Layout for Secure Shelter

[Elder-Basilisk]

Chronus's problem is that he's low level. He's not so low-level that he has to sleep in an illusionary dome when out of doors. Or, worse yet, climb up a rope into a cramped extradimensional space with a low ceiling and no amenities at all (and where you need to climb down the rope to answer nature's call). No, when he can cast 4th level spells, he can have solid walls and furniture. For what he seems to want, however, Chronus needs to get 7th level spells before he can really travel in style and comfort. Mordenkeinen's Magnificent Mansion provides private rooms for you and all of your companions as well as a large, competent, polite, obedient, and well tailored staff--all on a perfectly secure extradimensional location.

Now, it might be reasonable to wonder why there appears to be nothing in between Leomund's boy scout bunkhouse and Mordenkeinen's Mansion, so maybe you could have Chronus research a 5th or 6th level spell somewhere between the two. Chronus's portable tract house maybe (5th level, fixed layout, physical presence, and furniture like Leomund's Secure Shelter, but with three bedrooms, a living room, and a toilet.) Or maybe Chonus's high rent tower. Flexible layout like Mordenkeinen's Magnificent Mansion, but on the prime material plane, with a limited amount of square footage, and with only one slighlty surly unseen bellhop who won't cook, and with unheated showers.

Awesome thanks for the layout. I wonder I could get away with a partition so that Chronus can have his own room. The indignity of the wilds!

 

[Felix]

Daeron's Instant Tower, man. It's the only way to travel.

 

[Herremann the Wise]

Hi Everyone,

Slightly off topic but following along the current tangent is Lucifus's Portable Tower. I created this in game in consultation with our DM who is a stickler for the rules. It's just the thing for carrying around spare libraries, laborataries etc. Lucifus - see story hour below to read further details - uses it as his travelling bookshop that he takes with him from city to city. Poor transactions unfortunately mean that quick exits from certain places are required.
Have a read if you like the idea.

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

Lucifus’s Portable Tower
Conjuration (Creation)
Level: Sor/Wiz 6
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 10 Minutes
Range: Close (25ft. + 5 ft/2 levels)
Effect: Extradimensional Building, up to 30ft x 30ft x (two to five 10ft high levels - see below)
Duration: 1 hour per level (D)
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No

You conjure up an extradimensional dwelling in the form of a squat stone tower using a focus of a miniature mithril tower worth at least 500gp. It is empty to begin with but maybe furnished as the owner wishes. All unattended objects remain in the dwelling while all living creatures are ejected and magical effects cancelled when either the spell finishes or is dismissed. The building must be connected to the ground – and thus cannot be suspended in the air, on water or on top of another building.

The tower has between two and five levels connected by a spiral staircase dependant upon the casters level as follows – caster level divided by four rounded down. As such, a 13th level caster can conjure a dwelling of three levels while a caster of 20 levels could cast a dwelling of five. The maximum amount of material allowed to be stored is equal to the casters level x 200lb. Any items in excess of this are ejected when the spell finishes or is dismissed – starting with the heaviest item first and so on.

The temperature inside the tower is 70F if the exterior temperature is between 0F and 100F. An exterior temperature below 0F or above 100F lowers or raises the interior temperature on a 1-degree for 1 basis. The tower provides protection similar to that of a building made of stone – what the building appears to be made of.

Each floor has a ceiling height of 10’ and has its own unseen servant that will obey any orders it is given. Each servant lasts as long as the tower. The bottom floor has provision for a front door while the top floor has a provision for some form of roof observatory. The floorplan and layout is at the discretion of the caster. Once a layout has been chosen, it stays the same until the caster can add a new floor.

If the focus is lost or destroyed, so is the tower and its contents. A Wish spell may be used to recreate the mithril tower focus.
When the tower is cancelled, an extradimensional space is momentarily opened then closed. Any extradimensional portals within the bounds of the tower at this time are potentially hazardous. Such occurences follow the normal rules for interdimensional spaces in interdimensional spaces.

Focus: A miniature mithril tower of at least 500gp is used as a focus.

