Parallax Shards

Parallax Shards are the transportation system between various areas of The Warren. They act as an incentive to keep exploring so adventurers can transport back to safety if they are in dire need as well as teleport directly to where they were last exploring.

## Color and Geometry

Parallax shards come in a variety of shapes and sizes, though they always are crystalline in nature and rather geometric.

#### Known Colors

* Red
* Orange
* Yellow
* Green
* Light Blue
* Dark Blue
* Purple
* Black
* White
* Brown

#### Shapes

* Tetrahedron
* Cube
* Dipyramidal
* Pentagonal trapezohedron
* Dodecahedron
* Pyritohedron
* Icosahedron
* Dipyramid Prismatic
* Prismatic
* Bladed
* Scalenohedral
* Rhombohedron
* Oblong rounded

## Relation to The Warren

### Pedestals

Pedestals act as the coordinates for certain shards to teleport to. They are 3 foot structures made of black obsidian except for the top layer which is colored and crystalline. The crystal part of the pedestal has an indent for shards to be placed there. Shards and a specific pedestal’s crystal top will share a color if they are meant to work together. Otherwise, nothing will happen upon placing the shard in the pedestal groove.

### Shard Locations

As mentioned before, there are many shards: some that teleport to the same location and many that transport travellers to different pedestals. Within the Warren, various creatures may be holding Parallax Shards. Fellow adventurers, deadly enemies, disgusting monsters, and everything in between can have shards to loot.

### How to Teleport

Upon entering the Crossroads with a Parallax Shard, the mortar between the stones in the wall glow a brilliant color corresponding with the color of the shard. If more than one shard is in the room, the walls pulsate and shift between the colors. A beam of light shines down from the middle of the ceiling and those who are touching the shard can speak the magic word and be teleported to the shard’s pedestal.

Teleporting from a pedestal is a similar process. One must be touching the pedestal and then place the corresponding shard in the pedestal to teleport back to the Crossroads. All that are touching the pedestal will be transported back.

## Known Parallax Shards

#### Columnar Golden Prism

Royal Violet Vault of Secrets → Viren the Lich

#### White and Red Icosahedron

Rock Gnome Tuvil’s Fort → Tuvil’s Prize Fort

#### Green and Blue Icosahedron

Goblin fused to the terminal → Water nymph’s oasis

### Scholar Inmil's List

#### Purple Tetrahedron

Room of Floating Astral Sea → Small band of Lizardfolk hunters (real grass and dirt)

#### Orange Rhombohedron

Shadowfell Balhannoth Dungeon → Gina the Red Witch’s Hut

#### Translucent White Shard

Vast Myconid Cavern → Taiga wilderness (at least 5 miles)

#### Red Oblong Gem

Fissure Ravine (Underdark like soil) → Eye Watcher

#### Orange Pentagonal Scalenohedron

Animated Wandering Golem → T’quella Air Genasi Merchant Sorcerer

#### Red and Orange Tetrahedron

Amber Crawler Dungeon → Explosive Magic Room

#### Yellow Truncated Icosahedron

Fablegram’s Door → Ichiaigano’s Forever Torment (now empty)

### Shards with Unknown Locations

* Dark Green Double Stacked Cubes
* Light Blue Halved Dodecahedron
* Translucent Dark Blue Cube
* Black and Blue Perfect Gem
* White Sphere