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[adwarf]

The universe was created by a Being who surpasses all understanding, and when he forged it through his will countless planets, stars, asteroids, and more were created alongside a seemingly omnipotent power that came to be known as Mana that pervaded the entirety of the universe. When this Greater Being created the universe and Mana he set in place laws to govern everything, and then sat back to watch the events that would occur hoping that perhaps something in the world he created could bring to him a surprise. Of course as several eons went by countless creatures came into being on planets throughout the universe, and innumerable civilizations rose and fell as they wonders of Mana lead them to prosperity or even brought about their very downfall as they attempted acts that were far beyond their capabilities.

One of these acts that has brought low countless civilizations was attempting to create sentient creatures, and yet out in the vastness of space in a area of the universe of seemingly small import there is a solar system in which a miracle has occurred. This solar system consists of two terran planets slowly orbiting a brilliant yellow star alongside countless small asteroids, and among those asteroids is one that stands out from the rest as a millennium ago a sage had been born on one of the planets who had achieved a mastery of magic that allowed him to reach out to this seemingly innocuous rock. For hundreds of years the sage made the asteroid his home, and on a small part of its surface he forged a massive array meant to gather mana from the cosmos for his use though mysteriously one day the sage simply disappeared from this asteroid.

It has been several hundred years since the sage's disappearance, but in his absence the mana gathering array has been active pulling mana in and injecting it into the asteroid until its entirety was imbued with the purest of mana. With so much mana seemingly pervading its being a change occurred one day as the mana inside of the asteroid seemed to roil before rapidly charging into the center of the asteroid to compress into a small seemingly opaque white ball which in turn expanded outwards once more. By the time that opaque whiteness enshrouded the asteroid it disappeared entirely and for the first time the asteroid realized it existed, it felt weak but it could feel a new sense of power slowly flowing into it from a strange array on its surface.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Mana: 100/1000 (+10 Mana a year)

Planetary Body Info
Surface: (20 out of 360 Space used)
Strange Array [A vast array covers a portion of your surface that is made up of a weird series of lines, and symbols. It seems to be the thing drawing Mana into you.]

Underground:
Small Tunnel System [It seems there is a series of tunnels, and chambers spread out underneath that strange array that for the most part seem bear though some of them seem to still contain items inside of them. Several of these chambers have some form of barrier around them that prevents you from seeing inside.]

Spells/Inherent Powers
Earth Movement - You can manipulate the rock that makes up your body though the more you move the more mana you will exhaust.

[~Neri]

Study the Array. Before we begin changing shape we must ensure we do not disturb our foodsource.

[Demonic Spoon]

Study the Array. Before we begin changing shape we must ensure we do not disturb our foodsource.

+1

[adwarf]

Before you even begin to mess with anything on, or within your planetary body you immediately turn your sights on the Array formed on your surface in order to ensure that you have a continued source of Mana for you to wield, and to fuel your existence with. Time passes by slowly, but each moment of it is filled with countless discoveries and rather outstanding realizations as you come to understand some small part of how the array actually works which turns out to be far more simplistic than you thought it would be. The array may look complex at a glance, but from your observations you've learned its actually an intricately connected web of smaller arrays that amplify each others effects as more of them are connected together and you're certain that you can continue to expand the current one to at least twice its size. If your theory is right doubling the size of the array will complete it, and bring in five times the amount of mana it currently does though sadly with your current knowledge expanding the array anymore is near impossible ...

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Mana: 120/1000 (+10 Mana a year)

Planetary Body Info
Surface: (20 out of 360 Space used)
Incomplete Mana Gathering Array Network [An interconnected system of smaller arrays consisting of five in total that gather mana from the cosmos, and draw it into you. It is currently incomplete.]

Underground:
Small Tunnel System [It seems there is a series of tunnels, and chambers spread out underneath that strange array that for the most part seem bear though some of them seem to still contain items inside of them. Several of these chambers have some form of barrier around them that prevents you from seeing inside.]

Spells/Inherent Powers
Earth Movement - You can manipulate the rock that makes up your body though the more you move the more mana you will exhaust.

Known Magical Arrays
Lesser Mana Gathering Array [Costs 15 Mana to create one, takes up 2 Space, can be connected together in a network that causes the array to be more effective. Base Mana Income is 1. Five connected Arrays increases it to 10, and potentially at ten connected arrays it increases to 50. The current limit of connected arrays is ten for your level of knowledge]

[~Neri]

Well lets get to it! A bigger array means more food!

[Demonic Spoon]

Well lets get to it! A bigger array means more food!

Add 5 Lesser Mana Gathering Arrays to the network (-75 mana)

Seal off all surface entrances to the Tunnel System with Earth Movement.

[Whisperling]

PTW

[adwarf]

Your first action after discovering a method to create more of the arrays is to seal off the tunnel system from the surface which drains only a small amount of mana with the end result that anyone on the surface who tries to find the system with their normal senses will be incapable. With whatever it is inside of the tunnel system sealed away for you to observe at a later date you turn your attention to the incomplete array network on your surface, and begin to manipulate the surface to slowly form the arrays which is a process that you complete with ease as the only truly tasking thing about creating the arrays is how much time they take to form by delicately shifting your surface into the right shapes. The moment you finish connecting the five new arrays to the existing network you feel a sudden surge of Mana flowing into you that seems to change you further as something about your perception noticeably changes though for what reasons you're unsure.

