 57 gc per vial
Description: Probably inofficially named, the formula for
this compound is currently only known by the twisted
anatomical genius Dr. Arkadius. True to the cruel
inclinations of its inventor, Arkadine must be injected
directly into the brain to be effective, which requires some
skill and specialised tools if the subject is to survive.
Once injected, Arkadine affects the subject's brain
chemistry in such a way that it can be controlled by
certain warlocks allied with Dr. Arkadius, though the
compound causes long-term damage.
Special Rules: A living warbeast that has Arkadine
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injected into its brain loses its old Resonance and gains
Resonance: Farrow instead. This also damages the
warbeast's brain, reducing THR and FURY by 1 (to a
minimum of 1; if this means the warbeast can no longer
gain fury points equal to the COST of its animus, it can
no longer use that animus, though the warlock controlling
the warbeast can still use it). This brain damage is
permanent.
Unless a warbeast that has gained Resonance: Farrow
through an Arkadine injection is bonded, it reverts to its
original Resonance after about one hour. However, as
long as a warlock maintains the bond, the effects of
Arkadine do not expire. It is also possible to pass the
warbeast to a new warlock after the initial hour has passed
if this is done very quickly (i.e. in the same turn), but on a
roll of 1-2 on 1d6 the warbeast's Resonance reverts in the
attempt. Another dose of Arkadine may be injected at this
point, but the brain damage is cumulative, quickly
rendering the warbeast too unstable to use (because its
THR keeps getting lower and lower until the warbeast
exists in a permanent state of frenzy once THR reaches 1;
its FURY will have deteriorated past usefulness long
before then).
Administering an Arkadine injection requires the
warbeast to be restrained, or, better, unconscious, as
drilling a syringe through the skull is risky even with an
unmoving subject.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 2 units of arcane extract, 1 unit
of heavy metals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 19 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Arkadine requires an
alchemy lab and four hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 17. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of Arkadine. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Bald-Bomb
Cost: 27 gc per vial
Description: Probably named for its surprising and
sudden effect rather than its explosive properties, the
near-instant hair loss caused by this compound has made
it popular with socialite saboteurs and pranksters, and has
also been surprisingly effective at disrupting the activities
of species like warpwolves and Farrow.
Special Rules: A character hit by a thrown vial of bald-
bomb or sprayed with the compound (e.g. after having
had your favourite bottle of perfume replaced by a sprayer
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full of bald-bomb) starts losing all their body hair in the
sprayed area and the area of skin 1d6+3 inches around the
sprayed area after PHY+1W6 rounds unless they wash the
compound off before then (e.g. by taking a dive into a
body of water or thoroughly wiping their face with a wet
cloth).
Another form of delivery is an alchemical grenade. A true
bald-bomb creates a 3” AOE. Characters who are hit by a
bald-bomb AOE suffer the effects described above,
though wearing even ordinary clothing significantly
lessens the effect – at least on the body. True bald-bombs
cost 40 gc each (such grenades are slightly more
expensive than usual because some form of propellant,
usually pressurised gases, must be added to the non-
volatile compound).
Tharn and Farrow chieftains in particular are known to
have suffered significant loss of face (not to mention an
even more significant loss of hair) after being hit with
bald-bombs – after all, losing hair while gaining
impressive scars from acid or fire would be far less
dishonourable to such individuals than the fresh pinkness
left behind by a bald-bomb. At the very least, the
subsequent strife has temporarily rendered such
chieftains' troops disorganised and hindered their ability
to respond to new developments on the battlefield as the
chieftains struggle to maintain their position of power.
Similarly, creatures like warpwolves and giant hogs tend
to become extremely irritable and hard to manage when
skin that used to be protected by fur is suddenly exposed
to the elements.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of
organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating bald-bomb requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of bald-bomb. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (liquid). Accidental spatter
during the mishap will also cause the growth of unsightly,
bristly hair on any exposed skin, though fortunately such
hair will fall out after 1d6+3 days and not grow again.
Baleface
Cost: 33 gc per jar
Description: A variant of the established bottled light
formula, this nearly translucent greasy paste must be
applied to the skin and will then maintain a constant glow
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until the compound is washed off or breaks down
naturally. Usually used in some of the more extravagant
theatrical productions, in the right (or wrong) hands the
compound can easily be used for pranks and cons of all
kinds as well.
Special Rules: One jar of baleface contains enough of the
compound to cover the entire head and both hands of the
user. The compound is hardly visible in full light except
for a somewhat pale tinge to the face, but glows
noticeably green in moderate light and becomes starkly
radiant in full darkness, creating an eerie effect useful for
impressing theatre-goers and spooking unsuspecting
onlookers (baleface will only work on living characters,
and could potentially even be used to determine whether
an individual was alive or dead, since it would always
glow, if faintly, on the skin of a comatose individual who
might otherwise be mistaken for dead. Baleface light is a
little less bright than a standard alchemical lantern,
providing as much illumination as a torch). One
application of baleface remains viable for about 1d3+1
hours before slowly dimming over the course of the next
hour or so from natural breakdown; in hot environments,
breakdown is twice as fast from sweating.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 2 units of bioluminescent extract, 1 unit of
organic oil
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating baleface requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of baleface. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Bale-Lead
Cost: 18 gc + bullet costs for five rounds of ammunition
Description: This alchemically treated lead disrupts the
energies animating the restless dead, putting them to rest
more reliably than regular firearm ammunition.
Special Rules: When an undead character is hit by a bale-
lead round, add a die to the damage roll and remove the
lowest die from the result. Bale-lead rounds are
considered magical, so they can hurt incorporeal undead
as well. They can also be crafted into rune shot by a gun
mage.
Alchemically speaking, bale-lead is not very stable. Once
the bullets have been fired, their special properties
quickly dissipate, so even if a bale-lead bullet can be
recovered and recast, it will only be a regular bullet
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afterwards.
Bale-lead bullets can only be pistol or rifle ammunition,
the process is both unsuitable and insufficient for
manufacturing artillery or other heavier rounds. It is
possible to create scattergun grapeshot, but the yield is
only one round of shot ammunition instead of five rounds
of rifle or pistol ammunition.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy and Craft
(gunsmithing)
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of heavy
metals, 1 unit of mineral crystals, bullet materials for five
rounds of ammunition
Total Material Cost: 6 gc + bullet materials for five
rounds of ammunition
Alchemical Formula: Creating bale-lead requires an
alchemy lab and a gunsmithing kit and two hours of
labour spent melting, combining and casting the
ingredients. At the beginning of the procedure, the
ingredients and equipment must be blessed by a priest of
Veteran level or higher. At the end of this time, the
alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy or INT+Craft
(gunsmithing) roll, whichever is lower, against a target
number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character creates 5
rounds of bale-lead ammunition. If the roll fails, the
character creates five normal rounds of ammunition as
long as he has scored at least a result of 9 on his roll, but
the alchemical materials are wasted. On a roll of less than
9, he has not only wasted the alchemical materials, but the
ammunition he has attempted to manufacture is also
unusable. It may be reworked according to standard
crafting rules, however (see IKRPG, p. 176).
Beard in a Bottle
Cost: 30 gc per vial
Description: This peculiar alchemical compound, a
slightly viscous, pungent-smelling oil, will promote
extremely rapid hair growth. It is extremely popular with
spies throughout the Iron Kingdoms, though its
expensiveness limits how widespread its use is.
Special Rules: When the compound is applied to skin, it
will cause rapid hair growth, about 1d3+1 inches per
application, at a rate of about one inch in five minutes. It
does cause a burning sensation in the skin, however, that
will inflict a -1 penalty to all actions for about an hour,
and will render further applications ineffective for 24
hours. One vial contains enough of the compound to
cover the scalp and face.
To the everlasting regret of the vain throughout the Iron
Kingdoms, the compound will never cause hair to grow
where no hair would grow naturally. Additionally, hair
will become prematurely grey through repeated
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applications.
Even spies who use the compound must be careful to hide
it, because being found with a vial of beard in a bottle is
immediate grounds for suspicion when espionage is
already being investigated.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
mutagenic extract, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating beard in a bottle requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of beard in a bottle. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and
the gases the mixture gives off will cause all the
alchemist's hair to fall out unless he is wearing a gas mask
or similar protection.
Berserker Brew
Cost: 33 gc per vial
Description: This deep red compound both looks and
tastes uncannily like blood. Downing a vial causes the
drinker to briefly become extremely aggressive and
bloodthirsty. The danger this poses to allies is the reason
why the compound does not see a lot of use except in the
hands of the most unscrupulous fighters.
Special Rules: A character who has drunk a dose of
berserker brew will gain the Berserk ability two rounds
later (each round, characters with Berserk must make
another melee attack against any other character in their
melee range, no matter whether friend or foe, once a
melee attack incapacitating or destroying one or more
characters has been completely resolved). This effect lasts
for a number of rounds equal to the character's PHY+1d3.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating berserker brew requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of berserker brew. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and if the
alchemist does not wear a gas mask and fails a WIL roll
against a target number of 16, the fumes will incite him
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into a brief rage that will lead to 1d6x5 gc of broken
glassware.
Boiler Salts
Cost: 39 gc per jar (sufficient for a steamjack with a PHY
of 8; for more powerful steamjacks, additional doses of
boiler salts must be used)
Description: Mixing this compound with the water in a
steamjack's boiler causes the water to evaporate more
readily, allowing the boiler to run for the same time with
less coal or to operate at normal efficiency on inferior
fuel. However, the steam a boiler generates when using
boiler salts is corrosive, potentially damaging the
steamjack's pneumatic systems. The compound is
therefore usually only used in emergencies (e.g. when no
coal or too little coal is available but it is imperative to get
steamjacks running, or when it is vitally important to fire
steamjacks up more quickly than usual).
Special Rules: A steamjack whose boiler contains a
sufficient concentration of boiler salts may be run
normally when using inferior coal or even wood, or may
be run normally on about two thirds of the usual amount
of coal. Firing up a steamjack using coal in the firebox
and boiler salts in the boiler takes about half the usual
time.
After a steamjack has used a full load of water containing
boiler salts, 1d6 must be rolled for every Arm, Head or
Movement system the steamjack has on its damage grid.
On a result of 1, that system suffers the Damaged Weapon
or Damaged Boiler result on the catastrophic damage
tables (i.e. the result of a roll of 5-6 on these tables; see
IKRPG, pp. 316-317). This damage may be repaired
normally. If a steamjack has run less than a full boiler
using boiler salts, having the steamjack run a full boiler
using clean water may potentially flush the corrosive
residue from the systems before the damage can occur
(This must be begun within a number of hours of running
the steamjack on boiler salts equal to the steamjack's
PHY; when doing this, only roll for systems damage after
the cleaning run, and any roll of 1 may be re-rolled once.
The second roll stands and must be repaired normally if a
result of 1 is rolled).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1
unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating boiler salts requires an
alchemy lab and four hours of labour spent combining,
stabilising and firing the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
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target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one jar of boiler salts. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Bokor Dust
Cost: 51 gc per jar
Description: When this grayish-green dust is inhaled by a
living creature, it temporarily dulls their reflexes and
weakens their instincts. Bokor dust is most commonly
used by swamp warlocks attempting to break one of the
notably ornery swamp-dwelling creatures for use as a
warbeast.
The formula for bokor dust is well-known among
gatormen bokors (which gave it its name), though almost
unknown outside of the swamps.
Special Rules: Bokor dust must be blown into the face of
a living target creature, which requires the user to be in
the creature's front arc and an attack using POI against the
target's DEF. If the attack is a success, the target creature
suffers a -2 penalty to attack rolls for 1d3+3 rounds, and
will also suffer a -2 penalty to their Willpower when
resisting mind-controlling effects like the influence or
overmind spells, or when resisting an attempt by a swamp
warlock to bond to the creature in question. Using
additional doses of bokor dust on the same creature before
previous doses have run their course extends the duration
of the effect but inflicts no additional penalty. However, if
more doses are used against a creature in one day than its
PHY, the creature suffers a permanent loss of 1 INT and 1
PER from brain damage if it cannot pass a PHY roll
against a target number of 16. A creature damaged in this
way is usually useless as a warbeast, and can barely be
used as more than a beast of burden.
Bokor dust usually is not too useful against intelligent
adversaries as even a simple cloth worn over the nose and
mouth will prevent the dust from entering the target's
body.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane minerals, 2 units of organic
toxin
Total Material Cost: 17 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating bokor dust requires basic
cooking utensils and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of bokor dust. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
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Bonding Catalyst
Cost: 27 gc for one jar of bonding catalyst (counts as
three units of alchemical stone; see below)
Description: Bonding catalyst, also sometimes called
Kerwin's catalyst, can replace alchemical stone when
preparing alchemical compounds, making the process of
alchemical synthesis significantly more reliable. Since it
is vastly more expensive than regular alchemical stone,
bonding catalyst is usually only used when working with
exceptionally rare or expensive compounds, or when an
alchemist of little skill but plenty of gold crowns needs to
synthesize a compound in a pinch.
Special Rules: Bonding catalyst replaces alchemical
stone in another alchemical formula, granting the
alchemist a +2 bonus to his INT+Alchemy skill roll. If the
formula uses more than one unit of alchemical stone,
more of the catalyst must be used; a single preparation of
bonding catalyst yields enough of the compound to
replace three units of alchemical stone.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating bonding catalyst requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilizing the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of bonding catalyst, which can
replace three units of alchemical stone (see above). If the
roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal)
instead.
Bone Eater
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: This variant of the standard formulation of
alchemical acid is particularly potent against bones but
powerless against metals. A welcome side-effect is that
when undead coated with bone eater are damaged
severely enough, the acid seeps into the injuries and the
process of breaking down the bones is significantly
speeded up.
Special Rules: A thrown vial of bone eater causes a POW
12 corrosion damage roll and inflicts the Corrosion
continuous effect on the target hit. Additionally, when a
corporeal undead character currently suffering from bone
eater's Corrosion effect takes at least 3 points of damage
from a source other than the bone eater, an additional 1d3
of corrosion damage are inflicted as well once the damage
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has been applied. An alchemical grenade filled with bone
eater, which is the usual form of delivery, creates a 3”
AOE and inflicts its effects on every character in the
AOE. Alchemical grenades filled with bone eater cost 45
gc each.
Bone eater does not affect metal, so it does no damage to
metal constructs like steamjacks, vessel of Cyriss, or iron
liches. Undead wearing armour are still susceptible, as the
acid seeps through the gaps between the armour plates to
get at the bones and dead flesh underneath.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mineral acid, 1 unit of organic acid
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating bone eater requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of bone eater. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Bonewell Balm
Cost: 42 gc per jar
Description: This sticky greyish compound must be
applied to a broken limb and then covered with bandages.
One jar contains enough bonewell balm for one course of
treatment for one limb.
Special Rules: Bonewell balm significantly reduces the
time it takes for a broken limb to heal; reducing the time
required to heal a broken limb (IKRPG, p. 217) by the
patient's PHY plus the INT+Medicine skill level of the
character who set the broken bone. Additionally, for the
remainder of the recovery time every full day spent
recovering counts as two days (Example: A character
(PHY 6) breaks a leg, and the roll says it will take him 27
days to regain the use of his limb. He is treated by a
competent physician (INT 4, Medicine 2) using bonewell
balm, which reduces the healing time by
PHY+INT+Medicine=12 days, to 15 days. And if the
injured character gets uninterrupted rest, he can walk
again after only 8 days).
There is one significant risk to using bonewell balm,
however: If the character with the broken limb cannot
maintain strict rest (e.g. because he has to travel), the
character treating him must make an INT+Medicine roll
against target number 14 at the end of each day during
which the injured character's rest was disturbed. If the roll
fails, the broken limb will heal crooked, which will inflict
a -1 penalty to rolls requiring the use of the arm if an arm
was broken, or -1 SPD, DEF and Initiative if a leg was
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broken. These penalties are permanent unless the limb is
deliberately broken again and straightened, which
requires a successful INT+Medicine roll against target
number 14 and starts the healing process again from the
beginning.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 2 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating bonewell balm requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
beginning of the process the equipment and ingredients
must be blessed by a priest of Veteran level or higher. At
the end of the process the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one jar of bonewell
balm. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical
waste (liquid).
Boon of Doleth
Cost: 51 gc per vial
Description: Having a vial of this compound can be a
lifesaver for those unfortunates who find themselves
adrift on the open seas. The compound alters the drinker's
metabolism, enabling them to drink salt water and live.
Special Rules: A character who has drunk a dose of Boon
of Doleth can drink salt water without suffering
dehydration for a number of days equal to his PHY.
However, once the compound has worn off, the character
loses 1d3 PHY (remember to alter the character's life
spiral, ARM and Willpower accordingly until he recovers.
If the character currently has any damage in the Physique
branches of his life spiral that now exceeds the reduced
branches, it is pushed onwards into the Agility and
Intellect branches, potentially killing the character if this
causes him to become disabled). If PHY reaches 0 (from
using several doses of Boon of Doleth end to end, for
example), the character dies. Lost PHY is recovered at the
rate of 1 per day as long as the character has access to
plenty of fresh water.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
mutagenic extract, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of
organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 17 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Boon of Doleth requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
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against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Boon of Doleth. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Boon of Gordenn
Cost: 18 gc per jar
Description: Named after the Ascendant patron of
farmers, this musky but not unpleasant-smelling salve has
a calming effect on most animals. Today it is mostly used
by the drivers in military convoys, especially when their
units have to face warbeasts or Cryxian abominations.
Special Rules: A character who has covered his hands
with Boon of Gordenn gains a +2 bonus to Animal
Handling and Riding rolls when he attempts to get
spooked animals to calm down, as long as he can get his
hands close to the animal's head (usually simply by
grabbing hold of the bridle or patting the animal on the
head). Although it's possible to apply Boon of Gordenn
directly to the animal's muzzle, most users prefer to use it
on their hands so they can move from animal to animal if
need be.
A single application of Boon of Gordenn retains its
efficacy for 1d3 hour. Applying it to a glove extends the
duration to 1d3+1 hours since it prevents sweat from
slowly washing the compound off.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of organic
acid, 2 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 6 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Boon of Gordenn
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of Boon of Gordenn. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Boon of Markus
Cost: 42 gc per vial
Description: Named after the indefatigable soldier-
become-Ascendant who single-handedly stalled the
invasion of Midfast, drinking this effervescent liquid
allows the user to postpone the need for sleep.
Special Rules: By drinking a dose of Boon of Markus, a
character postpones his need for sleep for a number of
hours equal to his Willpower, and suffers no ill effects
from not being able to rest during this time, apart from
having to sleep an additional hour the next time he does
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get rest, and being very hard to wake during this time. If
necessary, more than dose may be used end to end, but
there is an increasing risk of collapse: When a character
consumes further doses without having got any sleep in
between, roll 1d6 for each dose. If the result is less than
the number of doses that have been used end to end,
including the current dose, the character collapses after
1d6 minutes, and remains unconscious for a number of
hours equal to his Willpower, plus one hour for each dose
of Boon of Markus used before the collapse. Even if no
collapse occurs, natural sleep after prolonged use of Boon
of Markus often lasts for more than 12 hours.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic
toxin
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Boon of Markus requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Boon of Markus. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Bottled Storm Brew
From Wulfgar's Liber Alchemica
Cost: 42 gc per vial
Description: This light blue liquid readily generates
massive amounts of energy when exposed to open air or
heated.
Special Rules: A character hit by a thrown vial of bottled
storm brew suffers a POW 12 electrical damage roll.
Steamjacks that are hit by bottled storm brew further
suffer Disruption (A steamjack suffering Disruption loses
all focus points and cannot be allocated focus or channel
spells for one round).
The usual form of delivery is an alchemical grenade. A
bottled storm bomb creates a 3” AOE, which is a cloud
effect that remains in play for one round. Characters who
are hit by a bottled storm AOE or end their turn in the
cloud effect suffer a POW 12 electrical damage roll.
Steamjacks that are hit by the AOE or end their turn in the
cloud effect also suffer Disruption (A steamjack suffering
Disruption loses all focus points and cannot be allocated
focus or channel spells for one round). Bottled storm
bombs cost 51 gc each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit
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of heavy metals
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating bottled storm brew
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of bottled storm brew. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Breath of Menoth
Cost: 60 gc per flask
Description: This highly flammable liquid must be
burned in a small brazier to take effect. Priests of Menoth
gain greater facility with directing their god's wrath when
they are bathed in the aromatic smoke given off by the
burning compound.
Special Rules: A single dose of Breath of Menoth burns
for about 30 minutes in an appropriate brazier (like a
flame spear, see IKKNG, p. 366). During this time, any
character who is a Priest of Menoth or Scrutator (see
IKKNG, p. 360) gains +1 to their magic attack and
damage rolls for spells cast from the Priest of Menoth or
Scrutator spell lists as long as he stands within 2” of the
burning brazier. Breath of Menoth has no effect on non-
offensive spells, and strong winds (or the effects of
concussion grenades (see IKRPG, p. 263) or the wind
blast spell (see IKRPG, p. 245)) negate the bonus until the
priest can find shelter (or, in the case of grenades or
spells, the interference by the attacker ceases).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of arcane mineral, 1 unit of Menoth's fury,
3 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 20 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Breath of Menoth
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
beginning of the process the equipment and ingredients
must be blessed by a Priest of Menoth or Scrutator of
Veteran level or higher. At the end of this time, the
alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target
number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character creates
one flask of Breath of Menoth. If the roll fails, he creates
two units of alchemical waste (liquid).
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Brew of Bragg
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: This compound, which must be gargled to
take effect and is toxic to anyone but trollkin (and even
they will suffer poisoning if they should accidentally
swallow any of the brew), soothes the throat (though
some say it actually just deadens the nerves) and
temporarily enhances a fell caller's ability to forcefully
project their voice by the simple expedient of making the
fell caller oblivious to the injuries he is causing himself in
the process.
Special Rules: In the turn after gargling Brew of Bragg,
and for PHY rounds afterwards, a fell caller is considered
to have 2 extra levels in Fell Calling (since this is only a
temporary bonus, the fell caller does not gain access to
any new fell calls because of this). If the fell caller makes
any fell calls during this time, he will strain his throat, and
be unable to speak or make fell calls at all for 1 hour once
the Brew of Bragg has worn off. Non-fell callers gain no
benefit except for being able to shout a little louder (and
gaining +2 to their command range as long as they shout
their commands). Since they simply can't strain their
voices the way fell callers can, they will not be rendered
mute, but they usually get very hoarse for an hour or so.
If a trollkin accidentally swallows Brew of Bragg, they
suffer a POW 10 damage roll, which is only reduced by
PHY. All other races take a boosted POW 10 damage roll
instead, or a normal POW 10 damage roll if they merely
gargle Brew of Bragg (which will automatically make the
character unable to speak for a full day if they aren't
trollkin).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Brew of Bragg requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of Brew of Bragg. If the roll fails, he creates one unit
of alchemical waste (liquid).
Bruce & Rufalo's Incredible
Infusion of Endurance
Cost: 33 gc per vial
Description: Originally formulated and marketed by two
alchemists working out of a small Five Fingers workshop,
this bright green compound grants incredible endurance
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for a brief period of time. Unfortunately, some users are
also rumoured to have keeled over dead a minute or so
after taking the compound, and Bruce and Rufalo have
since had to leave Five Fingers in a hurry.
Special Rules: Infusion of endurance must be injected
with a syringe. One round after the injection, the user
gains one additional circle in each branch of his life spiral
(for a total of six circles). This bonus lasts for PHY
rounds. If any of the additional circles in the user's life
spiral are marked when the compound's effect expires,
this damage is transposed onto the next available free
circle on the life spiral. If the user gets incapacitated this
way, he suffers a roll on the Injury Table normally. If the
user is already incapacitated when the compound expires,
there is no additional roll on the Injury Table, however.
Multiple doses of Bruce & Rufalo's Incredible Infusion of
Endurance may be used end to end without ill effect.
Under normal circumstances, the effects of the expiration
of this compound's effects are applied before recovering
vitality at the end of a combat (so the user is advised to
Walk It Off or Revitalize first, or receive some sort of
healing like being Empowered by a priest of Morrow; if
the user can keep injecting himself with the compound,
taking 1d3 additional doses should be enough to allow
him to survive until the normal vitality recovery sets in
when resting after a combat encounter).
GM's Note: It is recommended that only NPCs with full
life spirals use Bruce & Rufalo's Incredible Infusion of
Endurance. If the GM wants to give this compound to
NPCs who simply use vitality points equal to their PHY, it
is recommended to grant such NPCs 3 additional points
of vitality. If the NPC uses vitality points equal to the sum
of their PHY, AGL and INT, the full 6 additional points of
vitality can be granted.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 burrow-mawg adrenal gland
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Bruce & Rufalo's
Incredible Infusion of Endurance requires an alchemy lab
and two hours of labour spent cooking, combining and
stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this time, the
alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target
number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the character creates
one vial of the compound. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Brush of Delesle
Cost: 36 gc per vial (sufficient for 8 points of thrall runes,
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Description: This acidic compound, which gives off an
unpleasant greenish glow and fumes when exposed to air,
can be added to the normal inks used in crafting
necromantic thrall runes. While significantly more
expensive, the ready way in which the Brush of Delesle
causes necromantic inks to sear flesh and bone
significantly speeds up the process of crafting thralls.
Special Rules: A necromancer creating a thrall (see
IKUA, p. 69 and pp. 70-75) may use Brush of Delesle to
craft thrall runes in half the normal time (this is
cumulative with abilities like Dark Scribe (see IKUA, p.
68) – a necromancer who is also a Dark Scribe can
inscribe thrall runes in one quarter of the normal time).
Brush of Delesle doesn't replace the regular inks used in
the process, but is mixed in with them, so a necromancer
must pay both the cost for the regular inks as well as
Brush of Delesle when utilising the compound.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mineral acid, 1 unit of organic acid
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Brush of Delesle requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Brush of Delesle. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Burst Catalyst
Cost: 30 gc for one vial of burst catalyst
Description: Tossing this compound into the air when
casting certain spells vastly extends the area affected by
the spell, at least for a few moments – but sometimes that
is all the time it takes for a decisive advantage. Burst
catalyst is very susceptible to decay when exposed to
arcane energies, and is usually stored in a lead vial.
Special Rules: A Gifted character may spend a quick
action to pour burst catalyst into his palm before casting a
spell with AOE:CTRL. Tossing the compound into the air
when casting the spell then grants the spellcaster the
Gifted archetype benefit Feat: Dominator for that one
spell, without the need for spending a feat point (see
IKRPG, p. 115). If the character already has that
archetype benefit, he may make do with significantly less
of the burst catalyst, and a single vial contains enough of
the compound to extend the AOE of three spells, without
requiring the user to use a feat point. The AOE of an
upkeep spell extended through the use of burst catalyst
returns to normal after one round, and cannot be extended
through the use of burst catalyst again without recasting
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the spell.
If a spellcaster pours burst catalyst into his hand but is
then forced to cast a spell without AOE:CTRL before
using another quick action to return to the catalyst to its
vial first, the catalyst is wasted.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating burst catalyst requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilizing the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of burst catalyst. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal) instead.
Calder's Tears
Cost: 63 gc per vial (generally not for sale)
Description: Few alchemists know the formula for this
innocuous-looking, whitish-green compound, though the
recipe is widely known among the druids of the Circle
Orboros. Administering this compound helps those
afflicted by the warpwolf curse to retain control and
remain human.
Special Rules: A character able to shapeshift (this
includes those characters afflicted with the warpwolf
curse, but it is not widely known that any other character
capable of shapeshifting is also affected) assumes his
birth shape 1d3+1 hours after ingesting Calder's Tears (if
the character was shapeshifted when he took the
compound) and cannot shapeshift again for WIL+1d3
days. The effect of Calder's Tears lessens for characters
who spend a lot of time shapeshifted; for every full month
(28 days) a shapeshifter has spent not in his birth shape,
the duration of the effect is lessened by 1 day, until the
compound becomes completely ineffective. The time
spent shapeshifted does not have to be consecutive.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy or Lore (Circle
Orboros) 3
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mutagenic extract, 1 unit of organic
toxin
Total Material Cost: 21 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Calder's Tears is only
possible at night during Newcalder (every 28 days) and
requires basic cooking utensils and four hours of labour
spent combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients.
At the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
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INT+Alchemy or Lore (Circle Orboros) roll against a
target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of Calder's Tears. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Caustic Catalyst
Cost: 36 gc per jar (one jar contains three doses of caustic
catalyst)
Description: Holding a pinch of this blackish powder in
one's hand while casting certain spells stabilizes their
lingering effects. The compound itself is somewhat
unstable and usually stored in a small lead jar to prevent
decay from exposure to ambient arcane energies.
Special Rules: A spellcaster may use a quick action
before casting an offensive spell that causes a continuous
effect to pick up a pinch of caustic catalyst. When casting
the spell, the continuous effect does not expire in the
target's next Maintenance Phase, though it can expire
normally in subsequent Maintenance Phases, and can still
be shaken, e.g. by spending a feat point (if the target
character has access to feat points or other methods of
shaking continuous effects, that is). If the spell only
causes continuous effects on a critical hit but no critical
hit is scored, the caustic catalyst is wasted.
Caustic catalyst cannot enhance channelled spells or rune
shots.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1
unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating caustic catalyst requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of caustic catalyst. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Cloudbinder
Cost: 42 gc per vial
Description: Scattering this powder when casting area-
affecting spells causes these effects to linger, granting a
spellcaster the option to set up obstacles or deny an
enemy avenues of approach.
Special Rules: A spellcaster may use a quick action
before casting an AOE spell to use cloudbinder, which
requires a free hand to scatter the compound in the path of
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the spell as it is unleashed. The AOE created by the spell
then lingers for one round, effectively becoming an
obstacle or denied area, depending on the spell (if the
spell causes damage, entering the lingering AOE or
ending your movement in the AOE causes the character to
suffer damage as if they had not been directly hit by the
spell, using the spell's continuous effects, and damage
type as normal, but characters will not suffer continuous
effects caused by the spell if those are normally only
caused by critical hits or direct hits. Spells that affect or
deal damage to characters in their AOE in non-standard
ways, like the tempest and tornado spells, use their own
special rules to determine what happens to the characters
in the AOE). If the spell already causes a cloud effect, that
cloud effect now lasts for 1d3+1 rounds before it
disperses on its own, but may be dispersed before then by
effects that end cloud effects like concussion grenades.
Cloudbinder only affects spells with AOE 3”, 4” or 5”. It
cannot be used to affect rune shots.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating cloudbinder requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of cloudbinder. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Cloudseed
Cost: 18 gc per vial
Description: A simplified version of a compound used to
enhance stormsmithing, this powder enhances a
stormcaller's ability to manipulate air moisture only. In
order to be effective, the powder must be launched high
into the air (e.g. by the use of an alchemical blastgun, a
rocket, or simply a sling and a well-timed grenade).
Special Rules: A stormsmith must start manipulating the
weather within one turn of deploying a dose of cloudseed,
or the powder will simply settle to the ground and be
wasted. Cloudseed will stay afloat for 1d6 rounds, plus an
additional number of rounds equal to the Stormsmithing
skill rank of the most skilled stormsmith in the area of
effect, as long as some kind of weather manipulation
takes place every turn. During this time the compound
grants any stormsmith standing within 4” of the point
where the powder was deployed +2 to all Stormsmithing
skill rolls that involve calling or dismissing clouds, rain,
snow or fog only.
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Enemy stormsmiths may disperse cloudseed deployed by
an opponent by making a Stormsmithing roll against a
target number of 13, as long as the point from which the
cloudseed was deployed is within range (see IKKNG, p.
91). At the GM's discretion certain spells like Tempest
and Winter Storm may be used for the same purpose.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of mineral crystal
Total Material Cost: 6 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating cloudseed requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of cloudseed. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
puts the envenomed clothing back on before another hour
has elapsed, however, the toxin will still build up to
effective levels by the time the rest of the original onset
time has elapsed.
A toxin mixed with Coat of Khorva remains viable for
1d3+3 days, or until the clothing gets washed (or soaked
in water, at least).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic acid, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Coat of Khorva requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilizing the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of Coat of Khorva. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).

