[✗] [Rewrite] Redstone & Red Iron/Copper (Flawed Garumdium)

[Helmet 1454]

Redstone Dust (Raw)

(Bing AI. Yucky I know, but what are ya gonna do on a 0 dollar budget.)

 

Redstone (Raw)

Redstone, a common mineral used to power appliances & crude machinery, is a delicate substance found within the further reaches of the earth in the form of ore chunks. Once broken, the shattered pieces of redstone ore are able to be collected and then later ground up into a fine dust to properly utilize its capabilities. Dwarves of old commonly used the substance for their in-numerous creations and the mineral has proven useful in Alchemy and the progression of Science in the realms of Aegis and beyond.   While the mineral is common, knowledge of why it holds its properties is not. There has been little to no explanation on why it is capable of conducting energy, once shaped into stable wire; and this is purely because of the fact that the wrong people have been studying its intricacies for the time it's existed as one of man's many useful tools.   Contrary to what most may think, Redstone is not ‘natural’ in the traditional sense. It is the result of specific earthen minerals being compressed, smelted & mixed with deposits of mana within the earth over a long period of time. It is essentially solidified mana.

 

Redstone Applications (Raw)

Redstone ore, whether they be ground up or carved, will cause a soft, crimson light to emit from itself whenever touched or moved. This reaction is thought to be the compacted mana loosening up ever so slightly within the flawed ore. Introducing the ore to Liquid Mana will cause it to glow brighter, but only ever in a brief flash.   Once rendered into a powder AND filtered from earthen impurities however, its prime utilization is the ability to conduct arcane ‘electricity’. There is a large variety of things able to be created with Redstone as it retains its conductive properties. Examples include Redstone wiring, and compressed Redstone blocks/torches (which both act as a continuous power-sources once properly ‘fueled’ with Liquid Mana). It should be noted that making contact with an active wire of Redstone will cause a shock, though this cannot induce lasting harm during combat.   Additionally, careful wiring can allow Redstone pulses to toggle the magnetic pull of Refined Magnetus off for as long as the arcane signal is maintained & directly connected to the material. The bigger the Magnetus object, the stronger of a pulse needed in order to dampen it.   Redstone Redlines (Raw) Spoiler ⟐ Follow moderation rules on doors/Redstone use over this lore post first and foremost.   ⟐ The arcane energy within Redstone may never be hot enough to meaningfully injure someone during active combat. For the sake of executions/out of combat harm however, Redstone can induce burns if contact is maintained with live wiring against bare skin.   ⟐ Using Redstone ore as a magic detector is futile since the ore also glows when moving/being touched. Even a breeze on the surface can cause a glimmer.   ⟐ Active Redstone ore is too dim to blind someone. When fed Liquid Mana, it can only become as bright as a redstone torch for a couple seconds.   ⟐ Redstone is not a source of mana for Mages, but can conduct mana for the sake of rituals & other arcane uses akin to magegold.    ⟐ Redstone had come to be because the pockets of mana compressed overtime, and thus, developed into a mineral with special properties. Essentially -- Redstone is solidified mana.   ⟐ Redstone and Redstone wiring cannot be utilized to create anything advanced. Common examples of "advanced" are weapons, medical tools and futuristic-esque machinery like boats, automobiles and flying ships. This MAY be bypassed with a MArt, if it does not disrupt techlock.   ⟐ Redstone signals, if wired to physically shock/burn someone, are not strong enough to have meaningful impact during combat. Examples include exposed Redstone wiring, or ye olde electric chair.   ⟐ In the case of structures, Refined Magnetus cannot be ‘weakened’ by a small Redstone pulse- it is either active, or inactive.  In practice this just means that structures of Magnetus can only be disabled by mechanically represented structures of active redstone wiring.

 

Harvesting Technique

Acquiring Redstone is oftentimes about as hazardous as any other mineral being mined from the earth, though releases dust similar to coal dust when broken. A simple face covering can be more than enough to protect one’s self from injury or illness when harvesting the material. Merely touching its ore will cause it to hum with crimson light, and little else.   However, the seemingly harmless reactivity Redstone ore has with motion & mana can prove dangerous or even lethal in particularly fresh deposits deep underground or within mana-infested regions such as Voidal hollows, lashing out with raw energy to anything touching the stone. Thankfully, the chaotic sparks & crackling of crimson electricity within exposed ore makes it easy to tell which is fine to harvest, and which is hazardous.   Harvesting Technique Redlines Spoiler ⟐ Inhaling Redstone dust is akin to inhaling coal dust. Beware red lung disease.   ⟐ Hazardous Redstone ore is exclusively reserved for player/ST events, where it must be CLEARLY emoted as such with tells such as the crackling of unstable red energy inside of the ore.   ⟐ Hazardous Redstone ore CANNOT be effectively harvested and weaponized. Attempts at doing so will just turn it into regular redstone.   ⟐ Hazardous Redstone ore will conduct crimson energy straight through metal until it strikes something non-metal or non-conductive such as flesh or wood, inducing a 1st degree magic burn at minimum on that area. It cannot start fires.

 

 

Red Iron/Red Copper (Refined)

(Binged.)

