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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rae ArdGaoth" data-source="post: 3755981" data-attributes="member: 21064">Cassandra's soft, crackly voice echoes down the main entrance hallway, "The same containment field that keeps the other elementals in is keeping me out.  Come here, I don't want to shout, the elementals on the upper floors may be attracted to my voice."Assuming Keldar (and whoever else) goes to hear her..."Alright, I'm sure you all are as confused as I am.  I watched your battle in the living room from out here, and apparently Thyrin made some changes to the tower's elemental defense system.  We've been talking about upgrading for a while now, but I rarely travel downstairs, so I never knew he actually went through with his plans... Unfortunately the saferoom is quite isolated from the external world, so I can't directly contact Thyrin to ask him about the changes.  I'll tell you what I can glean from our various discussions..."First of all, I believe that all 6 lesser elementals on the first three floors will now regenerate every 20 minutes.  The automatic summoning device worked so well that Thyrin planned to implement it all over the tower's lower levels. My guess, based on the device that Tommy just disabled and the regeneration of the lesser fire elemental, is that he made those plans a reality.  So now you have 7 quickly regenerating lesser elementals to deal with."Secondly, Thyrin always found the pylons jutting out of the walls all over the place rather offensive to the eye.  He must have disguised the new summoning devices using more aesthetically pleasing objects, such as that dais in the 1st floor living room.  I imagine the fireplace contains another such device.  I can only guess as to the locations of the other devices, one is surely in the 2nd floor forge, another may be by the forge exhaust... as for the rest, I'm not sure.  You'll have rely on your skills and intuition.  There will be one device for each lesser elemental, that I am sure of."Thirdly, don't expect all the summoning devices to be so easy to disable as the one beneath the dais.  I suspect Thyrin didn't quite finish installing the devices and never got to trapping that particular device.  The original was definitely trapped, but it was easily disabled by a little electrical shock in the right place." Cassandra's outstretched finger sparks. "Since I obviously can't get in right now, it'll be up to you to turn off the devices.  "Alternatively, you could move quickly and use the elemental barrier between the 3rd and 4th floors to your advantage, but then there would be no time to prepare for the greater fire elemental guarding the lower saferoom door.  It's up to you."Cassandra's mouth emits little blue sparks as the lightning elemental sighs.  "I hope this is all clear to you.  Let me summarize: There are 7 hidden devices, each of which summons a lesser elemental every 20 minutes.  One is in the dais, it's been disabled.  One is probably in the fireplace, one is surely in the furnace, and I think one may be in the furnace exhaust.  That leaves three more, in unknown locations."The original device, if I remember correctly, was last set to summon a lesser fire elemental.  Since you've taken care of one earth and one fire already, you can expect 3 more fiery guardians and 2 more earthen guardians spread out among the 2nd and 3rd floors."Cassandra pauses for a moment.  Then she adds, "Oh, and try not to let the greater fire elementals into the 4th floor library.  Thyrin would be terribly upset if all his research and arcane writings were lost."OOC: I hope this doesn't feel too forced to anybody.  I'm just trying to make sense of the adventure with what little notes I have on it.  If anything Cassandra just said doesn't make sense to you, please tell me now or forever hold your peace.  Her new information supersedes anything she told you in the past.  =D</blockquote>

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