Coat of Khorva
Cost: 39 gc per vial Cobb’s Webs
Description: This clear, thin liquid can be mixed with Cost: 21 gc per vial (one vial contains one application of
most toxins that need to be absorbed into the bloodstream the compound, though being careful about leaving tracks
in order to take effect. A piece of clothing can then be could stretch one vial to yield two applications)
soaked in the resulting toxic compound and, once it has
Description: Devised by the covert investigator Cobb
dried, gain the ability to slowly poison whoever wears it.
Ironside, spraying this compound into the air will cause it
Though supposedly popular with assassins, the fact that
to quickly coalesce into a mass of stringy and particulate
skin contact is needed coupled with the slow action of the
matter that convincingly reproduces the appearance of
Coat of Khorva makes it a not very reliable method of
dust and old cobwebs. By using different amounts of the
assassination.
compound and adapting the spraying nozzle of an
Special Rules: Any toxin that requires injection to take alchemical mister, the exact appearance of the residue can
effect can be mixed with the Coat of Khorva before being be varied. The compound is most commonly employed by
applied to a piece of clothing (wool or linen works best; Mr. Ironside after investigating neglected archives and
the compound cannot soak into leather). Once the secret passages in order to erase any traces of his
envenomed piece of clothing has dried, the presence of presence.
the toxin is nigh undetectable, though a slight stain is
Special Rules: By spending a full action a character
usually noticeable on undyed cloth. A character who
equipped with a simple sprayer can lay down enough of
wears this piece of clothing slowly becomes poisoned
this compound to erase evidence of a small-based
over 1d3 hours (halve this time in hot weather or when
character’s presence in a dusty environment, like torn
exercising, as sweat causes the compound to become
cobwebs and finger- or footprints in the dust (though
more active). After half the onset time has elapsed, the
eliminating footprints along a dusty corridor takes one
character may make a PER+Detection roll against a target
application of the compound for every eighteen feet the
number equal to the difficulty of resisting the toxin. On a
character has walked through dust; having dragged
success, the character feels some discomfort related to the
objects along might require even more of the compound
toxin (e.g. drowsiness or numbness when affected by
to eliminate all tracks). Spotting that tracks have been
somnolence elixir); on a critical success, the character
concealed by the use of Cobb’s Webs usually requires a
also notices the sensation is centered in the area of his
PER+Detection roll against a target number of 18, though
body in contact with the envenomed garment. Once the
even a successful roll usually only reveals that dust has
full onset time has elapsed, the toxin takes effect
been disturbed by something (possibly a mouse) unless a
normally, and may be resisted as usual. If the character
critical success has been rolled.
takes the clothing off before then, the toxin does not take
effect, and any toxin remaining in the clothing is It should be noted that in some situations cunning
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alchemically produced cobwebs, since they do not include
any traces of a spider’s presence, like the husks of its
meals, and do not have a recognizable pattern, like many
(but not all) spiderwebs. At the GM’s discretion,
characters with ranks in Lore (Extraordinary Zoology) or
Lore (Zoology) lower the target number required to notice
something unusual about a dusty area to 15.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of alchemical waste
(liquid), 2 units of mineral acid
Total Material Cost: 7 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Cobb’s Webs requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilizing the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of Cobb’s Webs. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Corben's Fury
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: This pungent oil must be snorted into the
nostrils to take effect (technically, it could be held in one's
mouth, but the taste is foul, and swallowing it nauseating.
It is the fumes that carry the active components, not the
oil base). Spellcasters gain a brief surge of magical
aggression from using Corben's Fury.
Special Rules: Starting one turn after inhaling Corben's
Fury and for WIL rounds afterwards, spellcasters gain the
Combat Caster Gifted archetype benefit (IKRPG, p. 115).
If the character already has Combat Caster, he also
applies the effect of the Combat Caster benefit to the
damage rolls of his magic attacks. Once the compound
has run its course, the effect is reversed: For the following
WIL rounds, an additional die is rolled on all magic
attacks, but the highest die is removed from the roll each
time. If the character had the Combat Caster ability to
start with, he simply loses Combat Caster during this
time. No additional dose of Corben's Fury can take effect
during this time.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 units of arcane
extract, 1 unit of organic oil, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Corben's Fury requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
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character creates one vial of Corben's Fury. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Corben's Gate
Cost: 33 gc per vial
Description: Drinking this shimmering elixir causes a
spellcaster's power to flow more freely, “as if a floodgate
had been opened,” as most users claim, somewhat
mitigating the dangers of overtaxing one's inner reserves.
Special Rules: Starting 1d3+1 rounds after drinking
Corben's Gate and for WIL rounds afterwards, will
weavers add 1 die to their fatigue rolls and remove the
lowest die from the roll. Once the effect of the compound
has worn off, “the gate closes,” as spellcasters say, and the
effect is reversed for WIL rounds: Add 1d6 to fatigue rolls
and remove the highest die from the roll. No additional
dose of Corben's Gate will take effect during this time.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Corben's Gate requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Corben's Gate. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid)
instead.
Corben's Well
Cost: 42 gc per vial
Description: This faintly glowing liquid evaporates
almost instantaneously when exposed to air, and when the
fumes are inhaled by spellcasters following the will
weaver tradition they find their ability to draw on their
reserves greatly strengthened.
Special Rules: Starting one turn after inhaling Corben's
Well and for WIL rounds afterwards, will weavers may
reroll every failed fatigue roll once. Once the effect of the
compound has worn off, will weavers find their inner
reserves exhausted, and will automatically fail all fatigue
rolls they have to make for the following WIL rounds
(characters with the Strength of Will Gifted Archetype
ability may still spend feat points to automatically pass
failed fatigue rolls, as usual).
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Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 2 units of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Corben's Well requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Corben's Well. If the roll
fails, the ingredients evaporate and are wasted.
Corpseskin
Cost: 60 gc per jar
Description: Applying this greyish paste to one's skin is
no ride in the park, since its icy embrace causes most
people to constantly shiver even during the hottest day. It
does have the sometimes quite useful effect of making the
character appear to not be alive to most undead, allowing
for easier infiltration and investigation.
Special Rules: One jar of corpseskin contains enough of
the compound to cover a human-sized character's entire
body. Once removed from its airtight jar, the compound
slowly evaporates, but for 1d3+1 hours the character
wearing corpseskin is not treated like a living character by
most undead and thus ignored (particularly intelligent
undead like thrall lieutenants, skarlocks and iron liches
are not fooled by this, however, as are some of the more
powerful ghosts). Corpseskin washes off, so users are
well advised to be careful in the rain.
It is strongly advised not to interact with any undead
while wearing corpseskin. Watching, listening and
passing by within arm's reach are usually unproblematic,
but any undead but the most basic thrall can recognise a
character as not truly being dead by making a successful
PER+Detection roll against target number 11 when they
are being interacted with.
The clammy touch of corpseskin will inflict a -1 penalty
to the wearer's INT and PER rolls. The penalty lasts until
the corpseskin has evaporated.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 3 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of ectoplasm, 2 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 20 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating corpseskin requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of corpseskin. If the roll fails, the
ingredients are wasted.
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Corpus Dust
Cost: 33 gc per application
Description: This compound is a cheaper but less
effective alternative to the Ashes of Urcaen. Instead of
fully manifesting incorporeal undead, corpus dust merely
makes them semi-tangible – but having at least some
chance to take on a ghost is better than facing a spectre
completely impervious to non-magical attack.
Special Rules: A character may spend a quick action to
toss a dose of corpus dust into the air, creating a 3” AOE
in B2B with himself. Any incorporeal undead caught in
the AOE treats all damage rolls made against it as magic
damage rolls for 1d3 rounds, and has difficulties passing
through obstacles during this time, treating them as rough
terrain. Damage rolls that are already magical receive no
further benefit from corpus dust.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating corpus dust requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilizing the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. On a success, the alchemist
creates one application of corpus dust. If the roll fails, the
alchemist creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Counter-Concussive
Concoction
Cost: 21 gc per vial
Description: This clear, watery substance significantly
raises the user's pain threshold, helping him resist getting
knocked out by strikes to the head more effectively.
Needless to say, the compound is both popular and
frowned upon in prizefighting circles.
Special Rules: Two turns after the counter-concussive
concoction has been swallowed, the character receives a
+2 bonus to Willpower rolls to resist knockout that lasts
for approximately one hour. If the character does suffer
knockout during the concoction's duration, he does not
receive a bonus to any rolls to regain his consciousness,
and does in fact receive a -2 penalty instead.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 7 gc
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Alchemical Formula: Creating counter-concussive
concoction requires an alchemy lab and two hours of
labour spent cooking, combining and stabilising the
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes
an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 14. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of counter-
concussive concoction. If the roll fails, he creates one unit
of alchemical waste (liquid).
Deadpan Drops
Cost: 24 gc per vial
Description: This compound causes the character who
imbibes it to become outwardly calm, greatly enhancing
his skill at deception.
Special Rules: 1d3 minutes after drinking deadpan drops,
and for the next PHY or INT hours (whichever is greater),
a character gains a near-perfect grip on their body
language and responses, eliminating the usual involuntary
telltale tics and other signs of nervousness that are usually
triggered by lying. The character gains a +2 bonus to all
Deception skill rolls. Once the compound has worn off,
however, the character starts shivering uncontrollably,
which doesn't make his body language any easier to read
but imposes a -2 penalty to all POI and AGL rolls for
1d3+3 hours.
Deadpan drops do not actually change a character's
emotions in any way (e.g. a character suffering from
terror will still become frantic and eventually run, though
you couldn't tell from looking at his face or listening to
his voice).
The use of deadpan drops isn't too difficult to detect as
long as an investigator knows what to look for. Since the
user lacks involuntary responses, pricking him with a
needle will always elicit an oddly delayed yelp and twitch
(the user feels the pain, but the compound prevents the
normal reflexive response to pain). Of course, pricking
suspects with needles isn't always an option, and some
people are just too thick-skinned to make too much of a
fuss.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of heavy
metals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 8 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating deadpan drops requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of deadpan drops. If the roll fails, he creates one unit
alchemical waste (liquid).
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Death-Light
Cost: 30 gc per flask
Description: “How ill this taper burns,” a famous
classical play alludes to the superstition that the presence
of the restless dead causes flames to dim. This
alchemically treated oil makes truth of that particular
superstition.
Special Rules: An oil lamp burning this compound
becomes noticeably dim (providing dim lighting at the
range at which it would normally provide bright light, and
no illumination beyond that; see IKRPG, p. 225, for
details) when an undead character enters within a number
of feet equal to its PHYx6 (PHY tabletop inches), and
brightens again if the undead leave or are destroyed.
While not a foolproof method of giving early warning of
the presence of the restless dead because of its limited
range, the fact that the dimming flame doesn't indicate the
type or number of undead, and that having the lights go
out when the living dead come closer isn't exactly a
morale booster, death-light does have some utility in
determining the nexus of a haunting, and might just offer
a few crucial seconds of early warning in the event of a
Cryxian raid.
One flask of death-light oil allows a lantern or oil lamp to
keep burning for about an hour.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane extract, 3 units
of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating death-light requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
flask of death-light oil. If the roll fails, he creates one unit
alchemical waste (liquid).
Delousing Draught
Cost: 30 gc per vial
Description: If a character can make himself ingest this
foul-smelling syrup, it alters the properties of his blood
and sweat, causing nearly all known parasites to detach
themselves from the character. The draught will not
remove eggs present in or on the character's body, and
internal parasites may be unable to leave the character's
body before the compound's effect fades and subsequently
reattach themselves.
Special Rules: Drinking this compound leaves a
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character quite nauseated for one hour (-1 to STR, PER,
and INT rolls, -1 DEF). The drug is quite effective against
nearly all parasites, and will also prevent parasites from
attaching themselves during this time. In order to get rid
of internal parasites, several doses of the drug have to be
taken end to end (an unpleasant prospect indeed), or other
means of speeding the uninvited guests' departure must be
used instead (at the least a very thorough scrub is
advised).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of organic acid, 1 unit of
organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating delousing draught
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of delousing draught. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
De-Scenting Draught
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: Although this compound has an unpleasant
acrid smell and flavour, once it has been ingested it
eliminates body odour, rendering it nigh impossible to
track a character using dogs or similar animals.
Unsurprisingly, the compound is popular with spies,
saboteurs and assassins.
Special Rules: The de-scenting draught takes effect PHY
minutes after it has been drunk, and will remain effective
for about an hour. During this time the character loses his
characteristic body odour and cannot be tracked by
animals using their sense of smell (if the character is
injured, the scent of blood will still allow tracking by
scent, albeit at +4 to the normal difficulty).
Since the compound does not eliminate smells clinging to
a character's clothes, it is advisable to strip before taking
the potion. A well-prepared user therefore has some
clothes stored in a place where he can strip, use the
compound, and then change into new clothes. In a pinch,
a character might have to resort to making his escape
naked, of course. In either case, it is vital not to leave
other tracks.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
acid, 1 unit of organic acid, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating de-scenting draught
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requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of de-scenting draught. If the
roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Dispelling Dust
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: This blackish powder, which is either
simply poured on the subject or dispensed via alchemical
grenades, has a disruptive effect on completed spell
patterns, evaporating in a shower of sparks upon contact
with an ensorcelled subject.
Special Rules: All upkeep spells on a character hit by a
thrown vial of dispelling dust, whether they were cast by
allies or enemies, immediately expire.
The usual form of delivery is an alchemical grenade,
however. A dispelling dust grenade creates a 3” AOE, and
all upkeep spells on characters caught in the AOE
immediately expire, no matter whether they were cast by
allies or enemies. Alchemical grenades filled with
dispelling dust cost 45 gc each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1
unit of mineral crystal
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating dispelling dust requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining
and grinding the ingredients. At the end of this time, the
alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target
number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character creates
one vial of dispelling dust. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Distress Dust
Cost: 15 gc per vial
Description: This innocuous-looking powder can be
easily mixed with most foods and drink. Very shortly after
it has been ingested, it will cause substantial intestinal
distress, rendering the victim quite incapable of seeing to
his duties.
Special Rules: 1d6 minutes after ingesting any food or
drink laced with this compound, the character has to make
a PHY roll against target number 15. If the roll fails, the
character suffers severe stomach cramps and runs, and
will be effectively incapacitated for 1d3+1 hours, unless
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he is willing to put up with the unpleasant and humiliating
consequences (though most victims have thoroughly
emptied their guts after an hour, and will only suffer the
cramps for the rest of the time). During this time, a new
bout of cramps occurs every 1d3+PHY minutes, with
every bout lasting 1d3+PHY minutes. If the character
doesn't forfeit either his movement or action during a
cramp, there is likely to be an, um, accident. To say the
least. The less said the better, really.
Distress dust can also be used as a purgative, though the
experience is substantially more painful than the effects of
most other purgatives, if still quite thorough.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 5 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating distress dust requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of distress dust. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal), and
should wash his hands very carefully before touching any
food with them.
Doctor Arkadius' Ascension
Accelerant
Cost: 63 gc (but not for sale to anyone who is not a
member of the Thornfall Alliance)
Description: This drug can be injected into the brain of a
Farrow warbeast to cause a sudden, drastic increase in
potential (though it might be possible to formulate
versions for other warbeasts, no-one has attempted to do
so yet, and the original formula is kept a secret by its
inventor). Unfortunately, it has been found that the
compound also causes severe brain damage, preventing
the injected warbeast from ever increasing its abilities
beyond the enhancements granted by the injection.
Special Rules: An untrained living farrow warbeast must
have this compound injected directly into its brain (a
tricky proposition at best unless the beast is restrained and
sedated and the user has a measure of surgical skill and
the proper implements). The injection causes the warbeast
to immediately (i.e. within 1d6x10 minutes) gain the
FURY and THR stats of a fully trained version of its kind,
but no other abilities that would normally come with
training. Additionally, the warbeast's raw potential gains a
randomly determined, permanent enhancement (roll 1d6
to determine whether they gain a point of SPD, STR,
PRW, FURY, or THR, or the ability to use their animus).
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However, the warbeast cannot be trained at all thereafter,
or gain experience and develop its abilities in any way, so
the compound is best used to quickly “promote” untrained
warbeasts to enhanced cannon fodder status (A tactic the
farrow are usually quite comfortable with. Doctor
Arkadius refuses to waste his mechanikal enhancements
by injecting his altered warbeasts with the compound,
however, and he has made it plain he will never again do
business with any farrow who should treat the doctor's
work with such disregard. No pearls before swine indeed).
Since the brain damage caused by the compound prevents
further training, it can only be sensibly used on razor
boars, giant hog tuskers, and brute boar battle boars (see
IKU, pp. 281-283),. These warbeasts do not gain the
Armour Trained or Weapon Trained abilities, but battle
boars created from untrained brute boars by using the
ascension accelerant still gain the Rabid ability (see IKU,
p. 281).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane extract, 1 unit
of mutagenic extract, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 21 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Doctor Arkadius'
Ascension Accelerant requires an alchemy lab and two
hours of labour spent combining, cooking and stabilising
the ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist
makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of
17. If the roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of
ascension accelerant. If the roll fails, he creates one unit
of alchemical waste (liquid).
Doctor Joseph Earnes's Patent
Sanitary Bandages
Cost: 15 gc per set of bandages (enough to treat one
grievously injured character or up to three characters who
have suffered injuries but did not have to roll on the injury
table; see below for details)
Description: These unspectacular-looking bandages are
basically boiled strips of linen that are then impregnated
with an alchemical compound and stored in tightly sealed
containers. Wrapping a thoroughly cleaned injury in these
bandages often causes a somewhat unpleasant burning
sensation in the wound, but significantly reduces the risk
of infection.
Special Rules: A character whose injuries have been
wrapped with these alchemically treated bandages gains
boosted rolls to resist infections or parasites that may
enter the wounds. If the wounds have not been cleaned by
a character with the Medicine skill (e.g. they still contain
dirt, shrapnel or other potentially harmful material), the
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bandages are a lot less effective, granting a flat +1 bonus
to any rolls made to resist infections or parasites.
Characters who have been treated with these bandages
recover one less point of vitality in their next phase of
recovery (e.g. a character who has not yet regained his
PHY points of vitality by briefly resting after a combat
recovers PHY-1 points of vitality instead; a character who
has already recovered his PHY vitality points does not
recover a vitality point after resting for another hour, and
so on).
One set contains enough bandages for one character who
had to roll on the injury table during the fight (see
IKRPG, pp. 216-217). Alternatively, the bandages may be
split up between multiple patients; a character who has
suffered damage but only had one or no crippled aspects
at the end of the combat requires one third of the
bandages, while a character who had two crippled aspects
needs two thirds of the bandages provided by one set.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of mineral acid, strips of
linen
Total Material Cost: 5 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Doctor Joseph Earnes's
Patent Sanitary Bandages requires an alchemy lab and one
hour of labour spent combining, cooking and stabilising
the ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist
makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of
14. If the roll succeeds, the character creates one set of
sanitary bandages. If the roll fails, he creates one set of
bandages impregnated with alchemical waste (liquid),
which will not help a recovering patient at all but cause a
powerful burning sensation in the wound, inflicting a -1
penalty to all actions for 1d3+1 hours. Removing the
bandages and cleaning the wound again causes this
penalty to disappear after 1d3x10 minutes.
Doctor Robert Reilly's
Inversion Elixir
Cost: 60 gc per vial
Description: Inofficially named, this strange effervescent
elixir's formula was discovered scrawled, of all places, on
the underside of a table when helpers cleared out the
disappeared doctor's burned-out residence. Though thank
Morrow temporary in nature, the concoction has a
powerful effect on the imbiber's mind, seemingly bringing
to the fore a person who can, at times, be radically
different from who an individual normally is. There is
further evidence that the formula was highly experimental
as well, as the results seem unstable at best.
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Special Rules: Imbibing the inversion elixir causes a
dramatic shift in the user's personality after 1d6+6 rounds
if a Willpower roll against a target number of 18 is failed.
This effect can take any form or shape, and can turn
heroes into villains and the other way round, or go
completely sideways in thoroughly unexpected directions
instead (in game terms, the GM may allow a user to swap
a point between PER and INT, and to also swap a number
of points of Social skills equal to INT or PER after the
change, whichever is higher, to reflect this). There is also
often a more or less subtle change in body shape and
facial features that accompany this shift, sometimes to the
point that eyewitnesses will be unable to recognize the
user when not under the effect of the inversion elixir. The
effect usually lasts for 1d3+3 hours, and users have a
somewhat dreamlike recollection of what they did while
under the compound's effect. Taking another dose while
the first one lasts ends the effect after another 1d6+6
rounds, returning the user to his normal mindset and
features.
Mostly, users undergo the same shift when drinking the
compound several times (the GM determines what exactly
happens; see below for suggestions on how to handle
this). However, when using arcane minerals from a
different source in the preparation of the compound, the
change may be somewhat or even radically different (it
should be noted that the alchemists who have
experimented with the compound have not realized the
cause of this problem yet, if they have run into the issue at
all). There are also rumours that long-term use could lead
to longer, spontaneous or even permanent inversion
episodes.
Suggestions for GMs: This compound can be played for
intrigue, horror, drama, or even for hilarious effect. When
the subject is an NPC, the effects are handled easily
enough, and may be used to discredit an individual or, as
the originator of the idea, Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson,
implied, to explore the crevices of the human mind (and,
less honorably, to enjoy the freedom from moral restraint
the elixir allowed). An unscrupulous researcher or
madman may subject others to the effect and then take
notes, or a revolutionary may use it to sow confusion.
When using this compound on player characters, it might
offer the most role-playing enjoyment to have the
compound slipped into the characters' food and secretly
make the resistance rolls. Then, the GM describes the
world and other characters' behaviour in a much different
way that is coloured by the effects of the drug (e.g. if the
GM wants to play the compound for laughs, put words
that seem less authoritative into NPCs' mouths, describe
their clothes as shoddier and less imposing as they are,
and generally make them appear happy and carefree,
inviting such behaviour from the players – even when the
guards come in and arrest them, describe it as a friendly
invitation to a drink in a different tavern until the
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compound wears off. are only hinted at in the notes).

If the compound is to be played for horror, you might
Special Rules: Before applying the somatic restorative,
describe NPCs as suddenly becoming hostile at the drop
the wound must be reopened if it has already healed over,
of a hat or goading the players with insults and threats
and all scar tissue must be cut away. No procedures,
and drawing weapons at little provocation (while in truth,
alchemicals or drugs that slow bleeding may be used
none of this is happening, it is all in the characters' minds
during the surgery, which can easily prove life-threatening
based on what is really going on, which might simply be
(The surgeon must make an INT+Medicine roll against a
someone asking the player characters to allow him to
target number of 16. On a success, the patient is
pass through. The player characters' reactions, however,
considered incapacitated and must make a roll on the
are genuine, and may lead to the player characters killing
injury table (see IKRPG, p. 217), but may adjust the result
people with little provocation, and then fleeing the scene
by adding or subtracting 1 (results like broken bones or
dismayed by the impression that suddenly everybody
destroyed limbs or eyes are ignored, of course, though
seems to be out to get them).
other effects like bleeding and slow healing still apply)
When running an inversion episode this way, you should On a failure, the patient must also make a roll on the
allow characters for whom the GM passed the resistance injury table but may not adjust the result, and the patient
roll some clarity, while still imposing on them the same must make two rolls for side-effects and take the higher
narrative in order to maintain the effect. For example, a result).
character who has resisted the compound might still
At the end of the surgical procedure, the somatic
perceive a character who is in truth merely telling the
restorative must be injected into the tissue of the stump or
group to get lost as pulling a knife, but while the others
where an eye used to be; a single dose is sufficient for an
see murder in his eyes, the character who has managed to
eye or a hand, while two doses must be used for legs or
maintain some degree of his senses also sees the sweat
arms. The limb or organ will start growing after 1d6
running down the attacker's face, clearly indicating that
rounds, which will stop all bleeding immediately, and
that individual is afraid and merely grandstanding, and
once all vitality has been recovered the growth is
giving that player the chance to persuade the others to
complete. However, the patient must also roll on the Pain
back off instead of killing the hapless man.
of Healing table (see IKRPG, p. 240), and add +5 to the
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy roll (this roll suffers no additional penalties for having
used magical healing before, and side-effects usually
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
affect the regenerated limb or eye first, if applicable – a
minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of mutagenic
regrown arm could be withered, reducing STR, or a
extract
regrown eye might look different from the other eye).
Total Material Cost: 20 gc
A single body part can only be regrown once using Doctor
Alchemical Formula: Creating Doctor Robert Reilly's Watt's Somatic Restorative No. 9 (though in the case of a
Inversion Elixir requires an alchemy lab and two hours of lost hand, for example, losing the entire arm later might
labour spent combining, cooking and stabilizing the allow the compound to be used to regrow the arm from
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes the shoulder down, if the patient is willing to submit to
an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 16. If the the procedure a second time in the first place).
roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of inversion
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
elixir. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical
waste (liquid). Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 burrow-mawg adrenal gland, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of mutagenic extract
Total Material Cost: 23 gc
Doctor Watt's Somatic
Alchemical Formula: Creating Doctor Watt's Somatic
Restorative No. 9 Restorative No. 9 requires an alchemy lab and four hours
Cost: 69 gc per vial (sufficient for a hand or eye; two
of labour spent combining, cooking and stabilizing the
vials must be used for an arm or leg)
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes
Description: Found in the notes left by the disappeared an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 17. If the
physiologist Orlando Watt, this experimental compound roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of somatic
offers the prospect of regrowing lost limbs or body parts restorative. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of
like eyes. However, applying the compound requires a alchemical waste (liquid).
risky surgical procedure, and the side-effects described in
the notes can be horrendous (though perhaps not as
horrendous as those caused by batches one to eight, which

