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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5794256" data-attributes="member: 8835">I was envisioning this as a prop you could build.Mechanically, the feature of pressing blocks down that you set into place would require some engineering.&nbsp; it could be effected with a sliding plate under neath the top surface.&nbsp; So the top surface has the shape holes, and the plate holds them up.&nbsp; Then you slide a lever and the plate shifts with drop-thru holes for the blocks to enter the box.the blocks then fall through, and slide to the rear hatch for the GM to pick them up, see them and describe what appears.For the blocks, I see it as making the shapes represent attributes.&nbsp; So a noun and 2 adjectives in the example of the flaming spiked whipRather than a huge bank or rows and shapes, you really only need 1 slot per shape.&nbsp; Make a slightly larger variety of shapes (circle, triangle, square, pentagon) and you control the images on the shapes so you can make up whatever combinations that'll be interesting.You could leave off a shape (the pentagon) for a while.&nbsp; Making your players wonder what it unlocks.&nbsp; When you reveal it, that's when the power of the box grows (to meet their higher power level needs for objects).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5794256, member: 8835"] I was envisioning this as a prop you could build. Mechanically, the feature of pressing blocks down that you set into place would require some engineering. it could be effected with a sliding plate under neath the top surface. So the top surface has the shape holes, and the plate holds them up. Then you slide a lever and the plate shifts with drop-thru holes for the blocks to enter the box. the blocks then fall through, and slide to the rear hatch for the GM to pick them up, see them and describe what appears. For the blocks, I see it as making the shapes represent attributes. So a noun and 2 adjectives in the example of the flaming spiked whip Rather than a huge bank or rows and shapes, you really only need 1 slot per shape. Make a slightly larger variety of shapes (circle, triangle, square, pentagon) and you control the images on the shapes so you can make up whatever combinations that'll be interesting. You could leave off a shape (the pentagon) for a while. Making your players wonder what it unlocks. When you reveal it, that's when the power of the box grows (to meet their higher power level needs for objects). [/QUOTE]

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