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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clay_More" data-source="post: 4173843" data-attributes="member: 9813">Thanks alot for the reply Reveille and Ardentmoth. And naturally you're free to snatch to your heart's content, Reveille. The Soul Link spells were indeed designed to be flavourful, perhaps even adventure-creating in their disposition. You can easily imagine quite a bit of adventure hooks comming from the use of some of the Soul Link spells.Got a new batch of stuff, some mundane items as well as two pictures of some of this stuff.New Mundane ItemsFlaying Chains The flaying chains are an item designed for quickly and efficiently ripping a corpse down to the skeleton. The item consists of eight long pieces of chain connected to a vicious hook in one end and a counter-weight in the other end. The corpse to be processed has its feet attached to the floor through a series of straps. A bone-deep incision is made around the ankles of the corpse, and the eight hooks are attached along the incision. When the counter-weights are released, the chains will be jerked violently upwards, removing all skin and the majority of tissue from the corpse. Some necromancers have been known to use the Animate Objects spell instead of counter-weights to produce a similar result.Cost: 125 gpCooking TubThe cooking tub is a simple, brass tub with a elongated stove underneath it. The stove is capable of bringing the water in the tub to a boiling point in roughly one hour. The tub is used to further clean a corpse after it has been prepared with the flaying chains. By boiling the corpse for a six to twelve hours, all of the remaining tissue can be easily removed leaving behind a perfectly clean, polished skeleton. The smell from the tub is quite horrific when it is in use, so only the most depraved of necromancers stay around the observe the process. Cost (Small): 50 gpCost (Medium-sized): 100 gpCost (Large): 250 gpCost (Huge): 750 gpCost (Gargantuan): 2500 gpCost (Colossal): 10.000 gpAlchemical BathThe alchemical bath is a way to further process a skeleton before turning it into an undead minion. The alchemical bath is similar to the cooking tub in construction, but instead of being constructed from brass the alchemical bath is usually made from a heat-resistant stone so that it doesn't melt from the extreme heat. Connected to the alchemical bath is a small furnace in which metals can be melted before being poured over a skeleton inside the tub. The skeleton is connected to a number of heat-resistant chains before being placed in the tub, so that it can be quickly removed once it has been engulfed by the molten metal. The necromancer must cast Endure Elements or a similar spell on the skeleton before he can process it in the alchemical bath, to protect it from being incinerated by the heat. A skeleton prepared with a bronze amalgam will gain DR 1/- if animated, while a skeleton prepared with a steel amalgam will gain DR 2/- and a skeleton prepared with an adamantine amalgam will gain DR 4/-. The cost of applying a chemical bath to a skeleton depends on the size of the skeleton.Size            Cost (bronze)        Cost (steel)    Cost (adamantine)Small            10 gp            30 gp        500 gpMedium-sized        20 gp            60 gp        1000 gpLarge            50 gp            150 gp        2500 gpHuge            150 gp            450 gp        7500 gpGargantuan        500 gp            1500 gp        25.000 gpColossal         2000 gp            6000 gp        100.000 gpIn some cultures, alchemical baths are used to prepare the corpses of the rich before they are buried. Often, the corpse will be further decorated by carving symbols or letters into the metal, sometimes gems will even be embedded. Cost (Small): 100 gpCost (Medium-sized): 200 gpCost (Large): 500 gpCost (Huge): 1500 gpCost (Gargantuan): 5000 gpCost (Colossal): 20.000 gpAnd here's a picture of the Flaying Chains, painted by a friend of mine.<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/Clay_More/flayerchains.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />And another picture of the Green Mold spell, painted by the same <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/Clay_More/GreenMold.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

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