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Doleth's Bounty
Cost: 24 gc per vial
Description: This sludgy compound gives off a strong
odor unpleasantly reminiscent of rotting fish. While
unpleasant for landlubbers, predatory fish do find this
smell irresistible, and are invariably drawn to the place
where the lure has been poured into the water, generally
giving it preference even over blood. While this is useful
when hunting for marine predators, fishing, and
attempting to rescue swimmers in shark-infested waters,
users are advised that they may easily lure something too
big for them to handle from the depths.
Special Rules: Generally, it takes at least 1d6+6 minutes
for a dose of Doleth's Bounty poured into water to
sufficiently spread out to draw nearby marine predators to
the centre of the affected area (when not poured over nets
intended to capture predatory fish or wildlife, Doleth's
Bounty is generally put into a bottle and launched out to
sea with a slingshot to draw away predators). A single
dose remains effective for about 1d3x10 minutes, though
this may differ wildly depending on the weather and other
conditions (calm seas or using the compound in still lakes
may easily double or triple both the time it takes for the
compound to take effect and how long the effect lasts,
while choppy water, powerful currents or strong winds
may halve the duration or reduce it even further). The GM
is the final arbiter as to what creatures are drawn in by the
compound; as a rule of thumb, a single use adds a die to a
Survival skill roll made to find food if a body of water
with fish in it is available. Doleth's Bounty has no effect
on sentient or unliving creatures.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic acid, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 8 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Doleth's Bounty requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Doleth's Bounty. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Dram of Drayce
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: This tasteless, odourless compound, named
after the manipulative Scion of Thamar, Drayce, is a
sinister poison that only reveals its true power when the
victim is affected by specific mind-controlling spells.
Needless to say, if a person is caught possessing or
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administering this compound he invites the same penalties
as if he had been caught practicing actual witchcraft, the
usurpation of a person's will through magic.
Special Rules: 1d6 minutes after the target has swallowed
Dram of Drayce, or after 1 round if the poison enters the
victim's bloodstream, the target character becomes
extremely susceptible to magical suggestion. Whenever
the character is target by the spells Influence or Overmind
(IKRPG, p. 241) and fails the contested Willpower roll,
the spellcaster takes over the victim's next activation
completely and can move them and dictate their actions as
they see fit (this enhanced control supersedes the usual
effects of the Influence and Overmind spells). The target
character will use all his normal abilities and knowledge
to accomplish the command.
The effects of Dram of Drayce end when the victim has
passed three consecutive Willpower rolls against
Influence or Overmind, or after 1d3+1 hours.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Dram of Drayce requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Dram of Drayce. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and
the fumes reduce the alchemist's INT and WIL by -2 for
1d3+1 hours.
Droughtstones
Cost: 39 gc per jar
Description: These unassuming white crystals must be
stored in a very carefully sealed jar. When the jar is
opened, the crystals voraciously absorb all moisture in the
vicinity, significantly expanding in size in the process.
Droughstones are useful for intelligence agents who need
to get into a building via the sewers or when it is raining
but must take care not to dribble water all over the place
in order to avoid discovery. Some scout forces and
explorers have also been known to carry droughtstones, as
they can be a lifesaver when individuals find themselves
unexpectedly thrown into a body of water, especially
when firewood is hard to get, fires would give away the
presence of the user, or there is no time to make camp and
dry clothes and equipment by traditional means.
Special Rules: When a jar of droughtstones is opened, a
3” AOE is centered on the jar. All clothes and equipment
of characters completely within the AOE are considered
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to be immediately dried even if they were thoroughly
water-logged to start with. Living users are advised to
close their eyes tightly or wear goggles and to hold their
breath when using droughtstones, or the compound will
also drain moisture from their eyeballs and lungs, leading
to severely irritated eyes (-2 on PER and attack rolls
requiring sight) and coughing fits (which, apart from
being quite audible, will cause the character to lose a
quick action every activation). These penalties persist for
1d6+3 minutes (but may be alleviated through the
application of some simple medicines, if available).
Droughtstones turn bright blue when used and expand,
spilling from the jar to form a pile that may have several
times the size of the original jar (which usually is about
the size of a pint jug), depending on the amount of
moisture absorbed. Intelligence agents using
droughtstones generally take care to do so in a place
where they can be assured of the crystals not being
discovered quickly, though simply using a brush or broom
to sweep the crystals under pieces of furniture is also
easy, since the expanded stones tend to stick together.
When distilling droughtstones for ingredients, it is always
possible to recover all of the ingredients except for the
arcane minerals. Alternatively, an alchemist may recover
the arcane minerals alone.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1
unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating droughtstones requires an
alchemy lab and four hours of labour spent grinding,
combining, stabilising and drying the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of droughtstones. If the roll fails,
he creates two units of alchemical waste (crystal).
Ectoplasmic Precipitator
Cost: 75 gc per vial
Description: Developed by the Thamarite scholar of the
undead Jedediah Gyser, this grey oil will temporarily bind
the essence of an incorporeal undead and, with the right
tools, even allows prolonged storage.
Special Rules: This compound must be applied through
some kind of squirtgun or by emptying a vial over an
incorporeal undead (the latter requires the character to be
with 0.5” of the target and succeed at a POI roll against
his target's DEF). One vial of ectoplasmic precipitator
contains enough of the compound for a small-based
incorporeal undead.
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If the undead has been successfully hit, it is removed from
the game, but it is still present – it is simply temporarily
contained in the liquid compound spattered on the ground.
The target cannot be harmed while in this form, and
cannot take any actions or move except when using
abilities that allow it to instantly move itself to another
location like the Grave Summons or Phase deathly
endowments (see IKMN, p. 78). Similarly, if an
incorporeal undead with the Bound deathly burden (see
IKMN, p. 79) is transported out of the area it is bound to,
it will be torn from its liquid prison and freed. Undead
abilities that do not require actions will still work,
potentially rendering the proximity of a bottled spectre
extremely dangerous to the living if the captured undead
has abilities like Aura of Sickness or Malignant Presence
(see IKMN, pp. 78-79).
It the user is quick about it, he can soak up the liquid with
a sponge or similar tool and store it in an airtight
container, thus preventing the compound from
evaporating and, theoretically, containing the trapped
undead forever (ectoplasmic precipitator that already
contains an undead cannot be used to trap another).
Unfortunately, gathering up the spattered liquid is often
impossible on a battlefield, and even outside combat the
conditions of the ground may prevent gathering up the
compound (e.g. when the undead is encountered on loose
soil that can soak up the precipitator). Unless stored in an
airtight container, ectoplasmic precipitator evaporates
after 1d3+3 minutes, freeing the captive undead. To
successfully store an incorporeal undead, at least two
thirds of the compound must be gathered up again, which
usually takes at least 1d3+1 minutes for a single character
with a sponge, a flask and a funnel. A character who is
busy gathering up a liquified undead is considered
knocked down and must take full actions each turn in
order to make any progress.
Special: After witnessing the use of ectoplasmic
precipitator on a void spirit, skorne chymists and extollers
arranged for the capture of the alchemist in order to study
how to formulate a chymical ectoplasmic precipitator
compound for use against kovaas, the maddened spirits
that result from the destruction of a sacral stone.
However, it turned out that the desiccating presence
kovaas are known for breaks down ectoplasmic
precipitator at once upon contact, making it useless as a
tool for capturing these insane spectres.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 3 units of alchemical stone, 1 units of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit
of ectoplasm, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic
oil
Total Material Cost: 25 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating ectoplasmic precipitator
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requires an alchemy lab and four hours of labour spent
combining, distilling and stabilising the ingredients. At
the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 17. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of
ectoplasmic precipitator. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Ekrisal
Cost: 42 gc per vial
Description: This blackish, tar-like syrup, which is
named after the Thamarite Scion of secrets, can be
ingested by those bearing the Gift of magic to hide their
abilities.
Special Rules: 1d6+3 minutes after swallowing Ekrisal,
the character gains the Shadow Magic ability (see
IKRPG, p. 167). However, while the compound is in
effect the character also loses the Magic Sensitivity Gifted
archetype benefit (see IKRPG, p. 115), if he has it, and
suffers a -2 RNG penalty to all spells. Spells that have
RNG:SP (spray attack) or CTRL (control area) are not
affected. The compound's effects last for 1d3+1 hours.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Ekrisal requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Ekrisal. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Elemental Catalyst
Cost: 42 gc for one vial of elemental catalyst (one vial
contains three applications of one type of elemental
catalyst)
Description: Different versions of this arcane catalyst
exist, which are specific to different elements and visually
distinct (fire catalyst, for example, glows red in the dark,
while ice catalyst glitters like sunlight on snow when
viewed in the light. Storm catalyst emits sparks when
stirred or crushed. Only stone catalyst looks completely
unassuming – like a handful of grainy sand). Casting
elemental spells with a pinch of the right catalyst grants
the spell additional power. Elemental catalyst is more
stable than most arcane catalysts, but is still susceptible to
gradual decay if not stored in a lead vial.
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Special Rules: A Gifted character may spend a quick
action to pour elemental catalyst into his palm before
casting an offensive spell from an elemental spell list (see
the sorcerer spell lists in IKRPG, p. 236; the caster does
not have to be a sorcerer to use elemental catalyst,
however, as long as he knows an offensive spell from the
correct list). When he casts the spell, the catalyst is
consumed, and grants the caster the Elemental Mastery
ability for that one spell only (see IKRPG, p. 161).
If a spellcaster pours elemental catalyst into his hand but
is then forced to cast a spell which is not from the
catalyst's elemental spell list, the catalyst remains inert
and is not used up. Casting a spell from the catalyst's
elemental list that is not an offensive spell, however, still
causes the catalyst to react, wasting it. It takes a quick
action to return a handful of elemental catalyst to the vial.
Elemental catalyst has no effect on channelled spells.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 2 units of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating elemental catalyst
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
grinding, combining and stabilizing the ingredients. At
the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 16. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of a single
type of elemental catalyst. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (crystal) instead.
Essence of Purity
Cost: 33 gc per vial (see below)
Description: This golden liquid enhances the ability of
Menite priests to remove the effects of unclean sorcery by
touch. While it is most often used ritually, it can be
utilised just as easily in combat, and is especially popular
with priests of the Creator who are also Allegiants of the
Order of the Fist.
Special Rules: A character with the Dispel ability (see
IKRPG, p. 160) may use it without the need for spending
a feat point by either painting the target character with the
compound (which is usually done by inscribing a prayer
or menofix using a brush or one's fingertip), or by
touching the target character with a hand smeared with
some of the compound (applying the compound to one's
hand can be accomplished by using a quick action. The
Dispel ability is triggered with the character's next
unarmed melee attack against a character who has an
upkept spell on them. It should be noted that while it is
technically possible to paint the compound on one's feet,
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as a rule Menites are unwilling to do so out of respect for
Menoth's gift of the ability to dispel sorcery).
Essence of purity must be applied by hand to be effective
(it cannot be applied via coated weapons).
One vial of essence of purity contains enough doses for
ARC applications (characters with greater divine powers
can make do with less, but since this is difficult to judge
in combat and experience shows most vials are good for
three or so doses, most users err on the side of generosity
and split one vial into three doses. When applying the
compound outside of combat, it usually becomes clear
when enough has been applied when the magic affecting
the target character fades).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating essence of purity requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
beginning of the process the equipment and ingredients
must be blessed by a priest of Menoth with the Dispel
ability. At the end of the process, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of essence of
purity. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical
waste (liquid).
Essence of Quicksilver
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: Injecting this pale liquid into the
bloodstream grants highly increased coordination and
speed of movement at the cost of mental focus.
Special Rules: Two rounds after injecting essence of
quicksilver via a syringe and for about ten minutes
afterwards, the character receives an additional quick
action during every activation. However, users also
become jittery and have difficulty concentrating.
Consequently, they take a -1 penalty to all INT and PER
rolls and cannot receive an aiming bonus. These penalties
last for one hour after injecting essence of quicksilver.
Additional injections of the compound during this time
grant no benefits, though the duration of the penalties
stacks.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of organic
toxin
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
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Alchemical Formula: Creating essence of quicksilver
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of essence of quicksilver. If the
roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Essence of Urcaen
Cost: 126 gc per vial
Description: This strange compound is so transparent it is
easy to think it is not there at all. It evaporates completely
when it gets in contact with air, and must be injected with
a syringe to take effect – but it allows characters to briefly
become incorporeal, just as if they were ghosts. The
compound is popular with spies and assassins, who can
use it for a nearly perfect getaway – as long as they don't
mind running away naked, that is.
Special Rules: 1d3 rounds after injecting Essence of
Urcaen, a character becomes incorporeal and remains so
for PHY rounds. The compound will not affect any worn
or carried equipment, which will simply fall to the
ground. Similarly, a character using Essence of Urcaen is
completely unable to interact with corporeal entities while
the compound's effect lasts (though they will not drop
through floors unless they make efforts to do so, in which
case they will have to contend with falling damage as
usual). The unpleasant side-effects of the compound
consist of powerful chills and tremors that last for one
hour after the injection and inflict a -2 penalty to all rolls
and DEF during this time.
Should the character be killed while under the effect of
Essence of Urcaen, it is very likely he will become an
actual ghost – and usually a rather crazed ghost as well.
If a character using Essence of Urcaen should be within a
solid obstacle or another character when the effect ends,
both the character and the obstacle take each other's
PHY+3d6 damage which is only reduced by PHY, spell
effects, and heroic dodges (inanimate obstacles like walls
use ARM instead of PHY both for the damage they inflict
and against the damage they take). If this is insufficient to
destroy either the obstacle or the character, both take the
same damage again until one is destroyed. This damage is
always inflicted simultaneously to both the character and
the obstacle.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 2 units of
ectoplasm, 2 units of mutagenic extract, 1 unit of organic
toxin
Total Material Cost: 42 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Essence of Urcaen
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requires an alchemy lab and four hours of labour spent
combining, distilling and stabilising the ingredients. At
the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 17. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of Essence of
Urcaen. If the roll fails, the ingredients evaporate and are
wasted.
Essence Stone
Cost: usually not for sale (see Special Rules); can fetch
more than a hundred gold crowns or a death sentence in
the right place
Description: This small crystal, usually no larger than a
fingertip, sheds a vile greenish glow, and when living
beings touch it, they hear a keening wail – unsurprisingly
so, considering the crystal contains the stolen soul of a
slain mortal.
Special Rules: As a quick action, an essence stone can be
crushed to yield 1 soul token, which must be claimed
according to the standard rules. The main use for these
crystals is storage of souls for use in rituals or as a back-
up for characters who fuel their abilities with souls. It is
generally assumed that this formula predates the invention
of the more versatile soul cage.
It should be noted that few alchemists know the formula
for this compound, that even fewer have the capabilities
required for creating essence stones, and that even less are
willing to do so.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy and the ability to
handle souls (like the Soul Taker ability, see IKUA, p. 68;
though abilities like Reclaim could theoretically allow the
creation of essence stones as well, most characters will
refrain from doing so for moral reasons)
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 2 units of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 soul token
Total Material Cost: 19 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating an essence stone requires
an alchemy lab and one day of labour spent combining,
cooking and crystallizing the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one essence stone. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal), and the soul
used in the process escapes to Urcaen unless the alchemist
wins a contested Willpower roll against it.
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Eversober Elixir
Cost: 30 gc per vial
Description: This elixir is an oily, foul-tasting liquid. In
order to be effective, it must be swallowed at least a few
minutes before any alcohol is imbibed.
Special Rules: A character who has drunk eversober
elixir will be able to resist the usual side-effects of
drinking alcohol for a number of hours equal to their PHY
stat (whenever the character has to make a roll to prevent
getting inebriated during this time, the roll is
automatically boosted). Apart from winning drinking
contests, this elixir is sometimes used by spies who try to
loosen others' tongues through strong drink, but need to
remain sober enough to be able to make use of their
marks' state.
Once a dose of eversober elixir has been used, no other
dose can take effect before 24 hours have elapsed.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic
oil
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating eversober elixir requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of eversober elixir. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Eyes of Lukas
Cost: 48 gc per vial
Description: This scentless, clear compound can be
dispensed as vapor or injected into the bloodstream. The
victim is soon overcome with rabid paranoia, becoming
mortally afraid of every other person they see as their
senses are twisted into portraying every other character as
horrific and menacing.
Special Rules: A character who has inhaled Eyes of
Lukas (e.g. after being hit by a thrown vial of Eyes of
Lukas) or been injected with it treats every other character
as having Terror with a target number equal to his own
PER plus the other character's ARM or the POW(+STR)
of his most impressive-looking weapon, whichever is
higher (Example: A trollkin (PHY 8) in full plate armour
(+8 ARM), when viewed by a character under the effects
of Eyes of Lukas who has PER 4, has Terror[8+8+4=20].
The same trollkin may also have a longsword strapped on
his back (POW 6) and be quite brawny (STR 7), and be
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carrying a heavy rifle (POW 12), but to the character
poisoned with Eyes of Lukas neither of these appears
nearly as threatening as the trollkin's up-armoured
physique). As a matter of fact, even seeing himself in a
mirror can make a character poisoned with this compound
back gibbering into a corner.
Eyes of Lukas lasts until the character has passed three
Terror tests in a row (characters who drop all weapons
and take off their armour can usually calm down their
paranoid friends without too much trouble), or for 1d3+1
hours, whichever comes first.
Alchemical grenades filled with Eyes of Lukas cost 57 gc.
A thrown grenade of Eyes of Lukas creates a 3” AOE that
affects everybody inside unless they are wearing gas
masks. A thrown vial of the compound only affects the
character directly hit by the vial.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 burrow mawg adrenal gland, 1 unit of organic
toxin
Total Material Cost: 16 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Eyes of Lukas requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Eyes of Lukas. If the roll
fails, the ingredients are wasted and the alchemist must
make a Willpower test against a target number of 16+his
own PER or suffer a fit of screaming terror that lasts for
1d3+1 rounds (and likely wakes everybody in the
building).
Falseflesh
Cost: 51 gc per jar
Description: This disconcertingly flesh-tinted thick salve
is prized by spies and infiltrators, since it can be used to
create amazingly lifelike disguises that will stand up to
even the closest inspection.
Special Rules: It takes a bit of practice to apply falseflesh
since any mistake will likely create a horrible caricature
of a face. A few minutes after coming into contact with
living flesh, falseflesh bonds with the skin and assumes
the same skin tone, texture and warmth as the skin it
covers. Once falseflesh has fully set, it cannot be removed
without tearing off the skin underneath, and is virtually
indistinguishable from real skin and flesh except for its
hairlessness and the fact that it does not bleed (so careful
cutting with a knife may reveal that a spy's large
falseflesh nose is actually a disguise; however, if the
wielder of the knife isn't careful he may cut the skin
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underneath the falseflesh and still draw blood).
Using falseflesh doubles a character's effective Disguise
skill level as long as the character can take at least an hour
applying the falseflesh disguise in front of a mirror using
gloves and a fine sculpting tool (since he cannot touch the
salve with bare flesh without causing it to set). If the
character's attempt to apply the falseflesh is interrupted or
otherwise interfered with, no bonus is gained, and a
penalty of 1d3+1 is instead applied to the character's
Disguise result. One jar of falseflesh contains enough
salve to disguise a character's head and hands.
A falseflesh disguise is usually good for 24+PHY hours.
After this time the falseflesh starts to dry up and crack,
ruining the disguise and making the character look
extremely disturbing. It takes another PHY hours for the
falseflesh disguise to flake off completely, though
vigorous scrubbing with plenty of warm water and soap
can significantly speed this process up, even if it is
extremely unpleasant.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mutagenic extract, 2 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 17 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating falseflesh requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of falseflesh. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid). The smell
and appearance of the failed concoction will also likely
put the character off eating meat for a day or two.
Falsescent Drops
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: This highly concentrated, syrupy compound
alters the imbiber's scent so that it becomes identical to
that of another. The compound leaves a floury aftertaste in
the drinker's mouth, so unless the user is knowingly
drinking the compound, it must be mixed with some other
strongly flavoured food to mask this (strong liquor or a
hearty stew are popular choices).
Special Rules: PHY minutes after a character has
swallowed falsescent drops, his body odour becomes
identical to that of another character (see below) for 1d3
hours. The main use of the compound, apart from general
mischief, is laying false trails for dogs – for example, by
making a guard's body odour identical to a saboteur's, any
dogs that attempt to sniff out the saboteur will likely track
the guard instead.
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Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: Hair and skin from the character whose
scent is going to get duplicated, 1 unit of alchemical
stone, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of mutagenic
extract, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating falsescent drops requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of falsescent drops. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and
the stench will likely put him off eating for the next few
hours.
Fangblunter
Cost: 12 gc per jar
Description: A character who has coated their clothes or
armour with this tar-like salve gains some protection from
beasts that try to bite him, as the noxious smell of the
compound makes most animals reluctant to bite down.
Special Rules: Fangblunter is usually applied to the
chest, to the neck, to the arms, and to the boots (the latter
against animals that are small enough to go for the legs).
One application lasts for 1d3+1 hours before too much of
the noxious content has evaporated. Any living animal
that attacks by biting will take a -2 penalty to attack rolls
against a character wearing fangblunter, though the
character will also take a -2 penalty to Detection rolls
using his sense of smell as well as a -1 penalty to Animal
Handling and Riding rolls due to the animals shying away
from the smell. Most people will not respond too kindly
to the smell, either, though they generally consider it
irritating rather than nauseating.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of alchemical waste
(liquid), 1 unit of organic oil.
Total Material Cost: 4 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating fangblunter requires an
alchemy lab and one hour of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of fangblunter. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
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Fascinostrum
Cost: 51 gc per vial
Description: Of potentially invaluable use to spies, using
this compound requires some careful planning. For a few
minutes after dripping fascinostrum into his eyes, the user
gains the ability to transfix a single person who meets
their gaze, making the target temporarily oblivious and
allowing allies to slip past unnoticed.
Special Rules: 1d3 minutes after dripping fascinostrum
into his eyes, the user may attempt to transfix a single
living character meeting his gaze as long as the target is
within 2” and reasonably still (i.e. not engaged in
fighting). The user makes social skill rolls, which gain a
+2 bonus, and which are contested by the Willpower of
the target. As soon as the user of the fascinostrum wins,
the target becomes transfixed and completely oblivious to
his surroundings as long as the user of the fascinostrum
maintains eye contact and no strong stimuli intrude (i.e. a
nearby gunshot, or striking the transfixed character. The
user can easily tell when he has been successful because
the pupils in the target's eyes become enormously
enlarged and their conversation trails off once they are
transfixed). Once the user of the fascinostrum breaks eye
contact or the effect is otherwise interrupted, the target
resumes the conversation as if nothing had happened,
unaware that any time has passed. The user of
fascinostrum may keep trying to transfix targets for
10+PHY minutes after the compound has taken effect.
The eyes of a fascinostrum user seem to gleam and catch
the light easily (in fact, in full darkness they really do
glow softly, which ruins the user's night vision and adds
+2 to the target number for all actions undertaken in dim
lighting or darkness that rely on vision). Taking more than
one dose of fascinostrum within 24 hours damages the
user's eyes: Though the compound still offers its benefits,
the user loses 1 PER and DEF, which are only recovered
after the user has rested their eyes in darkness for 12
hours. Taking a third dose within 24 hours blinds the user
completely for 24 hours once the compound has worn off.
At least half the time spent in recovery must be spent in
darkness.
Goggles or visors worn by the target do not block the
transfixing effects of fascinostrum, but goggles or glasses
worn by the user do. Also, fascinostrum is of little use if
there are multiple targets (e.g. two guards at a gate),
because it's unlikely they can both be transfixed by two
users at the same time, and the non-transfixed guard will
likely become suspicious when his colleague suddenly
falls silent in the middle of a conversation.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract (black tatzylwurm eye fluid), 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of mutagenic extract
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Total Material Cost: 17 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating fascinostrum requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of fascinostrum. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Field-Binder
Cost: 33 gc per application
Description: Tossing this glittering powder onto an active
power field temporarily stabilizes the field, making it
more resistant to damage. The origin of the compound's
formula is obscure, but is suspected it was reverse-
engineered from a compound used by Iosan arcanists,
since Iosan forces make a lot more use of power field
technology than the militaries of the Iron Kingdoms.
Special Rules: A single application of field-binder is
sufficient for a small- or medium-based character. Two
applications of field-binder are required for large-based
characters like heavy myrmidons, while huge-based
characters like myrmidon colossals require three
applications.
Applying field-binder requires the character to be within
B2B with the target character and expend a quick action
to toss the compound onto the power field (a character
wearing warcaster armour can also apply field-binder to
himself). An application of field-binder grants the
character +2 ARM for 1d3 rounds or until his power field
is depleted, whichever comes first. Field-binder has no
effect on characters whose power fields are currently
depleted.
A power field under the effects of field-binder sparks and
glitters noticeably, making it possible for savvy
commanders to order their troops to either hold their fire
until the effect wears off, or start a massed assault if the
glitter suddenly disappears under fire, indicating the
power field has just collapsed.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating field-binder requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of field-binder. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
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Field-Dampener
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: This glittering powder, which is usually
dispensed via alchemical grenades, disrupts the power
fields generated by warcaster armour and many Iosan
myrmidons.
Special Rules: A power field-equipped character (usually
a warcaster wearing warcaster armour or an Iosan
myrmidon) hit by a thrown vial of field-dampener loses
1d3 power field boxes, and cannot regain any power field
boxes or overboost their power field for 1d3 rounds.
Field-dampener has no effect on characters who do not
have power fields.
The usual form of delivery is an alchemical grenade. A
field-dampener bomb creates a 3” AOE. Characters who
are hit by a field-dampener AOE suffer the effects of
field-dampener powder described above. Field-dampener
bombs cost 48 gc each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 2 units of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1
unit of heavy metals
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating field-dampener requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of field-dampener. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Firefighter Foam
From Irisheathen's Liber Alchemika
Cost: 24 gc per flask
Description: This watery, blue-tinted alchemical mixture
reacts aggressively when exposed to air by expanding into
a sticky, bright blue heavy foam that can quickly
extinguish most flames. Firefighter foam is regularly
employed in industrialised areas as well as on some
battlefields to contain and control fires and prevent them
from spreading out of control. It is common that
firefighter foam is created in large batches by order of the
military or by larger cities to protect its citizens, but it can
also be found in many alchemists' shops to guard against
accidents. While it is an extremely useful weapon against
fires it is, unfortunately, also an extremely heavy dye,
which will leave all organic surfaces it touches dyed a
shade of blue until they are scrubbed clean.
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Special Rules: Flasks of firefighter foam can be thrown,
but it is usually deployed via modified grenades or
alchemical misters for a more even application. When
firefighter foam is deployed it creates a 3” AOE cloud
effect that remains in play for one round. Firefighter foam
does not provide any protection against fire damage
caused by an attack (it does not grant Immunity: Fire) but
will cause all fire continuous effects in the AOE to expire
in the round it is deployed, as well as negate any fire
cloud effects that overlap with the firefighter foam AOE.
Additionally, objects and characters caught in the
firefighter foam cloud effect, and thus coated with the
compound, are immune to the fire continuous effect for
1d3x10 minutes, or until doused with water.
Any exposed skin of characters who are caught in the
firefighter foam cloud effect is dyed a shade of blue for
1d3+1 days. Any non-living organic matter inside the
AOE is dyed a shade of blue for 1d3+1 weeks. However,
vigorous scrubbing and lots of hot water and soap can
remove the dye more quickly.
The firefighter foam AOE remains in play for 1d3x10
minutes, but isn't a cloud effect after the first round.
Characters that go prone or are knocked down in the AOE
automatically cause any fire continuous effect on them to
expire, but are also dyed blue.
Alchemical grenades filled with firefighter foam are
available for 29 gc per grenade.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1
unit of organic acid
Total Material Cost: 8 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating firefighter foam requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labor spent cooking,
combining and stabilizing the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one flask of firefighter. If the roll fails,
the alchemist suffers all dye effects as if he was inside a
firefighter foam AOE, and the ingredients are wasted.
Fires of Delesle
Cost: 33 gc per vial (sufficient for 6 points' worth of
thrall runes)
Description: Necromancers use this compound to briefly
alter or enhance the abilities of their undead thralls by
inscribing temporary runes on them. While offering a lot
in terms of versatility, the energies unleashed by this
compound cause thralls to deteriorate rapidly.
Special Rules: A character with the Inscribe Thrall Rune
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ability (see IKUA, p. 68) who is in B2B with a thrall he
controls may use a full action to inscribe a single
additional thrall rune on the thrall's body in the Fires of
Delesle (usually on the thrall's forehead). The character
must make an INT+Thrall Crafting roll against a target
number of 12 plus the rune point cost of the thrall rune
(see IKUA, pp 74-75 for thrall rune costs). On a success,
the thrall gains the abilities granted by the additional
thrall rune for a number of rounds equal to the thrall's
PHY, but also immediately suffers a number of points of
damage equal to the rune points of the temporary rune (if
the thrall in question has a life spiral, this damage is
applied to a randomly determined branch). If the roll to
inscribe the rune was failed, the thrall simply suffers 1d3
points of damage, and no benefit is gained.
The Fires of Delesle cannot be used to duplicate thrall
runes the thrall already possesses, but can be used any
number of times as long as the thrall survives. As long as
one rune inscribed through the Fires of Delesle is active,
all other attempts to inscribe temporary thrall runes are
automatic failures.
If the character inscribing the temporary thrall rune has
the Dark Scribe ability (see IKUA, p. 68), it takes only a
quick action to attempt to inscribe a temporary thrall rune,
rather than a full action.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of mineral acid
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Fires of Delesle requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of Fires of Delesle, which is sufficient to attempt to
inscribe 6 rune points' worth of thrall runes. If the roll
fails, the alchemist creates one unit of alchemical waste
(liquid).
Fires of Stacia
Cost: 33 gc per vial
Description: Inhaling the roiling, fiery-looking vapours
of this compound causes a spellcaster's powers to flow
with the utmost ease, though users also become prone to
headaches and nausea if they cannot constantly grant their
Gift the release it hungers for with maddening intensity.
Special Rules: A character who inhales Fires of Stacia
gains one additional quick action during each activation
that can only be used to cast spells for 1d6+WIL minutes.
If the characters did not cast an offensive spell during his
previous activation (e.g. because he was Fatigued, or
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there were no enemy targets within range), he suffers a -2
penalty to all rolls not related to casting spells. If the
character casts an offensive spell again, the penalty is
removed in his next Maintenance Phase. After the
compound has worn off, the spellcaster has difficulty
concentrating and can only cast spells by forfeiting his
attacks for the same duration, casting one spell at most
per activation with no respite from the penalties for
casting, unless he takes another dose of Fires of Stacia.
Needless to say, using this compound can easily lead to
magical rampages not unlike the conflagration attributed
to the Scion of Thamar after which this compound is
named.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 burrow-mawg adrenal gland
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Fires of Stacia requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of Fires of Stacia. If the roll fails, the alchemist
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and if the
alchemist is a spellcaster the fumes will cause him to cast
his highest-POW offensive spell at his workbench in a
sudden arcane rage if he fails a WIL roll against a target
number of 16, likely causing significant damage to his
equipment as well as catching himself in a blast area.
Flash Powder
Cost: 33 gc per vial
Description: This innocuous-looking grey powder gives
off an extremely bright light when it is lit on fire or
struck. It is consumed much too quickly to be useful as a
light source, but can blind people without causing much
of a noise beyond a soft “pop” or significant collateral
damage.
Special Rules: A thrown vial of flash powder or a flash
grenade blinds every character within 5” who has line of
sight to the location where the powder ignites (use
standard deviation rules even though flash powder does
not have an AOE in the standard sense). Blinded
characters take a -4 penalty to DEF and all visual-based
Detection or attack rolls for one turn and lose either their
action or their movement during their next activation. If
the character is wearing goggles or similar eye protection,
he is only partially blinded and suffers -2 to DEF and
Detection or attack rolls for one turn and does not lose his
action or movement during his next activation. At the
gamemaster's discretion, enough light might reflect off
surfaces in a small room to at least partially blind
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characters who do not have line of sight to a flash grenade
going off.
The character throwing a vial of flash powder or a flash
powder grenade is not considered to have line of sight to
his own dose of flash powder. The same applies to allies
who are aware of the plan and are not stationary when the
grenade goes off.
Flash grenades cost 42 gc each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit
of arcane minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating flash powder requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of flash powder. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Flash-Bond Fumes
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: Inhaling this compound temporarily
enhances a focuser's ability to attune to mechanika, which
can be useful indeed when a warcaster needs to mobilize
quickly using unfamiliar equipment.
Special Rules: Opening a vial of flash-bond fumes and
inhaling them takes a quick action. For ARC rounds
afterwards, a warcaster may then bond to mechanika or
steamjacks by using a quick action instead of a full action
to form the bond. Once the compound has worn off, the
warcaster's ability to concentrate on bonding becomes
compromised for another ARC rounds, and the warcaster
can only form bonds during this time by spending a full
action and passing an ARC roll against a target number of
14. The warcaster cannot benefit from another dose of
flash-bond fumes during this time.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic acid
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating flash-bond fumes
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of flash-bond fumes. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal) and
a cloud of vapor.
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Flesh Fury
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: When warlocks draw upon their own life
energies to fuel their magic, they may inadvertently cause
themselves debilitating damage. Drinking this acrid
compound helps a warlock gain greater control over the
risks.
Special Rules: 1d3+3 minutes after drinking flesh fury
and for ARC or PHY hours afterwards, whichever is
higher, whenever the warlock expends his own vitality to
gain fury the vitality damage is always applied to the first
available branch of his Physique, rather than being
applied to a randomly chosen branch of his life spiral. If
the warlock's Physique branch is already filled with
damage, any damage caused by generating fury from
vitality is automatically applied to the first available
branch of his Agility instead. After having used flesh fury,
a warlock must wait for ARC or PHY hours, whichever is
higher, before another dose can take effect.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of organic acid, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating flesh fury requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of flesh fury. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Foeslayer Lead
Cost: 30 gc + bullet costs for five rounds of ammunition
Description: These alchemically enhanced magelock
bullets are more powerful when used on a specific kind of
foe, though less powerful when used against anybody
else.
Special Rules: Foeslayer lead is alchemically attuned to a
certain type of creature and will cause more serious
injuries to such creatures when fired by a gunmage (it is
not actually necessary to add any rune shot spells to a
foeslayer bullet, though it'd be waste not to do so). When
firing a foeslayer bullet, roll an additional die for the
attack and damage rolls. If the target is of the correct type,
remove the lowest die from the rolls. If the target isn't of
the correct type, remove the highest die from the rolls.
At present foeslayer lead has been successfully
formulated for use against blighted individuals, undead,
or grymkin.
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Brewing Requirements: Alchemy and Craft
(gunsmithing)
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals, bullet materials for five
rounds of ammunition
Total Material Cost: 10 gc + bullet materials for five
rounds of ammunition
Alchemical Formula: Creating foeslayer lead requires an
alchemy lab and a gunsmithing kit and two hours of
labour spent melting, combining and casting the
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes
an INT+Alchemy or INT+Craft (gunsmithing) roll,
whichever is lower, against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates 5 rounds of foeslayer
lead runeshot ammunition attuned to a single type of
target. If the roll fails, the character creates five normal
rounds of runeshot ammunition as long as he has scored at
least a result of 9 on his roll, but the alchemical materials
are wasted. On a roll of less than 9, he has not only
wasted the alchemical materials, but the ammunition he
has attempted to manufacture is also unusable. It may be
reworked according to standard crafting rules, however
(IKRPG, p. 176), but only counts as standard rune bullets.
Fortificant of Delesle
Cost: 51 gc per jar
Description: Dissolving this compound in water and then
soaking bones in the solution for a week allows the
creation of undead thralls with superior longevity and
strength. Needless to say, formulating this compound,
possession of it, or even just having a copy of the formula
will usually lead to serious attention from the authorities
if discovered. Thralls created with this compound are
known to exhibit a distinctive metallic gleam if viewed in
the proper light.
Special Rules: In order to use this compound, bones need
to be stripped of their flesh first and then immersed in the
solution for a week. After this period of time the bones
can be removed from their bath and used in the
construction of a thrall, which then gains +1 PHY and
STR. One jar of Fortificant of Delesle contains enough
salts for one thrall. Using this compound is usually
restricted to producing high-grade thralls like warriors or
lieutenants.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic acid
Total Material Cost: 17 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Fortificant of Delesle
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requires an alchemy lab and three hours of labour spent
combining and stabilising the ingredients. Additionally,
the ingredients and equipment must be blessed by a
Thamarite Advocate of Veteran level or higher at the
beginning of the process. At the end of the process, the
alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target
number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character creates
one jar of Fortificant of Delesle. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Furtivitation Fluid
Cost: 30 gc per vial
Description: Drinking this unpleasantly musty-smelling
and decidedly oddly-named compound causes the imbiber
to temporarily gain a natural inclination to seek dark
corners and cover. While undoubtedly useful in battle, the
distinctly shifty expression the compound impresses on
the user's features has given it a less flattering nickname:
rat tonic.
Special Rules: 1d6+3 rounds after drinking furtivitation
fluid, a living character gains the Cautious Advance
ability (see IKRPG, p. 159), regardless of whether he
meets the prerequisites, for 1d6+10 minutes. However,
during this time the character's constantly swiveling and
twitching eyes and head cause him to suffer a -2 penalty
to Social rolls and command range. The penalty to
Intimidation rolls is -3 instead, as the user appears unsure
of himself. Once the compound wears off, the user suffers
a mild headache for the same duration that inflicts a -2
penalty to all Social rolls from distraction.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of organic acid, 1 unit of
organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating rat, uh, furtivitation fluid
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of furtivitation fluid. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Gator-Aid
Cost: 33 gc per vial
Description: Injecting this compound into the
bloodstream makes the user somewhat sluggish but also
alters his metabolism, allowing him to hold his breath for
extended periods of time. The compound is popular with
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intelligence agents, who sometimes use the compound to
infiltrate areas (or escape from them) by diving through
moats or submerged tunnels.
Special Rules: 1d3+3 rounds after injecting gator-aid, the
user becomes sluggish, losing one quick action per round.
However, the user now also requires very little oxygen,
allowing him to remain active for a number of rounds
equal to twice his PHY even when holding his breath.
Each injection lasts for 10+PHY minutes. Though taking
multiple injections end to end does not cause any ill
effects as such, using gator-aid to hold one's breath for
longer than PHY rounds at a stretch causes the user to feel
sore, suffering a -1 penalty to STR, SPD, AGL, POI and
PRW rolls, including melee and thrown weapon damage
rolls. These after-effects manifest after PHY hours and
last for another PHY hours.
Special: Even bog trog and gatormen, who are already
amphibious, may benefit from using gator-aid (though the
compound must be formulated specially for these species
because of their very different metabolism), since gator-
aid allows the user to operate without breathing at all,
rather than relying on oxygen intake through their skin (or
gills). Gatormen may remain active for a number of
rounds equal to four times their PHY when using gator-
aid.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow-mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating gator-aid requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of gator-aid. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Gauntlet of Stacia
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: This powerful alchemical, which takes the
form of a reddish liquid that gives off an unpleasant
organic smell, allows spellcasters who have rubbed their
hands with it to draw power from their own lifeforce.
Using the compound leaves the skin raw and reddened,
with more pronounced damage the more the compound's
benefits are utilised.
Special Rules: Applying the Gauntlet of Stacia takes a
quick action, but it only affects Gifted characters. Starting
in the current round and for WIL rounds, the spellcaster
may spend vitality instead of gaining fatigue or spending
focus or fury when augmenting spells (e.g. boosting
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attack or damage rolls, or boosting range). The basic cost
of each spell and all upkeep costs must still be paid for in
fatigue, focus or fury, however.
The spellcaster may remove vitality from any point of
their life spiral. However, while the compound is in effect,
any vitality invested into spells cannot be regained via
any means, and for the duration of the compound's effect
and for another WIL rounds afterwards, any recovery of
vitality is minimalised (e.g. Walking it Off by spending
feat points only recovers 2 points of damage. Characters
with the Revitalize archetype benefit also cannot use it
during this time, though they can still use Walk it Off to
full effect because of their hardier physiques).
Using doses end to end extends the benefits, but the
drawbacks become progressively more debilitating: A
second dose used before the first one and its aftermath
have expired negates regaining vitality altogether for the
duration of the effect and the following WIL rounds
(Revitalizing characters can still use Walk it Off, but must
now minimise their results). A third dose inflicts Slow
Recovery (IKRPG, p. 216) on the character for all vitality
lost (Revitalizing characters merely cannot recover
vitality until the compound has run its course, and only
suffer Slow Recovery when they use a fourth dose too
soon).
Gauntlet of Stacia cannot be used by spellcasters who are
not alive. Spellcasters with no living hands (e.g. because
they have two prosthetics) must smear the compound on
their foreheads, which unfortunately causes a blinding
headache once the compound has worn off (-1 to DEF,
and to INT, PER and WIL rolls in addition to the usual
side-effects).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Gauntlet of Stacia
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Gauntlet of Stacia. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), as
well as incurring the loss of 1d3+1 vitality from the fumes
and Slow Recovery unless he wears a gas mask.
Ghost Ink
Cost: 36 gc per inkwell
Description: Ghost ink evaporates when exposed to air,
and is thus used for secret messages that must quickly and
tracelessly disappear.
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Special Rules: Ghost ink fades into nothingness within
about an hour when it is exposed to air. Usually, short
messages are written in the ink, and once the fading has
progressed noticeably, the message is put into an airtight
container. When the message is removed from the
container by the recipient, it then remains legible for a
few minutes at most.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
ectoplasm, ink
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating ghost ink requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining and
stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this time, the
alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target
number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character creates
one well of ghost ink. If the roll fails, he creates one unit
of alchemical waste (liquid).
Ghost Shot
Cost: 54 gc + bullet costs for five rounds of ammunition
Description: Ghost shot is basically alchemically treated
lead that can affect incorporeal creatures as if they were
corporeal. A ghost shot bullet can be further enhanced by
gunmage runes or other abilities (e.g. a bonded
mechanikal gun in a warcaster's hands), but even if the
bullet can be recovered after firing it will have lost its
ghost shot properties once it has hit an incorporeal
character.
Special Rules: Ghost shot bullets can hit incorporeal
characters and inflict damage normally, just as if those
characters were fully corporeal. Hitting an incorporeal
character burns out the ectoplasm content of the bullet,
destroying its special properties.
Ghost shot bullets can only be pistol or rifle ammunition,
the process is both unsuitable and insufficient for
manufacturing artillery or other heavier rounds. It is
possible to create scattergun grapeshot, but the yield is
only one round of shot ammunition instead of five rounds
of rifle or pistol ammunition.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy and Craft
(gunsmithing)
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of ectoplasm, bullet materials for five
rounds of ammunition
Total Material Cost: 18 gc + bullet materials for five
rounds of ammunition
Alchemical Formula: Creating ghost shot requires an
alchemy lab and a gunsmithing kit and two hours of
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labour spent melting, combining and casting the
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes
an INT+Alchemy or INT+Craft (gunsmithing) roll,
whichever is lower, against a target number of 16. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates 5 rounds of ghost shot
ammunition. If the roll fails, the character creates five
normal rounds of ammunition as long as he has scored at
least a result of 9 on his roll, but the alchemical materials
are wasted. On a roll of less than 9, he has not only
wasted the alchemical materials, but the ammunition he
has attempted to manufacture is also unusable. It may be
reworked according to standard crafting rules, however
(see IKRPG, p. 176).
Ghostbane Salve
Cost: 45 gc per jar
Description: Ghostbane salve is a greyish sticky oil that
can be smeared on a melee weapon or the tip of an arrow
or crossbow bolt. It can also be used to coat one's hands,
though most users prefer to wear gloves when they do this
because the salve causes an unnerving sensation of
coldness when applied to bare skin. Once it is exposed to
air, the salve rapidly evaporates.
Special Rules: A character can use a quick action to
smear a weapon with ghostbane salve. The weapon can
then affect incorporeal characters as if they were
corporeal for d3+1 turns (alternatively, a jar of ghostbane
salve allows d3+1 arrows or crossbow bolts to be dipped
before the jar is spent; if such a missile isn't fired in the
same turn, the minute amount of salve dissolves before it
can be any use).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
ectoplasm, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 15 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating ghostbane salve requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one jar of ghostbane salve. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Grade 13 Arcane Dampening
Jelly
Cost: 39 gc per jar
Description: The violet glow shed by this gel-like
compound clearly hints at its arcane properties. Coating
magical objects in dampening jelly temporarily
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suppresses most of their supernatural properties, though
the more powerful the object in question is, the more
quickly the dampening jelly breaks down.
Special Rules: Coating a magical object in grade 13
arcane dampening jelly (or wrapping it in bandages
slathered with the jelly for greater ease of application)
suspends all supernatural properties of the object in
question as long as more than half of the object is covered
in the compound.
As a rule, magical weapons coated with dampening jelly
are no longer counted as magical, suffer an additional
attack modifier of -1, and lose all supernatural properties
like Blessed or curses. Dampened magical armour inflicts
an additional -1 DEF modifier and also loses any
additional properties bestowed by enchantments and
curses, as determined by the gamemaster.
Once in contact with magical objects, grade 13
dampening jelly decays from absorbing arcane energies.
The gamemaster determines how quickly this takes place;
on objects with minor arcane power (e.g. objects who do
not confer any bonuses except for being magical, like the
knight exemplars' relic blades or magelocks), the jelly
may last for 1d3+1 months before it becomes useless. On
objects that provide bonuses like Blessed or Critical Fire,
or that inflict curses (like the knight exemplars' blessed
lances, the Order of the Wall's Firebrands, or the
doomreavers' fell blades), the jelly is only effective for
1d3+1 weeks. The magical properties of the most
powerful magical items created by mortals may only by
suppressed for 1d3+1 days, and artifacts created by forces
beyond the ken of mortals (like athancs, the Omegus or
Nyssor's sword Voass) simply cause grade 13 arcane
dampening jelly to flash into violet steam on contact. The
gamemaster is always the final judge on how long an
item's magical properties may be suppressed by grade 13
arcane dampening jelly.
Cleaning off the jelly with a cloth is sufficient to restore a
magical item's powers within a few minutes.
One jar contains enough grade 13 arcane dampening jelly
for a weapon made for a small-based character. For suits
of armour, two jars are needed for a suit that fits a small-
based character.
Grade 13 arcane dampening jelly has no effect on
mechanika. When used on magelocks, any attempts to fire
rune shots simply do not work (the rune bullet is still
fired, but does not have any supernatural effects), though
such failed attempts to fire rune shots still cause fatigue or
cost focus.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1
unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic oil
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Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating grade 13 arcane
dampening jelly requires an alchemy lab and two hours of
labour spent combining, cooking and stabilising the
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes
an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one jar of grade 13
arcane dampening jelly. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Grave Dirt
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: The unassuming brownish compound that is
commonly known as grave dirt temporarily suspends the
animation of the undead. It is sometimes used in grenades
but more commonly dispensed silently via alchemical
misters or thrown vials to sneak past undead sentries
without alerting other monstrosities further ahead.
Special Rules: An undead character hit by a thrown vial
of grave dirt becomes inanimate if he fails a Willpower
roll against a target number of 16, and remains inert until
attacked, violently shaken (stumbling over or being
knocked into an inanimate undead lying on the ground
counts as shaking them violently), or doused with water,
which washes the grave dirt off. Loud noise or light,
however, will not wake undead affected by the compound.
Inanimate undead are knocked down. Grave dirt has no
effect on incorporeal undead or the living.
The usual form of delivery is an alchemical grenade,
however. A grave dirt grenade creates a 3” AOE. Undead
characters who are hit by a grave dirt AOE become
inanimate if they fail a Willpower roll against a target
number of 16. Grave dirt grenades cost 45 gc each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1
unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating grave dirt requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
beginning of the process the equipment and ingredients
must be blessed by a priest of Veteran level or higher. At
the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 16. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of grave dirt.
If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste
(crystal).
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Halo of Katrena
Cost: 48 gc per jar
Description: This golden salve offers protection against
mind-affecting magic and curses. In order to be effective,
the salve must be applied to the skin in a ring encircling
the head of the user, which is also the reason for the
compound's name.
Special Rules: It takes a full action to apply a Halo of
Katrena if the character is bald or has very short hair;
correctly applying a Halo on a character with long hair
can take 1d3 minutes. A correctly applied Halo provides a
+4 bonus to all rolls made to resist mind-affecting magic
and curses for 1d3+1 hours, after which enough of the
compound has rubbed off for it to be effective. An
incorrectly or incompletely applied Halo provides only a
bonus of +2, as long as at least three quarters of the ring,
which need not be free of interruptions, are complete.
A single jar of Halo of Katrena contains enough salve for
one character. There is usually enough of the salve left
after one application for an assistant to touch up a Halo
that has started to show wear, extending the duration for
another 1d3 hours. Rain or simple immersion in water
will not wash a Halo off.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 16 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Halo of Katrena requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of Halo of Katrena. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Hearth-Musk
Cost: 24 gc per vial
Description: A deceptively simple concoction, the scent
given off by hearth-musk acts on nearby people even
when they cannot consciously identify it, creating an odd,
comforting sense of familiarity which, unsurprisingly,
makes hearth-musk very popular with intelligence agents.
The main drawbacks of the formula are that different
variations of hearth-musk must be prepared for different
species, and that no currently known variation seems to
work on farrow.
Special Rules: A character wearing hearth-musk
alleviates penalties to Social rolls by up to 2 if they are
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caused by other, living characters being unfamiliar with
and possibly suspicious of the wearer of the hearth-musk
(however, no bonuses to Social rolls can be gained from
hearth-musk). The range of hearth-musk is normally 3”
(or 18 feet), but it can slowly pervade a small room
entirely or be smaller or greater depending on whether the
wearer of the musk is upwind or downwind of his mark. If
the target character has a cold or is wearing a gas-mask,
hearth-musk is ineffective against them. A single dose of
hearth-musk remains potent for approximately an hour
after it has been applied. It is also possible to split a vial
of hearth-musk between up to three applications, which
last for a proportionally shorter duration.
While it is technically possible to layer different
variations of hearth-musk, the possible penalty reduction
is reduced to 1 if two different musks are worn
simultaneously, and three or more different musks
generally do not work at all. Wearing hearth-musk along
with strong perfume also reduces the possible penalty
reduction to 1, making the compound less than ideal for
infiltrating high society.
Farrow are always immune to hearth-musk. They can
smell it, but they can always tell the character's true scent
underneath the musk.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic acid, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 8 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating hearth-musk requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of hearth-musk. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (liquid) and, usually, gets a
good whiff of the failed compound that makes him
desperately wish for a head cold.
Heartstiller
Cost: 48 gc per vial
Description: This compound is used by surgeons who
want to try experimental or possibly dangerous
procedures. Soon after heartstiller has been injected into
the bloodstream, the subject's heartbeat nearly stops,
effectively creating a state of suspended animation.
Special Rules: Heartstiller must be injected into the
bloodstream with a syringe. PHY minutes later, the
subject's heartbeat has practically stopped, and his entire
metabolism is in a state of suspended animation, which
lasts for a number of hours equal to PHY or STR,
whichever is lower. During this time, any instance of
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damage caused by blood loss due to surgical procedures is
reduced by 1d3, to a minimum of 1, though the character
will be subject to slow recovery (see IKRPG, p. 216) once
the effect of the drug has worn off. Without heartstiller,
some procedures – like replacing the organs of blighted
characters or implanting a clockwork heart – would be
impossible to perform without killing the patient.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of heavy
metals, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 2 units of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 16 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating heartstiller requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of heartstiller. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Hunger Salts
Cost: 27 gc per jar (see below)
Description: Ingesting this compound causes intense
hunger pangs that will not abate no matter how much the
victim eats. The compound finds many users, from
pranksters aiming to have a noble embarrass himself by
gorging at a party to saboteurs who want to incite riots by
convincing an entire mess hall of soldiers that they are not
getting the rations they are due, or destroying their stores
of food in short order in a mutinous feeding frenzy.
Victims of hunger salts usually get ill from overeating
after the compound has worn off.
Special Rules: 1d3+3 minutes after ingesting hunger salts
a living character starts feeling famished, and this feeling
will not abate for about one hour. While the compound is
in effect, the victim is entirely preoccupied with eating
and suffers a -3 penalty to INT and WIL rolls. Social rolls
made to make the victim stop eating suffer a -2 penalty,
while Social rolls that encourage the victim to sate his
hunger gain a +2 bonus. The victim also suffers a -1
attack roll penalty from distraction.
The compound's effects can become truly dangerous
when it affects gatormen and trolls, who are both
infamous for responding badly to starvation (to say the
least; however, slag trolls are immune to the compound
due to their adaptation to a mineral diet). Similarly,
feeding living warbeasts with hunger salts causes them to
generate 1 fury at the end of their Maintenance Phase
each round from their intense hunger in addition to the
compound's other effects, which can easily cause frequent
frenzies – a particularly grave threat when this happens
unexpectedly outside of combat, and when the warlock
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isn't close enough to clamp down on his warbeasts and
reign in their gluttonous impulses.
The GM determines the exact effects of overeating under
the effects of hunger salts (these should be painful rather
than truly harm the character, though some animals in
particular might overeat to dangerous degrees if given the
opportunity and develop serious digestive problems. The
destruction of food stores or general environs might be
the greater problem in the long run). The effects of hunger
salts can be ended prematurely by drinking excessive
amounts of water or vomiting until the stomach is empty,
though few individuals under its effects can easily be
persuaded to do anything but eat.
One jar of hunger salts contains enough of the compound
for three small-based characters or one large-based
character. Two jars contain enough hunger salts for three
medium-based characters.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 3 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1
unit of heavy metals
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating hunger salts requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilizing the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of hunger salts. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Iganaasi's Unveiler
Cost: 27 gc per jar (each jar contains 1d3 pinches of the
powder (the random number is caused by the inaccuracy
of measuring the minute doses of powder). Very little is
required for the unveiler to take effect)
Description: Assumed to be the invention of a Radiz
alchemist, a pinch of this glittering powder, tossed into
the air, briefly cancels out forms of invisibility for any
character caught in the area of effect.
Special Rules: By spending a quick action, a character
can toss a pinch of the powder into the air, which creates a
3” AOE either centered on the character or in B2B with
him. Invisible characters who are caught in the AOE, like
ghosts or certain grymkin, or other characters who use
magical or mechanikal means to become hard to see,
become fully visible, losing Stealth and similar innate
abilities that protect them from visual detection (if the
entity in question is also incorporeal, it becomes visible,
but is still incorporeal).
The runic flashes caused by spellcasting also become
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more pronounced, even to the point that the casting runes
of stealth spells or characters with the Shadow Magic
ability become visible, though those are still extremely
faint (a successful PER+Detection roll against a target
number of 17 minus the casting cost of a stealth or
Shadow spell is required to properly identify it with the
Rune Reader Gifted archetype benefit; Shadow spells are
still undetectable to characters with the Magic Sensitivity
benefit unless they can see the spell runes with their eyes
and pass the PER+Detection roll).
To the regret and relief of spies and governments
everywhere, Iganaasi's Unveiler has no effect on
invisibility inks.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Iganaasi's Unveiler
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
grinding, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of Iganaasi's Unveiler. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Jack Juice
Cost: 42 gc per flask
Description: This highly volatile liquid must not be
exposed to open flames, or the resulting fire will
temporarily become nearly impossible to extinguish. It is
usually stored in metal bottles, and must be squirted into a
steamjack's heartfire using a large metal syringe.
Special Rules: Two turns after jack juice has been
squirted into a steamjack's heartfire, the heat in the 'jack's
firebox has increased dramatically, boosting steam
pressure and allowing the 'jack to run or charge or make
trample or slam attacks without being driven or spending
focus for 1d3+1 turns. The heat will cause damage to the
'jack's systems, however, inflicting 1d3 damage points to
a random location at the end of the effect's duration. If the
'jack has a heavy boiler (IKRPG, p. 311), it will only
suffer 1 point of damage unless more than one dose of
jack juice is used end to end.
If a burning character is squirted with jack juice, or a
character has been squirted with jack juice and
subsequently set on fire, no roll to check whether the fire
burns out is made for 1d3 turns.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit
of alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of Menoth's Fury, 2
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units of mineral crystals, 2 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating jack juice requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one flask of jack juice. If the roll fails,
he creates three units of alchemical waste (liquid).
Jellied Air
Cost: 50 gc per jellied air bomb
Description: This volatile compound reacts strangely to
being exposed to air, solidifying into a cloud of
shimmering, semi-solid vapours that, though they persist
only briefly, can sometimes provide a unique tactical
advantage by restricting a foe's freedom of movement.
Special Rules: Jellied air must be deployed via
alchemical grenade to be effective, since pouring it from a
container or smashing a vial full of jellied air does not
cause a sufficient spread of the compound to create a
useful effect.
A jellied air bomb creates a 3” AOE that persists for 1d3
rounds but is not considered a cloud effect and cannot be
dispersed by concussion grenades or spells like wind
blast. The AOE is considered rough terrain, and
characters lose Pathfinder while they are within the AOE.
Jellied air bombs cost 50 gc each.
Jellied air is ineffective in locations where the solidified
air cannot settle (e.g. rope bridges, floor grating).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 2 units of arcane
extract, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating jellied air requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of jellied air, which is enough
for one grenade. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of
alchemical waste (liquid).
Jellybone Drops
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: Of some popularity with spies and other
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people who constantly risk capture in their line of work,
this compound imparts bones, joints and tendons with
unusual flexibility, making it considerably easier to
escape from bonds. Hiding a dose of this compound on
one's body in such a way that it is accessible while tied up
is more of a challenge; some people have even gone so far
as to store a dose of the compound in a false tooth that
will break if bit down on hard enough.
Special Rules: 1d6+3 rounds after this compound has
been ingested, the imbiber's bones and joints have become
rubbery, granting a +2 bonus to Escape Artist rolls but
also inflicting a -1 penalty on SPD, STR and ARM (a
flexible skeleton isn't as good at protecting internal organs
like brain, heart and lungs, and doesn't allow muscles to
apply their power as effectively). The bonuses and
penalties last for about half an hour (which is enough for
six trained or one untrained Escape Artist roll; needless to
say, most people who think this compound worthwhile
already have some skill in escaping bonds).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
mutagenic extract, 1 unit of organic acid
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating jellybone drops requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of jellybone drops. If the roll fails, he creates one unit
of alchemical waste (liquid).
Khorva's Blessing
Cost: 33 gc per vial
Description: Carefully adding this blackish, watery liquid
to a poison or venom significantly increases its potency.
Special Rules: Adding Khorva's Blessing to an
alchemical or natural toxin requires some lab equipment
(usually nothing more complex than a stoppered vial for
liquid or gaseous compounds, or a mortar for crystalline
substances). Correctly mixing the two compounds takes
about ten minutes and requires a successful
INT+Alchemy skill roll against a target number equal to
the target number required for making the toxin or 14
(whichever is higher). If the roll succeeds, the target
number for any rolls made to resist the toxin's effects
increases by +2. If the roll fails, the toxin is not enhanced,
and the dose of Khorva's Blessing is wasted. If the roll is
failed by 4 or more, the toxin is also rendered inert and
harmless.
Khorva's Blessing does not have any effect on toxins that
do not affect living creatures.
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Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Khorva's Blessing
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Khorva's Blessing. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Last Sight Drops
Cost: 45 gc per vial
Description: Authorities like the Church of Morrow and
the Order of Illumination frown on the manufacture or use
of this arcane compound, even if it has on occasion
proven to be very useful. Dripping last sight drops into
the eyes of a fresh corpse makes the last thing they have
seen momentarily appear in their pupils, which may
provide just the clue needed in an investigation.
Special Rules: Only corpses that still have their eyeballs
can be examined using last sight drops, and even then the
evidence provided is hardly conclusive most of the time
(quite apart from few authorities being willing to pass
judgment based solely on the evidence of a dead man's
eyes, especially when this evidence is unearthed by a
process that smacks so much of necromancy). One vial
contains enough of the compound to use on two eyes. The
examination must take place in near-complete darkness,
and some kind of magnification device is required to see
the image in the corpse's eyes. Once the last sight drops
are introduced, an image that made a powerful impression
on the dead person moments before they died appears for
a few moments in their pupils (this may well have been
the murderer, an accomplice, a witness, or the location of
the murder). Recognising the image requires the
investigator to make a PER+Detection roll against a target
number of at least 12 (this already includes the bonus for
using a magnification device). The difficulty increases by
+1 for every six hours the character has been dead (the
difficulty increases faster in warm conditions, more
slowly in cold conditions). Using last sight drops destroys
the eye, so no further attempts can be made to gain
information from the same eyeball. Since the evidence is
thus irreproducible, most investigators willing to use last
sight drops do so surreptitiously (since damaging corpses
is, to say the least, frowned upon) or with express but
usually inofficial permission from interested parties, and
then use what they have seen merely as pointers for
further investigations that may then turn up evidence that
will stand up in court.
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Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
bioluminescent extract, 1 unit of ectoplasm, 1 unit of
mineral acid
Total Material Cost: 15 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating last sight drops requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of last sight drops. If the roll
fails, the ingredients evaporate and are wasted.
Laughter of Lukas
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: This strange poison, which gives off a scent
not unlike strong spirits, does not cause any serious
damage as such, but it is a great nuisance with possibly
life-threatening consequences because it causes its victims
to periodically erupt into uncontrollable laughter. Victims
of this poison also tend to grin inanely.
Special Rules: Whenever a character who has ingested
Laughter of Lukas fails any roll (this does not include
rolls where the failure is not apparent to the character, like
Detection rolls; damage rolls count, though, as long as no
damage is inflicted on a target), he must also make a WIL
roll against a target number equal to the target number of
the roll he has failed, plus his own PER (so if the victim
fails a roll against target number 13 and has PER 4, he
must make his WIL roll against target number 13+4=17,
for example). If the WIL roll is failed, the character will
be shaken with laughter and lose either his movement or
action for 1d3 rounds. The effect of Laugher of Lukas
ends after 1d3+1 hours, or once three consecutive WIL
rolls triggered by the poison have been passed.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of organic
toxin
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Laughter of Lukas
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Laughter of Lukas. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
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Liquid Courage
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: This copper-coloured, tasteless liquid is
quite popular with military commanders who have to face
incursions by Cryxians, Tharn, or similarly frightening
adversaries, as it allows them to strike an inspiring,
undaunted pose for the troops no matter how frightening
their opponents. Prolonged use has been known to lead to
addiction, however.
Special Rules: Two turns after liquid courage has been
swallowed, the character receives a +2 bonus to
Willpower rolls against fear and intimidation that lasts for
PHY hours (there is no bonus to rolls against other effects
like the Overmind spell, however). Once the effect has
worn off, the character develops a headache that inflicts
-2 to INT and PER rolls for 1d6 hours.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of organic oil, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating liquid courage requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of liquid courage. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Longevity Catalyst
Cost: 36 gc for one jar of longevity catalyst (counts as
three units of alchemical stone; see below)
Description: Longevity catalyst, also sometimes called
effect-stabilizing catalyst, can replace alchemical stone
when preparing alchemical compounds, and grants these
compounds' effects extended duration (though this will
also extend the duration of side-effects). Since longevity
catalyst is vastly more expensive than regular alchemical
stone, it is usually only used when it is of vital importance
to have a compound's effects last for exceptionally long
periods of time.
Special Rules: Longevity catalyst replaces alchemical
stone in another alchemical formula, and extends the
duration of that compound's effects by 50% (rounded up).
However, the duration of any side-effects and aftereffects
is also extended by 50% (rounded up), as are cooldown
times that may have to elapse before the compound can
take effect again. Longevity catalyst has no effect on
compounds with effects that only last one round, or that
cause continuous effects.
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If the formula enhanced with longevity catalyst requires
more than one unit of alchemical stone, more of the
catalyst must be used; a single preparation of longevity
catalyst yields enough of the compound to replace three
units of alchemical stone.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating longevity catalyst
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
grinding, combining and stabilizing the ingredients. At
the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one jar of longevity
catalyst, which can replace three units of alchemical stone
(see above). If the roll fails, he creates one unit of
alchemical waste (crystal) instead.
Louse Lure
Cost: 27 gc per vial
Description: This syrupy compound, which gives off a
slightly rancid smell and has a strong salty flavour, alters
the sweat of the imbiber, making him extremely attractive
to insects of all kind.
Special Rules: PHY minutes after louse lure has been
imbibed, and for the following PHY or STR hours
(whichever is higher), any insects that are after blood or
flesh and pass within PHYx6 or STRx6 feet (whichever is
higher) of the drinker will invariably choose the drinker
as their victim. Apart from the nuisance value, this can be
a significant risk to the drinker's health in swamp or
jungle areas. The compound is mostly given to an animal
to protect other travellers from bites and infestation, or to
draw bugs from an infested locale (unscrupulous
travellers have also been known to trick their local guides
into taking the compound, and pranksters sometimes give
their victims a few hours of swatting mosquitoes with this
compound as well).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow-mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating louse lure requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of louse lure. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and may
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well invite a few itchy guests of his own in the following
hours.
Lucid Spirits
Cost: 24 gc per vial
Description: Drinking this compound has a calming and
stabilising effect on people suffering from psychological
problems. Unfortunately, the short-term effects are
temporary, and the long-term effects debilitating.
Special Rules: A character suffering from some kind of
psychological condition like hallucinations or
schizophrenia who has drunk a vial of lucid spirits gains
two benefits: Firstly, he may immediately make a roll to
shake off his condition, as determined by the gamemaster
(e.g. a PER roll to differentiate between hallucinations
and reality). Secondly, all rolls made to resist the effects
of derangements are boosted; this includes rolls made by
other characters who attempt to calm a raving character
down, for example. Lucid spirits also counteract toxins
that inflict derangements on their victims by granting
boosted resistance rolls.
The effects of lucid spirits last for a number of hours
equal to the character's Willpower. At the end of this time,
the character must make another roll to resist his
derangement. If this roll is failed, the condition returns in
full force (unless other steps have been taken in the
meantime to help the patient). It is possible, if expensive,
to use multiple doses of lucid spirits end to end, but the
long-term effects of the toxic ingredients of the compound
can eventually become debilitating, usually manifesting
as a slow erosion of the patient's PHY, INT and PER after
prolonged use (details are up to the gamemaster; the ideal
use of lucid spirits is to stabilise the patient sufficiently to
allow him to start coming to terms with his condition by
other means).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of heavy
metals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 8 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating lucid spirits requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of lucid spirits. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (liquid). Use of a gas mask is
strongly recommended when making lucid spirits.
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Luminant
Cost: 39 gc per two-part dose
Description: This compound is derived from standard
alchemical lanterns, but is significantly brighter at the
cost of a low lifespan. It is usually used on battlefields to
create short-lived pools of light in the ranks of night-time
attackers.
Special Rules: Luminant is always dispensed via
alchemical grenades or similar devices. An alchemical
grenade filled with luminant creates a 3” AOE. Non-
incorporeal characters caught in this AOE are coated with
luminant and lose stealth and Camouflage, and cannot
regain them while the compound's effects last. They are
also clearly visible under all lighting conditions even if
they move away from the original AOE. Additionally,
characters within 8” of the center of the original AOE are
illuminated and lose any concealment granted by poor
lighting conditions. In full darkness, characters within 8”
of the center of the original AOE lose stealth provided by
darkness but do not lose concealment. These effects last
for 1d6+3 rounds. Alchemical grenades filled with
luminant cost 49 gc each, though the preferred methods of
delivery are rifle grenades or bow grenades, which cost 59
gc and have greater range.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 2 units of bioluminescent extract, 1 unit of
mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating the two components of
luminant that need to be mixed to start the reaction
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking and grinding the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one two-part dose of luminant. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Lungsoother
Cost: 18 gc per vial
Description: Breathing this pleasant-smelling compound
alleviates pain and injuries caused by breathing dangerous
substances or lung diseases, though the compound merely
provides relief from illness rather than a cure.
Special Rules: A character who is suffering from injuries
inflicted by gas attacks, smoke, or other fumes regains
one additional point of vitality if he can spend a few
minutes inhaling lungsoother. Characters suffering from
diseases of the lungs recover no vitality, but the penalties
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caused by the disease's effects on the lungs are alleviated
by 1 for PHY hours (lungsoother does not actually
promote recovery from the disease, however).
Lungsoother can only be used once every 24 hours to help
recovering from damage, but can be used end to end to
alleviate suffering caused by disease.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic
acid
Total Material Cost: 6 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating lungsoother requires an
alchemy lab and one hour of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of lungsoother. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Mellowing Mead
Cost: 33 gc per bottle (enough for one large-based
warbeast; alternatively, two bottles are enough for three
medium-based warbeasts)
Description: This sweet-smelling, mildly alcoholic
compound is usually fed to warbeasts when their warlocks
need an additional safeguard against their beasts
frenzying in an upcoming battle. It is usually only
employed when warlocks are forced to control a larger
number of warbeasts than they can comfortably handle
and can gauge the timing of the attack and the duration of
the battle (for example, when making a sortie during a
siege or making a raid).
Special Rules: When a living warbeast is fed mellowing
mead, their THR is increased by 2 after 1d3+1 minutes.
THR remains increased for 1d3+1 hours. After this time
the warbeast suffers a painful hangover and reduces its
THR by 2 for 1d3+3 hours.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of organic
toxin, mead, sugar or honey
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating mellowing mead requires
an apothecary's kit and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If he succeeds, he
creates one bottle of mellowing mead. If the roll fails, he
creates two units of alchemical waste (liquid).
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Mind-Strength Tonic
Cost: 42 gc per vial
Description: Drinking this brownish liquid, which doesn't
smell unlike some kind of strong herbal liquor,
temporarily focuses the will of the drinker and grants
greater facility at using certain kinds of spells that need to
overcome the willpower of the subject.
Special Rules: PHY rounds after a character has drunk
mind-strength tonic, and for an hour afterwards, the
character adds +2 to his Willpower when casting spells
that cause Terror (like Cloak of Fear, IKUA, p. 69) or that
otherwise use the caster's Willpower to overcome the
resistance of a target or generate a target number that
must be beaten (like the Overmind spell, IKRPG, p. 241).
During this time the character also has an oddly intense,
unblinking gaze that actually hinders his peripheral
vision, inflicting a -1 penalty to visual-based PER rolls as
well as a -1 penalty to DEF if the attacker does not stand
squarely in front of the character. Once the compound has
worn off, the character feels drained, and suffers -2
Willpower for another hour in addition to the penalties to
PER and DEF, which remain for the same time.
It should be noted that mind-strength tonic provides no
bonuses when resisting spells that generate fear or
otherwise use the caster's Willpower to influence their
targets.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 burrow-mawg adrenal gland, 1 unit of mineral
crystals
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating mind-strength tonic
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of mind-strength tonic. If the
roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid),
and if he should have breathed the fumes, may be
somewhat gullible for an hour or so afterwards.
Mortician's Resin
Cost: 33 gc per jar
Description: Somewhat inappropriately named, this
sludgy compound is actually used by necromancers to
effect quick repairs to their thralls.
Special Rules: As a full action, a character with the
Thrall Crafting skill may apply mortician's resin to a
damaged thrall. The character makes an INT+Thrall
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Crafting skill roll against a target number of 14. If the roll
fails, nothing happens, and the character can keep trying
for 1d3 additional rounds, after which the resin has set.
On a success, the repaired undead regains 1d3+2 points of
vitality (if the undead in question uses a life spiral, the
necromancer can spread the repairs around any way he
likes. Skeletal thralls only regain 1d3 points of vitality
from being patched together with mortician's resin).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane extract, 1 unit
of heavy metals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating mortician's resin requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one jar of mortician's resin. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Mountscare
Cost: 30 gc per jar
Description: This clear, oily liquid gives off a musty
scent that causes horses and similar mounts to become
skittish as though in the presence of predators. Its main
use is in sabotage and mischief.
Special Rules: Mounts become skittish when they can
smell mountscare, inflicting a -2 penalty to Drive and
Ride skill rolls, and probably requiring a Handle Animal,
Drive or Ride skill roll against a target number of 13
before an animal can be mounted or harnessed at all, or
made to walk through a gate smeared with mountscare
(this target number already incorporates the modifier for a
skittish mount). Humans and others can quite easily detect
a musty smell, but unless they have experience with
predators they will probably not recognise it.
Mountscare bonds quite well with organic materials like
leather or wood, though it can be easily washed off with
vinegar or spirits (vigorous scrubbing with soap and water
also works, but takes longer). Usually, saboteurs or
pranksters rub mountscare onto bridles, saddles, the posts
of the stable door, or a draft animals' yoke. Animals
usually respond to the scent of mountscare when they
pass within 18 feet or so (3”) of an object that has been
smeared with it. Once exposed to air, mountscare remains
potent for about 1d3+3 hours, though high temperaturs
and sunlight halve this duration, and temperatures below
freezing render the compound completely ineffective.
Mountscare has a different effect on mounts that actually
are predators themselves. They become agitated and thus
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harder to control, inflicting a -1 penalty to all Drive or
Ride rolls, because they think other predators are nearby.
However, predator mounts don't require special Animal
Handling, Drive or Ride rolls to mount or harness when
exposed to mountscare, or when commanded to walk
through a mountscare-smeared gate.
One jar of mountscare contains enough of the compound
for a large stable door or the bridles, harnesses and yokes
of up to 4 mounts.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic
oil
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating mountscare requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one jar of mountscare. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Muffle-Gas
Cost: 27 gc per vial
Description: Spraying this strange compound into the air
creates a short-lasting cloud that strongly muffles sound,
potentially aiding break-ins and assassinations. Since
muffle-gas only blocks sounds that pass through the
cloud, it is of little use when breaking into an inhabited
house, since any sounds penetrating into house through its
walls, windowpanes and doors will not be muffled.
However, the gas is still useful to prevent guardsmen or
neighbours from hearing a window being smashed nearby.
Special Rules: Muffle-gas is usually deployed simply by
putting a thumb over the vial and then shaking droplets of
the gas's liquid phase all over the user and his immediate
vicinity, since deploying it via grenade would definitely
defeat its purpose. Deploying the gas, which requires a
quick action, creates a 3” cloud effect centered on the user
that lasts for 1d3 rounds. All attempts to hear sounds
originating from within the cloud effect or sounds that
could penetrate the cloud effect suffer a -3 penalty to the
PER+Detection roll. Characters in the cloud also halve
their command range (unless they use sign language to
start with), and characters outside the cloud halve their
command range when determining whether characters in
the cloud are in their command range for abilities like
Battle Plans, Drives or an Intellectual character's
Archetype abilities.
Muffle-gas is ineffective when the temperature is below
freezing, there are strong winds, or it is raining. Muffle-
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gas provides cover against a trollkin fell caller's fell calls, under the effects of the serum (which inflict a -1 penalty
but if a fell call's AOE or spray template overlaps the to AGL, PRW and POI rolls), it is strongly advised to
cloud effect, the cloud effect expires once the fell call has only use the serum in a well-heated environment, even if
been completely resolved. this is more for the user's comfort than anything else.
If characters in the cloud effect do not wear a gas mask, Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
breathing in the gas will significantly weaken their voices,
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
inflicting a -3 penalty to their command ranges for 1d6+3
extract, 1 unit of ectoplasm, 1 unit of mutagenic extract
rounds.
Total Material Cost: 24 gc
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Alchemical Formula: Creating necroplasmic serum
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane extract, 1 unit
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
of mineral acid
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
Total Material Cost: 9 gc roll against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of necroplasmic serum. If the
Alchemical Formula: Creating muffle-gas requires an
roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of muffle-gas. If the roll fails, he creates Necropyretic Agent
one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and unless he is Cost: 57 gc per jar (enough for a human-sized skeleton or
wearing a gas mask breathing in the vapours from the four skulls)
failed synthesis will render him mute for 1d3 hours. Description: It is an unfortunate fact that a lot of Cryxian
innovations are actually stolen through forensic
necromancy – stealing the remains of dead inventors,
arcanists and mechaniks, and forcing their spirits to yield
Necroplasmic Serum up their secrets. It would be easier to deny Cryx access to
Cost: 72 gc per vial this resource if the beliefs of Morrowans and Menites did
not require the body to remain undisturbed, because
Description: Injecting this milky substance into a living
smashing the skulls of the dead would prevent
being's bloodstream causes them to become semi-tangible
necromantic animation and interrogation. By soaking a
to incorporeal undead (and, incidentally, to other beings
skull in necropyretic agent dissolved in a diluted solution
who have achieved an incorporeal state). Though this
of vinegar, a last-ditch defense can be erected against the
seems to have few useful applications at first glance, the
machinations of Cryx, which will cause the skull to burst
inventor of the compound, the Thamarite scholar of the
into flames when exposed to necromantic energies – a
undead Jedediah Gyser, seems to have had a specific
defense of the living that might possibly come at the cost
customer and his haunted family mansion in mind when
of the deceased's fate in Urcaen.
he developed this serum...
Special Rules: It takes about 24 hours to impregnate a
Special Rules: 1d3+1 rounds after injecting necroplasmic
skeleton with necropyretic agent, during which time the
serum with a syringe, the character becomes semi-
bones, which need to be substantially free of flesh, must
tangible to incorporeal characters and may touch them
be immersed in a solution of the compound. Anytime
and be touched by them. The user of the serum can strike
afterwards, using abilities or spells against the remains
incorporeal beings with unarmed attacks but inflicts one
that animate them or allow interrogation, like the Thrall
die less damage, and incorporeal characters treat the user
Crafting ability or the grave whispers spell, causes the
of the serum as rough terrain when they attempt to
bones to burst into alchemical flames, which will destroy
advance through them (a process which is painful to both
them in short order (the flames will appear even in the
of them, and inflicts a -2 penalty to all rolls for one round
absence of air or when the bones are submerged, and
on both the incorporeal character and the user of the
destroy the skeleton within 1d3 rounds if they are not
serum. The same happens when the user of the serum
stopped by alchemicals like a catalytic arrest (see Field
advances through an incorporeal character). Characters
Alchemy section here; on a roll of 1-2 even a catalytic
with the Ghostly ability (see IKMN, p. 43) treat the user
arrest cannot save the remains). It is possible to
of the serum as perfectly solid and can no longer advance
alchemically purge necropyretic agent from a skeleton,
through them.
but this process is difficult and lengthy, and requires
The effects of necroplasmic serum last for PHY+1d3 immersion in a solution of alchemical acids (the process
minutes. Since the user experiences strong chills while takes at least 1d3+1 days under ideal circumstances, and

