Laboratory Customizations

Features can be added to a laboratory which add a bonus to certain types of Lab Totals, and elements of the laboratory's structure or location can also be auspicious for some sorts of work. Many of the options presented in Covenants (pages 112– 121) could help with the Burning City effects. Some new Laboratory Virtues and Flaws include the following.

Features

A Greater Feature is a Major Structure Virtue for a Laboratory and it adds +2 Aesthetics and +3 points distributed among the appropriate specializations. A Lesser Feature is a Minor Structural Virtue and it adds +1 Aesthetics and +1 in an appropriate specialization.

Fumes: A sphere of glass rests on plinth in the laboratory. Trapped in the sphere are swirling, noxious vapors captured from a volcanic vent. Specializations: Pe, Au, Ig.

Pool of Lava: The laboratory is either built to enclose a pool of lava or a specially constructed cauldron keeps a sample of lava hot and molten. Specializations: Ig, Te.

Thermal Spring: A volcanically heated spring bubbles up from the center of the laboratory. Specializations: Cr, Aq, Ig.

Volcanic Rock: In the center of the laboratory is a huge slab of volcanic rock. Specializations: Mu, Ig, Te.

Dormant Volcano

Free Structure Virtue

The laboratory is located in a dormant volcano crater. +1 Aesthetics, +1 Ig.

Active Volcano

Major Structure Flaw

The laboratory is located in an active volcanic crater. Note that the Safety, Upkeep, and Health factors here assume that this laboratory and the magus are both somehow protected from the catastrophic hazards of being in an active volcano crater. +2 Upkeep, –2 Safety, –1 Health, +1 Experimentation, +3 Ig.

Mineral Bath

Minor Outfitting Virtue

The laboratory contains a mineral bath that is heated by a volcanic source. The magus takes frequent baths while contemplating his work. +2 Health, –1 Safety, +1 Aq, +1 Longevity Rituals.

Volcanic Spirit Forge

Minor Supernatural Virtue

The laboratory contains a forge that is heated by a volcanic spirit. –1 Upkeep, –1 Safety, +1 Experimentation, +1 Re, +1 Ig.

Hell Portal

Major Supernatural Flaw

The laboratory contains a fiery portal to Hell. –2 Safety, +2 Warping, +1 Re, +3 Vi.