 

[Jack Simth]

One way to travel in style would be to furnish a portable hole (it's 6-ft diameter, 10-ft deep, no weight limitations) and bring along a Necklace of Adaptation (Hole: 20,000; Necklace: 9,000). Put a 10-ft ladder (for ease of getting in and out), a desk, and a small bed inside, then fold it up after you enter. If you have a Wall spells handy, you might even be able to put that hole in horizontally, skip the ladder, and have a bit more floor space (at the cost of headroom)

Edit: You could also use such, by RAW, as a portable shop - Set up a Secure Shelter, spread out the holes in the SS.

 

[Felix]

Re: Lucifus' Poartable Tower

Cool spell, with one minor tweak:

Such occurences follow the normal rules for interdimensional spaces in interdimensional spaces.

These normal rules you refer to do not exist. Bags of Holding and Portable Holes don't mix, but they are a specific rule for these two items. Any other circumstances of extradimensional spaces is ruled for on a case-by-case basis, and if nothing is said about bringing extradimensional stuff into another, then nothing happens.

But yeah, good spell.

 

[darkelfo]

Thanks for the spell! But Chronus needs an non-extradimensional space owing to the diversty of extra dimensional doo-dads carried by the party. Hander haversacks, scroll tubes of holding, etc.

 

[darkelfo]

Chronus's problem is that he's low level. He's not so low-level that he has to sleep in an illusionary dome when out of doors. Or, worse yet, climb up a rope into a cramped extradimensional space with a low ceiling and no amenities at all (and where you need to climb down the rope to answer nature's call). No, when he can cast 4th level spells, he can have solid walls and furniture. For what he seems to want, however, Chronus needs to get 7th level spells before he can really travel in style and comfort. Mordenkeinen's Magnificent Mansion provides private rooms for you and all of your companions as well as a large, competent, polite, obedient, and well tailored staff--all on a perfectly secure extradimensional location.

Now, it might be reasonable to wonder why there appears to be nothing in between Leomund's boy scout bunkhouse and Mordenkeinen's Mansion, so maybe you could have Chronus research a 5th or 6th level spell somewhere between the two. Chronus's portable tract house maybe (5th level, fixed layout, physical presence, and furniture like Leomund's Secure Shelter, but with three bedrooms, a living room, and a toilet.) Or maybe Chonus's high rent tower. Flexible layout like Mordenkeinen's Magnificent Mansion, but on the prime material plane, with a limited amount of square footage, and with only one slighlty surly unseen bellhop who won't cook, and with unheated showers.

Finally, someone one who understands me! Of course the ultimate home-away-from-home would also include an ample laboratory and forge for late night bouts of inspiration and crafting. With the advent of the Unseen Crafter spell (lvl 2, Races of Eberron), each night presents a days worth of crafting! Nothing like the soothing sounds of saws, wrenches creaking and molten metal being poured. Who needs to count sheep with the pitter-patter of industry rocking one to sleep!

Out of character, I totally agree that there's a real lack of good "shelter" spells between lvl 4 and 7. There's an improved shelter spell at lvl 5, but it focuses on stealth. It's the same as Secure Shelter but it blends into the environment. Useful, but no style.

Chronus will likely be crafting a Wonderous Item that casts Secure Shelter once per day. It's affordable but modest. Might be worth it to research a higher lvl spell for a more ample shelter or possibly a 24 hour duration to reduce item creation costs.

Incidently, Chronus to shrimpy to cast even Secure Shelter -- gasp!

 

[Felix]

Thanks for the spell! But Chronus needs an non-extradimensional space owing to the diversty of extra dimensional doo-dads carried by the party. Hander haversacks, scroll tubes of holding, etc.

Extradimensional + Extradimensional =/= Boom.

That is a result of Bag of Holding + Portable Hole specifically. See above post.

 

[Harmon]

Lucifus’s Portable Tower

Is this in a book or created by you (or your group?) because I am so snagging this- its very nice.

 

[darkelfo]

Extradimensional + Extradimensional =/= Boom.

That is a result of Bag of Holding + Portable Hole specifically. See above post.

Can you please elaborate on this point? I read the above post. Do extradimensional spaces conflict only when it so states in the description? Handy Haversack, for example, does not mention that it does, but it describes the Haversack as similar a Bag of Holding.