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must be constantly supervised – if the monitoring
alchemist fails an INT+Medicine or INT+Alchemy roll,
whichever is lower, against a target number of 16, roll
1d6: On 1-3, the bones are destroyed by the acids to the
point of being necromantically useless, on 4-6 some of the
necropyretic agent remains, and the bones will start
burning again when another attempt at necromantic
manipulation is made).
It should further be noted that preparing bones with
necropyretic agent is currently considered disturbing the
remains of the dead in the Iron Kingdoms, and punished
as such if discovered. Still, some pragmatically minded
individuals have hired willing and unscrupulous
individuals to break into the tombs of great minds of the
past and perform some unsanctioned “embalming.” It
goes without saying that the employers of such operatives
are keenly aware that their missions might accidentally
point Cryxians towards juicy targets, though there are
many ways a canny intelligence agent can twist such
missions into creating labyrinths of misdirection by
sending operatives to the wrong graves or switching
bones, for example.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 2 units of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit
of heavy metals, 1 unit of Menoth's Fury, 1 unit of
mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 19 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating necropyretic agent
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of necropyretic agent. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Necrotite Ammunition
Cost: 27 gc for 1 shot round, 30 gc for 5 light rounds, or
33 gc for 5 heavy rounds
Description: This foul firearm ammunition, which is
perhaps just as dangerous to its wielder as it is to its
victim, consists of lead alchemically bonded with
necrotite. Wounds inflicted by necrotite shot are
notoriously slow to heal, quite apart from the fear of
blight they inflict. Truly unscrupulous elements find
wounding uncooperative folk – or their loved ones – with
necrotite ammunition to be an extremely effective way of
bringing them to heel. Some big game hunters with more
money than sense or honour have also been known to use
necrotite ammunition to bring down large, mobile prey
that might otherwise flee and recover before it can be
tracked down.
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Special Rules: When a living character suffers any
damage from a firearm firing necrotite ammunition, he
takes 1 additional box of damage and is automatically
inflicted with slow recovery (see IKRPG, p. 216) until the
wound has been thoroughly cleaned by a physician.
Living blighted characters take the additional damage but
do not suffer slow recovery.
Cleaning a wound requires an INT+Medicine roll against
a target number of 14 (16 if the injury was caused by
scattershot or similar small shrapnel). If the roll succeeds,
the character begins recovering normally. If the roll fails,
the patient suffers 1d3 points of damage, and the wound
remains tainted. As long as the patient lives, the physician
can continue attempting to cleanse the wound of all bullet
fragments. Each attempt takes about an hour.
Handling necrotite shot is dangerous for living characters
who are not already blighted, like Satyxis. There are no
set rules for blight effects caused by carrying necrotite
ammunition, though minor symptoms like pallor, flaking
skin, hair loss and dark dreams are known to appear
quickly.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
mineral (necrotite), raw materials for bullets or shot
Total Material Cost: 8 gc + cost for bullets (1 gc for 1
shot round, 2 gc for 5 light rounds, or 3 gc for 5 heavy
rounds)
Alchemical Formula: Creating necrotite shot requires an
alchemy lab and a gunsmith's kit, as well as two hours of
labour spent combining, stabilising and casting the
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes
an INT+Alchemy or INT+Craft (gunsmithing) roll,
whichever is lower, against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates five rounds of
necrotite ammunition, or one round of necrotite shot. If
the roll fails, the character creates five normal rounds of
ammunition or one normal round of shot as long as he has
scored at least a result of 9 on his roll, but the alchemical
materials are wasted. On a roll of less than 9, he has not
only wasted the alchemical materials, but the ammunition
he has attempted to manufacture is also unusable. It may
be reworked according to standard crafting rules, however
(IKRPG, p. 176).
A living, non-blighted character crafting necrotite
ammunition will likely suffer some visible symptoms of
blight for some time (3d6-PHY days), though most
observers will not readily recognize what they are seeing.
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Necrotropic Assay
Cost: 63 gc per vial
Description: Developed by the Strangelight Workshop,
this grayish liquid must be stored in an airtight container,
because it quickly evaporates as soon as it gets into
contact with air. However, by blowing small puffs of the
vapours the compound gives off over objects, it is
possible to gather hints about objects relevant to
hauntings.
Special Rules: Necrotropic assay is usually dispensed
with a simple sprayer or alchemical mister, though in a
pinch blowing gently over the top of the open vial to
direct the vapours onto an object is also possible, though
inefficient.
One vial of necrotropic assay contains enough of the
compound to thoroughly examine a large room or small
hovel (approximately one floor of 50 square yards),
though judiciously applying the assay allows an
investigator to be significantly more efficient. When the
vapours are blown onto an object that serves as a ghostly
anchor (see the Bound deathly burden in IKMN, p. 79),
the vapours coalesce into a shape that yields a clue to the
ghost's attachment to the object. A PER+Detection roll is
required to catch the brief apparition, with a target
number determined by what can be seen (e.g. if the ghost
of a murderer is tied to his favourite weapon, blowing the
vapours could reveal a hand grasping the hilt (target
number 10). If a ghost is tied to the weapon which killed
him, the vapours could coalesce into the part of the
victim's back where he was stabbed (target number 14,
since it is usually pretty hard to recognise a rather plain
surface as someone's back. If the victim was stabbed in
the chest, what is revealed of the victim's clothes or
anatomy might be significantly easier to recognise and
lower the target number to 12). Ghostly ties to places are
the hardest to identify since the apparitions tend to be
distorted all over the place, requiring a PER+Detection
roll against a target number of 16 or 17 to identify, though
using the assay on significant sites like doorways where
the ghost often pauses or windows the ghost habitually
looks out of might lower the target number to 14 or 15).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1
unit of ectoplasm, 1 unit of mineral acid
Total Material Cost: 21 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating necrotropic assay
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of necrotropic assay. If the roll
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fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Nevermind
Cost: 42 gc per vial
Description: This vile toxin must be injected into the
bloodstream to take effect. Unless the victim's system
successfully resists, he will not remember anything that
happened while the toxin was running its course.
Special Rules: Nevermind must be injected with a
syringe, though technically it may be delivered via an
envenomed weapon as well (some resins must be added
first, however, since nevermind is too watery to stick to a
blade). Considering the injuries left by an envenomed
weapon are too easily detectable, however, using such
unsubtle methods of delivery defeats the toxin's purpose.
There is no telling whether nevermind has taken effect
before it has run its course, which usually takes about half
an hour. After this time, the victim makes an INT or PER
roll, whichever is higher, against a target number of 14. If
the roll fails, the victim enters a fugue state that lasts for
only a few moments (1d3+1 minutes), and will then have
forgotten everything that took place while he was under
the toxin's effect plus a few minutes before (which
includes getting injected). Successfully using nevermind
can make interrogations frighteningly effective, as the
interrogators seem to be able to read their victim's minds
(in fact, they only use what they learned during previous
sessions while their victim was under the effects of
nevermind). However, if even a single dose of nevermind
is successfully resisted, the victim will remember that he
has been drugged at least once, and possibly get wise to
his interrogators' gambit. However, resisting a dose of
nevermind does not undo the effects of previous doses of
the compound that were not successfully resisted.
Rules Note: The way nevermind interacts with some
abilities and archetype benefits requires special mention:
The Poison Resistance ability boosts the INT or PER roll,
as normal. The Photographic Memory Intellectual
archetype benefit offers no protection against nevermind,
but a character who has both the Hyper Perception and
Genius Intellectual archetype benefits gains boosted rolls
to resist nevermind.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane extract, 1 unit
of heavy metals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating nevermind requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
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against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of nevermind. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and the
fumes the runaway reaction gives off make the alchemist
forgetful for 1d3+1 hours, inflicting a -1 penalty to INT,
PER and DEF during this time unless he was wearing a
gas mask while preparing the compound.
must be blessed by a priest of Cyriss who is of Veteran
level or higher. At the end of the process, the alchemist
makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of
16. If the roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of
numenostatic jelly. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of
alchemical waste (liquid).

Old-Age Ointment
Numenostatic Jelly Cost: 24 gc per jar
Cost: 51 gc per vial
Description: To the regret of the vain everywhere, it is
Description: This viscous golden jelly only finds use far easier to create the appearance of old age than it is to
among the servants of Cyriss who have left behind their create the appearance of youth. Spies and other
flesh. One of the few dangers these so-called vessels of clandestine operators, however, appreciate the ability to
Cyriss still have to fear on Caen is damage to their apparently age a few decades in the space of mere
essence chambers, the mechanikal repositories of their minutes.
immortal souls. Applying numenostatic jelly with the help
Special Rules: Every jar of old-age ointment contains
of a syringe or spatula will temporarily stabilise a
enough of the compound to coat hands, feet, neck and
damaged essence chamber, preventing the vessel's soul
face, as well as a few strategic parts of the body. Skin
from becoming lost if the vessel should fall.
covered with the compound tightens and wrinkles over
Special Rules: This compound can either be squirted into the course of 1d6+6 minutes, making a character appear
the workings of a damaged essence chamber of a vessel of significantly older and generally providing a bonus of +3
Cyriss using a large syringe, which requires a quick to Deception skill rolls when the aim of the character is to
action, or forced into the cracks of the device with a appear like an old person or just too significantly different
spatula, which requires a full action. As long as the to evade recognition (though on occasion users do get
compound is used before the vessel loses its last box of mistaken for their parents). The affected skin is quite sore,
damage or in the round immediately following a vessel's but the common winces of pain this elicits actually help
destruction, the soul contained in a damaged essence with the disguise as they evoke the arthritic pains
chamber does not pass on to Urcaen. However, the soul common to old folk.
will suffer a -1 penalty to INT, PER, ARC and DEF while
The compound's effects wear off after 1d3+3 days, though
inhabiting an essence chamber patched together with this
it takes another 1d3 days for the skin to fully heal. Heavy
compound. This penalty is in addition to the usual effects
users will also find that their skin does age prematurely,
of a damaged essence chamber.
making the wrinkles permanent.
Numenostatic jelly slowly loses its potency once exposed
to air, so speedy repairs are still advisable – every Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
application of the jelly stabilises a damaged essence
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
chamber for a number of days equal to the soul's WIL.
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of
Every further instance of damage to the essence chamber
organic acid, 1 unit of organic oil
(e.g. by getting another essence chamber damage result on
the clockwork vessel internal damage table) reduces this Total Material Cost: 8 gc
time by 1d6 days. It is not possible to apply a second
Alchemical Formula: Creating old-age ointment requires
coating of numenostatic jelly without cleaning the essence
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
chamber first, which would be fatal to a soul not currently
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
inhabiting a vessel.
the process, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of old-age ointment. If the roll
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
extract, 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals,
1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 17 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating numenostatic jelly
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
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Pauper's Palate
Cost: 21 gc per vial (sufficient for serving three small-
based characters)
Description: Sprinkling a little of this compound onto
food or into drink causes a not unpleasant numbing of the
taste buds of the character ingesting the food. The
compound is usually used by poisoners to prepare the
introduction of poisons that would potentially betray their
presence by their taste, though it can be used for more
mischievous purposes as well (e.g. in order to serve rotten
food, discredit a famed chef, or make people drink
stronger liquor than they think they are consuming). The
compound has also been used medicinally on the victims
of some diseases or traumas that have lost their appetite (a
not uncommon condition with soldiers who have faced
Cryxian bloat or bile thralls) in order to make it easier for
them to start eating again.
Special Rules: 1d3+3 minutes after living characters have
ingested food which contains a dose of pauper's palate,
they lose most of their ability to taste acrid or bitter
flavours or notice an unusual texture of the food, causing
them to suffer a -3 penalty to taste- or smell-based PER
rolls (the same penalty applies to touch-based PER rolls
when the character is using his lips or tongue to notice
unusual textures). Apart from masking poisoned food
served afterwards, this makes it possible for the victims of
the compound to consume strong drink without tasting its
alcoholic content and eat rotten food without becoming
nauseous (at least not immediately; the compound does
nothing to mitigate the effects of rotten food on the
character's digestion). The compound can also break a
chef's reputation (or that of his employer) when all food
served during a banquet seems to merely taste sort of
sweetish and bland (ironically, this makes the compound
less useful against the nobility and moneyed classes, who
tend to expect their food to taste good and may become
suspicious or at least disgusted when it doesn't, while
common soldiers or sailors, who are often used to less
than exquisite cuisine, might feel pleasantly surprised by
food that does not seem to have the usual tang of poor
preservation).
One dose of pauper's palate lasts for about half an hour.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of
mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 7 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating pauper's palate requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
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character creates one vial of pauper's palate. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Piercer Crystal
Cost: 63 gc per lens
Description: This innocuous-looking piece of glassware,
enough to make a lens big enough to cover one eye, has
been alchemically treated to enhance contrast and
counteract both magical and mundane deception. Because
of the precise alterations to the properties of the glass,
however, any single piercer crystal lens only works under
very specific lighting conditions. Most users therefore
utilise optical arrays that allow them to shuffle multiple
piercer crystal lenses and filters for optimum effect.
Special Rules: A character wearing a piercer crystal
eyepiece or using a piercer crystal spyglass or telescopic
sight ignores concealment, Camouflage and Stealth.
However, a single piercer crystal lens can only provide
these bonuses under specific lighting conditions, like
sunlight, bright light that isn't sunlight, dim light, or near-
darkness. Under all other circumstances, the lens provides
no benefit whatsoever.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy and Craft (glasswork)
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 2 units of arcane
minerals, 2 units of mineral crystal
Total Material Cost: 21 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating piercer crystal requires an
alchemy lab and glassmaker's workshop and one day of
labour spent melting, combining and stabilising the
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes
an INT+Alchemy or INT+Craft (glasswork) roll,
whichever is lower, against a target number of 16 . If the
roll succeeds, the character creates enough piecer crystal
to grind one lens. If the roll fails, he creates two units of
alchemical waste (crystal).
Pigment-Change Potion
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: This liquid, notorious for its rancid smell
and taste, comes in many varieties that share the same
basic ingredients. Ingesting it causes a swift alteration in
the imbiber's hair and skin pigment depending upon the
exact preparation of that particular dose. Needless to say,
this makes the compound very popular among spies, even
if its taste is significantly less endearing.
Special Rules: Within PHY minutes after a character has
drunk a dose of pigment-change potion, skin and hair
colour change according to the specifications of that
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particular dose (generally, this is limited to darker skin
and black or dark brown hair on the one end of the
spectrum, and pale skin and blondish or reddish hair on
the other, or any state in between). This effect remains for
PHY days. After this period, skin and hair will slowly
revert to their normal shades over the course of 1W6
days, but look unsettlingly mottled during this time.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of gobber
skin flakes (usually for sale for 1 gc by the ever-
enterprising gobberkind, though individuals may request
more), 1 unit of mineral crystal, 1 unit of mutagenic
extract
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating pigment-changing potion
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of pigment-change potion. If the
roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid),
and the vapours the mixture gives off will probably
bleach the alchemist's hair white in the process.
otherwise unaffected, and can be carried through the AOE
without ill effect. Skigs that have consumed blasting
powder are, unfortunately, not rendered harmless by the
gas, as it cannot reach the powder in their stomachs.
The great advantage of powderdamp gas over simply
dousing a charge with water is that the blasting powder
can be reused quickly, safely and easily, as the gas effect
dissipates within a few hours, which is usually enough
time to salvage most, if not all, of the powder and
assemble a new charge.
Powderdamp grenades cost 35 gc each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 2 units of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of mineral acid, 1 unit
of organic acid
Total Material Cost: 8 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating powderdamp gas requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one flask of powderdamp gas. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).

