Hand of Ra

Needs Lapidary, Goldwork, and Mirrored Pyramid Construction unlocked to be able to demonstrate.

Test Design

Test was designed by Josephsky [Architecture] and is a Tale 6 Monument test. This is the text from the Tale 6 website, there has been no indication that any of is has not been implemented or changed.

Spread the glory of the Sun by constructing the largest mirrored pyramid to shine the light to all the darkest corners of Egypt.

1) Players must construct a hollow Mirror Pyramid, which primarily uses mirrors and glass (no huge stones to support them). Graphically they can look similar to pyramid build sites.

2) The pyramid starts out small, size 1. Players can then add materials to make it bigger, -one- size at a time, with the cost rising exponentially as the size does.

3) There is a chance of collapse each time the player builds higher, which results in the loss of all materials and the pyramid itself.

This chance of collapse is simply the new size minus one of the mirrored pyramid in percentage. The maximum chance of collapse is 95%.

For example:

• Raising to a size of 2 has a 1% chance of collapse.
• Raising to a size of 60 has a 59% chance of collapse.
• Raising to a size of 96 and any deeper has a 95% chance of collapse.

4) To mitigate chance of collapse, players can build sigils of Ra, the Egyptian god of the Sun. Sigils should be costly or time consuming to make though.

5) If a player has a sigil of Ra on their possession when a pyramid "collapses", the sigil is consumed and the pyramid gets a "reroll".

If the "reroll" still results in a collapse it will consume another sigil and so forth until it either succeeds or the player runs out of sigils and it ultimately collapses.

6) At the end of the week, the players who control the largest mirrored pyramid in each region of Egypt and has held that status for two days passes (much like the Obelisk test).

Possible Principles:

• Learn how to construct a Mirror Pyramid.
• Make sheet glass.
• Make a mirror.
• Build a Mirror Pyramid.
• Increase the size of your Mirror Pyramid to 7.

Bonuses of a Mirror Pyramid:

Plants like light so perhaps a boost in crop, herb and mushroom growth around a mirrored pyramid would be ideal. The affected range should be affected by the size of the pyramid, with larger ones illuminating a larger area.

University Text

Construct a Mirrored Pyramid and expand it to create the largest in the region. Mirrored Pyramids are fragile and collapse easily. Manufacture Sigils of Ra to prevent this. Advance when your Pyramid is the largest in the reason for two full days.

Demonstration

To open the Test of Hand of Ra you require:

• 77 Mirror
• 77 Sheet Glass
• 77 Wood
• 77 Boards
• 77 Rope

The Scientists at the River Plains University of Architecture would like to announce that Yendor has demonstrated that Egypt is ready for the Test of Hand of Ra. They declare the Test open for all citizens of Egypt.

Sigils

Once the test has been started at the University of Architecture, a player may request their requirements for a sigil. The requirements may be reviewed through the player's test menu.

• 1 Create a Golden Sigil. Instructions seen have implied that it can be made of 1 db jeweled glass in a glazier's bench, or made of gold in a casting box (student's), or created in a forge. From a glazier's bench, there was a 3 minute cooling time. A casting box had a 10 minute cooling time and required 1 db each of gold and two other metals.

• 2 Set two decorative items into the sigil, at a forge. Requests seen so far have been a huge quartz, large emerald, amethyst bead, and aqua pearl bead. Five minute cooling time.

• 3 Decorate the sigil with three items. Requests have included metal foils, sheetings, and straps.

When the golden sigil is in your inventory, it can be inspected through your skills menu. While it is being built, it is labelled with the players name.

• 4 Once the sigil is complete, it needs to be taken to the University of Architecture and approved by the scientists. If it meets their standards, it is returned to the player's inventory as a "Sigil of Ra". Both the unfinished "golden sigil" and the complete "Sigil of Ra" are tradeable items.