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| - Introduced on the Land of Light and Rain, unused for a significant while, it was the one in Jade's House that first showed how the device works. Essentially, it uses the codes appropriated to represent items as a reference point to replicate them physically, as well as combine them together. When used in conjunction with the Captchalogue Cards of a Sylladex, provided they've been punched or the code on the back can be seen, an Alchemiter can easily generate a replica of almost any item conceivable. As well, there are nigh innumerable combinations possible for said items.
- Found within the Phernalia Registry, Cruxite dowels can be placed on the pedestal where they will be scanned and an object will be created by the Alchemiter using alchemy. An unaltered Cruxite dowel appears to create Perfectly Generic Objects while one that is carved by the Totem Lathe will create an item specific to the pattern in which it was carved. The Alchemiter is used by Rose to help John defeat Crude Ogres.
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| - Found within the Phernalia Registry, Cruxite dowels can be placed on the pedestal where they will be scanned and an object will be created by the Alchemiter using alchemy. An unaltered Cruxite dowel appears to create Perfectly Generic Objects while one that is carved by the Totem Lathe will create an item specific to the pattern in which it was carved. The Alchemiter is used by Rose to help John defeat Crude Ogres. While the Alchemiter at first glance appears to only allow duplication of objects, John discovers that new items can be created by combining the hole-patterns of two or more items in various ways. This creates an item that usually shares qualities of all of the original items. The process appears to be rather context-sensitive, as the resultant item can possess qualities that the original items were only implied to have. For example, Rose's Needlewands have magic powers since they were made from a statue of a wizard, even though the statue itself possessed no appreciable magic power. John has noted that the alphanumeric code found on Captchalogue cards is too limited to cover every possible item in the world, so the alchemy process may be less free-form than it appears. Certain key items (such as the Sburb Beta) lack readable codes and cannot be alchemized without the laserstation. Pumpkins (and ghost imprints thereof) also have no code, and never will have one. File:Alchemiter sigil.png However, an item isn't needed to make one. All you need is a cruxite dowel, you can carve it with the Totem Lathe to get a specific item, you choose how it's carved by inserting a punched captchalogue card. You punch captchalogue cards using the Punch Designix. You can punch cards with codes taken from the back of captchalogued items or randomly, or via two methods of combining items. There are two ways to combine cards for the Alchemiter: "||" combine and "&&" combine. The difference between these is merely the way you punch the card, || (the "OR" combine) means you punch a hole in the result card for every hole there is in either card, done methodically. The second && (the "AND" combine) means you merely line the cards up next to each other, so that anywhere that there's a hole in both there's a hole in the result card. Appropriately for AND combining, an && alchemy result will often demonstrate the functionality of both components – e.g. Dave's iShades can be a phone and a rad pair of shades – while an || alchemy result will typically have the functionality of only one of the components, but the form of the other – e.g. the Hammerhead Pogo Ride, which is just a pogo that happens to be hammer-shaped. Due to the Alchemiter's rather abstract means of combining items, it is possible to create the same item through varying combinations of ingredients, and thus, vastly differing quantities and types of grist. Unsurprisingly, the trolls also have Alchemiters as they are an important part of the game and therefore most likely appear in every session - at least ones able to bear a universe. The Trolls' meteor has at least four alchemiters.
- Introduced on the Land of Light and Rain, unused for a significant while, it was the one in Jade's House that first showed how the device works. Essentially, it uses the codes appropriated to represent items as a reference point to replicate them physically, as well as combine them together. When used in conjunction with the Captchalogue Cards of a Sylladex, provided they've been punched or the code on the back can be seen, an Alchemiter can easily generate a replica of almost any item conceivable. As well, there are nigh innumerable combinations possible for said items.
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