Powderdamp Gas
Cost: 24 gc per flask Powerbinder
Cost: 33 gc per jar (containing one to three doses, see
Description: A recipe that may actually originate with the
below)
Orgoth and a failed attempt to counter the invention of the
firearm, the colourless, odourless powderdamp gas Description: Tossing a little of this glittering powder into
temporarily renders blasting powder unable to ignite. the air when casting offensive spells concentrates the
While not very useful against modern ammunition spells' power.
because the brass cases usually stop the gas from
Special Rules: When casting an offensive spell that
affecting the ammunition, it is still useful in mining
requires a magic attack roll, the caster may expend an
accidents or other situations in which an accidental
additional quick action to toss a pinch of powerbinder into
explosion must be avoided – if, for example, a mining
the path of the forming spell's energies. When rolling for
charge has failed to go off, it is far safer to first lob a
that spell's damage, add an additional die, and remove the
powderdamp grenade onto the charge than just go and
lowest die from the roll.
check.
One jar of powerbinder contains enough of the compound
Special Rules: Powderdamp gas is usually delivered in
for three spells, or for a single spell that has RNG:SP or
the form of an alchemical grenade (though a simple glass
an AOE.
or ceramic jar works just as well, even if it's not as easy or
safe to handle). The gas creates a 3” AOE that remains in Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
play for one round (but is not a cloud effect that affects
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
line of sight or grants concealment). Blasting powder
minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
explosives that use silk or paper bags to contain the red
and black powders will not go off for 1d3+1 hours if they Total Material Cost: 11 gc
are encompassed by the AOE or carried into the AOE.
Alchemical Formula: Creating powerbinder requires an
Likewise, firearm ammunition that uses paper or silk
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
cartridges will fail to go off for the same period of time if
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
the gunman was exposed to the initial AOE, or ended his
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
movement in the AOE. Brass-cased ammunition will fail
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
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character creates one jar of powerbinder. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Professor Stoyanovich's Nerve
Tonic
Cost: 42 gc per vial
Description: Though professional marksmen sneer at
anybody caught with a bottle of this clear, tasteless
compound in their possession, it does provide the drinker
with a marvellously steady hand, which can be extremely
useful for those difficult shots.
Special Rules: 1d3+1 minutes after having drunk a dose
of Professor Stoyanovich's Nerve Tonic, a character's
movements grow unnaturally calm and precise, if
somewhat slowed down. For the next hour, whenever the
character forfeits his movement to gain an aiming bonus,
he rolls an additional die on the attack roll and discards
the lowest die of the roll (this is cumulative with the
Virtuoso Skilled archetype benefit; see IKRPG, p. 117).
Additionally, the character is considered to have the Keen
Eyed ability for that shot (see IKRPG, p. 164). However,
the character also suffers -1 DEF and AGL and loses one
quick action each turn because of his slowed reactions.
The penalties persist for 1d3+1 hours after the nerve tonic
has worn off. Drinking another dose during this time
provides no benefit but extends the duration of the
penalties by 1d3+1 hours.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 burrow mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of organic
toxin
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Professor Stoyanovich's
Nerve Tonic requires an alchemy lab and two hours of
labour spent cooking, combining and stabilising the
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes
an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of nerve tonic.
If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste
(liquid) and must pass a Willpower roll against a target
number of 15 or pass out for 1d3 hours from the fumes.
Propellant Enhancer
Cost: 27 gc in addition to the costs of the alchemical
grenade
Description: This compound is usually added to some
types of alchemical grenade to spread another compound
over a larger area than normal.
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Special Rules: An alchemical grenade that has its content
mixed with propellant enhancer increases its AOE by 1”
(usually, this means the grenade now has a 4” AOE rather
than the usual 3”). However, as the contents of the
grenade are spread more thinly over a larger area, the
grenade also does not leave a cloud effect, even if a non-
enhanced grenade of the same type usually does.
Alchemical grenades that do not create cloud effects that
last for at least 1 round cannot be enhanced with
propellant enhancer, as their content would be spread too
thinly to retain its potency.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of mineral
acid
Total Material Cost: 9 gc + the cost of the alchemical
grenade and its ingredients
Alchemical Formula: Creating propellant enhancer
requires an alchemy lab but very little time, as the
compound is formulated in the process of loading an
alchemical grenade with the ingredients. The alchemist
makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of
14 when filling the grenade. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one alchemical grenade with propellant
enhancer. If the roll fails, the ingredients are wasted, but
the alchemical grenade still has its normal effects. If the
roll is failed by 5 or more, roll 1d6: On a 1-3, the
incorrectly formulated propellant enhancer renders the
content of the alchemical grenade inert, effectively
making it a dud. On 4-6, the ingredients of the propellant
enhancer react too vigorously and the grenade (with its
normal 3” AOE) goes off in the alchemist's hands,
subjecting him (and usually the lab) to its effects. The
alchemist is considered to have been directly hit by the
alchemical grenade.
Purifire Elixir
Cost: 51 gc per vial
Description: Purifire elixir is a similar compound to
vitriolic fire but has special potency against the undead
and infernals. The flames of the burning liquid, which is
usually used in the form of cinder bomb alchemical
grenades (see IKRPG, p. 297), are noticeably green-
tinged.
Special Rules: A thrown vial of purifire elixir causes a
POW 12 fire damage roll against the character hit and
inflicts the Fire continuous effect. If the character hit is
undead or an infernal, both the initial fire damage roll and
the damage rolls for the fire continuous effect are boosted.
The usual form of delivery of purifire elixir is an
alchemical grenade, however. A purifire bomb creates a
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one round. Characters who are hit by a purifire bomb
AOE suffer a POW 12 fire damage roll; if the characters
are undead or infernals, this damage is boosted.
Additionally, characters ending their turn in the AOE
suffer the Fire continuous effect; this damage is also
boosted against undead and infernal characters. Purifire
bombs cost 60 gc each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of Menoth's Fury
Total Material Cost: 17 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating purifire elixir requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the beginning
of the process the equipment and ingredients must be
blessed by a priest who knows the Blade of Radiance
spell (see IKRPG, p. 237) and is of Veteran level or
higher. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 16. On a
success, the alchemist creates one vial of purifire elixir. If
the roll fails, the compound catches fire and burns up,
inflicting the Fire continuous effect on the alchemist, as
well as causing damaged equipment that costs 2d6 gc to
replace.
Quick-Bond Glue
Cost: 18 gc per vial
Description: This slightly viscous, innocuous-looking
liquid will quickly set once exposed to air, forming a
strong bond between two surfaces. The bond forms even
more quickly when two objects coated with the compound
are pressed together for a moment.
Special Rules: Quick-bond glue takes 1d3 turns to set
once it has been applied. Tearing the bonded objects apart
afterwards requires a successful STR roll against a target
number of 14 (this may be modified by how much of an
object's surface has been covered with the glue).
Apart from practical uses, quick-bond glue can be used
for mischief very effectively – squirting it into a lock will
effectively prevent the lock from being picked (though the
door can still be forced, of course), applying it to a
scabbarded weapon will prevent the weapon from being
drawn, and smashing a vial on the floor may trip pursuers
as long as the floor is sturdy enough not to tear apart once
it is bonded to the victims' bootsoles (simply walking over
the glue does apply sufficient pressure to make it set at
once, and if the pursuers fail their STR roll, they are
tripped. This is generally only useful if pursuers cannot
evade the patch of glue, e.g. because they are in a narrow
corridor).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
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Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1
unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 6 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating quick-bond glue requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of quick-bond glue. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Quick-Rune Acid
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: Quick-rune acid, a smoking, syrupy liquid
that must be stored in glass or ceramic vials, is usually
used by gunmages on the battlefield when they do not
have the luxury of spending hours crafting new rune shot
ammunition.
Special Rules: Quick-rune acid must be applied using a
glass or ceramic fountain pen (available for about 10 gc).
It eats readily into most metals, and allows a character
with the Craft Rune Shot ability to inscribe rune bullets
extremely rapidly, at a rate of five bullets in about 10
minutes. One vial contains enough quick-rune acid to
inscribe 5 rune bullets.
Using quick-rune acid has two disadvantages: It is vastly
more expensive than inscribing rune bullets using
standard tools, and the fumes generated during the
inscribing process will cause burning eyes and sore
fingers, which will make any fine work like inscribing
runes with either quick-rune acid or conventional tools
impossible after PHYx10 minutes of crafting rune bullets
with quick-rune acid until the gunmage has been able to
rest for at least six hours. Unfortunately, the detailed work
of crafting rune bullets precludes the use of an alchemist's
gas mask or gloves.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of
arcane minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral
acid
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating quick-rune acid requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking and
combining the ingredients. At the end of this time, the
alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target
number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character creates
one vial of quick-rune acid. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
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Radiant Flame
Cost: 27 gc per flask
Description: When this fragrant oil is used to fuel the
wick of a lantern, the light shed by the flame does not
merely dispel darkness but also dispels the restless dead,
weakening their rotting flesh and making them more
susceptible to damage.
Special Rules: An undead character who is within 2” of a
character carrying a radiant flame lantern suffers -2 ARM.
One flask of radiant flame provides light for about an
hour.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 3 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating radiant flame requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
beginning of the process the equipment and ingredients
must be blessed by a priest of Veteran level or higher. At
the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 16. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one flask of radiant
flame. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical
waste (liquid).
Rage Gas
Cost: 33 gc per vial
Description: Intended to sow confusion as well as soften
up enemy lines, breathing in this compound's red-tinged
vapours causes the victims to briefly feel an overpowering
rage that they will usually unleash against the next best
target, i.e. their fellow soldiers.
Special Rules: A living character hit by a thrown vial of
rage gas must make a Willpower roll against a target
number of 16 or make a melee attack against the closest
target within their field of vision in their next activation,
charging them if necessary, or running towards them even
if they cannot reach them for a melee attack. If no target
is within sight, the affected characters simply direct their
rage against the nearest breakable object and bellow with
fury.
If the Willpower roll to resist rage gas is successful, the
character can activate normally but still suffers a -1
penalty to attack rolls from his trembling hands in his next
activation. If the character makes melee attacks in his next
activation, he does gain a +1 bonus to his damage rolls,
however.
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If a living warbeast is hit by a thrown vial of rage gas, it
simply must make a Frenzy check in its next Maintenance
Phase, even if it does not have any fury points on it.
Warbeasts do not make a Willpower roll to resist rage gas.
The usual form of delivery for rage gas is an alchemical
grenade. A rage gas grenade has a 3” AOE and affects any
living character within that AOE. Rage gas grenades are
available for 42 gc per grenade.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of acid, 2 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating rage gas requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of rage gas. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and if the alchemist
does not wear a gas mask and fails a WIL roll against a
target number of 16, the fumes will incite him into a brief
rage that will lead to 2d6x5 gc of broken glassware and
household items.
Red Haze
Cost: 57 gc per vial
Description: Warlocks, who usually have to draw on their
their warbeasts or their own lifeforce to power their
magic, can resort to inhaling this fuming compound
instead, if they can afford paying an alchemist, and if they
are willing to take the risk of occasionally succumbing to
crippling bouts of incoherent rage.
Special Rules: Starting two rounds after inhaling red
haze, a warlock gains a point of fury at the end of each
Maintenance Phase if his current fury points are less than
his ARC. This effect lasts for about an hour. If the
warlock cannot gain a point of fury this way because he
already has a number of fury points equal to his ARC at
the end of his Maintenance Phase, the warlock must roll
2d6. If the result of this roll is equal to or greater than the
warlock's ARC then nothing happens. If the result is less
than the warlock's ARC, he must forfeit either his
movement or his actions during this activation as he
bellows with rage (this doesn't help efforts to be stealthy,
either, but is usually only a problem if the warlock is
leaching fury from warbeasts while under the effect of red
haze).
When red haze wears off, the warlock becomes exhausted
for another hour, and suffers -1 to SPD, STR, AGL and
DEF during this time. Taking another dose of red haze
before the aftereffects have worn off is possible, and will
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negate the exhaustion caused by red haze for the duration
of the compound's effect, but when the red haze wears off
the duration and effects of the subsequent exhaustion are
cumulative (so after taking three doses of red haze end to
end, the warlock is exhausted for three hours and suffers
-3 to SPD, STR, AGL and DEF during this time). If a stat
drops to 0 because of exhaustion, the warlock passes out.
Only time not spent under the effect of red haze is
counted for determining the duration of the exhaustion if
multiple doses of the compound are taken.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 burrow mawg adrenal gland, 1 unit of organic
acid, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 19 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating red haze requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of red haze. If the roll fails, he creates one unit
alchemical waste (liquid), and must make a Willpower
roll against a target number of 16 if he is not wearing a
gask mask. If the Willpower roll fails, the alchemist will
destroy 2d6 gc's worth of glassware in a fit of rage, which
must be replaced before the alchemy lab can be used
again.
Runestorm Oil
Cost: 33 gc per vial (enough for two pistols or one rifle)
Description: Intended as a stopgap measure for gun
mages who find themselves without their signature
weapons, applying this glittering oil to the barrel and
mechanisms of a gun can temporarily shield it from being
consumed by the energies the gun mage infuses into the
rune bullets he fires.
Special Rules: It takes a quick action to apply a coating
of runestorm oil to a non-magelock gun. When a gun
mage then fires a rune bullet from the gun and the roll is
made to determine if the rune shot damages the gun (see
IKKNG, p. 244), the runestorm oil coating is consumed
instead if the result would normally damage the gun. This
causes the sparkling crystals in the oil to blacken and give
off wisps of smoke, visibly warning the gun mage that the
oil no longer protects his weapon. Before another coating
of runestorm oil can take effect, the gun must first be
cleaned with a rag, which takes a full action for a pistol,
or two full actions for a rifle.
Runestorm oil has no additional effect when applied to a
magelock gun.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
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Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating runestorm oil requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of runestorm oil. If the roll fails, the alchemist creates
one unit of alchemical waste (crystal) instead.
Salt-Eater
Cost: 15 gc per stick
Description: These slightly translucent crystals are
usually grown on thin wooden sticks. By stirring a
container of water with the crystal-laden stick for some
time, the crystals will absorb salts and many other mineral
contaminants, making briny water safe to drink. In a
pinch, salt-eater will even make urine potable, though the
taste remains off-putting, to say the least (not to mention
the effect of knowing what the liquid in the container
actually is).
Special Rules: One stick of salt-eater crystals will free
enough water from salts to last a single human-sized
character for a day. It takes about half an hour of stirring
for the salt-eater to do its work. Once used, a salt-eater is
considered to be crystalline alchemical waste, though an
alchemist may still recover some of the original
ingredients by distillation as normal (see IKRPG, p. 291).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 3 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
acid, one thin wooden stick
Total Material Cost: 5 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating salt eaters requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients, followed by
two days in which the crystals grow and another two
hours of firing the crystals in a kiln (this does not actually
require great heat, and can be done by putting the crystal-
covered stick in a metal pot and heating it over a
campfire. It is advisable not to use dried wood for the
stick holding the crystals, or the stick might become
charcoal during the firing. Some alchemists grow the
crystals on metal rods, bones or clay rods instead, which
are a lot more forgiving during the firing process). At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one stick of salt-eater. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
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Salve of Solovin
Cost: 42 gc per jar (each jar contains 3 uses)
Description: Dabbing a little of this salve, which is
named after the Ascendant patron of healing, onto an
injury greatly enhances the ability of a Priest of Morrow
to restore the injured.
Special Rules: By spending a quick action to dab a little
of the Salve of Solovin onto an injury, a Priest of Morrow
using the Empower ability can restore a number of vitality
points equal to his ARC rather than the usual 1d3+1.
Alternatively, using Salve of Solovin allows the priest to
use the Empower ability without having to spend a feat
point, though in this case the priest does not gain the
improved healing the compound normally grants.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Salve of Solovin requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the beginning
of the process the equipment and ingredients must be
blessed by a Priest of Morrow of Veteran level or higher
who has the Empower ability (IKRPG, p. 161) or knows
the Heal spell (IKRPG, p. 240). At the end of this time,
the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target
number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character creates
one jar of Salve of Solovin. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Scale-Eater
Cost: 27 gc per vial
Description: This compound briefly weakens organic
tissues it touches, and is usually used to soften up
monstrous fauna for their hunters' attentions.
Special Rules: A living character with the Flesh of Steel
ability or natural armour (see the individual creature
entries for details) hit by a thrown vial of scale-eater
suffers -2 ARM for one round. Creatures that have Poison
Resistance or a similar ability to be especially resistant to
toxins are not affected.
The usual form of delivery for scale-eater is an alchemical
grenade. A scale-eater bomb has a 3” AOE and affects
any living character within that AOE. Scale-eater bombs
are available for 36 gc per grenade.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
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alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of
organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating scale-eater requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of scale-eater. If the roll fails, he creates
one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and unless he is
wearing gloves and a gas mask the alchemist will break
out in an ugly rash that is sore to the touch and will cause
him to suffer -1 to all rolls for 3+d3 hours.
Screaming Candle
Cost: 9 gc per candle
Description: This waxy compound must be kept in a
airtight container at all times, because it will react quite
violently with air and start evaporating as well as giving
off a loud hissing noise reminiscent of some large beast.
Screaming candles are popular attachments for clockwork
rats, with the cork sealing the candle affixed to something
so it pops out as soon as the rat starts moving.
Special Rules: Once a screaming candle, which is usually
about the size of a fountain pen, is uncapped, it will start
giving off smoke and hiss loudly. The smoke dissipates
almost immediately and only leaves a musty smell
behind. Capping a screaming candle again will stop the
reaction within 1d3 rounds. If left uncapped, most
screaming candles will burn for 6+d3 rounds, though
larger and smaller candles can be manufactured – short,
fat candles make a louder noise, and long, thin candles
burn longer. Although the candles become hot, they will
not become hot enough to set anything on fire, and even
holding a screaming candle to exposed skin won't inflict
more than first- or second-degree burns (effectively, the
candle deals 1d6+6 fire damage, which is reduced by
PHY and armour as usual; unless the candle is shifted to
another area of the body, no more damage is inflicted).
By mixing other compounds like hair or oils with the
candle during synthesis, the compound can be made to
give off different smells. Altering the shape of the
container can also alter the sound the candle makes.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 3 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating a screaming candle
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
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end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one screaming candle. If the roll fails,
the ingredients will burn up and be wasted.
Seeds of Khorva
Cost: 27 gc per vial
Description: These whitish crystals absorb and bind
liquids, only releasing them in the course of the digestive
process. They are popular with poisoners because they
allow them to introduce poisons into their victims' food
and only have them take effect hours later, when they
have already made their escape.
Special Rules: Seeds of Khorva will absorb any liquid
compound and bind it harmlessly and undetectably in
themselves. By grinding the crystals in a mortar, they can
then be rendered into a fine powder and introduced into
food (the crystals will not dissolve in any liquid, however,
so they must be introduced into food where their presence
can be somehow concealed, like thick stews). Once the
crystals have been ingested, they will decay and release
the bound liquid after 1d3 hours. Before this time,
purgatives may still save the patient.
Seeds of Khorva have also been known to be used for less
than nefarious purposes, e.g. by soaking them in strong
spirits, so that the victims will inexplicably become
inebriated rather than killed. Still, most authorities frown
on alchemists making Seeds of Khorva, or accuse them of
being poison-peddlers right away.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic acid, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Seeds of Khorva requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Seeds of Khorva. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Shadow Catalyst
Cost: 30 gc for one shadow catalyst crystal (see Special
Rules)
Description: Holding this blackish crystal in one's hand
while casting spells significantly dampens stray energies,
making spellcasting more difficult to detect. Each spell
cast causes the crystal to decay, however, until it can no
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longer absorb stray energies. In order to prevent decay
through exposure to ambient arcane energies, shadow
catalyst crystals are usually stored in lead boxes.
Special Rules: When a spellcaster casts a spell while
holding a shadow catalyst crystal in his hand, the spell
runes are only visible to characters within 4” of the
spellcaster, and characters with the Magic Sensitivity
Gifted archetype benefit can only sense the casting of a
spell if they are within ARCx10 feet. A shadow catalyst
crystal slowly bleaches as it absorbs spell energies,
becoming fully transparent and unable to provide any
more bonuses once it has absorbed spells with a total
COST of 10 (do not count fatigue gained or focus or fury
spent on boosting spells or extending spell range for this).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 2 units of
alchemical waste (crystal), 2 units of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Growing shadow catalyst crystals
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilizing the ingredients,
followed by 1d3+6 days of growing the crystal. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character has created one shadow catalyst crystal. If the
roll fails, he has created one unit of alchemical waste
(crystal) instead.
Sharde Mints
Cost: 24 gc per bag of 30 lozenges
Description: Formulated by an experienced Cygnaran
alchemist and battlefield surgeon after seeing too many of
his young colleagues, fresh from medical training, lose it
when faced with the visceral horros wrought by the
Dragonfather's forces (and thus, unfortunately, sometimes
losing patients as well), sucking on these mints deadens
the nerves in the nose and mouth, allowing those who
face the works of the living dead for the first time to at
least escape some of the horrors they must endure. Few
battlefield surgeons who do not eventually learn to cope
without resorting to such aids last for long in the
profession, but Sharde mints have also become popular
with researchers who need to investigate Cryxian remains
but otherwise are not used to facing such vile assaults on
their senses.
Special Rules: A character who sucks on a Sharde mint
loses their senses of smell and taste after 1d3+1 minutes,
and does not regain them for 1d3+1 hours. This is
generally sufficient to grant a +3 bonus to any rolls
required to avoid throwing up or otherwise becoming
discomfited when exposed to vile smells and flavours
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(incidentally, the user will also not have any memories of

these bad smells, which may really help his peace of
mind).
Some care must be taken not to overdose on Sharde
mints, though few individuals would be prepared to chew
their way through a bag of sweets that cause them to not
taste anything. If a character takes more Sharde mints in
24 hours than twice their PHY, the toxins in the mint start
deadening all nerves, which generally means the character
becomes paralysed and unable to see or hear (though the
toxins thankfully don't seem to inhibit breathing or the
heart). These effects generally wear off after 1d6+3 hours,
though the character will suffer another -2 penalty to all
actions for the next 24 hours until his system has purged
all the toxins.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: Powdered sugar, 1 unit of achemical stone, 1
unit of organic oil (mint oil), 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 8 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Sharde mints requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one bag of Sharde mints, which usually
contains 30 lozenges. If the roll fails, he creates one unit
of alchemical waste (crystal).
Shifter Shot
Cost: 30 gc + bullet costs for five rounds of ammunition
Description: Bullets cast from this alchemically treated
lead temporarily hamper the abilities of some creatures
that can alter their physiology, like warpwolves and trolls.
Special Rules: If a living creature with an ability to
shapeshift in some manner, like a warpwolf's Controlled
Warping ability, a Tharn's Feat: Transformation ability, or
an earthborn dire troll's Elemental Communion ability,
takes damage from shifter shot, it loses control over its
abilities for 1d3 rounds (if the creature also has special
resistance to toxins, it is only inhibited for 1d3-1 rounds,
meaning there is a chance it is not inhibited at all). Shifter
shot does not cause such a character's current
transformation to expire, but it prevents the character
from shifting to a different state (so a Tharn in his bestial
form would not revert to his near-human form, but he
could not revert of his own volition, either. An earthborn
dire troll currently shifted to its water aspect would
remain in this aspect even if it moved away from water, at
least as long as the shifter shot's effect lasts, and would
not be able to assume other aspects during this time).
Shifter shot can be used to craft rune shot ammunition.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy and Craft
(gunsmithing)
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals, bullet materials for five
rounds of ammunition
Total Material Cost: 10 gc + bullet materials for five
rounds of ammunition
Alchemical Formula: Creating shifter shot requires an
alchemy lab, a gunsmithing kit and two hours of labour
spent melting, combining and casting the ingredients. At
the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy or INT+Craft (gunsmithing) roll,
whichever is lower, against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates 5 rounds of shifter shot
ammunition. If the roll fails, the character creates five
normal rounds of ammunition as long as he has scored at
least a result of 9 on his roll, but the alchemical materials
are wasted. On a roll of less than 9, he has not only
wasted the alchemical materials, but the ammunition he
has attempted to manufacture is also unusable. It may be
reworked as standard ammunition according to the
standard crafting rules, however (see IKRPG, p. 176).
Shock Foam
Cost: 51 gc per jar (including the catalyst)
Description: This compound is usually sold in a jar and a
vial, with the jar containing the main compound and the
vial containing a catalyst that causes the main compound
to expand into a greyish foam that hardens to a leathery
consistency. By pouring the main compound into the
cortex bay of a steamjack and then adding the reagent, it
is possible to grant a steamjack's cortex a measure of
protection from attacks that directly target the cortex.
Special Rules: Applying shock foam requires access to a
steamjack's cortex bay but no special tools. It takes about
half an hour minutes for the shock foam to expand and
set; after this time the shock foam will usually last for
about a week if other circumstances don't cause it to
degrade first.
When a steamjack's cortex is enveloped in shock foam,
the steamjack ignores Disruption (see the electrocutioner
runeplate in IKRPG, p. 285) or direct cortex damage (e.g.
from a shock shield, see IKKNG, p. 100). Once an attack
that causes Disruption or direct cortex damage has been
completely resolved, roll 1d6: On a roll of 1-2, the shock
foam has degraded from absorbing the assaulting energies
and provides no further protection. Applying a new layer
of shock foam requires cleaning out the cortex bay first,
which requires removing the cortex or specialised tools.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy

