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<blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 3704495" data-attributes="member: 945">Seems the aboleth would most definitely be aware of the sphere.&nbsp; Perhaps he wants it (who wouldn't??). My recollection would be that whoever created the complex used the sphere - not the &quot;curved&quot; corners of the walls in areas 11-15 - that area was hollowed out with the sphere. There's no 90 degree corners in the place. How about this: At the time the complex was created, the sphere was used to hollow out the complex. And the designers (whoever they were) used a decanter of endless water to fill the caves with water - perhaps they needed water for their rituals/experiments. But found (quickly) that the cavern couldn't support as much water as the decanter was giving them, so they use the sphere as a balancing factor - the decanter creates, the sphere annihilates - endless supply of flowing water. The aboleth is aware of the balance (having swam through the entire complex multiple times, he knows every inch like the back of his pseudopod. He is aware that removing either component destroys the equilibrium, and he's loathe to do that. He could remove the sphere (he's smart enough to control it), but perhaps there is a reason why he doesn't want to flood the chamber - maybe it will destroy the pool in area 11 - or flood the complex at areas 12-15. He would need a reason *not* to do that, because if he wanted to gain access to those areas, that's a very obvious way in which he could do that.Perhaps the pool in area 11 leads to the plane of elemental water, and diluting it with regular water, destroys it. Instead, he wants in it, or wants to summon creatures out of it, but needs something he doesn't have. The question is - what would he need, and how could he trick the PCs into doing it/getting it for him?&nbsp; Perhaps what he needs is in the complex in areas 12-15, but his minions can not get it for some reason.&nbsp; Perhaps he needs no reason - he'll just dominate them until he gets what he wants from them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="der_kluge, post: 3704495, member: 945"] Seems the aboleth would most definitely be aware of the sphere. Perhaps he wants it (who wouldn't??). My recollection would be that whoever created the complex used the sphere - not the "curved" corners of the walls in areas 11-15 - that area was hollowed out with the sphere. There's no 90 degree corners in the place. How about this: At the time the complex was created, the sphere was used to hollow out the complex. And the designers (whoever they were) used a decanter of endless water to fill the caves with water - perhaps they needed water for their rituals/experiments. But found (quickly) that the cavern couldn't support as much water as the decanter was giving them, so they use the sphere as a balancing factor - the decanter creates, the sphere annihilates - endless supply of flowing water. The aboleth is aware of the balance (having swam through the entire complex multiple times, he knows every inch like the back of his pseudopod. He is aware that removing either component destroys the equilibrium, and he's loathe to do that. He could remove the sphere (he's smart enough to control it), but perhaps there is a reason why he doesn't want to flood the chamber - maybe it will destroy the pool in area 11 - or flood the complex at areas 12-15. He would need a reason *not* to do that, because if he wanted to gain access to those areas, that's a very obvious way in which he could do that. Perhaps the pool in area 11 leads to the plane of elemental water, and diluting it with regular water, destroys it. Instead, he wants in it, or wants to summon creatures out of it, but needs something he doesn't have. The question is - what would he need, and how could he trick the PCs into doing it/getting it for him? Perhaps what he needs is in the complex in areas 12-15, but his minions can not get it for some reason. Perhaps he needs no reason - he'll just dominate them until he gets what he wants from them. [/QUOTE]

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