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<blockquote data-quote="Carnifex" data-source="post: 1406449" data-attributes="member: 227"><p>Sure, here's a little preview - both the list of engine types in Steam & Steel, as well as the text for the Crystalburner engine. Hope Hellhound doesn't mind me putting this up!</p><p></p><p><strong>Engine</strong></p><p><em>Conventional Furnace</em></p><p>Coal Burner</p><p>Crystalburner</p><p>Oil Burner </p><p><em>Alchemical Engine</em></p><p>Alchemical Mixer</p><p><em>Arcane Engine</em></p><p>Arcane Source</p><p>Dweomerburner</p><p><em>Energy Trap Engine</em></p><p>Divine Source</p><p>Solar Trap</p><p><em>Essence Engine</em></p><p>Elemental Essence </p><p>Spirit Essence</p><p><em>Necromantic Engine</em></p><p>Blood Drinker</p><p>Corpseburner</p><p>Dragonsblood</p><p>Soulburner</p><p>Soul Drinker</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Crystalburner:</strong></em> Crystalburner engines are an exotic form of conventional furnace that does not burn any fossil fuel, but instead combusts specially treated crystals. These crystals are only found in growths that occur in odd locations such as deep underground and near active volcanoes, but they only create a very thin smoke from their furnaces and thus a minimum of pollution and grime. They also have exceptionally efficient boilers. Since only a few crystals, shards a foot in length, are needed to power the engine for quite a long time, it does not have the same kinds of problems of transporting fuel as coal burners suffer from.</p><p></p><p>Crystalburners also have a strange and inexplicable side effect, in that any sentient steamwork creation with a crystalburner engine benefits from increased cognitive abilities – the crystals have some strange magical quality that affects the delicate mechanisms for the machine consciousness of such devices. Steamwork constructs with crystalburner engines possess a +2 inherent bonus to their Intelligence and Wisdom scores.</p><p></p><p>In the case of a Catastrophic Breakdown the crystalburner’s firebox explodes. As well as venting hot steam it quickly burns the rest of the crystals in a lightning-fast reaction, pulsing out a wave of blue-white energy like the flash of a detonation. This energy deals no physical damage but hits the mind and psyche of anyone nearby like a hammer, dealing d6 temporary Wisdom damage to all within a radius of 5ft. per increasing size category of the device.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carnifex, post: 1406449, member: 227"] Sure, here's a little preview - both the list of engine types in Steam & Steel, as well as the text for the Crystalburner engine. Hope Hellhound doesn't mind me putting this up! [b]Engine[/b] [i]Conventional Furnace[/i] Coal Burner Crystalburner Oil Burner [i]Alchemical Engine[/i] Alchemical Mixer [i]Arcane Engine[/i] Arcane Source Dweomerburner [i]Energy Trap Engine[/i] Divine Source Solar Trap [i]Essence Engine[/i] Elemental Essence Spirit Essence [i]Necromantic Engine[/i] Blood Drinker Corpseburner Dragonsblood Soulburner Soul Drinker [i][b]Crystalburner:[/b][/i][b][/b] Crystalburner engines are an exotic form of conventional furnace that does not burn any fossil fuel, but instead combusts specially treated crystals. These crystals are only found in growths that occur in odd locations such as deep underground and near active volcanoes, but they only create a very thin smoke from their furnaces and thus a minimum of pollution and grime. They also have exceptionally efficient boilers. Since only a few crystals, shards a foot in length, are needed to power the engine for quite a long time, it does not have the same kinds of problems of transporting fuel as coal burners suffer from. Crystalburners also have a strange and inexplicable side effect, in that any sentient steamwork creation with a crystalburner engine benefits from increased cognitive abilities – the crystals have some strange magical quality that affects the delicate mechanisms for the machine consciousness of such devices. Steamwork constructs with crystalburner engines possess a +2 inherent bonus to their Intelligence and Wisdom scores. In the case of a Catastrophic Breakdown the crystalburner’s firebox explodes. As well as venting hot steam it quickly burns the rest of the crystals in a lightning-fast reaction, pulsing out a wave of blue-white energy like the flash of a detonation. This energy deals no physical damage but hits the mind and psyche of anyone nearby like a hammer, dealing d6 temporary Wisdom damage to all within a radius of 5ft. per increasing size category of the device. [/QUOTE]
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