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Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of alchemical waste
(liquid), 2 units of heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral acid, 2
units of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 17 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating shock foam requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of shock foam and one dose of
catalyst. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical
waste (liquid) and one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Shroud of Repose
Cost: 30 gc per vial
Description: This fine, greasy gray powder, which is
usually dispensed via alchemical grenades, negates the
supernatural resilience that many of the restless dead
show. It also prevents those slain by some types of
restless from becoming like the creatures that destroyed
them.
Special Rules: Undead characters hit by a thrown vial of
shroud of repose lose Tough and cannot regain it except
by washing off the greasy, sticky powder (fire damage
will, unfortunately, also burn off the powder at once).
Since the powder is sticky, it takes at least a day for it to
be blown away by natural causes. Additionally, characters
destroyed by undead like hollowed or shaft wights, and
who would normally become like their slayers after a
while, will be spared that fate as long as their bodies are
coated with shroud of repose before they rise in undeath.
The usual form of delivery is an alchemical grenade,
however. A shroud bomb creates a 3” AOE, which does
not remain in play as a cloud effect since the powder
settles very quickly. Undead characters who are hit by a
shroud bomb AOE suffer the effects described above.
Shroud bombs cost 39 gc each.
Shroud of repose cannot affect incorporeal undead, since
the powder cannot cling to them.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane minerals
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating shroud of repose requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
beginning of the process the equipment and ingredients
must be blessed by a priest of Veteran level or higher. At
the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
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INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 16. If the
roll succeeds, he creates one vial of shroud of repose. If
the roll fails, the alchemist creates one unit of alchemical
waste (crystal).
Sinoculant Drops
Cost: 45 gc per vial
Description: This variant of the more commonly
available umbroculant drops must be dripped directly into
the eyes and then temporarily grants the user the ability to
perceive with the same uncanny clarity that some
unnatural creatures like dragonspawn enjoy. However,
this may also well be the reason sinoculant drops are
rumoured to cause serious, long-term damage to the eyes.
Special Rules: Administering sinoculant drops requires
an eyedropper. A living character who uses a dose of
sinoculant drops gains the Eyeless Sight ability for one
hour (a character with Eyeless Sight ignores forests and
cloud effects when determining LOS and ignores
concealment and Stealth when making attacks. The
character can also see without any light at all). The user
must cover or close their eyes while sinoculant drops are
in effect, or suffer a -2 penalty to all rolls requiring vision
from sensory overload. Once sinoculant drops have worn
off, the character's eyes need time to recover, and the user
suffers a -2 penalty to all rolls requiring vision for 1d3+1
hours (most users use sinoculant drops in one eye only
and wear a patch over the eye that is currently not in use;
this inflicts a -1 penalty to ranged attack rolls and vision-
based PER rolls like a lost eye but allows the user to gain
twice the normal number of uses from one vial of the
compound, and also lessens the damage to the eye
because the user can switch between eyes. Characters
who are only using sinoculant drops in one eye still gain
Eyeless Sight normally as well as incurring the penalties
for one-eyed use). During the recovery time, additional
doses of sinoculant drops can be used, but the recovery
times are cumulative and only begin after the last dose has
worn off. At the GM's discretion, using sinoculant drops
end to end will also hasten long-term damage (see below).
Long-term damage: The most commonly used source of
arcane extract for the preparation of sinoculant drops is
dragonspawn, though technically other creatures that have
the Eyeless Sight ability can contribute the arcane extract
(alchemist with the Free Style ability may substitute
ingredients normally, making them the best source of less
dangerous sinoculant drops). Using sinoculant drops will
slowly damage the eye or blight the character (at the
GM's discretion, this damage begins with minor cosmetic
changes to the eye after PHY doses have been used; if the
user persists after the warning signs, a PHY roll with a
target number of 9 plus the number of doses of sinoculant
used on that eye beyond the character's PHY must be
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made after every subsequent dose. A failure damages the
eye, reducing PER by 1 when using that eye (This
damage is cumulative and if it equals the character's PER
or PHY, whichever is lower, the eye has become
destroyed). If the standard formula using blighted arcane
extract is used, failing the PHY roll will also blight the
eye and the surrounding tissue, leading to the growth of
scaly skin, dark veins, and other noticeable blighted
changes that count as battle scars or worse (see IKRPG, p.
217)). A lesser effect of blight may be visible already
after using the compound a number of times equal to the
character's PHY.
Characters who are already blighted suffer no further
blight from sinoculant drops, but their eyes may still be
destroyed by long-term use. At the GM's discretion,
allowing lengthy periods of recovery after a period of
using sinoculant drops (e.g. a month or so, possibly less
so for characters with Resistance to Poisons) may slow
down the rate of damage to a slow dimming of the
eyesight over years. Blighting, however, should not be
slowed down.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract (from the brain fluids of a creature with Eyeless
Sight), 1 unit of mutagenic extract, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 15 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating sinoculant drops requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilizing the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of sinoculant drops. If the roll fails, the alchemist
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid) instead.
Skull Smoke
Cost: 60 gc per vial
Description: Formulated by necromancers with a keen
interest in investigation, skull smoke provides a means of
circumnavigating one of the major obstacles forensic
necromancers often face, i.e. the lack of a corpse's head.
Special Rules: Before skull smoke can be used, the
corpse must be sat up and a means for the compound to
percolate past the spine to the place where the head used
to be must be provided (this means that corpses that have
turned to dust or whose entire torso has been destroyed
cannot be examined with skull smoke).
Once the vial of skull smoke is uncapped, the smoke
slowly rises and, when it passes the spine, coalesces into
the shape of the deceased person's head (most
necromancers put a large glass jar over the head to trap
the smoke for longer, though this makes understanding
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the corpse's replies more difficult, as well as requiring the
necromancer to shout his questions, which may draw
unwelcome attention). Skull smoke allows the use of the
grave whispers spell (see IKUA, pp. 69-70) on a headless
corpse – though if the corpse's soul is trapped somewhere,
the necromancer is still out of luck, and the smoke skull
will form but not respond.
A smoke skull only remains for 1d3 minutes (1d3+3
minutes if a jar is used). The gamemaster is encouraged to
secretly determine the time the skull remains, stop the
time and make the corpse break off mid-sentence when
the time runs out.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of
arcane extract, 1 unit of ectoplasm, 1 unit of heavy
metals, 1 unit of mineral acid
Total Material Cost: 20 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating skull smoke requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of skull smoke. If the roll fails, the ingredients
evaporate and are wasted.
Slate
Cost: 48 gc per vial
Description: Ingesting this compound causes the
imbiber's brain to temporarily retain memories extremely
efficiently. The drawback is that unpleasant memories
will stay with the user as well, but slate is still popular
with spies and other covert operatives, especially with
those whose talents lie in less intellectual approaches but
who sometimes still need to gather in and transport
substantial amounts of information.
Special Rules: 1d6+6 minutes after drinking slate, a
character gains the Photographic Memory Intellectual
archetype benefit, which will apply to anything the
character experiences for the next INT or PER hours,
whichever is less. After this period has elapsed, the
memories will stay clear for another INT weeks and then
start fading normally, even if the character cannot form
other photographic recollections without taking another
dose of slate first.
If the character should suffer serious injuries while under
the effects of slate, the pains will stay fresh in his mind as
well (this means that if any aspect on the character's life
spiral gets crippled while he is under the initial effect of
slate, the character will continue suffering vivid phantom
pains and retain a -1 penalty to STR, DEF or attack rolls,
depending on which aspects were crippled, for the same
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INT weeks after the initial slate effect has worn off).
Unscrupulous individuals have tried using slate to make
torture more effective by keeping the memories of
torment fresh. Unfortunately, the only effect is to make
the victim of the torture incoherent from suffering they
cannot escape, and possibly insane in the long term.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 16 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating slate requires an alchemy
lab and two hours of labour spent grinding and stabilising
the ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist
makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of
16. If the roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of
slate. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical
waste (liquid).
Slithering Wurm
Cost: 21 gc per vial of wurm's bite / 42 gc per vial of
wurm's slither
Description: Somewhat obscurely named, this compound
actually is two compounds: One component must be
ingested by or injected into a target, while the other must
be ingested by the user. Simply put, the compound for the
victim inflicts a mild version of the effects of viper
tatzylwurm venom, which causes the victim's sweat to
acquire a subtle tang not unlike the smell of black tea. The
second compound grants the user some measure of a viper
tatzylwurm's sensitivity to this smell, allowing them to
track the victim by scent. This dual compound has most
infamously been used by the spy Anastasia di Bray, who
managed to slip the compound into a noble's food and
was then able to sniff out the secret compartments in his
office by tracking where on his desk and bookcases he
had been putting his hands.
Special Rules: The toxic component, usually called “the
wurm's bite,” must be injected into the victim's
bloodstream or ingested, and will cause a subtle change to
the smell of their sweat that lasts for 1d3+3 hours.
Though it is theoretically possible for people to detect the
smell, most people simply will mistake it for the smell of
tea on the victim's breath, though pets will sometimes
react differently (though most people would be at a loss to
say why). Farrow, on the other hand, usually notice the
change at once, since their sense of smell is exceptionally
keen.
The second compound, usually called “the wurm's
slither,” must be snorted by the user, and will make them
sensitive to the smell of the wurm's bite for about an hour.
During this time they may track the victim of the wurm's
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bite by scent without the need for a roll under most
circumstances, and may determine where they have been
standing or touching by making PER+Detection rolls
against a target number of 14 or more, depending on the
situation (if the victim wore gloves, the target number
may easily reach 18 or higher when the user attempts to
determine where the victim was putting his hands).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: Wurm's Bite: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1
unit of alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of organic toxin
(viper tatzylwurm venom). Wurm's Slither: 1 unit of
alchemical stone, 1 unit of mutagenic extract, 1 unit of
organic toxin (viper tatzylwurm venom)
Total Material Cost: 7 gc (wurm's bite) / 14 gc (wurm's
slither)
Alchemical Formula: Creating wurm's bite or wurm's
slither requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour
spent cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients.
At the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of wurm's bite
or wurm's slither. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of
alchemical waste (liquid) instead.
Sorcerer's Lead
Cost: 33 gc + bullet costs for five rounds of ammunition
Description: This alchemically treated lead is sometimes
used by gun mages who employ the most demanding rune
shot spells as a means of lightening the burden their
magic places on them.
Special Rules: When firing a rune bullet crafted from
sorcerer's lead, a single rune shot spell with a COST of 2
or higher has its COST reduced by 1. Additionally, if the
total COST of the rune shots applied to a bullet of
sorcerer's lead requires the gun mage to make a fatigue
roll, the gun mage may re-roll his fatigue roll once if he
fails it, but must abide by the second result (the gun mage
may still use the Feat: Strength of Will Gifted Archetype
benefit normally to pass the fatigue roll if he has it (see
IKRPG, p.115)).
Once a bullet made from sorcerer's lead has been fired
after having a rune shot spell cast on it, it loses its special
properties. If, for some reason, the bullet was fired
without being imbued with a rune shot, the lead retains its
properties, but must be reworked into a new bullet first.
The formula for sorcerer's lead is not compatible with
other forms of alchemically treated lead used in rune
shots like foeslayer lead or ghost shot.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy and Craft
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Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals, bullet materials for
five rounds of ammunition
Total Material Cost: 11 gc + bullet materials for five
rounds of ammunition
Alchemical Formula: Creating sorcerer's lead requires
an alchemy lab and a gunsmithing kit and two hours of
labour spent melting, combining and casting the
ingredients. At the end of this time, the alchemist makes
an INT+Alchemy or INT+Craft (gunsmithing) roll,
whichever is lower, against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates 5 rounds of sorcerer's
lead ammunition. If the roll fails, the character creates
five normal rounds of ammunition as long as he has
scored at least a result of 9 on his roll, but the alchemical
materials are wasted. On a roll of less than 9, he has not
only wasted the alchemical materials, but the ammunition
he has attempted to manufacture is also unusable. It may
be reworked according to standard crafting rules, however
(see IKRPG, p. 176).
Spectral Infusion
Cost: 54 gc per vial
Description: A character who has had this grayish fluid
injected into his bloodstream stands out like a beacon to
spirits and may easily share his flesh with such
incorporeal entities. While this experience can offer
important clues to occult investigations, there is a
substantial risk of long-term possession.
Special Rules: 1d3+3 minutes after having spectral
infusion injected into the bloodstream via a syringe, a
character becomes noticeably pale and distracted (which
causes a -2 penalty to all Social skill rolls, Perception
rolls, Intellect rolls, DEF and attack rolls). In this state,
which lasts for about half an hour, the character can be
automatically possessed by any incorporeal spirit he
touches, whether this spirit normally has the ability to
possess people or not. Spirits who do not wish to possess
the user must avoid him, but the user does stand out to
spirits in a way that draws them in (usually, few spirits
resist the chance to possess the user, since there seem to
be few risks in doing so for them).
Once the effects of spectral infusion wear off, possessing
spirits who do not have the ability to possess individuals
are automatically evicted. If the spirit does have the
ability to possess individuals, however, they may stay, and
unless they are exorcised or otherwise compelled to leave
in some way, the possessed character may only attempt to
oust the spirit once a number of days equal the spirit's
Willpower have passed. If the possessed character fails,
he can only attempt to oust the spirit once per day after
this.
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The main benefit of spectral infusion is that spirits tend to
become more coherent when possessing a character this
way, which might enable them to communicate with
investigators. Additionally, a character who has been
possessed while under the effects of spectral infusion
usually retains some memories from the spirit in question
that might yield useful clues (like how they died, or why
they haunt a place, though few spirits are perfectly clear
on the details of why they cannot move on. At the GM's
discretion, the spirit may also gain some of the user's
memories).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
ectoplasm, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 18 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating spectral infusion requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of spectral infusion. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Spellrot
Cost: 42 per vial
Description: When this greyish paste is introduced into
the bloodstream of a user of magic, they temporarily lose
the ability to feed power into long-duration spells.
Special Rules: Spellrot must be introduced into the
victim's bloodstream via a syringe or envenomed weapon.
The compound itself remains viable for up to an hour
hour once smeared on a weapon (or for much shorter
when the environment is hot and dry). When a Gifted
character is dosed with spellrot, he must make a PHY or
ARC roll, whichever is higher, against target number 16
or lose his ability to upkeep spells for 1d3+1 hours (the
character may still cast upkeep spells, but they always
expire in his next Control Phase). If the PHY roll was a
success, the victim cannot upkeep spells in their next
Control Phase, but regains their ability to upkeep spells
afterwards.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating spellrot requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
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target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of spellrot. If the roll fails, he creates one
unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Spirit of Angellia
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: This watery, scentless liquid quickly
evaporates upon contact with air, and must be inhaled to
take effect. It significantly boosts a character's intellectual
capabilities, but is known to cause addiction if used too
often.
Special Rules: A character who has inhaled a dose of
Spirit of Angellia gains +2 to all INT and PER rolls for a
number of hours equal to their INT or PER, whichever is
lower. Once the effect has expired, the character takes a -2
penalty to all INT, PER and WIL rolls for the same
number of hours, and cannot upkeep spells during this
duration if he is a spellcaster.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic acid, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Spirit of Angellia
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Spirit of Angellia. If the roll
fails, the ingredients are wasted.
Spirit of Nivara
Cost: 48 gc per vial
Description: This cloudy liquid glows in a soft bluish
light, and always seems to be churning slowly. Ingesting
it enhances a spellcaster's ability to handle spells that
must be sustained by a constant flow of energy.
Special Rules: A character who has ingested a dose of
Spirit of Nivara gains the Great Power ability for one
hour, starting two turns after drinking the compound.
Once this duration has elapsed, the spellcaster becomes
drained, and cannot upkeep spells at all for 1d3 hours.
During this time no additional dose of Spirit of Nivara can
take effect.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of mineral
crystals
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Total Material Cost: 16 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Spirit of Nivara requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Spirit of Nivara. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Steamward
Cost: 33 gc per vial
Description: This milky, cool-smelling compound alters
the drinker's metabolism to make him more resistant to
heat damage, though it will also make the drinker more
susceptible to exposure.
Special Rules: 1d6 minutes after drinking steamward and
for PHY hours afterwards, a character will receive a +2
bonus to any rolls that resist heat damage (e.g.
heatstroke). If the character suffers damage from hot
steam (e.g. through wearing steam armour with a leaking
boiler), any damage he suffers from the heat is reduced by
2, to a minimum of 1. However, the character's
metabolism becomes dependent on external sources of
warmth, so unless the character is in a very warm
environment, he suffers -1 to all rolls as well as -1 SPD
and DEF. Should the character suffer any amount of cold
damage, these penalties increase to -2 for 1d3 turns.
The compound is popular with ironheads, though most
Khadorans will despise and relentlessly mock any steam
jockey who is so cowardly or infirm of body as to resort
to this alchemical safeguard.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of heavy
metal, 1 unit of mineral crystal, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating steamward requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of steamward. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Sting of Stacia
Cost: 39 gc per vial
Description: This thick, yellowish paste must enter the
victim's bloodstream to take effect and inflicts
insufferable agony. True to the promise of the Scion of
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Revenge, the Sting is not fatal, however.
Special Rules: Sting of Stacia must be injected into the
bloodstream, usually via an envenomed blade. When a
living character has suffered at least 1 point of damage
from a blade covered in the toxin, he must immediately
make a PHY roll against a target number of 16. On a
failed roll, all of the victim's aspects are considered
crippled for 1d3+1 hours (if the victim's aspects become
truly crippled during this time, the effect is not
cumulative). If the roll succeeds, the last aspect damaged
by the attack that injected the toxin is instead considered
crippled for 1 round.
Repeated use of Sting of Stacia has been known to inflict
insanity on its victims.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic acid, 1 unit of organic oil, 1 unit
of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Sting of Stacia requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Sting of Stacia. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Stormlure
Cost: 27 gc per vial
Description: This sticky, glittering oil has the uncanny
effect of drawing lightning to itself, making a character
coated with it an easy target for electrical attacks.
Special Rules: When a character is hit by a thrown vial of
stormlure, all ranged and magic attack rolls against him
that cause electrical damage gain a +2 bonus. Every time
the character suffers an electrical damage roll (no matter
whether the damage roll actually overcomes ARM), roll
1d6: On a result of 1-2 the coursing electricity has broken
down the stormlure, rendering it ineffective. Once
exposed to air, the compound also decays over the span of
an hour.
Stormlure is too thick to allow delivery by alchemical
grenade, since such attacks would not splash well enough
to affect several targets at once. However, sometimes
delivery methods like arrows equipped with alchemical
vials are still used for the benefit of better range and
accuracy.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 2 units of heavy
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metals, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating stormlure requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 15. On a success, the character creates
one vial of stormlure. On a failure, the character creates
one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Stormseed
Cost: 51 gc per vial
Description: If this powder is launched high into the air
(e.g. by the use of an alchemical blastgun, a rocket, or
simply a sling and a well-timed grenade), it temporarily
enhances the ease of stormsmithing (IKKNG, p. 90).
Special Rules: A stormsmith must start manipulating the
weather within one turn of deploying a dose of stormseed,
or the powder will simply settle to the ground and be
wasted. Stormseed will stay afloat for 1d6 rounds, plus an
additional number of rounds equal to the Stormsmithing
skill rank of the most skilled stormsmith in the area of
effect, as long as some kind of weather manipulation
takes place every turn. During this time the compound
grants any stormsmith standing within 4” of the point
where the powder was deployed +2 to all Stormsmithing
skill rolls.
Enemy stormsmiths may disperse stormseed deployed by
an opponent by making a Stormsmithing roll against a
target number of 13, as long as the point from which the
stormseed was deployed is within range (see IKKNG, p.
91). At the GM's discretion certain spells like Tempest
and Winter Storm may be used for the same purpose.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane mineral, 2
units of heavy metal, 1 unit of mineral crystal
Total Material Cost: 17 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating stormseed requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of stormseed. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
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Synthesis Catalyst
Cost: 33 gc for one jar of synthesis catalyst (counts as
three units of alchemical stone; see below)
Description: A variant of bonding catalyst, synthesis
catalyst speeds up alchemical reactions when it is used to
replace alchemical stone in an alchemical formula. Its
hefty price tag means synthesis catalyst is usually only
used in dire emergencies, e.g. when an alchemist must
quickly prepare a complex curative before a patient
expires. Spies also quite commonly use synthesis catalyst
when they do not have a lot of time to prepare a
compound they need.
Special Rules: Synthesis catalyst replaces alchemical
stone in another alchemical formula, halving the time
required to formulate an alchemical compound. If the
alchemist also has the Fast Cook ability (see IKRPG, p.
161), the effects are somewhat cumulative, meaning the
alchemist may prepare the compound in one third of the
usual time. If the formula uses more than one unit of
alchemical stone, more of the catalyst must be used; a
single preparation of synthesis catalyst yields enough of
the compound to replace three units of alchemical stone.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating synthesis catalyst
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilizing the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of synthesis catalyst, which can
replace three units of alchemical stone (see above). If the
roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal)
instead.
Thamar's Breath
Cost: 45 gc per vial
Description: This smoky, semi-vaporous compound is a
powerful restorative that can be inhaled by spellcasters
following the will weaver tradition when they have
overstrained their abilities. Sustained use can have
deleterious effects, however.
Special Rules: A living Gifted character following the
will weaver tradition who is not currently exhausted (see
IKRPG, p. 229) reduces his current fatigue by 1d3+1
when he inhales a dose of Thamar's Breath, which
requires a quick action to crack open the sealed vial. If the
character is currently exhausted because he failed his
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fatigue roll in his previous turn, he is instead simply no
longer exhausted and may cast spells normally in his
current turn. No fatigue is restored, however, so casting
another spell will likely require a new fatigue roll right
away.
If a character uses more doses of Thamar's Breath within
a day than his ARC, he becomes dependent on the
compound and only recovers 1d3+1 or ARC fatigue
points, whichever is less, during each of his Maintenance
Phases instead of the usual amount. Shaking this
dependence requires the character to abstain from using
Thamar's Breath and all spellcasting for a number of days
equal to double his ARC. Casting even a single spell
means this period of abstinence must be begun anew.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 burrow mawg adrenal gland, 1 unit of mineral
acid
Total Material Cost: 15 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Thamar's Breath requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of Thamar's Breath. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Thermal Gel
From Wolf-Knight's Liber Alchemica
Cost: 24 gc per canister
Description: The invention of an Ordic alchemist of the
Golden Crucible, this opaque lavender gel is normally
stored in flat anodised aluminium canisters. When
exposed to air after opening the canister, the gel heats up
sufficiently to boil water, providing a lightless heat source
which lasts for an hour. This is primarily sold en masse to
the scout forces of various militaries and mercenary
companies as it can function as a covert alternative to a
cooking fire. A single canister is usually sufficient to cook
stew for up to two characters.
Special Rules: Once the canister containing thermal gel
has been opened, it takes about one minute for the
reaction to heat the gel up to the point that it is hot enough
to boil water (touching the gel at this point is like putting
your hand into boiling water; getting hit with a lump of
the gel inflicts a POW 6 fire damage roll as well as
another POW 6 fire damage roll in each subsequent
Maintenance Phase until the gel has been wiped off,
which requires a quick action). Dousing the gel with
water will not stop the reaction, as the gel will form an
oily, hot layer on the surface (though the water usually
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cools the gel down sufficiently that touching it is
uncomfortable rather than causing outright injury), but
smothering the gel by putting an airtight seal on the
container again or covering it with clay will work, even if
that is a non-ideal solution at best if the seal isn't
particularly sturdy. Usually, the gel is simply allowed to
burn up. Once the reaction has run its course, which takes
about an hour, the remains count as one unit of alchemical
waste (crystal).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemist's stone, 2 units of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of mineral crystals, 2
units of animal fat/organic oil
Total Material Cost: 8 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating thermal gel requires an
alchemist's lab and two hours of work combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
canister of thermal gel (which must be immediately sealed
in an airtight container so it does not start reacting; cutting
the thermal gel off from air quickly stops the reaction
again). If the alchemist fails the roll, he creates one unit of
alchemical waste (crystal).
Thorn
Cost: 30 gc per vial
Description: Living creatures who have fallen victim to
this toxin suffer from a temporarily weakened metabolism
that may cause them to pass out quickly when seriously
injured. While the toxin's effects are certainly
excruciating, proponents still argue that the compound is
an effective tool for taking prisoners.
Special Rules: One round after a living target character
has had thorn introduced into his bloodstream (e.g. via an
envenomed weapon or syringe; thorn remains viable for
about half an hour if applied to a blade), the victim starts
suffering the toxin's effects, which last for 1d3+6 rounds.
While thorn is in effect, whenever a damage roll that
causes a loss of vitality has been completely resolved the
character suffers 1d3 additional points of damage (the
victim may make a PHY roll against a target number of
16 to resist the toxin upon its introduction into his
bloodstream; on a success, he only suffers 1d3-2 points of
additional vitality damage while the toxin is running its
course. The victim cannot gain vitality from a result of 1
on the 1d3 roll). If the character becomes incapacitated
because of this damage, no roll on the injury table is made
and the victim is instead considered to be concussed (see
IKRPG, p. 216). Characters who have become concussed
because of the effects of thorn regain 1d3 additional
points of vitality after a combat encounter to reflect that a
significant portion of the damage is actually merely the
result of shock.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of
organic oil, 1 unit of organic toxin
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating thorn requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of thorn. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of
alchemical waste (liquid).
Thrall-Salve
Cost: 30 gc per vial
Description: Rubbing this compound into the runes
covering a thrall's skin temporarily enhances their
potency.
Special Rules: Applying thrall-salve requires the user to
have the Thrall Crafting skill and be within B2B of a
friendly thrall. Applying the compound takes a quick
action. When the salve is applied, the numerical effects
(i.e. stat modifiers or skill ranks) of the following thrall
runes are improved by +1: Artificial Intellect, Grave
Chill, Guardian, Killer, Rune Hardened, Rune Powered,
Speed in Death (see IKUA, pp. 74-75). Each use of thrall-
salve remains in effect for a number of rounds equal to
the thrall's PHY. Only a single dose of thrall-salve can be
in effect at the same time.
If the user of the compound is not the creator of the thrall,
he must first use another quick action and pass an
INT+Thrall Crafting roll against a target number of 12
plus the base rune cost of the thrall before he can use the
thrall-salve. On a failure, the user fails to locate the rune
he is looking for, but may try again by using another
quick action.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating thrall-salve requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. At the beginning of the
process the ingredients and equipment must be blessed by
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higher. If the roll succeeds, the character creates one vial
of thrall-salve. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of
alchemical waste (liquid).
Throat Grease
Cost: 33 gc per vial
Description: Gargling this slightly viscous compound
helps trollkin fell callers enunciate, increasing the ease
with which they can project their vocal attacks.
Special Rules: One turn after gargling throat grease and
for PHY minutes afterward, whenever a trollkin fell caller
makes ranged attacks using POI+Fell Calling rolls he
gains an additional die on the attack rolls and discards the
lowest die of each roll. However, using throat grease
tends to irritate the throat after a while, so a fell caller
who continues making fell calls after the compound's
effects have worn off suffers -2 to all POI+Fell Calling
rolls for another PHY minutes. The fell caller may take
another dose of throat grease during this time to regain the
additional die, but the -2 penalty persists until the fell
caller has rested his voice for PHY minutes. Additionally,
if multiple doses of throat grease are used before the
penalties have worn off, the duration of the penalties
stack, and the recovery period only begins after the last
dose of throat grease has worn off (e.g. if a fell caller with
PHY 8 uses three doses of throat grease, he starts
suffering -2 to his POI+Fell Calling rolls 8 minutes after
taking the first dose of throat grease, and the penalties
will remain for 3x8=24 minutes after the last dose of
throat grease has worn off).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 burrow-mawg
adrenal gland, 1 unit of organic acid, 2 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 11 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating throat grease requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, he creates one
vial of throat grease. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of
alchemical waste (liquid).
“Thunder” Grade Blasting
Powder Catalyst
Cost: 27 gc for one vial of the compound (enough to
enhance 5 shots of light ammunition, 3 shots of heavy
ammunition, or one shot or slug round)
Description: Mixing this compound with blasting powder
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enhances its explosive force. While undoubtedly
improving both the range and power of a firearm, using
“thunder” grade blasting powder catalyst is dangerous as
the barrels of most guns aren't built to take the increased
strain. It is also extremely expensive compared to the raw
cost of blasting powder.
Special Rules: When a shot prepared using the “thunder”
catalyst is fired, the firearm gains 2” to its short range and
10” (60 feet) to its extreme range. Additionally, one
additional damage die is rolled against the character
directly hit, and the lowest die discarded from the roll.
Roll 1d6 before every shot using “thunder” grade blasting
powder catalyst. On a 1, the barrel of the gun cracks,
inflicting a -1 penalty to any future attack rolls made with
that gun. If a gun with a cracked barrel is fired and
another 1 is rolled, the barrel splits, inflicting a damage
roll with the POW of the gun against its wielder and
destroying the gun. It is possible to make guns with
reinforced barrels to combat this risk (double the normal
cost of the gun).
“Thunder” grade blasting powder catalyst does not
enhance the range of guns that use spray templates,
though they do enhance the damage rolls against all
characters hit.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of heavy
metals
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating “thunder” grade blasting
powder catalyst requires an alchemy lab and two hours
spent grinding, combining and stabilising ingredients and
growing the crystal. At the end of this time, the alchemist
makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of
14. If the roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of
“thunder” grade blasting powder catalyst. If the roll fails,
the catalyst burns up in a runaway reaction and the
ingredients are wasted.
Tonic of Odom
Cost: 54 gc per vial
Description: Drinking this sludgy grey compound
temporarily enhances a warcaster's ability to contact the
cortices of steamjacks he is bonded to. The formula is a
Rhulic invention born of the difficulty of commanding
steamjacks following mineshafts, which may make it
necessary for them to stray far from their warcasters. As a
consequence, few non-Rhulic alchemists know the
formula.
Special Rules: 1d6 turns after a dose of Tonic of Odom
has been swallowed and for one hour afterwards, the
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character doubles his control area for the purpose of
contacting the cortices of steamjacks he is bonded to (e.g.
channelling, allocating focus, issuing commands and
perceiving through the steamjack's senses). After the
duration of effect has expired, the character halves his
control area for the same duration and for all purposes,
including those not related to handling steamjacks.
Tonic of Odom has no effect on spellcasters who are not
focusers.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of heavy metals,
1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 18 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Tonic of Odom requires
an alchemy lab and four hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of Tonic of Odom. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
'Tough as Trolls' Tonic
Cost: 42 gc per vial
Description: This bluish, sludgy compound must be
injected into the bloodstream to take effect, and will grant
its user a measure of the resilience of trolls.
Special Rules: 2 rounds after injecting 'tough as trolls'
tonic by means of a syringe and for a number of minutes
afterwards equal to the character's vitality at the moment
of injection (yes, this does mean the compound is less
effective when used on injured characters), the character
gains the Tough Mighty Archetype benefit (if the
character had Tough to start with, he passes Tough rolls
on a 4 on 1d6 while the tonic is in effect). Once the
compound has worn off, the user's system becomes
drained, and he will only regain half his PHY when
resting after a violent encounter (rounded down), and only
1 vitality every nine hours afterwards. This effect ends
once the user has completely recovered from all damage
or after 36 hours, whichever comes first. If additional
doses of the tonic are used before the aftereffects have
worn off, the durations of the aftereffects are added
together (e.g. when using a second dose 12 hours after the
first, it will take another 60 hours (36+24) before the
character's system has recovered).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract (this must be troll blood), 1 burrow-mawg adrenal
gland, 1 unit of mineral crystals
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Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating 'tough as trolls' tonic
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If he succeeds, he
creates one vial of 'tough as trolls' tonic. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Traitor's Candle
Cost: 24 gc per candle (plus the cost of the poison)
Description: A traitor's candle can be a tool for
assassination, sabotage or elaborate mischief. The candle
consists of pretty standard tallow at the top, followed by a
section that dispenses an alchemical compound when the
flame reaches it.
Special Rules: A traitor's candle can be infused with any
alchemical poison that can affect characters who breathe
it in (somnolence elixir is a favourite). Apart from the fact
that the candle seems to be of a low quality because it
gives off a significant amount of smoke, there is nothing
that gives away its true nature, and the tallow can be dyed
or scented to further conceal what it is. Simply by cutting
down the length of unaltered tallow at the top of the
candle a character can determine the approximate timing
of when the compound will take effect. A small candle
needs to be close to the victim to take effect (i.e. standing
on a desk or nightstand when the victim is reading by
candlelight), while large candles can create an AOE
around them (usually not more than a 3” AOE). Because
the candle gives off its poison slowly, it takes 1d6+PHY
minutes for the poison to take effect once the flame
reaches the altered tallow. During this time the victim can
detect something is amiss by making a PER+Detection
roll against the same target number that he needs to roll
against to resist the poison. If the candle has been scented,
the character takes a -2 penalty to this roll. Once the
victim has been breathing in the poison for the required
amount of time, the standard rolls to resist the poison's
effects are made, and the poison takes effect normally if
the resistance roll is failed.
Needless to say, traitor's candles are useless in windy
areas.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 3 units of organic oil (tallow or beeswax), 1 dose
of an alchemical poison
Total Material Cost: 8 gc (plus the cost of the poison)
Alchemical Formula: Creating a traitor's candle requires
an alchemy lab and four hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
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this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14 or the target number
required to create the poison, whichever is higher. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one traitor's candle. If
the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste
(liquid).
Trapper Resin
Cost: 21 gc per vial
Description: This simple compound is extremely useful
for trappers and other less savoury individuals who intend
to leave little toxic surprises. Coating an envenomed
blade or spike with trapper resin makes sure the toxin will
remain viable for a dangerously long time.
Special Rules: Each vial of trapper resin contains enough
compound for one sword-length blade, three daggers, or
five throwing knives or arrows. When a blade is coated
with a venomous compound, applying trapper resin over
the toxin will protect the toxin from the elements and
keep it viable for 1d6+3 days beyond its regular duration.
Contact with blood will cause the trapper resin to
dissolve, delivering the toxin underneath into the wound.
Dousing the resin-coated blade with water will soften the
resin, but without wiping the blade the resin will not come
off and keep protecting the venom underneath.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 2 units of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 7 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating trapper resin requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of trapper resin. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Tread Traitor
Cost: 39 gc per jar
Description: This innocuous-looking grey powder is
sometimes scattered in dark areas that do not see a lot of
traffic (or dusting). If the crystals are squeezed or struck
(e.g. by stepping on them), they glow faintly for a few
minutes.
Special Rules: Each jar of tread traitor yields enough
crystals to seed an area of roughly 36 square yards. A
character walking on the seeded area, or handling any
objects coated with the dust, leaves faint, vague glowing
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footsteps or handprints behind which remain visible for
1d3+3 minutes (unless the intruder is working without
any light whatsoever, he doesn't notice this happening
since the glow is too faint to show up in any illumination
stronger than faint starlight). The main use is that when
guards inspect an area seeded with tread traitor in the
dark, they can spot at once if anyone has been there
recently, and even where they have disappeared to, even if
the intruders made no noise and doused their lamps well
before the guards came (as long as the guards did come
quick enough for the powder still to glow. Additionally,
the guards must take special care to protect their night
vision, so they usually wear an eyepatch over one eye and
only lift that to inspect a tread traitor area when they have
closed their lanterns. Wearing an eyepatch inflicts a -1
penalty on melee attack rolls and sight-based PER rolls).
Tread traitor powder remains potent for about two months
as long as it does not get wet.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 2 units of bioluminescent extract
Total Material Cost: 13 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating tread traitor requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining, grinding and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of tread traitor. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Umberto's Unfreezing Agent
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: This simple compound, developed by the
Ordic alchemist Rafaldo Umberto, is a great boon to those
contending with ice sorcery, as it instantly breaks down
the frosty fetters many ice spells encase their targets in
and prevents them from re-forming for a brief moment. It
is at best a badly-kept secret that the Greylords Convenant
is extremely interested in how much of this compound is
produced by their southern neighbour, and that King
Baird is also very keen on not giving the impression Ord
is stockpiling a compound that is specifically designed to
counteract the Empire's military arcanists.
Special Rules: A character who has been rendered
stationary by a spell that does cold damage, or has been
affected by cold spells' effects like reduced SPD or DEF,
immediately recovers when hit by a thrown vial of
unfreezing agent, and is no longer considered stationary
or suffering from reduced stats. Furthermore, for one
round the target cannot be rendered stationary or have
stats reduced by cold spells, though he is still subject to
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cold damage. Unfreezing agent cannot counteract indirect
ice effects like slippery surfaces. When used against
upkeep spells like Brittle Frost, unfreezing agent suspends
such a spell's effects for one round (meaning Brittle Frost
or a similar spell can neither be triggered nor caused to
expire by being triggered for one round), but if the upkeep
cost is paid the spell resumes normally after that.
Unfreezing agent will also negate the effects of beneficial
cold spells like Ice Shield for one round, though it will
not prevent their casting or upkeep.
The usual form of delivery is an unfreezer bomb. An
unfreezer bomb creates a 3” AOE. Characters who are hit
by an unfreezer bomb AOE all benefit from the
unfreezing agent's effects. Unfreezer bombs cost 45 gc
each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, 2 units of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Umberto's Unfreezing
Agent requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour
spent cooking, combining and stabilizing the ingredients.
At the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 14. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one vial of unfreezing
agent. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical
waste (liquid).
Unguent of Blessing
Cost: 36 gc per application
Description: By marking a character' brow with this
compound, usually in the form of a symbol representing
the character's faith, divine spellcasters can effortlessly
sustain spells on the recipients of this blessing.
Special Rules: An unguent of blessing must be
formulated for a specific religion (usually Morrow,
Menoth, Scyrah, or Thamar, though the formula can
probably be easily adapted for Dhunia, Nyssor, the
Devourer, or other deities). A priest of the same religion
may upkeep spells on the recipient of the blessing without
spending focus or fury or gaining fatigue. In the case of
sectarian conflicts, however, it should be noted that this
applies to the upkeep spells of enemy priests of the same
faith as well. Applying unguent of blessing takes a quick
action and does not actually need to be in the form of a
holy symbol or made by a priest.
An application of unguent of blessing usually lasts for
about an hour before sweat, movements and exposure to
air break it down. The compound does not wash off
easily, but can be wiped off, so caution must be taken
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when wearing tight helmets. The compound is ineffective
if not applied directly to the skin (or fur) of the recipient.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
minerals, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating unguent of blessing
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
beginning of the process the equipment and ingredients
must be blessed by a priest of the correct faith who is of
Veteran level or higher. The alchemist then makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 16. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one application of
unguent of blessing. If the roll fails, he creates one unit of
alchemical waste (liquid).
Unguent of Warding
Cost: 45 gc per jar (sufficient for two small- or medium-
based characters or one large-based character)
Description: Drawing a protective sigil on a character's
chest or forehead in this greasy, silvery salve, or simply
applying it liberally to a character's skin, offers a degree
of protection from harmful magics.
Special Rules: Applying unguent of warding takes a full
action, and can only be done on bare skin (so fur or long
hair may need to be shaved, and some species like
gatormen cannot apply unguent of warding to their craggy
skin at all).
A character wearing an application of unguent of warding
reduces all damage suffered from spells by 1 die. Every
time the warding has been used to reduce spell damage,
roll 1d6, and on a roll of 1-2 the unguent has decayed and
does not reduce any further spell damage. If the unguent
is not rendered inert by absorbing spells, it takes about an
hour for sweat and movements to break the component
down and render it useless. Wearing armour or helmets
may also smudge the sigil and destroy it before then at the
storyteller's discretion.
Characters with either have the Dispel ability (see
IKRPG, p. 160), the Warding Circle Gifted benefit (see
IKRPG, p. 115), or the Lore (Arcane, Morrow, Menoth,
Thamar, or Scyrah) skill at 2 can use unguent of warding
more efficiently by using it to paint warding sigils on
characters. When used in this fashion, a jar of unguent of
warding yields twice the usual amount of applications
since the character drawing the sigil can make do with
less area covered by augmenting the effects of the
compound with the potency of the sigils.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
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Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1
unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral crystals, 1 unit of
organic oil
Total Material Cost: 15 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating unguent of warding
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
cooking, combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the
end of this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy
roll against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of unguent of warding. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Urcaen's Cage
Cost: 44 gc per Urcaen's Cage grenade
Description: This shimmering, sluggish gas is a relatively
simple compound that creates a cloud incorporeal undead
cannot pass through. If caught inside the cloud, they can
even be trapped momentarily.
Special Rules: Urcaen's Cage must be delivered via
alchemical grenade. An Urcaen's Cage grenade creates a
3” AOE. Incorporeal undead characters caught in the
AOE suffer Shadow Bind for one round (a character
suffering Shadow Bind suffers -3 DEF, and for one round
when he advances he cannot move except to change
facing). The AOE remains in play for one round, but is
not considered a cloud effect for the purposes of line of
sight or concealment since it is mostly transparent (it can
still be removed with the help of a concussion grenade or
similar effect that removes cloud effects, though).
Incorporeal undead characters cannot advance through the
AOE. Undead characters with the Ghostly ability (see
IKMN, p. 43) lose Ghostly while they are in the AOE but
can otherwise advance through it normally, if the terrain
permits it.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of ectoplasm
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Urcaen's Cage requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one dose of Urcaen's Cage. If the roll
fails, the ingredients evaporate and are wasted.
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Vassal's Leash
Cost: 42 gc per vial
Description: This toxin is only effective on users of
magic. Infamous for its common use during the
Protectorate's abduction campaigns early in Hierarch
Voyle's reign, when arcanist expertise often had to be
forcefully inducted into serving the Creator, this toxin
makes it extremely strenuous for spellcasters to exercise
their unnatural abilities.
Special Rules: 1d3+3 minutes after a character has
ingested food poisoned with vassal's leash, or 1d3 rounds
after a character has had vassal's leash introduced into his
bloodstream, the victim starts suffering the effects of the
toxin if they cannot resist it by passing a PHY or ARC
roll, whichever is higher, against a target number of 16.
On a failure, the character must pay twice the COST of a
spell in fatigue, focus or fury when casting a spell, and
double the cost of upkeeping spells, for 1d3+1 hours. On
a success, the character suffers the effects of the toxin for
one round.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit
of heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 14 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating vassal's leash requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of vassal's leash. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Vertigo Gas
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: Inhaling this colourless, odourless gas alters
a living character's perceptions, making them suffer
intense bouts of vertigo if they try to move quickly. Apart
from its battlefield applications, the gas is sometimes used
by pranksters during events that require individuals to
move fast, like fast dances or races.
Special Rules: A living character hit by a thrown vial of
vertigo gas must make an INT or PER roll, whichever is
higher, against a target number of 12 if he moves further
in one round than his INT or PER, whichever is higher. If
the character fails the roll, he is knocked down after
completing his movement (this may cause characters to
effectively fail charges, since they cannot make attacks
while knocked down). If the character passes three rolls to
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resist the effects of vertigo gas, his perceptions have
successfully adapted to the gas's effects, and the character
no longer risks knockdown. The gas's effects otherwise
end after about half an hour. A character cannot be
affected by additional doses of vertigo gas during this
time, no matter whether he has successfully adapted to his
skewed perceptions or not.
The usual form of delivery is an alchemical grenade. A
vertigo gas bomb creates a 3” AOE. Characters who are
hit by a vertigo gas AOE suffer the effects of vertigo gas
described above. Vertigo gas bombs cost 45 gc each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 2 units of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of mineral acid, 1 unit of organic acid
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating vertigo gas requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of vertigo gas. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid), and may
also cause a ruckus and broken lab equipment by
repeatedly falling over from inhaling the gases if he
wasn't wearing a gas mask.
Warpvile
Cost: 45 gc per vial
Description: This resinous substance seems to constantly
roil, subtly changing its appearance over time. When
injected into the bloodstream of a target, this causes the
victim to suffer constantly changing, wracking
transformations. Few alchemists know of this toxin,
though members of the Circle Orboros seem to be more
familiar with it.
Special Rules: A character who has warpvile injected into
their bloodstream (usually via an envenomed weapon;
when in contact with air, warpvile remains viable for
about an hour unless the weather is particularly hot or
cold) must make a PHY roll against a target number of 16.
If this roll fails, they start to suffer a random, debilitating
warping effect each round, determined during their
Maintenance Phase by rolling 1d6: On a roll of 1-2, their
skin becomes visibly brittle, and even light blows or
touching them firmly causes blood to seep forth (-2
ARM). On a roll of 3-4, their limbs twist, slowing down
movement (-2 SPD). On a roll of 5-6, muscles wither (-2
STR). These warping effects continue for 1d6+6 rounds.
If the PHY round to resist warpvile was passed, the
character suffers a single, lesser warping effect (-1
penalty) that lasts for one round.
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Interestingly, warpvile seems to have a different effect on
warpwolves – it is more difficult for them to resist the
compound (PHY-2 for the resistance roll), but instead of
suffering debilitating effects they simply lose their
Controlled Warping ability for the compound's duration.
While certainly useful on the battlefield, warpvile has also
been used as a tool of character assassination – after all,
who would confidently gainsay claims that that noble who
has suddenly started suffering horrific transformations in
the middle of a ball is not a secret warpwolf, especially
when was recently battling Circle forces and wounded by
one of these monsters?
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
mutagenic extract, 1 unit of organic oil, 1 unit of organic
toxin
Total Material Cost: 15 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating warpvile requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent cooking,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 15. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of warpvile. If the roll fails, he
creates one unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Water Purifier
Cost: 12 gc per vial
Description: One vial of these crystals is sufficient to
cleanse enough water of organic impurities to last one
character for a day. Purified water will taste unpleasant,
so this compound is usually only used when no other
alternative is available, or when boiling water is not an
option.
Special Rules: Water purifier crystals remove most
contaminants (e.g. parasites and bacteria) from water and
make it safe to drink, if unpleasant (in fact, characters
drinking purified water must make a PHY roll against
target number 10 or become nauseated for an hour, taking
a -1 penalty to all rolls during this time). Purifier crystals
will not help in making briny water potable, nor will they
counteract actual poisons.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
crystals
Total Material Cost: 4 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating water purifier requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
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against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one vial of water purifier. If the roll fails,
he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Waterproof Coal
Cost: 60 gc per jar (enough for a light 'jack, see below)
Description: These blackish crystals' unusual property is
that they catch fire and burn fiercely without a need for
air when they become exposed to water, offering a
steamjack a reprieve from having their firebox doused
when they fall over in water.
Special Rules: When a steamjack's load of coal has been
mixed with waterproof coal crystals, the 'jack's heartfire
will not be extinguished when it becomes submersed in
water, e.g. by getting knocked down. Waterproof coal can
only maintain enough heat in the firebox to sustain the
heartfire if the steamjack manages to get back to its feet
and raise the firebox out of the water again during its next
activation after getting knocked down.
One jar of waterproof coal contains enough crystals to
affect one load of coal in a light steamjack; for heavy
'jacks, two jars must be used. Cleaning out the firebox
during routine maintenance also removes unburnt
waterproof coal crystals, ending the compound's
protection.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 4 units of alchemical stone, 3 units of
alchemical waste (crystal), 2 units of heavy metal, 3 units
of mineral crystal
Total Material Cost: 20 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating waterproof coal requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 14. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of waterproof coal. If the roll
fails, he creates four units of alchemical waste (crystal).
Weapon Sacraments
Cost: 27 gc per vial of oil or candle
Description: This is something of a catch-all terms for
special candles and oils that can be used in the rituals
utilised by certain users of magic to grant weapons
magical abilities. Using the correct weapon sacraments
makes the empowering process easier.
Special Rules: When a character performs the Empower
Weapon ritual (see IKU, p. 159), the Imbue Weapon ritual
(see IKUA, p. 68), or a similar ritual, using weapon
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sacraments grants a +2 bonus to all ARC rolls made in the
current ritual (including re-rolls for failed ARC rolls as
long as the ritual is not interrupted) or halves the time the
ritual takes (including the time required for re-rolls; the
user of the weapon sacraments decides which bonus he
gets).
Weapon sacraments must be made specifically for each
group of ritualists (so a Priest of Nyssor could not use
weapon sacraments made for a bloodweaver and vice
versa) but can be freely shared among members of the
same group.
A single vial of weapon sacraments or a single candle is
sufficient to aid one ritual.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy or Lore (Devourer 2,
Nyssor 2, Thamar 2, or Orboros 2, depending on the
intended user); Empower Weapon, Imbue Weapon or
equivalent ability
Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane extract, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating weapon sacraments
requires basic implements for mixing and cooking the
ingredients and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll or an
INT+Lore roll (see Brewing Requirements), whichever is
higher, against a target number of 15. On a success, the
character creates one vial of weapon sacraments or an
equivalent candle. On a failure, the character creates one
unit of alchemical waste (liquid).
Whispers of Silence
Cost: 30 gc per application
Description: This odorless gas has a strange effect on the
victim's senses. Rather than distorting sensations like
many hallucinogens, whispers of silence exclusively
causes auditory hallucinations in conditions of great quiet.
Needless to say, prolonged exposure to this compound has
been known to lead to paranoia and profound fatigue from
sleeplessness.
Special Rules: A character exposed to whispers of silence
makes an INT roll against a target number of 12 when he
next encounters a situation of great quiet (e.g. when trying
to sleep or study in a quiet room, or when standing guard
in a quiet area. The toxin can only trigger an episode of
whispers once 1d6+10 minutes have passed since
exposure to the compound). If the roll is passed, nothing
happens. If the roll is failed, the character hears soft
whispers, as if some people were having a quiet
conversation just at the range of audibility. The
“whispers” immediately fall silent if there is a noise
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(usually, a call of “Who's there?” is prompted by this,
which ends the whispers. This does not, of course, do
much to promote the victim's peace of mind). Once an
episode of whispers has ended, the next can only be
triggered after another 1d6+10 minutes. Once the victim
has passed 3 resistance rolls, the toxin has run its course;
otherwise, its effects end after 1d3+3 hours.
Whispers of silence is usually dispensed via traitor's
candles, since dispensing it with alchemical grenades is
rather pointless, as the noise of battle renders the
compound useless in the short term.
It should be noted that whispers of silence must reach a
victim's ears to take effect, rather than be breathed in, so
gas masks that do not also cover the ears provide no
protection (many gas masks, especially those used by the
military, do cover the ears, however, to prevent injury
from caustic fumes).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of
arcane extract, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral
acid
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating whispers of silence
requires an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent
combining, cooking and and stabilising the ingredients.
At the end of this time, the alchemist makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 15. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one application of
winds of silence (which is sufficient for one traitor's
candle). If the roll fails, he creates one unit of alchemical
waste (liquid) instead, and if the fumes reach the user's
ears, he suffers a -2 penalty to all hearing-based PER rolls
for 1d3+1 hours.
Winds of Urcaen
Cost: 45 gc per jar (one jar contains three doses of Winds
of Urcaen)
Description: Holding a pinch of this fine, greasy powder
on one's fingers allows spellcasters to grant their magic
enhanced power against incorporeal foes. Since the
powder reacts catalytically to arcane energies, it is usually
stored in small lead jars.
Special Rules: A spellcaster must spend a quick action to
apply a pinch of the compound to his hand. The next spell
the character casts does not suffer the 1d6 damage roll
penalty for casting spells at incorporeal entities. If the
next spell the character casts does not affect incorporeal
entities, the compound still reacts to the unleashed arcane
energies and is wasted. Spellcasters may hold the powder
in one hand and use the other hand for casting spells at
non-incorporeal characters to preserve the compound for
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when it is needed, but then they will not have their hands
free for wielding weapons or shields. Unused powder may
be transferred back into the jar with another quick action.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 2 units of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
ectoplasm, 1 unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 15 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Winds of Urcaen requires
an alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent grinding,
combining and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of
this time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll
against a target number of 16. If the roll succeeds, the
character creates one jar of Winds of Urcaen. If the roll
fails, he creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Winter's Lure
Cost: 36 gc per vial
Description: Developed by alchemists working for the
Greylords Covenant, dousing a character with this pale
liquid, which quickly causes a thin layer of ice to form on
the target, briefly makes the target highly susceptible to
ice magic.
Special Rules: When a character is hit by a thrown vial of
winter's lure, all magic attack rolls against him that cause
Cold damage gain a +2 bonus for one round.
The usual form of delivery of winter's lure is an
alchemical grenade, however. A winterlure bomb creates
a 3” AOE. Characters who are hit by a winterlure bomb
AOE suffer the winter's lure effect described above.
Winterlure bombs cost 45 gc each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1
unit of mineral crystals
Total Material Cost: 12 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating winter's lure requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. On a success, the character creates
one vial of winter's lure. On a failure, the character
creates one unit of alchemical waste (crystal).
Wraithfire
Cost: 57 gc per vial
Description: At first glance this compound provides an
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effect identical to a cinder bomb, though the flames look

