64. Runes of Creation

A Metal Puzzle BoxFront

indestructible

A 6" cube of dull gray metal, covered in hinges, knobs, dials, sliders, levers, and the like. A thing of mad genius, resisting all attempts to open it by brute force.

To unlock its mysteries, you must...

roll +INT to open the box: on a 10+, it takes a few days of fiddling; on a 7-9, it takes a few obsessive weeks; on a 6-, it's beyond you.
spend a season deciphering the symbols etched along the inside.
risk never being able to decipher the symbols, and/or developing some mental quirk as you do so.
commune with a primordial spirit and learn the Silent Words from it.
spend a few weeks practicing the spell, risking all sorts of harm and collateral damage.

Runes of CreationReverse

When you carefully inscribe an object with the runes of creation, pick 1 desired effect:

It will flow into any shape you imagine
It will become indestructible
It will become beautiful
It will blaze with terrible heat ( damage, messy), if only for a moment

When you speak the Silent Word that completes the spell (far range) mark a debility as elemental forces flow through you into the object. The effect works, but roll +CON: on a 10+, pick 1; on a 7-9, pick 1 and the GM picks another; on a 6-, all 3.

Mark another debility & lose HP
The elements run amok, triggering a fire/earthquake/avalanche/storm/etc.
The effect lasts only while you focus on it, and then the object is damaged in a manner of the GM's choosing 64

A Metal Puzzle Box — Front

Runes of Creation — Reverse

A Metal Puzzle BoxFront

Runes of CreationReverse