As the changes finish you get a feeling that with a small use of mana you can more accurately look within your planetary body though you're unsure what you might find in the end.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Mana: 50/1000 (+50 Mana a year)

Planetary Body Info
Surface: (40 out of 360 Space used)
Mana Gathering Array Network [An interconnected system of smaller arrays consisting of ten in total that gather mana from the cosmos, and draw it into you.]

Underground:
Small Tunnel System [It seems there is a series of tunnels, and chambers spread out underneath that strange array that for the most part seem bear though some of them seem to still contain items inside of them. Several of these chambers have some form of barrier around them that prevents you from seeing inside. Sealed off from the surface.]

Spells/Inherent Powers
Earth Movement - You can manipulate the rock that makes up your body though the more you move the more mana you will exhaust.
Manasight - Using Mana to improve your perception you can now clearly observe things that might have otherwise be hidden away underground, or such. Currently the range of this sight seems to be restricted to your surface, and within your body.

Known Magical Arrays
Lesser Mana Gathering Array [Costs 15 Mana to create one, takes up 4 Space, can be connected together in a network that causes the array to be more effective. Base Mana Income is 1. Five connected Arrays increases it to 10, and potentially at ten connected arrays it increases to 50. The current limit of connected arrays is ten for your level of knowledge]

GM Note: Minor mistake on my part, the arrays take up 4 space each.

[~Neri]

Examine our innards! It's a good idea to know what is what and what is where!

[ATHATH]

Examine our innards! It's a good idea to know what is what and what is where!

+1!

[adwarf]

You quickly begin to funnel mana into your perception quickly allowing you to delve deeper into your planetary body to find what goodies might be hidden away deep beneath the surface. Several decades seem to slip by without your notice as you probe around your planetary body discovering pockets and small deposits of three different types of materials: some form of mana-imbued crystals, a vast deposit of mundane iron ore, and countless much smaller pockets of iron that has been imbued with mana over the years. The iron ore and its mana bestowed variant do not really stand out as you find them though the crystals do give you a shock at the massive amount of mana that has seeped into them ever since they came into existence, if you had to take a guess the crystals could restore your current mana pool almost completely from a depleted state.

Your scan ended on a bad note though as you discovered a small isolated chamber near your surface on the far side of your body from the array network during the last parts of your scan that gave you a massive shock. When you first moved your perception across it you recoiled in instinctive fear as you felt an entity contained within whose mana vastly surpassed what you're capable of, but before you began to panic your potential death so soon after coming into being you seemed to remember a faint feeling of suppression surrounding the entity. Taking a closer look you realize you can't actually see into the chamber, but the entirety of its walls are filled a massive complex array made to suppress and seal whatever being inside of it though that makes you even more fearful at the though of what power it could wield unsealed ...

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Mana: 920/1000 (+50 Mana a year)

Planetary Body Info
Surface: (40 out of 360 Space used)
Mana Gathering Array Network [An interconnected system of smaller arrays consisting of ten in total that gather mana from the cosmos, and draw it into you.]

Underground:
Small Tunnel System [It seems there is a series of tunnels, and chambers spread out underneath that strange array that for the most part seem bear though some of them seem to still contain items inside of them. Several of these chambers have some form of barrier around them that prevents you from seeing inside. Sealed off from the surface.]

Isolated Chamber [A chamber that is on the opposite side of your body from the tunnel system under your mana gathering array. You are unable to see inside, but you can clearly sense an entity within it that holds a power greater than your current capabilities. The entire chamber is enveloped in a array far beyond the mana gathering array's complexity that seems to be sealing whatever is inside.]

Mana-infused Crystals [Several small pockets underground are filled with these strange crystals that are filled to the brim with a level of Mana that could fill your somewhat limited pool in its entirety though what uses the crystals themselves could have you're entirely unsure.]

Iron Ore Deposit [There is one massive deposit of iron ore buried deep within your planetary body, even though its a fairly mundane material perhaps it could be of some use to you in the future.]
Mana Iron Deposits [There are dozens of tiny deposits of iron scattered throughout your body that have seemingly attracted mana during the time it took you to form though how it differs from normal iron you're completely unsure aside from it being far more durable]

Spells/Inherent Powers
Earth Movement - You can manipulate the rock that makes up your body though the more you move the more mana you will exhaust.
Manasight - Using Mana to improve your perception you can now clearly observe things that might have otherwise be hidden away underground, or such. Currently the range of this sight seems to be restricted to your surface, and within your body.

Known Magical Arrays
Lesser Mana Gathering Array [Costs 15 Mana to create one, takes up 4 Space, can be connected together in a network that causes the array to be more effective. Base Mana Income is 1. Five connected Arrays increases it to 10, and potentially at ten connected arrays it increases to 50. The current limit of connected arrays is ten for your level of knowledge]

GM Note: Resources discovered, and potential threat found. Try not to poke the bear

[TheBiggerFish]

((PTW))

[chaotic skies]

See if we can recreate the crystals. If so, make some more, and attempt to put mana into them. Storage is good.

[ATHATH]

See if we can recreate the crystals. If so, make some more, and attempt to put mana into them. Storage is good.

+1

[helmacon]

See if we can purify some of the mundane iron ore by pumping mana through it. My thinking is that different materials would move at different speeds when charged with mana, so we could use this process to separate the impurities from the pure iron. Also, we might discover other materials only present in trace amounts before. If the other materials move at different speeds, then any non homogeneous material should be separated into like groups, right?