oddly pale and have a greenish tinge. While contact with
these flames still inflicts injuries on living tissue and
scorches objects, they can never set such materials on fire
(not even paper or flammable spirits) – if the incorporeal
undead should be covered in wraithfire, however, they
will find the fire clings to them and sets their ectoplasmic
bodies ablaze.
Special Rules: A thrown vial of wraithfire causes a POW
12 fire damage roll against the incorporeal character hit
(as long as there is something sufficiently close to the
incorporeal entity that the vial can shatter against) and
inflicts the Fire continuous effect, even though
incorporeal characters are normally immune to continuous
effects. Likewise, the fire damage inflicted by wraithfire
counts as magical and does not suffer the usual -1d6
damage reduction incorporeal entities benefit from.
Non-incorporeal characters and materials never suffer the
Fire continuous effect from wraithfire, and take 1d6 less
fire damage.
The usual form of delivery of wraithfire is an alchemical
grenade, however. A wraithfire bomb creates a 3” AOE,
which is a cloud effect that remains in play for one round.
Characters who are hit by a wraithfire bomb AOE suffer
the effects of wraithfire described above. Additionally,
characters ending their turn in the AOE suffer the
wraithfire's special Fire continuous effect if they are
incorporeal. Wraithfire bombs cost 65 gc each.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
ectoplasm, 1 unit of heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of Menoth's Fury
Total Material Cost: 19 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating wraithfire requires an
alchemy lab and two hours of labour spent combining,
cooking and stabilising the ingredients. At the end of this
time, the alchemist makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a
target number of 16. On a success, the alchemist creates
one vial of wraithfire. If the roll fails, the compound self-
ignites and burns up; fortunately, the resulting ethereal
flash hardly ever causes serious injuries or significant
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Bone Grinding
Boneswarm Bait
Cost: Bone grinders usually ask for at least 30 gc for
making this charm, though individual bone grinders will
ask for far more, especially when the customer cannot
provide the carcass from which the charm is to be made.
Description: Some swamp warlocks have a particular
liking for binding the boneswarms that haunt their
waterlogged homelands. Throwing one of these charms to
a boneswarm makes it significantly easier to bind these
notoriously dangerous creatures.
Special Rules: Boneswarms will usually immediately
absorb boneswarm bait when it is presented to them.
While the boneswarm bait is a part of a boneswarm, it
will lose the Belligerent trait until the charm has either
been destroyed (which happens on 1-2 on 1d6 whenever
the boneswarm takes damage to its Physique life spiral
branch) or has decayed.
Creation: Creating this fetish requires the bones of a
living creature with at least PHY 7 that must not have
been a warbeast and be known for its patience or slow
speed (herbivores tend to be favourites) and two hours of
labour. At the end of this time, the character must make
an INT+Alchemy skill roll or an INT+Lore (extraordinary
zoology) skill roll, whichever is lower, against a target
number of 15. If the roll fails, the bone grinder can make
another skill roll after another hour of labour.
Boneswarm bait decays over time, and loses its special
properties after 1d3+1 weeks.
Gutsater Fetish
Description: Crafted from the hide of an animal known
for its ability to store nutrients in its body, wearing a
gutsater fetish strapped to his belly allows a bone grinder
to significantly reduce the amount of food he requires.
Special Rules: A character with the Bone Grinder ability
who wears a gutsater fetish strapped to his belly halves
the amount of food and water he requires (so he can last
twice as long on the same amount of wood and water
before suffering from the effects of starvation or
dehydration, and when he starts suffering from starvation
or dehydratation his condition worsens at half the usual
pace).
Wearing armour and a gutsater fetish may be
uncomfortable unless the armour can easily accommodate
the bulbous charm (this is usually no problem with tharn
leathers or bog trog armour; other armour may need to
remove some plates that normally protect the wearer's
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midsection to accommodate the charm, reducing their
ARM bonus by 1). It is also possible to wear a gutsater
fetish for only some of the time each day, but this
proportionately reduces the effectiveness of the fetish
(e.g. only wearing the fetish for half a day each day
allows the character to last for three days on two iron
rations, rather than the four days he could have lasted had
he worn the fetish all the time).
Wearing a gutsater fetish extends the interval of time at
which gatormen need to feed as well.
Creation: Creating this fetish requires the hide and body
fat of a creature known for being able to exist for
extended periods of time without feeding (fortunately,
such creatures usually live in areas where the fetish is the
most useful because their environment requires animals to
be able to last a long time between feedings or perish).
Preparing the fetish takes two hours and involves stuffing
a bag made of the creature's hide with its fat. At the end
of this time, the character must make an INT+Alchemy
skill roll or an INT+Lore (Extraordinary Zoology) skill
roll, whichever is lower, against a target number of 14. If
the roll fails, the bone grinder can make another skill roll
after another hour of labour.
Once created, a gutsater charm decays over time, and
loses its special properties after 1d3+6 days.
Mind Eater Arrows
Description: These arrows or crossbow bolts contain
parts (usually the tip and fletching) crafted from the
carcasses of creatures that can influence other creatures'
behaviour or mind. When a bone grinder injures a living
creature with such an arrow, he may temporarily impose
his will on his prey in a similar fashion, potentially
disrupting enemy lines or maneuvering them into
disadvantageous positions.
Special Rules: When a character with the Bone Grinder
ability damages a living character with a mind eater
arrow, he and the injured character make Willpower rolls.
If the injured character ties or wins, nothing else happens.
If the bone grinder wins, he can make the injured
character perform a single attack, a single quick action, or
advance up to his SPD, then the effects of the arrow
expire. The arrow falls apart after an attack is resolved
and cannot be reused.
Special: If the bone grinder is also a warlock with the
Resonance: Swamp Warbeast or Resonance: Farrow
Warbeast abilities, strikes a living creature that he could
bond with, and has a free bond slot available, he can
attempt to bond with the creature instead of attempting to
manipulate its behaviour. This cannot be used to usurp
warbeasts that are currently bonded to a warlock, though
the bone grinder can still attempt to manipulate their
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behaviour normally.
Creation: Creating this fetish requires parts from the
head of a living creature with the ability to affect another
creature's behaviour or mind (Terror does not count, but
abilities like a black tatzylwurm's Transfix ability do –
indeed, black tatzylwurms are one of the most commonly
used sources for mind eater arrow materials. Crypt spider
chelicerae or argus teeth can also be used) and one hour
of labour. At the end of this time, the character must make
an INT+Alchemy skill roll or an INT+Lore (extraordinary
zoology) skill roll, whichever is lower, against a target
number of 15. If the roll fails, the bone grinder can make
another skill roll after another hour of labour.
Mind-eater arrows decay over time, and lose their special
properties after 1d3+1 weeks.
Shambler Horde Fetish
Description: Crafted from the skulls of undead creatures,
carrying this fetish on his person allows a bone grinder
bokor to temporarily bind a greater number of swamp
shamblers to himself than normal.
Special Rules: While a character with both the Bone
Grinder and Death Mastery abilities carries this fetish on
his person, he can bind twice the usual number of swamp
shamblers to himself when using the Death Mastery
ability. If the character is forced to drop the shambler
horde fetish or it is taken from him, any swamp shamblers
beyond the number he can control without the fetish are
immediately destroyed, with those furthest from the
character being destroyed first.
Crafting Requirements: Bone Grinding, Death Mastery
Creation: Creating this fetish requires the skulls of three
rendered small-based undead creatures or the skull of a
single medium-based or large-based undead creature, and
three hours of labour. At the end of this time, the
character must make an INT+Alchemy skill roll or an
INT+Lore (extraordinary zoology or undead) skill roll,
whichever is lower, against a target number of 15. If the
roll fails, the energies of the materials dissipate and the
character must find another creature and start again.
A shambler horde fetish quickly loses power once created,
and loses its magical properties after 1d6+6 days.
Snake Eye Charm
Description: This necklace has been threaded with the
dried eyes of a serpent and is known to grant uncanny
luck to the bone grinder wearing it.
Special Rules: When a character with the Bone Grinder
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ability who is wearing a snake eye charm rolls two 1s on
any roll, he may re-roll these two dice (if more than two
dice were rolled and come up 1s, the bone grinder still
only gets to re-roll two dice). The charm shrivels away to
dust afterwards. A bone grinder may only carry one such
charm on his person; if he should carry multiple snake eye
charms they are all destroyed as soon as he rolls two 1s
but grant no additional benefit.
Creation: Creating this fetish requires the eyes, skin and
some bones of a venomous snake or serpent. Preparing
the fetish takes two hours. At the end of this time, the
character must make an INT+Alchemy skill roll or an
INT+Lore (skinner) skill roll, whichever is lower, against
a target number of 16. If the roll fails, the bone grinder
can make another skill roll after another hour of labour. A
successfully created snake eye charm must dry for a week
before it can be used.
Once created, this fetish deteriorates slowly, losing its
mystical properties completely after d3+3 weeks.
Swift Sinews
Description: Made from the cured leg sinews of swift
animals, wearing these fetishes wrapped around their legs
grants bone grinders exceptional speed.
Special Rules: A character with the Bone Grinder ability
who wears swift sinews wrapped around his legs gains +2
SPD or SPD 9, whichever is less. Wrapping swift sinews
around the legs or taking them off requires taking off
boots, socks and other leg- or footwear, and takes one full
action per leg in addition to the time required for getting
undressed.
A character cannot wear swift sinews and other bone
grinder fetishes or magical foot- or legwear that affects
movement rate or SPD. This restriction includes fetishes
that grant abilities that indirectly affect movement rates,
like Pathfinder.
Creation: Creating this fetish requires the carcass of an
animal with SPD 9 or higher. A single carcass yields
enough sinews for a fetish for a two-legged character.
Preserving the sinews and crafting them into a fetish takes
four hours of labour. At the end of this time, the character
must make a successful INT+Alchemy or INT+Craft
(tanner) skill roll, whichever is lower, against a target
number of 15. On a failure, the bone grinder can try again
after another hour of labour. The fetishes must dry for a
week before they can be used.
Once created, these fetishes deteriorate slowly, losing
their mystical properties completely after 2d3 weeks.
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Tamer Cloak
Description: Made from the hide (or, in the case of some
potential warbeasts like boneswarms, parts) of a creature
that a warlock bone grinder has resonance with, wearing
such a cloak makes subduing or breaking that kind of
warbeast easier.
Special Rules: When a warlock bone grinder wears a
tamer cloak, he gains a +2 bonus to his INT+Animal
handling skill rolls when attempting to break or train one
particular warbeast, as determind by the beast the cloak
was made from (trollkin normally refuse to make tamer
cloaks from trolls, however, and tend to consider any who
do kinslayers). The tamer cloak works a little differently
for swamp warlocks, instead adding +2 to their Willpower
rolls when they attempt to break the will of a swamp
warbeast.
A warlock bone grinder can only benefit from wearing
one tamer cloak at a time. The cloak only provides a
bonus if it is worn during the entire breaking process,
though if one cloak should decay before the breaking
process is over, a new one can be used to continue the
process without losing the bonus.
Creation: Creating this fetish requires the hide or other
external body parts of a creature that may serve as a
warbeast (though that creature doesn't need to actually be
a warbeast). Properly skinning a creature takes about 30
minutes and a successful Craft (skinner) roll against a
target number of 14 (Taking a bone swarm apart requires
an INT+Lore (extraordinary zoology) roll instead). If the
roll fails, the bone grinder can try again after another 15
minutes of labour.
Once the bone grinder has obtained a skin, he must
preserve it and craft it into a fetish. This takes four hours
of labour. At the end of this time, the character must make
an INT+Alchemy skill roll or an INT+Lore (extraordinary
zoology) skill roll, whichever is lower, against a target
number of 16. If the roll fails, the bone grinder can make
another skill roll after another hour of labour. A
successfully created tamer cloak must dry for a week
before it can be worn (cloaks made from bone swarm
parts may be worn at once, of course, as they are dry to
start with).
Once created, this fetish deteriorates slowly, losing its
mystical properties completely after d3+6 weeks (swamp
tamer cloaks tend to last only d3+3 weeks, but that is
more due to the environment in which they are worn).
Warding Totem
Description: Made from the carefully prepared skulls of
dangerous beasts, warding totems are not just a warning
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that an area is off-limits but can actually act as extensions
of a bone grinder's perceptions and arcane abilities.
Special Rules: A warding totem acts as a channeller for
the bone grinder who made it (see IKU, p. 238). Bone
grinders are also able to see (but not hear) through the
eyes of warding totems they have made as long as the
warding totem is within their control area.
If a warding totem is not mounted, or if it was not
mounted throughout the round before the bone grinder's
current activation (e.g. because it was being carried
around), any PER rolls made using the warding totem's
eyes and any magic attack rolls made for spells
channelled through the warding totem suffer a -2 penalty.
Creation: Creating this fetish requires the skull of a
predator with arcane abilities (warbeasts qualify, as do
intelligent creatures who can cast spells). Preparing the
skull takes four hours of labour. At the end of this time,
the character must make an INT+Alchemy skill roll or an
INT+Craft (Skinner) skill roll, whichever is lower, against
a target number of 16. If the roll fails, the bone grinder
can make another skill roll after another hour of labour.
The skull must dry for a week before it can be mounted (it
can be mounted earlier, as a matter of fact, but will draw
flies and other vermin that obstruct the channeling
process, granting all targets of channelled spells cover).
Once created, this fetish deteriorates slowly, losing its
mystical properties completely after d3+2 weeks (not
counting the time the totem needs to properly dry out). It
can also be destroyed quite easily (a typical warding
totem has DEF 6 (adjusted for its small size) and ARM
10, is automatically hit by melee attacks, and is destroyed
as soon as it suffers three points of damage. Warding
totems do not have circular vision but are still considered
to have no back arc for the purposes of back strikes. They
can be knocked down, eliminating their channelling
ability until they are properly mounted again, which
usually involves little more than lashing them to the top of
a pole).
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Field Alchemy
Arcanocaustic Catalyst
Description: Holding a vial containing this strange,
fizzing mixture aloft provides a temporary barrier against
magical attacks.
Special Rules: By spending a quick action, the character
can formulate this compound, which will rapidly
evaporate while hissing and fuming violently (in fact, if
this process is prevented, e.g. by keeping the compound in
a closed container, it becomes ineffective). A character
holding up a vial of arcanocaustic catalyst in the manner
of a shield gains +2 DEF against magic attacks
originating in his front arc for 1d3 rounds (or until he
drops the vial).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of
arcane minerals
Total Material Cost: 8 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating arcanocaustic catalyst
doesn't require an alchemy lab and requires a character to
carefully dissolve arcane mineral crystals in liquid
alchemical waste. A character must spend a quick action
to combine the ingredients and then makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 14. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one application of
arcanocaustic catalyst, with the effects listed under
Special Rules. If the roll fails, one unit of alchemical
waste (liquid) is created instead.
Arcantrik Shortout Amalgam
Description: Mainly used for sabotage, if this compound
is squirted onto a runeplate it will short it out, preventing
the mechanikal device from functioning. The damage is
not permanent, but requires some time and careful work
to repair.
Special Rules: In order to introduce the arcantrik shortout
amalgam, the housing of the device must be opened, or at
least a small hole drilled into it where the runeplate is
located (finding the correct location may require a
successful INT+Mechanikal Engineering or INT+Lore
(Mechanika) roll against a target number of 12). The
compound must then be prepared and immediately
applied – as long as it reaches the runeplate, no real
precision is required. The runeplate will immediately
cease functioning, though the amalgam takes 1d6+3
minutes to set, and may simply be scrubbed off during
this time to restore the runeplate to full functionality.
After this time, repairing the runeplate requires a
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mechanik to carefully scour the solid amalgam from the
runeplate, which requires no roll but takes about an hour
and requires both runeplate etching tools and quiet (since
making a mistake may damage the runeplate).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of heavy
metal (mercury)
Total Material Cost: 9 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating arcantrik shortout
amalgam doesn't require an alchemy lab and requires a
character to mix powdered arcane minerals and heavy
metal (mercury). A character must spend a full action to
combine the ingredients and then makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 13. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one application of
arcantrik shortout amalgam, with the effects listed under
Special Rules, and which must be applied within 1d3+1
rounds of being prepared (after that time it will still be
soft but have set too much to bond to the runeplate). If the
roll fails, one unit of alchemical waste (crystal) is created
instead, which will not affect a runeplate's function.
Bone Salts
[Bone Grinding Compound]
Description: Sometimes bone grinders cannot ply their
craft undisturbed, and risk losing the precious, perishable
raw materials of their trade to decay before they can sit
down to craft a totem from them. Rubbing bone grinding
ingredients with the right mixture of salts preserves their
arcane qualities for a few days longer, hopefully long
enough that the bone grinder can reach an area of safety
where he may sit down to craft fetishes.
Special Rules: The character must spend a quick action
to mix finely-ground mineral crystals and alchemical
stone, and a full action to carefully rub the mixture all
over the body parts he has harvested for crafting fetishes.
Body parts treated this way may start to smell and decay,
but their arcane qualities will be retained undiminished
for ARC days, and the bone grinder can craft a fetish
normally during this time.
One preparation of bone salts is sufficient for the material
for one bone grinder fetish.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy, Bone Grinder ability
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
crystals
Total Material Cost: 4 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating bone salts doesn't require
an alchemy lab and requires a character to carefully grind
and mix mineral crystals with powdered alchemical stone.
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A character must spend a quick action to combine the
ingredients and then makes an INT+Alchemy roll against
a target number of 12. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one application of bone salts, with the effects
listed under Special Rules. If the roll fails, one unit of
alchemical waste (crystal) is created instead.
Catalytic Arrest
From Malachi's Liber Alchemica
Description: By sprinkling a carefully metered mixture
of simple ingredients into or onto an alchemical
compound, the alchemist renders it harmless.
Special Rules: Performing a catalytic arrest safely causes
an alchemical effect to expire, or prevents a compound
from being effective later on. A catalytic arrest can only
performed on solid or liquid compounds that are not
currently inside a character's body, and does not have any
effect on compounds that cause corrosion or fire damage,
or on compounds that do not alchemically interact with
their target (e.g. piercer crystal or ghost shot).
Compounds that have been rendered ineffective generally
have a nauseating effect, which is usually enough to make
anyone ingesting them spit them out at once. In any case,
the dull, cloudy appearance of an affected liquid
compound or the altered crystal structure of a solid
compound show even at a casual glance that the
compound has gone off.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid)
Total Material Cost: 2 gc
Alchemical Formula: Performing a catalytic arrest
doesn't require an alchemy lab and requires a character to
carefully pour a mixture of alchemical stone and liquid
alchemical waste onto an alchemical compound while
observing the effect. A character must spend an attack
action to perform the procedure and then makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 13. If the
roll succeeds, the character ends an alchemical effect or
causes an alchemical compound to become ineffective. If
the roll fails, a dangerous mishap occurs that generally
involves the alchemist being affected by the compound
unless he wears protective gear. Additionally, the
alchemist and, if the alchemist was trying to arrest an
alchemical effect on another character, the target
character, suffer 1d3 corrosion damage.
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Fetish Varnish
[Bone Grinding Compound]
Description: This compound needs to be prepared by a
bone grinder (see IKU, pp. 348-351) in the course of
preparing a bone grinder fetish. If correctly formulated, it
significantly expands the lifespan of the fetish.
Special Rules: It takes about five minutes to prepare
fetish varnish from arcane extracts, mineral crystals and
organic acid and rub it into the parts of a bone grinder
fetish while it is being assembled. If the bone grinder
passes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of
15 or the target number required for creating the fetish,
whichever is higher, the fetish's lifespan is doubled. If the
roll fails, the bone grinder has to roll twice for the fetish's
lifespan and take the lower result.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy, Bone Grinder ability
Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane extract, 1 unit of mineral
crystals, 1 unit of organic acid
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating fetish requires an
apothecary's kit and requires a character to mix arcane
extract, mineral crystals and organic acid and rub the
mixture into the parts of a bone grinder fetish while it is
being assembled, which only takes about five minutes in
addition to the time requires to create the bone grinder
fetish in the first place. The character makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 15 or the
target number required for creating the bone grinder fetish
in question, whichever is higher. If the roll succeeds, the
character successfully varnishes the fetish he is working
on, with the results described in Special Rules. On a
failure, the bone grinder cannot attempt to create another
dose of varnish for the fetish he is working on, and suffers
the penalties described in Special Rules as well.
Firestarter
Description: Applying this mixture to a flammable
material allows it to be ignited very easily by striking it
with a hard surface.
Special Rules: By spending two quick actions (one for
mixing the ingredients, one for applying the product), the
alchemist can coat a small area (about the size of a
handprint) with firestarter. The flash of flame generated
by firestarter is brief but hot enough to ignite most
flammable materials unless they are very wet (this counts
as inflicting the Fire continuous effect on characters.
However, firestarter will not ignite when on a surface
softer than wood, metal, or stone. Coating a character's
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attack with a -2 penalty. The same penalty applies to
attack rolls with weapons that are meant to ignite the
compound by striking the small firestarter-coated area).
Firestarter decays quickly when exposed to even
moderate amounts of moisture in the air, becoming inert
within 1d3+1 days, or at once when doused with water.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical waste (crystal), 1 unit
of mineral crystals, 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 5 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating firestarter doesn't require
an alchemy lab and requires a character to mix crystalline
alchemical waste, mineral crystals and organic oil into a
thick paste. A character must spend a quick action to
combine the ingredients (this is in addition to the quick
action required to apply the compound to a surface) and
then makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number
of 13. If the roll succeeds, the character creates one
application of firestarter, with the effects listed under
Special Rules. If the roll fails, one unit of alchemical
waste (liquid) is created instead, which will not ignite
when struck, of course.
Gas Eater
Description: When a proper alchemist's beard is
unavailable, this simple preparation of basic alchemical
ingredients can sometimes provide quick relief against
noxious gases.
Special Rules: Gas eater crystals, once prepared, are
usually wrapped in a cloth which is then pressed to a
character's mouth and nose or, in a pinch, held in the
character's mouth. The crystals provide a +2 bonus to
rolls that resist the effects of gases, smokes or fumes for
1d6+6 minutes, as long as the gases cannot be absorbed
through the skin or irritate the eyes, or reduce the
penalties inflicted by a gaseous compound breathed in
through the gas eater by -2, to a minimum of 0 (this is
usually enough to, say, escape from a burning building
without suffering any detrimental effects from the smoke
as long as the character can protect his eyes with
goggles).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
acid
Total Material Cost: 3 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating gas eater doesn't require
an alchemy lab and requires a character to mix alchemical
stone with a carefully metered amount of mineral acid. A
character must spend a quick action to combine the
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ingredients (this is in addition to the quick action required
to wrap the crystals in a cloth, for example) and then
makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of
12. If the roll succeeds, the character creates one
application of gas eater, with the effects listed under
Special Rules. If the roll fails, one unit of alchemical
waste (crystal) is created instead; breathing the fumes
from a badly prepared dose of gas eater usually irritates
the lungs, inflicting a -1 penalty to all actions for 1d6+6
minutes from constant coughing fits.
Gas Precipitator
Description: By spraying this effervescent compound
into a cloud of gas or fumes, the alchemist can make the
cloud settle harmlessly at once (except for maybe a
spoiled rug).
Special Rules: By spending a quick action, the alchemist
can spray a cloud effect that he is within melee range of
(0,5”) with the gas precipitator. If the compound was
formulated correctly, the cloud effect expires at once.
Gas precicipator only works on gas or smoke clouds, and
has no effect on clouds that cause fire or corrosion
damage, or which are created by spells. If the cloud is a
4” or 5” AOE, twice the ingredients must be used or the
compound is ineffective.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of mineral
acid
Total Material Cost: 3 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating gas precipitator doesn't
require an alchemy lab and requires a character to mix
alchemical stone with mineral acid with some vigorous
shaking. A character must spend a quick action to
combine the ingredients (this is in addition to the quick
action required to apply the compound) and then makes
an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 12. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one application of gas
precipitator, with the effects listed under Special Rules. If
the roll fails, the ingredients are lost.
Grant of Bones
[Bone Grinding Compound]
Cost: Bone grinders are rarely paid in coin for 'granting
bones,' though they usually ask for a substantial price in
other forms (e.g. the help of a chieftain's tribe in capturing
certain beasts).
Description: Usually, only those who have the gift of
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bone grinding can benefit from the power of their fetishes.
Advanced practitioners of the craft may, however,
dedicate their work to others and thus grant them the
ability to benefit from the power of the beasts the bone
grinder has captured in his grisly fetishes.
Special Rules: In the process of creating a bone grinder
fetish, the bone grinder must incorporate substantial
amounts of the fresh blood of the intended recipient.
When the fetish is complete, it will work for bone
grinders as normal, but it will also work for the recipient
even if he is neither Gifted nor has the Bone Grinder
ability (some fetishes that affect magic will not have any
effect on recipients who can't use magic, of course).
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy 3, ARC 5, Bone
Grinder ability. The recipient must also be present during
the process.
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of arcane
extract, blood of the recipient (see Alchemical Formula).
Total Material Cost: 6 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating a grant of bones requires
an apothecary's kit and requires the bone grinder to mix
arcane extract with the recipient's blood and rub the
mixture into the parts of a bone grinder fetish while it is
being assembled, which increases the time required for
creating the fetish by 50%. The bone grinder makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 16 or the
target number required for creating the bone grinder fetish
in question +1, whichever is higher. If the roll succeeds,
the character successfully creates a grant of bones, with
the results described in Special Rules. On a failure, the
bone grinder may reattempt the roll after working for
another two hours.
Creating the grant of bones requires substantial amounts
of fresh blood from the recipient. Creating a granted fetish
that is one-use only or has a lifespan measured in hours
requires the recipient to lose 1 point of Physique or
Strength, whichever is higher (this damage is caused by
the loss of substantial amounts of blood through ritual
bloodletting). Creating a granted fetish with a lifespan
measured in days requires 2 points taken from Physique
and/or Strength (again, whichever is higher). Creating a
granted fetish with a lifespan measured in weeks or longer
requires 3 points taken from the Physique and/or Strength
of the recipient (again, whichever is higher). Lost
Physique and Strength are recovered at the rate of one
point per day as long as the character can get some rest
and has access to sufficient fluids and food.
Impromptu Gloves
Description: Alchemists often have to touch and handle
unpleasant and dangerous substances. When gloves and
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tongs are unavailable, this thick, whitish compound can
provide a stopgap measure.
Special Rules: In the round after formulating this
compound, an alchemist can spend a full action to
carefully coat a character's hands (including his own) with
it. After another round, the coat thus created has set and
become impervious to corrosive substances and toxins,
allowing the safe handling of such compounds. The
impromptu glove does, however, damage the skin,
causing a -2 penalty to all PER rolls requiring the sense of
touch, and a -1 penalty to rolls that require manual
dexterity (including handling weapons, but not unarmed
attacks). This damage takes one day to heal. The glove
itself lasts for about one hour before it starts flaking off.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical stone, 1 unit of
alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of organic oil
Total Material Cost: 3 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating impromptu gloves doesn't
require an alchemy lab and requires a character to mix
liquid alchemical waste with powdered alchemical stone
and organic oil into a thick whitish paste. A character
must spend a quick action to combine the ingredients and
then makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number
of 11. If the roll succeeds, the character creates one
application of impromptu gloves, with the effects listed
under Special Rules. If the roll fails, the compound won't
set when applied, and thus provide no protection against
corrosive substances or toxins, and cause mild irritation of
the skin (-1 to PER rolls using the sense of touch for 1
hour).
Life-Flower
Description: This fizzing, pinkish compound acts as an
irresistible lure to many non-sentient undead, potentially
allowing the alchemist to escape pursuit or lure such foul
creatures into traps.
Special Rules: By spending a quick action, the character
can formulate this compound, which will rapidly
evaporate while hissing and fuming violently. Non-
sentient or barely sentient undead, like lowest-grade
thralls, hollowed, sepulchral lurkers and shaft wights will
treat the vial containing the compound like a living
character and prioritize the vial over actual living
characters present, which usually means they will attack it
and, for example, try to swallow it in the case of a
hollowed (there are even reports that some alchemists
have managed to splash undead with the compound,
setting the creatures against each other). Generally
speaking, undead with an INT of 3 or higher are
unaffected by life-flower. If an undead suffers damage or
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has suffered damage from a living character in the current
encounter, they are immune to the effects of life-flower
for the rest of the encounter. Once formulated, the effects
of life-flower expire within 1d3+1 rounds.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane minerals, 1 unit of organic
acid, a drop of blood
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating life-flower doesn't
require an alchemy lab and requires a character to stir
arcane mineral crystals into a mixture of organic acid and
a drop of fresh blood (usually simply drawn by nicking a
finger with a knife). A character must spend a quick
action to combine the ingredients and then makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 13. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one application of life-
flower, with the effects listed under Special Rules. If the
roll fails, one unit of alchemical waste (liquid) is created
instead.
Powerful Digestion
[Bone Grinding Compound]
Description: Sometimes a bone grinder needs to coax a
little more power from his fetishes, and this quickly
formulated, unstable compound does just that, at the cost
of damaging the fetish and reducing its lifespan.
Special Rules: By spending a quick action, the character
can formulate this compound and apply it to a bone
grinder fetish. The bonuses to rolls or stats granted by the
fetish increase by 50% (rounded up) or +2, whichever is
less. The fetish's power remains increased for 1 hour.
Powerful digestion reduces the lifespan of the fetish or the
duration of its effect by 1 unit (so a fetish like warding
flesh (see IKU, p. 351) that normally keeps for a number
of weeks loses one week from its lifespan; a fetish like
alexipharmic ointment (see IKU, p. 348) that normally
spreads its effect over a number of hours now lasts for
one hour less). If this reduces the fetish's lifespan or
duration to 0, its effects remain for another 1d6 rounds
plus the bone grinder's rank in Alchemy before it is
destroyed and its effects end.
Powerful digestion has no effect on fetish bonuses that are
all-or-nothing effects like granted animi, abilities,
immunities or die bonuses.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy, Bone Grinder ability
Ingredients: 1 unit of arcane extract, 1 unit of organic
acid
Total Material Cost: 8 gc
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Alchemical Formula: Starting a powerful digestion
doesn't require an alchemy lab and requires a character to
mix arcane extract with organic acid and rub the mixture
into a bone grinder fetish. A character must spend a quick
action to combine the ingredients and then makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 14. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one application of
powerful digestion, with the effects listed under Special
Rules. If the roll fails, the ingredients are wasted but the
fetish is still damaged as described above.
Sir Terrell Pritchard's
Winning Formula
Description: It's green and it bubbles.
Special Rules: It'll keep fizzing and being green for about
1d3+1 minutes. After that time it'll merely be green.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of
heavy metals, 1 unit of mineral acid
Total Material Cost: 5 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating Sir Terrell Pritchard's
Winning Formula doesn't require an alchemy lab and
requires a character to stir powdered heavy metals into a
solution of liquid alchemical waste and mineral acid. A
character must spend a quick action to combine the
ingredients and then makes an INT+Alchemy roll against
a target number of 10. If the roll succeeds, the character
creates one vial of Sir Terrell Pritchard's Winning
Formula, with the effects listed under Special Rules. If the
roll fails, he produces one unit of alchemical waste
(liquid).
Spell Eater
Description: These unstable, alchemically activated
crystals absorb some of the power of offensive spells cast
at the bearer, though they break down and become
ineffective in the span of a few seconds.
Special Rules: By spending a quick action, the character
can combine arcane mineral crystals with a mixture of
mineral acid and liquid alchemical waste to produce spell
eater crystals. While holding the vial containing spell
eater out in front of himself like a shield, the character
receives +2 ARM against offensive spells originating in
his front arc. The alchemical reaction in spell eater
crystals runs its course within 1d3 rounds, after which the
compound provides no more protection.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
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Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of

arcane minerals, 1 unit of mineral acid
Total Material Cost: 10 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating spell eater doesn't require
an alchemy lab and requires a character to carefully pour
a metered mixture of liquid alchemical waste and mineral
acid over crystalline arcane minerals. A character must
spend a quick action to combine the ingredients and then
makes an INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of
14. If the roll succeeds, the character creates one
application of spell eater, with the effects listed under
Special Rules. If the roll fails, one unit of alchemical
waste (crystal) is created instead.

Wound Cleanser
Description: This improvised compound can be applied
to wounds in order to cleanse them of infectants and
parasites. Using this compound is painful and a less than
ideal form of treatment.
Special Rules: Wound cleanser can be applied as a
standard action, and allows the character being treated to
make an immediate boosted roll to resist infection from
the cause of his injuries (this roll is in addition to any
other rolls the character is allowed to make. Additional
applications of wound cleanser are possible, but require a
character to further open the wound first, inflicting 1d3
damage for each attempt (only 1 point of damage is
inflicted if a character passes an INT+Medicine roll
against a target number of 13). Wound cleanser will also
inflict 1 point of damage. If a character is incapacitated by
having wound cleanser applied, he automatically suffers
the Battle Scars result on the injury table.
Brewing Requirements: Alchemy
Ingredients: 1 unit of alchemical waste (liquid), 1 unit of
mineral acid
Total Material Cost: 3 gc
Alchemical Formula: Creating wound cleanser doesn't
require an alchemy lab and requires a character to mix
liquid alchemical waste with mineral acid with some
careful stirring. A character must spend a quick action to
combine the ingredients and then makes an
INT+Alchemy roll against a target number of 11. If the
roll succeeds, the character creates one application of
wound cleanser, with the effects listed under Special
Rules. If the roll fails, the ingredients are lost (if they are
still applied, they cause the negative effects of wound
cleanser without providing the beneficent effects).

