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<div>Recently I had my party discover a sorceress in a pillar of semi liquid amber in an ancient ruin. The sorceress appeared to be alive and after a bit of playing they rescued her. The concept was inspired by the old Greyhawk Mika Trilogy books by Rose Estes
– where the main character gets stuck in a similar device for decades. But then I got to thinking how would this work rules wise. So I came up with this bit of designers fiat – maybe someone else will find it useful:</div>
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<div><b>Note:</b> The trap would have to have some sort of powerful matrix built into it or to draw from. In my game the matrix was actually a statue and the appearance was that it was hiding something under it. By moving the statue and getting onto its plinth,
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<li>Holdfast – Powerful holdfast is cast to keep the victim in place.</li><li>Once held fast – a binding enchantment is enacted to bind victim to plinth.</li><li>Form set flesh – House rule here but the idea was to bind victims spirit and then literally turn them into an amber statue. Another option would be a spell based on the petrifying gaze of a gorgon.</li><li>Immortality or Youth – An extra option to keep the victim young and prolong their suffering.</li></ol>
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<div>Then per the pillar or amber idea, what I thought is have the sorceress cast a skin of life – possibly as a mistake fearing some other spell – and this reacts with the petrifaction thus rather creating a shelled cocoon with liquid/gel interior.</div>
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<div>I probably used a bit of poetic license, but the result worked. Only problem is thee party now has a 1000 year old sorceress who doesn’t speak any known language in tow.</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
<div>Tony</div>
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