Primordial remnant

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"In the beginning, there was an endless expanse of salt..." - Toady One, Future of the Fortress

Primordial remnants, alternatively known as remnants of creation and mythical remnants, are a type of procedurally-generated material that can be found as artifacts.

Properties

Properties
Material value 200☼ Impact strength 2 GPa Shear strength 2 GPa ×1.2 Fire-safe Magma-safe Melting point None Boiling point None Ignition point None Solid density 1000 kg/m³ Specific heat 7500 J/kg·K

The name and appearance of a remnant is generated based on its associated sphere. This linkage is consistent between all remnants and mysterious dungeons - "cosmic wood" might be guarded by "adepts of the forest," while a "primal crystal" might generate "gem worshippers". Currently, only one type of remnant can exist in a world.

Remnants have identical mechanical properties to divine metal- their yield is 1,000,000 KPa in all dimensions, and fractures at 2,000,000 KPa - superior to steel. They are perfectly inelastic and can be extremely sharp, with a strain-at-yield of 0 and a max edge of 12,000. Their density is 1,000 kg/m³, about as much as wood. Remnants are completely fireproof.

(A remnant associated with the sphere of metals gains the [ITEMS_METAL] token, and is thus recognized as being metal.)

Because remnants are hidden in mysterious dungeons without any historical interactions, they can't be viewed in legends mode until they're encountered in play.

Raw material

Small remnants originate from mysterious lairs, though historical figures can steal them like other artifacts, and bring them into the wider world.

They have, as of yet, no known powers or uses. Religions seek to gather them, and therefore offer a quest to retrieve one.

They are categorized as a "small rock," like those used for knapping.

List of remnants

There are unique sprites and different colors for primordial remnants, depending on the sphere they are attached to.

Icon	Sphere(s)	Name	Color
	Default / None	glitchstuff	Black
	Mountains, Minerals, Caverns	stone	Gray
	Jewels	crystal	White
	Chaos	chaos	Red
	Darkness, Death, Nightmares	darkness	Black
	Dreams	dreamstuff	Green
	Fire	fire	Red
	Light	light	Yellow
	Lightning	lightning	Yellow
	Metals	metal	Silver
	Moon	moonstone	White
	Muck	mudstone	Brown
	Oceans, Water	ice	Blue
	Plants	leaf	Green
	Salt	salt	White
	Mist, Sky, Storms, Wind	cloudstuff	White
	Stars	stardust	Yellow
	Sun	sunstone	Yellow
	Trees	wood	Brown
	Volcanoes	obsidian	Red

Equipment

Jewelry and weapons made from primordial remnants are found in mysterious dungeons and palaces, respectively. These items are also magical, granting the wielder use of an X interaction. Weapons made from these materials are as strong as divine metal. For more information on magic powers and their effects, see intelligent undead.

List of powers

Icon	Power	Flavor text
	Ice Bolt	This item shimmers with frost.
	Propel Away	Air swirls around this item.
	Pain	This item feels sinister.
	Paralysis	This item feels strangely still.
	Blisters	This item feels prickly.
	Sicken	This item is unsettling.
	Bleeding	N/A
	Blind	This item is difficult to look at.
	Rot	This item smells foul.
	Dizziness	This item seems to spin in place.
	Suffocate	This item whistles quietly.

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A world can generate where sweet dreams are made of these. Adventurers might have to travel the world and several seas, as everybody (or at least the clergy) is looking for something.

A Chosen undead can gather fire-based remnants to prevent the Age of Death.