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Mechanical Equipment
Alchemical Blastgun
Cost: 40 gc
Ammo: 1 (specialised ammunition, see below)
Effective Range: 36 feet (SP6)
Extreme Range: -
Skill: Rifle
Attack Modifier: -2 (one-handed), 0 (two-handed)
POW: 0 (see alchemical compound for effect instead)
AOE: - (alchemicals dispensed with the blastgun never
leave cloud effects)
Description: Sometimes using grenades is a less than
satisfactory option for the controlled dispersion of
alchemical compounds. The alchemical blastgun fires a
short-ranged, concentrated burst of alchemical
compounds that can envelop several characters, while
allowing greater control compared to a grenade that might
roll anywhere before detonating and leave clouds of
fumes hanging in inconvenient locations.
The specialised shells of the alchemical blastgun cost 3 gc
per shell in addition to the cost of the alchemical
compound. Every shell contains the same amount of
alchemicals as a normal alchemical grenade.
Alchemical Clockwork
Lantern
Cost: 40 gc
Description: The alchemical clockwork lantern consists
of a fairly standard lantern housing with a simple
windable clockwork mechanism in the bottom. Inside the
lantern housing there is a glass vial with an agitator
powered by the clockwork. After filling the vial with
bottled light (IKRPG, p. 294) and tripping the clockwork,
the agitator will keep stirring the bottled light without the
need for the usual quick action every few turns to agitate
the alchemical compound.
A typical alchemical clockwork lantern can keep running
for about three hours once it has been fully wound up, and
sheds alchemical torchlight (IKRPG, p. 225). Advanced
models run longer, and may include a bull's eye lens for a
longer-reaching, directional beam.
Like in standard bottled light lanterns, the alchemical
compound is only good for about two weeks' time before
it spoils and no longer responds to being agitated.
Alchemical Mister
Cost: 50 gc
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Description: A possible assassin's tool, a weapon of last
resort, or a prankster's best friend, the device consists of a
thin hose, a small nozzle that can either be attached to a
bracelet or ring, integrated into a glove, or simply glued to
the palm with a sufficiently strong and lasting adhesive,
and a reservoir and spring-loaded pump that can be
secreted somewhere about the wearer's body (the pump is
often worn on a strap around the upper body so that it can
be squeezed with the other arm, or sometimes even
incorporated in a bootheel so simply stepping down
firmly ejects a dose of the content once the nozzle is
open). Models that mount the nozzle in the palm often
allow the nozzle to be opened and closed by simply
squeezing the palm with the same hand's fingers, while
other models require a quick action and both hands to
make them ready for operation.
The reservoir usually only contains the equivalent of one
vial of an alchemical or other compound. While the
device is conspicuous once found, it is quite easily
concealed while wearing the right clothes, and allows the
quick and nearly unnoticeable application of many
different liquid compounds.
Clockwork Rat
Cost: 30 gc
Description: Combine a short “tail” of chain links, a set
of large-toothed gear “legs” powered by a strong but
simple windable spring, and a smaller piece of clockwork
“brain” that can trip the catch on the large spring, and you
have got yourself a clockwork rat. Once both springs are
wound up, the clockwork rat can be hidden in the
underbrush, under furniture, or among junk piled in an
alley, and when the small clockwork timer runs out (it's
usually only good for about an hour at best), the rat will
start moving, making a racket and providing a distraction
for whatever nefarious or humorous purposes the user
desires. Many rats also include some kind of simple
noisemaking device so even if they should get stuck early
they will simply keep being noisy until the clockwork
runs down. Most clockwork rats can cover approximately
40 yards under ideal conditions.
Clockwork Squirrel
Cost: 40 gc
Description: The clockwork squirrel, not unlike the so-
called clockwork rat, consists of a strong windable
clockwork mounted on two small wheels that is tripped
by a smaller clockwork timer that can be wound up to run
for about an hour. The difference to the clockwork rat is
that the clockwork squirrel moves by reeling in a thin but
strong line, rather than on spring-powered wheels.
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In order to set a clockwork squirrel up, the end of the line gemstones or alchemicals. Such users often invest in very
is usually attached to a branch in a tree, while a small well-built, fast pigeons, or, conversely, into slower but
staple fixes the line to the base of the tree's trunk. The line more powerful pigeons disguised as forgotten laundry
is then paid out and the trigger clockwork set (this might dangling from a line as they slowly crawl along their way.
require an INT+Rope Use or Survival roll against a target
Another variant of note is the so-called “homing pigeon,”
number of 12 which is made by the GM; on a failure, the
which contains three sets of clockwork: The first sends
clockwork squirrel will get stuck on its way to the end of
the pigeon on its way to its destination. Once the first has
the line. The result of the aforementioned roll could also
run down, it triggers the second, which serves as a timer
be used as the target number for guards' PER+Detection
(usually good for one to five hours at most). The timer
rolls to notice the line and clockwork squirrel). When the
then triggers the last clockwork, which returns the pigeon.
clockwork squirrel moves, it will directly approach the
The homing pigeon enjoys some popularity with spies,
staple, which it will easily dislodge, and then disappear
who can send the pigeon to “go fetch” and have it return
upwards into the tree to where the end of the line has been
later with a missive without the need for the contact to
fixed, thus ensuring that the device will have made a
actually be present at the pickup point to rewind and
noise but likely remain undiscovered once it has
return the pigeon (which is particularly useful when a
disappeared into the foliage (unless the tree is examined,
contact may or may not be present at the destination due
of course). Most clockwork squirrels can “run” for a
to unforeseeable circumstances). Smugglers of small
distance of about 30 yards, and contain attachments that
items also sometimes put their goods into a homing
make a racket as the device drags itself over the ground
pigeon and clamp it onto a line so that the pigeon retreats
(these noisemaker attachments usually also have a simple
with the item to a hard-to-reach and concealed place
spring-loaded lever that trails behind as long as the
(most Five Fingers Pigeons don't look too dissimilar from
clockwork squirrel moves on the ground, and then shuts
the buoys and floats that are so commonly seen threaded
the noisemaker down as soon as the squirrel leaves the
onto ropes, after all). The pigeon then returns later so that
ground to ensure it is silent once it enters its hiding place).
the smuggler cannot be relieved of his goods should he be
Gobbers in particular have the advantage of being able to
apprehended and searched in the meantime.
crawl into narrow spaces where they can attach the line of
a clockwork squirrel, ensuring that bigger folk will be Most pigeons can carry one or two message capsules or
unable to easily find their mechanical source of small vials of alchemicals, though both smaller and bigger
distraction once it has served its purpose. pigeons have been made.

Five Fingers Pigeon Gas-Muffler

Cost: 25 gc for a standard Five Fingers Pigeon, 70 gc for From Macavity's Liber Mechanika
a “homing pigeon”
Cost: 20 gc (40 gc for the clockwork version)
Description: The Five Fingers Pigeon, also called a
Description: An extremely simple device, the gas-muffler
clockwork pigeon or clockwork monkey, is a small
is little more than a thin metal tube mounted around the
capsule that can be clamped onto a rope. Tripping an in-
muzzle of a firearm. A thin pipe leads to a small vial of
built simple wind-up clockwork then causes the “pigeon”
muffle-gas, an alchemical compound that swallows
to crawl (or speed, depending on how well-built the
sound, significantly dampening the gun's report. More
pigeon is) along the line to the other end by way of
elaborate versions use a small clockwork pump to fill the
internal serrated gears gripping the rope.
muzzle tube with the gas.
Five Fingers Pigeons are mostly used to deliver messages
Special Rules: Operating the valve to fill the muzzle tube
around places criss-crossed with lines and ropes, like
with muffle-gas requires a quick action (the clockwork
ships' crow's nests and the helm, or places in cities like
version of the device does not require a quick action to
Five Fingers. While a signalling language or a runner can
operate as long as a few minutes were spent winding the
serve the same purposes, the mechanism does have the
spring earlier). When the gun is then fired, locating the
advantages that it is small and quiet, that its message
gunner or even noticing that a gunshot was fired at all
cannot be listened in to or otherwise observed short of
requires a PER+Detection roll against a target number of
intercepting the pigeon, that a message can be sent even if
12, though obstacles, other sounds and distance can
there is currently no recipient at the other end, and that
significantly increase this target number.
sending the message is as quick as putting it into the
pigeon, clamping the device onto the rope and sending it Since the device traps the muffle-gas in the muzzle area, it
on its way. Another advantage is that the pigeon can send is possible for the gunner to move and still benefit from
material objects – which is of particular interest to the gas effects (at least for dampening the sound of
smugglers and dealers in small, expensive items like gunfire), and the gas does not inflict its usual penalties.

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The device is also quite economical, allowing a single vial
of muffle-gas to last for 10 rounds of firing. Each
application of muffle-gas applied using this device lasts
for one round.
The drawbacks of mounting a gas-muffler is that the gun
becomes significantly more bulky, which may make
aiming more difficult, and will even require special
holsters. A gun modified with a gas-muffler suffers an
additional -1 penalty on attack rolls. Gas-mufflers can
only be mounted on pistols and rifles.
surprising force, while still being easy to conceal (e.g. up
one's sleeve).
Special Rules: Loading a spring-gun requires a hard
surface to brace the bolt against and STR 4, and takes a
full action. If a character has STR 6, he can reload a
spring-gun with a quick action (as long as he keeps the
bolts in a bandolier or other similarly easily accessible
location). Firing a spring-gun is nearly completely silent,
making the weapon an ideal assassin's weapon.
Steel bolts for the spring-gun cost 1 gc for 5 bolts.

Lurking Leaper Personal Optical Array

Cost: 20 gc
Cost: 200 gc
Description: Cheaply made and little more than two
Description: A personal optical array can either be an
short, crooked wooden or metal bars (sometimes with
eyepiece or added to a spyglass or telescopic sight. It
attached bells for additional annoyance) connected at a
basically consists of a series of swiveling mounted lenses
crooked angle by a simple dual clockwork mechanism,
of piercer crystal of differing properties and at least two
this device can serve as a useful distraction when trying to
smoked glass filters of different strength. A character
escape pursuers. The device needs to be wound up first,
wearing or using a personal optical array can use a quick
which takes one or two minutes. The user can then drop
action and make a PER+Detection against a target number
or toss away the device after tripping the first clockwork
of 13 to correctly shuffle the lenses for the prevailing
timer, which runs down in a couple of seconds (usually
lighting conditions. Once the roll has succeeded, and until
about 2-3 rounds). When the first clockwork runs down, it
the lighting conditions drastically change (e.g. by lighting
trips the second, more powerful clockwork, which causes
or extinguishing a source of illumination, or even simply
one of the two bars to spin, sending the device leaping
by the target character moving into a significantly better-
about, causing a racket that may well cause pursuers to
lit or darker area), the character using the optical array
pause, potentially expanding their quarry's lead by a few
ignores any benefits the target character receives from
vital moments.
concealment, Camouflage, and Stealth.
While the device serves the same purpose as fireworks
The device is quite fragile, and likely to be ruined if
when used to distract pursuers, it does have the advantage
struck or dropped in combat.
of not being reliant on burning fuses, which could be
difficult to light, might be too obvious in the dark, or give The Cult of Cyriss is known to use an advanced
off telltale smoke in better-lit conditions. Additionally, the clockwork version of the personal optical array in its
racket caused by the leaper will always be appropriate to vectors and clockwork vessels that is significantly more
the area where it is set off (e.g. rustling in the underbrush sturdy, more effective, and easier to use (see NQ48 Heavy
in the wild, or clattering noises on a cobbled street). The Vector PDF, p. 10).
leaping lurker still is significantly more expensive,
however.

Spring-Gun
Cost: 25 gc
Ammo: 1
Effective Range: 48 feet (8”)
Extreme Range: -
Skill: Pistol or Crossbow
Attack Modifier: 0
POW: 10
Description: Essentially a steel tube with a powerful
spring in the end and a trigger mechanism, this crossbow-
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Other Equipment and Modifications,
Odds and Ends
Armour Customisation
Cost: +50% base price of armour
Description: By precisely tailoring the sizes and shapes
of individual pieces of a suit of armour to a character's
proportions, the armour becomes less constricting. As a
drawback, the armour becomes irritating to wear for
characters other than the intended recipient.
Special Rules: Applying armour customisation improves
the SPD and DEF penalties of a suit of armour by 1 for
the intended wearer (to a minimum of +0 for both SPD
and DEF penalties). At the same time, the DEF penalty
worsens by -2 for all other wearers.
Fabrication: Constructing customised armour, or
customising an existing suit, follows the normal crafting
rules (IKRPG, p. 176). At the gamemaster's discretion,
some types of armour cannot be customised (e.g. Bastion
armour, which is a holy relic in its own right), perhaps
requiring to be built from scratch instead if they can be
made available at all.
Bull's Eye Lens
Cost: 10 gc (or +25% of the cost of the housing for
mechanikal lanterns)
Description: A bull's eye lens can be added to a lantern
and makes the lantern shed a longer-range directional
beam rather than illuminating the surrounding area. The
directional beam doubles the range of the lantern's light
(see IKRPG, p. 225, or the individual lantern's rules), but
the lantern only illuminates a narrow area (usually a 45°
arc).
Flail-Staff
Cost: 90 gc
Attack Modifier: 0 (staff), -1 (flail)
Skill: Great Weapon
POW: 4
Description: This battle staff contains an ingenious
mechanism that allows one half of it to come apart into a
series of linked rods with a twist of its middle section.
Winding the flail-staff's internal chain in to firmly connect
the rods into a staff again is only slightly less quickly
done.
Special Rules: The flail-staff is used like a regular battle
staff. By spending a quick action, the character wielding
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the staff can disengage the chain that stabilises one half of
the staff and turn it into a light flail. A full action is
required to retract the chain again. Alternatively, a
character may spend a quick action and a feat point to
wind the chain in more quickly.
A flail-staff must be wielded two-handed. It is a Reach
weapon.
A character wielding a flail-staff in its staff shape can
spend 1 feat point to make a trip attack instead of a
normal attack. If the attack hits, the target is knocked
down instead of suffering damage.
On a critical hit, a living target has a chance of being
knocked out by an attack made while the flail-staff is in
its staff shape. If the target suffers damage from the
attack, he must make a Willpower roll against a target
number equal to the attacking character's STR+9. If the
target succeeds, he stays conscious. If he fails, he is
knocked out.
Attacks from a flail-staff in its flail shape ignore ARM
bonuses from bucklers and shields.
Noisemaker
Cost: 6 gc for the bag, cloth, grease, and whistle, which
are reusable (see below), plus 8 gc for acid, powdered
minerals and a cheap glass bottle, which are not reusable
(again, see below)
Description: Simple but effective, a noisemaker is a
small, stout leather bag containing powdered minerals and
a sealed glass bottle filled with acid. The leather bag is
sewn up tightly and usually also sealed with resin or
grease to make it airtight. At one end, a cheap tin whistle
is inserted into the bag, and the whole thing is wrapped in
a coarse cloth liberally drenched in grease. When the
whole thing is slapped against a hard surface like, say, a
steamjack, the bottle inside the bag breaks, and the
reaction between the acid and the mineral powder
produces gas that escapes through the whistle, making the
whole thing give off so much noise for a brief time that it
hinders directing troops or warjacks by spoken
commands.
Special Rules: Slapping a noisemaker onto a 'jack
requires a melee attack against the 'jack's front arc using
PRW+Unarmed Combat with a -2 attack roll penalty (the
attack roll penalty can be reduced to -1 if the user wears
oiled gloves to which the noisemaker won't stick as
easily). Throwing a noisemaker isn't really a reliable
option since the glass bottle may not break, and because it
is imperative that the bag gets stuck to the 'jack with the
whistle pointing upwards so that it the foam generated by
the reaction in the bag doesn't just drown the whistle,
which would silence it.
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When a noisemaker is successfully slapped onto a
steamjack, its piercing sound halves the Command Range
of characters attempting to 'jack marshal the steamjack or
provide benefits like Battle Plans or those granted by the
Intellectual Archetype. A noisemaker has no effect on
'jacks controlled by a warcaster, nor does it affect 'jacks
which are marshalled using sign language (which already
halves the 'jack marshal's Command Range anyway). A
noisemaker keeps whistling for 1d3+1 rounds (after
which the whistle usually starts dribbling foam and
becomes reduced to making embarrassing rather than
deafening noises).
Technically, noisemakers have the same effect on troops,
and could even be slapped onto a commander to cause his
Command Range to be halved against all his troops, as he
wouldn't be able to make himself understood very well.
However, anybody who doesn't wear ironhead or man-o-
war armour can easily remove a noisemaker or silence it.
Allied troops can easily dislodge and silence a noisemaker
by getting into B2B with a 'jack's or ironhead's front arc
and spending a quick action.
Quickshot Gun Bracer
From Macavity's Liber Mechanica
Cost: 25
Ammo: 1
Effective Range: 36 feet (6")
Extreme Range: 240 feet
Skill: Pistol
Attack Modifier: -2 (using a pull trigger) / +0 (fired two-
handed)
POW: 10
Description: The quickshot gun bracer is a single-shot
pistol barrel attached underneath a bracer, with either a
pull trigger attached to a ring worn on a finger or a rigger
located towards the rear end of the gun that can be
accessed via a conveniently located slit in a billowy
sleeve.
Special Rules: The quickshot gun bracer allows a
character to fire the bracer without spending a quick
action to ready the weapon, though it is more difficult to
aim than a normal pistol, limiting its effective range.
Firing the gun using a pull trigger attached to a ring is
even less accurate, as the movement of the hand will
invariably spoil the user's aim. To achieve a more reliable
shot, users often use their other hand to trigger the gun by
reaching through a slit in the sleeve, which also allows
them to brace the gun. Even so, users often receive burns
on their wrists from the gun's muzzle flash.
The nature of the quickshot gun bracer enables it to be
easily concealed beneath a loose, billowy sleeve. An
observant character can discern a gun bracer beneath the
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sleeve by sight with a successful PER+Detection roll
against a target number of 14. The bracer can be detected
automatically if the user's arm is inspected by touch.
Radcliffe Sword Carbine
From jdlucree's Liber Mechanica
Cost: 400 gc
Ammo: 5 metal-cased heavy rounds
Effective Range: 60 feet (10")
Extreme Range: 300 feet
Skill: Rifle
Attack Modifier: -1
Power: 11
Description: Radcliffe Gunwerks deemed this weapon,
which integrates the already familiar sword-cannon into a
much heavier, two-handed great sword, not profitable
enough for a full run; however, they will construct one on
commission for the warrior looking for that last little bit
of edge over his enemy... if he can pay up front.
In order to assist the aiming of shots, the blade of the
Radcliffe sword carbine usually has a blunt groove that
can be used to steady the sword-carbine with one hand
while the other hand works the trigger.
Special Rules: A character must have at least STR 5 to
wield this weapon and can only use this weapon two-
handed. When used as a melee weapon, this weapon has
an attack modifier of -1 and 2” Reach, is POW 6, and uses
the Great Weapon skill.
Replacing the ammo wheel takes a quick action; reloading
each cylinder of the ammo wheel separately also takes a
quick action. It costs 4 gc for blasting powder, bullets, and
metal casings for 5 heavy rounds. Additional ammo
wheels cost 15gc each.
Repeating Pistol Blade
Cost: 65 gc
Ammo: 5 (metal-cased light round)
Effective Range: 48 feet (8”)
Extreme Range: 240 feet
Attack Modifier: -1
Skill: Pistol
POW: 10
Description: Repeating pistol blades integrate a repeating
pistol with a five-chambered ammo wheel with a long
blade that runs along the barrel's underside.
Special Rules: When used as a melee weapon, this
weapon has an attack modifier of -1, is POW 2, and uses
the Hand Weapon skill.
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Replacing the weapon's ammo wheel requires a quick INT+Medicine roll against a target number of 12.
action. Reloading each cylinder of the ammo wheel takes
one quick action.
It costs 3 gc for blasting powder, bullets and metal casings
for five light rounds. Additional ammo wheels cost 15 gc
each.
As part of a charge, after moving but before making the
charge attack, a character can spend 1 feat point to make
one ranged attack with this weapon targeting the enemy
charged unless the character was in melee with the enemy
at the start of his turn. When resolving the ranged attack,
the attacking character does not suffer the target in melee
penalty. If the target is not in melee range after the
attacking character moves, the character can make the
ranged attack before his turn ends.
If a character with the Two-Weapon Fighting ability and
two repeating pistol blades charges a target, he can make
ranged attacks against the target he charged with both
pistol blades for 1 feat point. Characters without Two-
Weapon Fighting can spend 2 feat points to make charge
ranged attacks with two repeating pistol blades (1 feat
point must be spent to get Two-Fister, the other feat point
is spent to make the charge ranged attacks). The character
can then make a charge attack with one pistol blade and a
normal melee attack with the other if he is in melee range
of the target after charging.

Rock Salt Ammunition

Cost: Rock salt ammunition costs the same as standard
ammunition for a gun of its type.
Attack Modifier: The gun's regular attack modifier, with
an additional -1 penalty
POW: Gun's regular POW -2
Description: Rock salt ammunition is essentially a type
of scattershot ammunition. While performing poorly
against armour, having one's skin peppered with salt is
extremely painful.
Special Rules: Rock salt ammunition can only be used in
guns with RNG:SP or an AOE. Constructs take no
damage from rock salt ammunition; undead take damage
normally, but do not suffer from the additional effects of
rock salt ammunition.
If a living character takes damage from rock salt
ammunition, he suffers a -1 penalty to all rolls for 1d3
rounds from the pain. If a character takes damage from a
direct critical hit with rock salt ammunition, the aspect on
the character's life spiral that is rolled when determining
where the damage is assigned is considered crippled until
the damage has been completely healed or 24 hours have
passed, whichever happens last. A character with the
Medicine skill can clean the wounds before this time has
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Advanced Skill Uses undead must be restrained in order to endure the crafting
of this rune, which takes 6 hours, and no further rune may
be inscribed on the subject during the process or
afterwards. If the Thrall Crafting roll succeeds, the
Alchemy Skill Use: undead comes under the character's control as though it
Toxin Potentification was a regular thrall, though it retains all its special
Prerequisite: Alchemy 2 abilities. If the Thrall Crafting roll fails, the inscribed
flesh rots away, inflicting 1d3+1 points of damage on the
Description: Alchemists may make toxins they create
undead in question. As long as the undead is not
more potent by accepting a penalty to their INT+Alchemy
destroyed by a failed roll, the attempt to subjugate it may
skill roll that may not exceed their Alchemy skill level.
be reattempted any number of times.
The alchemical toxin then receives a bonus to the target
number required to resist it, according to the following Special: Thralls cannot be subjugated in this manner, and
table: neither can undead that no longer consist mainly of flesh
or bones (like iron liches and iron maidens (see IKM, p.
Bonus to target
52-53)). Revenants can be subjugated, but as soon as they
INT+Alchemy skill number to resist
are destroyed and reincarnate next to their anchors, the
roll penalty toxin
subjugation ends. Simply destroying a subjugation rune
-2 +1
will not free an undead. If a subjugated undead creates
-3 +2
spawn (like shaft wights (see IKM, pp. 70-71)), those are
-4 +3
not under the necromancer's control.
Note: This ability works similarly to the Skorne
Chymistry ability Poisoner (see IKUSE, p. 65), but makes
the compound more difficult to formulate and provides a
smaller bonus. The main advantage of the advanced skill
use is that it does not require an ability to use. Skorne
chymists may also use the Chymistry skill this way if they
do not have the Poisoner ability.

Stormsmithing Skill Use:

Twister
Description: By making an INT+Stormsmithing roll
against a target number of 18, a stormsmith may place a
3” AOE completely within his stormsmithing range
(IK:KNG, pp. 90-91). Characters in the AOE must make
an AGL roll against a difficulty of 12 or be knocked
down. Additionally, all cloud effects overlapping the AOE
expire.
Calling down a twister requires a full action and counts as
maintaining ongoing weather manipulation. Twisters
benefit from surges and triangulation in a way similar to
lightning strikes, becoming 4” AOE or 5” AOE
respectively.

Thrall Crafting Skill Use:

Subjugation
Description: A character who has the Inscribe Thrall
Rune ability (see IKUA, p. 68) can inscribe a special
thrall rune on an undead who is neither incorporeal nor
has the Ghostly ability (see IKUA, p. 74) by making an
INT+Thrall Crafting roll against a target number equal to
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Mechanika Workshop
Sambert's Wrath
Housing: Maul (200 gc)
Rune Plates: Arcane Force (3 Rune Points, 450 gc),
Bond (2 Rune Points, 300 gc)
Power Source: Storm Chamber (5 Rune Points, 250 gc)
Total Cost (without power source): 950 gc
Other Rules: POW 8, two-handed. Requires STR 5 to
wield. Great Weapon. On a critical hit, target character
can be slammed d6” away and suffers a damage roll equal
to the POW of Sambert's Wrath plus its wielder's STR.
The collateral damage roll's POW is equal to the wielder's
STR.
Sambert's Wrath is Morgan's signature melee weapon.
Lightbringer
Housing: Caspian Battleblade (200 gc)
Rune Plates: Blessed (2 Rune Points, 300 gc), Flame (2
Rune Points, 300 gc), Light (1 Rune Point, 150 gc)
Power Source: Storm Chamber (5 Rune Points, 250 gc)
Total Cost (without power source): 950 gc
Other Rules: POW 5 (one-handed, -1 to hit, requires
STR 5) or POW 7 (two-handed). Great Weapon.
Lightbringer ignores spell effects that add to DEF or
ARM. On a critical hit, the target character suffers the
Fire continuous effect. The blade can also shed light in a
large area around the wielder. This ability can be turned
on or off as a quick action.
Lightbringer is Aleksander's signature melee weapon.
Final Rest
Housing: Mace (150 gc)
Rune Plates: Accuracy (1 Rune Point, 150 gc), Balefire
(1 Rune Point, 150 gc), Grievous Wounds (2 Rune Points,
300 gc), Light (1 Rune Point, 150 gc)
Power Source: Storm Chamber (5 Rune Points, 250 gc)
Total Cost (without power source): 900 gc
Other Rules: POW 4 (one-handed, -0 to hit). Hand
Weapon. Final Rest gains boosted damage rolls against
undead characters. Target characters hit lose Tough,
cannot heal or be healed, and cannot transfer damage for
one round. On a critical hit, a living character has a
chance to be knocked out by the attack. If the attack
causes any damage, the target character must make a
Willpower roll against a target number equal to the
attacker's STR+9. If the roll fails, he is knocked out.
Final Rest can also shed light in a large area around the
wielder. This ability can be turned on or off as a quick
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action.
Final Rest is Garmack's signature melee weapon.
Dissolver
Housing: Crossbow (200 gc)
Rune Plates: Accuracy (1 Rune Point, 150 gc), Blessed
(2 Rune Points, 300 gc), Corruption (1 Rune Point, 150
gc)
Power Source: Storm Chamber (5 Rune Points, 250 gc)
Total Cost (without power source): 750 gc
Other Rules: POW 12 (one-handed, -1 to hit; two-
handed, +1 to hit), range 60 feet (extreme range 300 feet).
Crossbow. Dissolver ignores spell effects that add to the
target's DEF or ARM. Targets hit by Dissolver suffer the
Corrosion continuous effect. Reloading Dissolver requires
a full action.
Dissolver is Garmack's signature ranged weapon.
Storm's Strength
Housing: Tailored Plate (1300 gc)
Rune Plates: Fleet (3 Rune Points, 450 gc), Heightened
Strength (2 Rune Points, 300 gc)
Power Source: Storm Chamber (5 Rune Points, 250 gc)
Total Cost (without power source): 2050 gc
Other Rules: ARM +7, DEF -1. Medium Armour. The
wearer of Storm's Strength also gains +1 STR, +1 SPD
and +1 DEF (the DEF bonus has not been figured into the
standard DEF penalty).
Storm's Strength is Garmack's signature armour.
Intrepid
Housing: Tailored Plate (1300 gc)
Rune Plates: Compensator (1 Rune Point, 150 gc),
Fortification (3 Rune Points, 450 gc), Light (1 Rune
Point, 150 gc)
Power Source: Storm Chamber (5 Rune Points, 250 gc)
Total Cost (without power source): 2050 gc
Other Rules: ARM +9, DEF -0. Medium Armour.
Intrepid can shed light around its wearer in a large area.
This ability can be turned on or off with a quick action.
Intrepid is Morgan's signature armour.
Unmatched Grace
Housing: Custom Battle Armour (600 gc)
Rune Plates: Compensator (1 Rune Point, 150 gc), Fleet
(3 Rune Points, 450 gc), Steady (1 Rune Point, 150 gc)
Power Source: Storm Chamber (5 Rune Points, 250 gc)
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Total Cost (without power source): 1350 gc

Other Rules: ARM +6, DEF +1. Light Armour. The
wearer of Unmatched Grace also gains +1 SPD and
cannot be knocked down.
Unmatched Grace is Tom's signature armour.

Archon
Housing: Tailored Plate (1300 gc)
Rune Plates: Compensator (1 Rune Point, 150 gc), Fleet
(3 Rune Points, 450 gc), Aegis (1 Rune Point, 150 gc)
Power Source: Storm Chamber (5 Rune Points, 250 gc)
Total Cost (without power source): 2050 gc
Other Rules: ARM +7, DEF +1. Medium Armour. The
wearer of Archon is immune to continuous effects and
gains +1 SPD.
Archon is Aleksander's signature armour.

Equipment, Odds and Ends

Morgan Coalburn's kit
Pistol (20 gc): POW 10, range 48 feet (8”), extreme
range 240 feet
Military Rifle with scope and bipod (75 gc): POW 11,
range 60 feet (10”; 78 feet (13”) with scope), extreme
range 300 feet (390 feet with scope), +4 total aiming
bonus with bipod.
Ammunition bandolier (5 gc): 10 shots
Gunsmith's kit (20 gc)
Mechanik's toolkit (100 gc)
Rune etching kit (professional equipment)
Spyglass (15 gc): +2 to PER rolls when spotting at a
distance
Surgical kit (30 gc): +1 to Medicine rolls
Symbols of Faith (Morrow, Sambert) (20 gc)
Goggles ( 5 gc)
Mechanik's Boots (20 gc)
Greatcoat (25 gc): +1 ARM against cold

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The Extended Grimoire the ability to execute commands or work unsupervised of

a ferrum-grade cortex (see IKRPG, p. 304; this includes
the ability to be assigned up to three points of focus or
execute any number of drives).
Command Link This spell has no effect when cast on a steamjack with a
Spell Lists: Arcane Mechanik
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
cortex of ferrum grade or better.
2 6 - - Yes No
This spell can only be cast on a steamjack equipped with a
cortex (i.e. it cannot affect Cyrissist vectors, for example). Warcasting Link
While the spell is upkept, the caster receives one Spell Lists: Warcaster
additional quick action each activation that can only be Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
2 6 - - Yes No
used to affect the target steamjack with a Drive (see
IKRPG, pp. 322-323). Additionally, the caster may use While this spell is upkept, the target warjack or vector is
drives on the steamjack even when the steamjack is no considered to be in the warcaster’s Control Area for the
longer in the caster's command range, as long as it is purposes of assigning focus or perceiving through the
within the spell's upkeep range (ARCx60 feet). Using a ‘jack’s senses as long as it is within the spell’s upkeep
drive still takes a quick action, but the caster relays his range (ARCx60 feet).
commands and drives to the target steamjack
telepathically rather than through words or gestures.
In order to make use of this spell, the caster must have the Warbeast Link
Spell Lists: Warlock
'Jack Marshal ability and be the assigned controller of the
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
targeted steamjack. 2 6 - - Yes No
While this spell is upkept, the target warbeast is
considered to be in the warlock’s Control Area for the
Diagnose purposes of forcing the warbeast, leaching fury from it,
Spell Lists:
Arcanist (Order of the Trident; see
IKKNG, p. 302), Mortitheurge, Priest and perceiving through the warbeast’s senses, as long as it
(Morrow) is within the spell’s upkeep range (ARCx60 feet).
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
2 B2B - - Yes No
The caster's Medicine rolls are boosted when he is Force Barrier
working on a character under the effect of this spell. Spell Lists: Arcane Mechanik, Arcanist
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
2 Self - - Yes No
Disjunction While the spell is upkept, the caster receives +2 DEF
Spell Lists: Arcanist, Priest (Menoth) against ranged attacks and does not suffer blast damage.
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
3 8 - - No Yes
All magical items carried by the target character lose their Friendly Tides
magical properties for one round (this does not affect Spell Lists: Arcanist (Order of the Trident; see
magelock guns, since their properties come from the rune IKKNG, p. 302), Priest (Morrow)
shots rather from any form of enchantment on the gun, Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
2 Self Control - Yes No
and rune bullets without rune shot spells on them aren't
magical, either). This spell has no effect on magically While in the spellcaster's control area, friendly characters
animated constructs like wolds, mechanika, or thralls. gain +2 to Swim rolls and can breathe water (i.e. they are
Some magical items (e.g. the Witchfire blade) may also be immune to drowning). These effects only apply when
too powerful for this spell to affect them, or be inherently immersed in water or similar liquids (i.e. the spell does
warded against magic (e.g. Orgoth fellblades). not work for characters submerged in oil or lava, but
would work for characters submerged in a watery liquid
like wine). The spell will not prevent a warjack's heartfire
from going out when the 'jack is submerged.
Iron Ascension
Spell Lists: Arcane Mechanik
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
2 6 - - Yes No Invisibility
This spell can only be cast on a steamjack equipped with a Spell Lists: Arcanist (IKRPG, p. 122 variant only),
Mist Speaker, Thamarite Advocate
cupernum-grade cortex. As long as the caster upkeeps the
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
spell, the steamjack gains the level of comprehension and 3 6 - - Yes No

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The target character becomes invisible (invisible

characters gain Concealment and Stealth, and receive a +5 Radiant Blessing
bonus to Sneak rolls). Spell Lists: Priest (Menoth or Morrow)
Designer's note: The rules for invisibility are identical Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
to those used for ghosts in NQ45, p. 56. 2 6 - - Yes No
The target character cannot be charged or slammed by
Undead or Infernal characters.
Lock Gears
Spell Lists: Arcane Mechanik, Priest (Cyriss)
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive Readout
2 10 - - Yes Yes Spell Lists: Arcane Mechanik, Priest (Cyriss)
The target steamjack hit by this spell suffers the effects of Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
an arm lock, head lock, weapon lock or leg lock as if 2 B2B - - Yes No
performed by a steamjack with a STR equal to the The caster's Mechanikal Engineering rolls are boosted
spellcaster’s WIL+2 (see IKRPG, pp. 312-313; a when examining, maintaining and repairing a mechanikal
steamjack with locked legs cannot move or change facing or mechanical item under the effect of this spell.
and has DEF 7, but can otherwise act normally).
The steamjack may attempt to break the lock as normal,
which causes the spell to expire. Unlike normal arm, head Seeming
or weapon locks, advancing, being placed, or being Spell Lists: Arcanist (IKRPG, p. 122,
Arcanist/Spies and Greylord
knocked down does not break the lock caused by this Arcanist variants only), Thamarite
spell, and the spellcaster can similarly advance, be placed, Advocate
or be knocked down without breaking the lock. Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
3 6 - - Yes No
The target of this spell assumes a different appearance of
Lockdown the caster's choice, including a different voice and clothes.
Spell Lists:
Arcane Mechanik, Mechanist, Priest Colours can be altered drastically, but sizes can only
(Cyriss) change within 10% (this includes changes to clothes worn
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive at the time of the casting). The spell provides a +3 bonus
2 8 - - Yes Yes
to rolls that attempt to persuade observers that the
All mechanikal devices carried by the target character assumed identity is genuine, and allows untrained use of
immediately deactivate and cannot be reactivated while the Disguise skill. Depending on how familiar the caster
this spell is being upkept. This spell has no effect on is with the impersonated individual, further bonuses may
mechanikal armour or steamjacks. be granted if the disguise is extremely exact (see the
Instead of being cast on a character, this spell can also be description of the Disguise skill in IKRPG, p. 178;
cast on a single mechanikal item, but it will only affect generally speaking such a bonus should never exceed the
that single item then, rather than anything a targeted caster's Detection skill, which represents his ability of
character carries. detailed observation, or his rating in skills like Streetwise,
Etiquette or an appropriate Lore skill if a generalised
impersonation is intended).
Protection from Short Out Spells and abilities that ignore Stealth will also penetrate
Spell Lists: Arcane Mechanik, Arcanist
Seeming. Seeming does not trigger the appearance of
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
1 6 - - Yes No runes during the casting or while it is upkept.
While the spell is upkept, any piece of mechanika the
target wears is unaffected by the Black Out or Short Out
spells (see IKRPG, p. 237 and p. 244), or equivalent Shortout Burst
Spell Lists: Arcane Mechanik, Priest (Cyriss)
abilities that shut down mechanika like a thrullg's
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
Blackout Pulse (see IKRPG, p. 347). 2 10 - * No Yes
Instead of being cast on a character, this spell may also be All mechanikal devices in the possession of the character
cast on an individual piece of mechanika, but in that case hit by this spell immediately deactivate (this effect does
it will only protect that individual piece of mechanika not apply to mechanikal armour and steamjacks).
rather than any mechanikal item a character carries. Deactivated mechanikal devices may be reactivated by
spending a quick action per device.
If any mechanikal devices in possession of the character
targeted by this spell were deactivated, the target
character then suffers an unboostable POW 10 electrical

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damage roll, which receives +1 POW for each mechanikal

device deactivated by this spell. Otherwise, the target Wraith
character takes no damage. Spell Lists: Arcanist, Thamarite Advocate
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
3 6 - - Yes No

Smooth Action The target becomes incorporeal and gains all the benefits
Spell Lists: Arcane Mechanik, Priest (Cyriss) and weaknesses of an incorporeal creature (see IKCR, p.
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive 219-220). If the target casts a spell or performs an attack,
2 6 - - No No Wraith immediately expires. Wraith cannot be recast on
The target steamjack, vector or clockwork vessel gains +2 the same target in the round in which it expires. If Wraith
to its SPD, AGL, MAT, RAT or DEF for one round. A should expire for whatever reason while the target is
character can only be affected by this spell once per within an obstacle, the target is expelled on the shortest
round. possible route and suffers damage equal to the armour of
the material+3d6 (see IKCR, p. 223), which is only
reduced by PHY, spells and abilities (including feat
Veil points), but not by worn armour or shields. Once the
Spell Lists:
Arcanist (IKRPG, p. 122 variant only), target has exited the material, it is also knocked down.
Mist Speaker, Thamarite Advocate The material suffers damage equal to the target's
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive PHY+3d6, which is reduced by the material's ARM as
3 Self * - No No
normal.
The caster and all friendly characters within 3” when the
spell is cast gain Stealth and a +3 bonus to Sneak rolls for
one round.

War Ascension
Spell Lists: Arcane Mechanik, Warcaster
Cost Range AoE Power Upkeep Offensive
4 6 - - Yes No
This spell can only be cast on a steamjack equipped with a
cupernum- or ferrum-grade cortex. As long as the caster
upkeeps the spell, the steamjack gains +1 MAT, +1 RAT,
the Ambidextrous Skilled archetype benefit and the Two-
Weapon Fighting ability, and may be assigned up to three
points of focus or execute any number of drives.
This spell has no effect when cast on a steamjack with a
cortex of aurum grade or better.

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