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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanglorian" data-source="post: 6153827" data-attributes="member: 83822">(Inspired by the Peel St Caves on BLDG Blog) and Real Dungeon Hazards: Snotties and Slime.The Sandmines Neath JahurAs houses and temples crumbled in Jahur, they were built on top of, slowly compressing the sand, brick and stone together into what masons call ‘city brick’. It carries some memory of the buildings that it once was - city brick will always stay in place, even if its supports collapse. Only the scrubbing out of the mason’s mark placed on each block causes gravity to reassert itself.The masons that know this trick carefully guard it. Careful are they as well to keep the location of each mark a secret. In the Basilica, the ceiling is totally unsupported. Every inch of its surface is covered with symbols - the mason’s mark is hidden in plain sight.The forum is ringed by citybricks that neatly fit together, and the mason’s mark of each block covered by the block that proceeds it. The mining - both authorised and illicit - of this distinctive stone has left vast tunnels and passages beneath the city. The basements of some homes open onto the cave system. During times of war, the citizens of Jahur have also sheltered here: in fact, the alchemists discovered the main component of the Scent barrier here in these tunnels, and used it to fight their way out.From the ceilings of some of the caves hang archaes, which look like stalactites but feel like mucus to the touch and are powerfully acidic. Giant red worms ooze through these tunnels, suckling on the archaes as if they were teats.HooksWhat is the component of the Scent Barrier?What other tricks have people used citybrick for?What power do the masons wield in the city?</blockquote>

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