Slapdash Sphere

Bryna and the Slapdash Sphere.

The **Slapdash Sphere** was a magical orb in Campaign 2.0. It was ever-changing in material, ranging from being made of wood, paper, and metal. The sphere no longer exists after being activated by Bryna in "Old Love, New Life," and was revealed to have been sent in search of her by Orala.

## History

The Slapdash Sphere was first encountered in "Don't Play With Magic". An urchin boy on the run from a group of thugs accidentally collided with Bryna in the streets of Nir Dorrun. He swapped his bag with hers in the ensuing commotion, and inside was the Slapdash Sphere - at this point, a simple metallic orb.

Upon casting Identify on it, Bryna feels an absolute whirlwind of energy so extreme that she can’t help but pull away from the orb. Sulelia learns at the Augury's library that there have been accounts of people focusing on the Slapdash Sphere and it casting random spells and producing random effects - ranging from spawning thousands of frogs to creating money. These records date back hundreds of years.

After Bryna locks the Slapdash Sphere in her vault, she immediately hears the sound of clinking metal from inside it. She opens it and finds 200 gold pieces laying beside the sphere, which has transformed into paper mache. Sulelia grows curious and wants to test the Slapdash Sphere's magical capabilities. By focusing on it, she produces the following effects, including but not limited to flowers sprouting from nearby dirt, summoning a giant mansion, and emitting a brilliant, blinding light. After enough experimentation, the party ultimately decides to hand the Slapdash Sphere over to Romskul Antonious, the headmaster of the Augury.

The Slapdash Sphere remained with him until its reappearance in "Unwelcome Returns". Bryna opens her vault to retrieve some money, and much to her surprise sees the Slapdash Sphere in there instead. Bryna and Sulelia hurriedly rush back to Romskul's office to return it, but find that he's left the Augury to take his vacation. The two reluctantly decide to keep it for the time being. Although she keeps trying to lock it away, the sphere keeps teleporting back to Bryna, much to her dismay.

Its existence is more or less forgotten until "Old Love, New Life". When facing off against Runya, Bryna attempts to feel around for the Slapdash Sphere in her bag, hoping it had teleported in there at some point... and it has! Having never used it before, she finally decides to try and activate it, and focuses. Upon doing so, the Slapdash Sphere disappears, and in Bryna's hand lies a folded piece of paper.

When Bryna later inspects the paper, she discovers that it's schematics for an extra-planar portal. She recognizes the handwriting as her late wife's, and surmises that she must have created these blueprints. That night, Bryna has a dream in which she learns of Orala's true fate, and last sees her scribbling away at the schematics that were housed in the Slapdash Sphere.

When Angeal takes Bryna's fortune the following morning, she receives a vision of Orala transferring the schematics inside the Slapdash Sphere, and then teleporting it away. Throughout the years, the sphere has been discovered by various other adventurers, but whoever came into contact with it suffered horrifying mutilations; one man is turned inside out upon touching it, and in another instance, a lady bursts into flames trying to activate it. The last thing Angeal sees in her vision is the Slapdash Sphere finally making its way into Bryna's hands through the initial encounter with the urchin boy.

## Effects

The various effects produced by the Slapdash Sphere include:

* Death.An unfortunate few have been subjected to gruesome deaths in attempts to activate the orb. Some instances include being turned inside out and bursting into flames.
* Spellcasting. Some spells cast by the Slapdash Sphere include Daylight and Magnificent Mansion.
* Flowers sprouting from nearby dirt
* Producing gold, ranging anywhere from hundreds to thousands worth
* Spawning frogs