 

Red Iron/Red Copper (Refined)

Raw, powdered Redstone can be alloyed with either Iron or Copper to create Red Iron or Red Copper- collectively what is known as Flawed Garumdium. It is as durable and as heavy as the metal used for its creation, but becomes miraculously blunt with the inability to be sharpened into a combat-effective point or blade. This is not to say it cannot be precisely shaped, it just does not cut well when sharpened.   The origins of this material go all the way back to Aegis, and is still used to this day despite being considered so simple most did not bother to give it a proper name. Though it is not known who made the alloy first, Flawed Garumdium is present within every simple Redstone-operated machine such as the piston, dispenser, crafter, & others like it.   The nature of its invention is likely not the result of a lone ingenious group which first discovered it, but more so many different tribes tinkering with the same common materials and getting similar results. Nevertheless, it is thought that the birth of this alloy is what first attracted Garumdir, Daemon of Craftsmanship's attention to the Material Plane- hence the name.

 

Red Iron/Copper Applications (Refined)

This material converts arcane energy from Redstone signals into mechanical motion. ‘Charging’ Flawed Garumdium causes it to repel other nearby objects made of the same material, making it useful for the creation of crude machine joints that can open and close/extend and retract, or even simple mechanical tools like the clock or compass.   If a door hinge is made out of Red Iron for example, once it is powered the two halves of the hinge will push away from one another- opening the door it is connected to. Removing the Redstone pulse will stop the repelling force Red Iron/Copper has with itself, but not necessarily pull itself closed without a little clever mundane engineering.   It should be noted that the force Flawed Garumdium gives off is negligible against even voidal-wizard strength descendants. A door closing on someone may be held and jammed open, even if a Redstone signal demands otherwise. In the case of pistons which move blocks, creatures cannot be crushed but will be forced to the nearest empty space (as pistons already do in Vanilla MC), uncomfortably squeezed/pushed out without injury if crushing is attempted.   Those capable of creating machine like Animii or Smoggers will also be able to use Red Iron/Copper in their crafts in place of the pulleys & strings that give them motion in the form of additional clockwork & joints, with little functional difference between the two barring appearance & design. This method most comes up when organic hides & fibers that would be processed into bands & rope are scarce whilst earthen materials are plentiful- such as cities within the Underdark.   Red Iron/Copper Redlines (Refined) Spoiler ⟐ Follow moderation rules on doors/redstone use over this lore post first and foremost.   ⟐ Red Iron/Copper, known together as Flawed Garumdium, is player signed.   ⟐ Red Iron/Copper is perpetually dull.   ⟐ Red Iron will only affect other pieces of Red Iron when charged, NOT Red Copper. The same applies to Red Copper.   ⟐ Flawed Garumdium mechanisms that are functional, if included on RP items, are restricted to basic tools or joints which cannot be used for combative purposes.   ⟐ The force Red Iron/Red Copper gives off cannot be utilized to create anything advanced. Common examples of "advanced" are weapons, hovering objects, medical tools, and futuristic-esque machinery like boats, automobiles and flying ships. This MAY be bypassed with a MArt, if it does not disrupt techlock.   ⟐ Flawed Garumdium & Redstone wiring CAN be used as an alternative to pulley strings inside of Animatii/Smogger machines so long as everything is physically CONNECTED. No floating parts. This is purely aesthetic, and affects nothing else about them.

 

Refining Technique

Melt a unit of iron or copper into liquid form. Season with a unit of redstone. Mix evenly. Then work with it how you would regular iron/copper. It ain’t complicated.   Refining Technique Redlines Spoiler ⟐ Other metals, such as brass, aurum, silver, Lunarite, etc are unable to be turned into Red Iron/Red Copper equivalents.   ⟐ The creation, reshaping and use of Red Iron/Red Copper is common knowledge.

 

Purpose & Changelog

Spoiler

• Removed mentions of the Void 'seeping through the bedrock at the bottom of the world' being involved in the creation of Redstone.
• Made Redstone wiring much more harmless. No more Redstone fire-starting, Redstone explosions, etc. It can still zap you, though this is isn't combat-effective & is reduced to out of combat shenanigans.
• Defined inhaling Redstone dust as equal to inhaling coal dust, in addition to adding a Hazardous variant of Redstone ore to be used only in events as an obstacle.
• Defined Redstone as a magic conductor, not a magic source. Similar to magegold.
• Defined the ‘fuel’ for Redstone to be Liquid Mana/mana placed inside of it.
• Explained how Redstone machines ACTUALLY work irp via the introduction of Red Iron/Red Copper (Flawed Garumdium) along with accompanying lore without meddling with how it mechanically works in game.
• Made Redstone machines compatible with simple mundane RP trinkets OR automatons/smoggers. Purely aesthetic in the case of those automatons.
• Made Redstone impact Refined Magnetus, since the 'lack of Redstone's presence' is mentioned in Magnetus' purpose post. It will disable its pull when receiving a Redstone signal, & return when the signal ends.
• The name ‘Flawed Garumdium’ implies both a superior version being somewhere out there, and greater lore implications for it's relation to Garumdir. It would be criminal to not relate the first things that could be called a machine to the Aengadaemon of machines in some way.

 

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Edited January 24 by Helmet
grammarz. also added more text to explain LORE backing for red iron/copper being used in automatons.

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