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Apparatus Imaginarium

CanonOfficial lore from the booksBoDp. 88

An Apparatus Imaginarium is the product of an entrapment ritual devised to capture fey beings within a demiplane, a realm crafted according to the imagination of the wizard who builds the device. Most take the form of puzzle boxes that must be solved, either to release what is inside or to enter the demiplane within.1

Making

The ritual is intricate and costly, and it demands rare, hard-to-obtain materials: arcane crystals, enchanted metals, exotic woods and other magical components. Most apparatuses also include something from the fey realms, such as pixie dust or unicorn horn. The device is built with precision and care to be both durable and beautiful, its surface adorned with intricate engravings and magical runes.1

The wizard then channels their own magical energy into the apparatus, infusing it with the arcane power needed to hold fey beings, binds a demiplane into it, and wakes it with spoken incantations and gestures.1

The puzzle and the riddle

The final riddle can usually be found only once the physical puzzle box has been solved, and a wrong answer to the riddle resets the box. A fey creature imprisoned inside may attempt the riddle only once in a decade.1

The device is only as strong as its puzzle. If the riddle is too simple or the puzzle too elementary, the entity trapped inside may escape by solving it from within, or an unwitting person who stumbles on the apparatus may unlock it and release the entity into the world.1

Use

Fey trapped in an Apparatus Imaginarium can be used as sacrifices in cruel rituals.1

Notes

  1. ↑BookBook of Dead, p. 88

Sources

This article draws on:

  • BoDBook of Dead(Bad Badger Games, 2024), p. 88

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