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WHEEL OF WIND AND WATER                              ELDRITCH MACHINES

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            When mounted at the helm of an elemental             maintain the KZMI\QWV NWZOM that produces the
            galleon or airship, this wheel allows a creature     warforged. In the Shadow Marches, druids guard
            that possesses the Mark of Storm to telepathically   the seals that hold the Daelkyr at bay. In the
            control the elemental bound inside the vessel.       [M_MZ[ JMTW_ ;PIZV  I UIL OMVQ][ X]\[ \PM ÅVIT
              If a _PMMT WN _QVL IVL _I\MZ is mounted on a       touches on a device that will turn the people of
            mundane sailing ship, a creature with the Mark       the city into undead monstrosities.
            of Storm who is using the wheel can create             All of these are MTLZQ\KP UIKPQVM[. They are
            an area of ideal conditions around the vessel,       wondrous locations: magic items of immense
            increasing its speed by 5 miles per hour.            power, but so large that they cannot be moved.
                                                                 -TLZQ\KP UIKPQVM[ always require rare components
                                                                 but creating an MTLZQ\KP UIKPQVM could require one
                                                                 or more planes to be coterminous or it might
                                                                 only be possible to build it in a manifest zone.
                                                                   Ultimately, MTLZQ\KP UIKPQVM[ are plot devices.
                                                                 Their powers are far beyond the standard level
                                                                 of what is possible in Eberron, but such a device
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                                                                 plan or a last defense against evil that must be
                                                                 protected at all costs.


                                                                  DIMENSIONAL SEAL

                                                                   A dimensional seal is a massive stone slab
                                                                    covered with a complex pattern of runes and
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                                                                     I   UQTM ZILQ][  <PQ[ ÅMTL JTWKS[ ITT NWZU[
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                                                                      that involves teleportation or planar travel.
                                                                     Dimensional seals are usually found in the
                                                                     Eldeen Reaches and the Shadow Marches—
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                                                                    Gatekeepers and the daelkyr. The techniques

























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