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mythical_remnant_adjectives={ "primordial", "elder", "cosmic", "primal", "elemental", "primeval" } mythical_remnant_spheres={} mythical_remnant_spheres.MOUNTAINS={ name="stone", color="4:0:1", state_color="GRAY" } mythical_remnant_spheres.MINERALS=mythical_remnant_spheres.MOUNTAINS mythical_remnant_spheres.CAVERNS=mythical_remnant_spheres.MOUNTAINS mythical_remnant_spheres.EARTH=mythical_remnant_spheres.MOUNTAINS mythical_remnant_spheres.JEWELS={ name="crystal", color="7:0:1", state_color="WHITE" } mythical_remnant_spheres.CHAOS={ name="chaos", color="4:0:1", state_color="RED" } mythical_remnant_spheres.DARKNESS={ name="darkness", color="0:0:1", state_color="BLACK" } mythical_remnant_spheres.DEATH=mythical_remnant_spheres.DARKNESS mythical_remnant_spheres.NIGHTMARES=mythical_remnant_spheres.DARKNESS mythical_remnant_spheres.DREAMS={ name="dreamstuff", color="2:0:1", state_color="GREEN" } mythical_remnant_spheres.FIRE={ name="fire", color="4:0:1", state_color="RED" } mythical_remnant_spheres.LIGHT={ name="light", color="6:0:1", state_color="YELLOW" } mythical_remnant_spheres.LIGHTNING={ name="lightning", color="6:0:1", state_color="YELLOW" } mythical_remnant_spheres.METALS={ name="metal", color="7:0:1", state_color="SILVER" } mythical_remnant_spheres.MOON={ name="moonstone", color="7:0:1", state_color="WHITE" } mythical_remnant_spheres.DARKNESS={ name="mudstone", color="6:0:0", state_color="BROWN" } mythical_remnant_spheres.OCEANS={ name="ice", color="1:0:1", state_color="BLUE" } mythical_remnant_spheres.WATER=mythical_remnant_spheres.OCEANS mythical_remnant_spheres.PLANTS={ name="leaf", color="2:0:1", state_color="GREEN" } mythical_remnant_spheres.SALT={ name="salt", color="7:0:1", state_color="WHITE" } mythical_remnant_spheres.MIST={ name="cloudstuff", color="7:0:1", state_color="WHITE" } mythical_remnant_spheres.SKY=mythical_remnant_spheres.MIST mythical_remnant_spheres.STORMS=mythical_remnant_spheres.MIST mythical_remnant_spheres.WIND=mythical_remnant_spheres.MIST mythical_remnant_spheres.STARS={ name="stardust", color="6:0:1", state_color="YELLOW" } mythical_remnant_spheres.SUN={ name="sunstone", color="6:0:1", state_color="YELLOW" } mythical_remnant_spheres.TREES={ name="wood", color="6:0:0", state_color="BROWN" } mythical_remnant_spheres.VOLCANOS={ name="obsidian", color="4:0:1", state_color="RED" } materials.mythical_remnant.default=function(sph) local lines={} lines[#lines+1]="[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:METAL_TEMPLATE]" local sph_info = mythical_remnant_spheres[sph] or {name="glitchstuff", color="0:0:1", state_color="BLACK"} lines[#lines+1]="[DISPLAY_COLOR:"..sph_info.color.."]" lines[#lines+1]="[BUILD_COLOR:"..sph_info.color.."]" lines[#lines+1]="[STATE_COLOR:ALL:"..sph_info.state_color.."]" lines[#lines+1]="[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:"..pick_random(mythical_remnant_adjectives).." "..sph_info.name.."]" lines[#lines+1]="[MATERIAL_VALUE:200]" lines[#lines+1]="[SPEC_HEAT:7500]" lines[#lines+1]="[MELTING_POINT:NONE]" lines[#lines+1]="[BOILING_POINT:NONE]" lines[#lines+1]="[ITEMS_HARD]" if(sph=="METALS") then lines[#lines+1]="[ITEMS_METAL]" end lines[#lines+1]="[SOLID_DENSITY:1000]" lines[#lines+1]="[LIQUID_DENSITY:1000]" lines[#lines+1]="[MOLAR_MASS:20000]" lines[#lines+1]="[IMPACT_YIELD:1000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[IMPACT_FRACTURE:2000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[IMPACT_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:0]" lines[#lines+1]="[COMPRESSIVE_YIELD:1000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[COMPRESSIVE_FRACTURE:2000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[COMPRESSIVE_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:0]" lines[#lines+1]="[TENSILE_YIELD:1000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[TENSILE_FRACTURE:2000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[TENSILE_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:0]" lines[#lines+1]="[TORSION_YIELD:1000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[TORSION_FRACTURE:2000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[TORSION_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:0]" lines[#lines+1]="[SHEAR_YIELD:1000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[SHEAR_FRACTURE:2000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[SHEAR_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:0]" lines[#lines+1]="[BENDING_YIELD:1000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[BENDING_FRACTURE:2000000]" lines[#lines+1]="[BENDING_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:0]" lines[#lines+1]="[MAX_EDGE:12000]" return {mat=lines,weight=1} end

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