Friday, June 6, 2025

D6x6 Lugubrious Locks

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D6This lock is
1seamlessly-interlocked bone and ivory.
2steel inlaid with porcelain enamel.
3carved porphyry and ebony.
4mirror-polished sterling silver.
5thick, rusted iron.
6scratched gold leaf over tarnished brass.
D6This lock is in the form of
1A grotesque leering.
2A curled-up cat.
3A horseshoe.
4An orchid-flower.
5A tortoise-shell.
6an anatomically-accurate heart.
D6

This lock's mechanism 

1works by shuffling around drops of dew, using their surface tension. It's meant to only function at dawn, but careful dripping of water droplets into it can get around this.
2is musical, and is unlocked by playing a particular little tune.
3requires two keys turned simultaneously.
4is magnetic, and can be finagled by careful waving of ferromagnetic material over it.
5operates based off gravity, and won't work if it's not perfectly upright.
6is based on rotating dials bearing symbols rather than a key.
D6

Picking this lock is complicated 

1because failing to unlock it properly will trigger a trap.
2because it is covered in a peculiar perfume which a guardian-beast is very sensitive to.
3because it unfolds on opening, which may crush near and incautious fingers.
4because to get at its insides you need curved tools - either made specially for it or bent, but bending conventional lockpicking tools has a chance of ruining them.
5because a clutch of rot grubs wriggle about inside it, and must be lured out before the picking can be attempted.
6because scraping its innards produces a high-pitched chime which alerts those nearby to the action.
D6This lock is sealing
1Shut the pages of a grimoire.
2A more-convenient passage.
3A container holding treasure.
4the chains of a bound nymph.
5The prison of a mischievous imp.
6A magic sword to its scabbard.
D6This lock was made
1by an infamous thief, based on designs that had thwarted them in the past - the lock bears the mark of their calling-card.
2by a duergar pain-priest - his blood stains its creases.
3by a goblin fartificer, in a moment of rare sobriety.
4by a dreaming-smith, based on a design which locked a memory away in their own subconscious mind.
5by a gnomish tinker, as part of a novel and riddlesome device - it's been broken off this device, and appropriated for its new purpose.
6by natural processes on the plane of Mechanus, then summoned to the material plane by an axiomancer.

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