Crossed swords

[Nephrite]

Not from me.

[Anastasia]

Are you heading home for that or going to do it here?

[Corwin]

What do my friends recommend?

[Anastasia]

This isn't an IC question Cor, it's an OOC one. I just want to know when you're going to do that and if it's immediately or not, since your post was ambiguous.

[Corwin]

We'll crack it open at home, it's the immediate priority.

[Anastasia]

The party heads out. Once out and free of this place, back in the endless radiance of life, "That was something," Donald says at last, "Do we have any more of those left, Seira?"

"But not something without reward," Elle agrees, "Come back with us Moore and Jetina, you can rest while I get to the bottom of these minerals. I have high hopes for all of them."

[Corwin]

"Sometimes you make a friend at the cost of personal power," Seira responds, not answering Donald's actual quesiton.

[Nephrite]

"I think it was a worthy endeavor." Moore says. "We made all made a powerful friend today." He nods to Elle. "I can help you if you'd like, though I'm sure you can handle it!"

[Anastasia]

Alright Seira, how many?

Meanwhile Elle gestures, "Come! We can if not celebrate, at least appreciate a victory and ruminate on what this means now."

"Practically...nothing?" Ranbar speaks up, "Not now. In the farther future it may, but not now."

[Corwin]

"I'm not really considering weaponizing a fresh friend, and the crystals will take time to get analyzed. But! This thing, both the powerful antimagic shell and what it holds? That's a game changer if it works the way I hope!"

After cleaning it up thoroughly, Seira looks it over with a thief's eye. What's the best way to crack it open and get inside, without too much brute force?

[Nephrite]

"I don't agree that it doesn't mean anything." Moore says. "We made a new friend and rekindled hope in the heart of one who was hopeless for their future. That is a reason to celebrate in and of itself."

[Anastasia]

We'll switch to OOC for both aspects of this a sec. First of all, give me a K:Dungeoneering check, Seira? It's the closest thing since that's what gemstones fall in under. If you have ranks in anything like craft(jewelry) or (gemcutting) you could apply that instead.

[Nephrite]

Moore can help out with this!

Take 10 for 101 on Craft: Gemcutting and K:Dungeoneering.

If Seira's got it covered he'll aid her for +2. :)

[Corwin]

Taking 10 for 134 on K:Dungeoneering (Greater Heroim, Divine Insight, Improvisation). I also have Craft: Traps, and the result is the same.

[Anastasia]

It's a pretty strong, but an extremely focused sonic attack should break it cleanly, you think - but too strong and it'll shatter it all.