Editing Murkvey Rock (Cairn OSR PbP) (section)

==Murkvey's Rock==
::Murkvey stumbled across a small tomb fortress of the Empyrean people: nomads of the celestial spheres who wage war constantly over the resources of the fixed stars. They ride the vasty deeps in magical crystal palaces, which also serve as their tombs. In death, the Empyrean nobility are sealed in their homes and sent on a final journey which sees them plummet to a holy point on the dreaded terrestrial orb: the Painted Frontier.

::Murkvey was a well-known Gem Robber, a decent cutter, poor prospector, and the head of a cheery band of cutthroats. Six months ago he and his “Priest's Children" rushed out of Scarlet Town whooping that they’d return richer than the old Emperor—they never did. Adipose Mab has somehow acquired a map that she claims leads to Murkvey’s last find. That is the party’s destination.

:::What the greenhorns learned on the way to the rock
:::*Crystal Tombs fall from the sky, streaking across the night every few months. Only a few have “voids”—the hollows where Occuliths and other treasures are found.
:::*Tomb Crystal, the main material of the tombs is magically poisonous, but only when it’s shattered. The dust will root in flesh, propagating more crystals and slowly killing those it infects, finally turning them into Lith Wights.
:::*Gemcutters like <b>Flash</b> find the natural fracture X lines in Tomb Crystal and facet them to safety open them for exploration.
:::*Occuliths are Tomb Crystal shards that absorb ambient magic, and can be instilled with magical knowledge. The bigger and brighter the Occulith, the greater its potency.
:::*Get used to eating prickly pear and fatback. The earth of the Painted Frontier is dead. Cactus, briar weed, and lichen are the only things besides hogs that grow well, but desperate settlers still try to farm it—most have Crystal Poisoning to some degree or another.