Star Forge

The Star Forge blazes in Vul Darum, around a fallen star transported here by Stronmaus giants long before the draco-giant war. The Forge’s incandescent iron furnace spills light across the city, casting long shadows toward the streets of the mountain city.

Description

The forge itself is a great housing of iron. Pipes extend from a central vessel, channeling the radiance of the forge into a vent so bright it’s painful to look at. Giant runes etched on the iron flare with white light. The Star Forge sheds bright light for 100 feet and dim light for another 100 feet. An Undead that starts its turn in the bright light takes 3 (1d6) radiant damage. On a clear night, the light is visible for 300 miles.

Star Forge Magic

A creature with proficiency in appropriate artisan’s tools can use the Star Forge to create magic items using those tools and an amount of materials based on the item’s rarity. For every 8 hours of work, the creature can make an Intelligence check using its tool proficiency, with a DC set by the item’s rarity. On a successful check, the creature makes 100 gp worth of progress. On a failed check, no progress is made. For every 10 by which the check exceeds the DC, the creature makes an additional 100 gp of progress. The item is complete when the progress equals the cost of materials for the item.
Additionally, a creature that works material in the workshop area can use the forge to cast the fabricate spell requiring no spell components. Once this property has been used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

Adventure Hook

Here are sample adventure hooks to bring characters to the Star Forge or to give them missions to pursue there.

A Star Is Reborn

Thieves damaged the Giant runes stabilizing the Star Forge, and the fallen star at the forge’s heart is regaining its former magnitude. As the star’s power grows, frequent earthquakes release creatures from the elemental planes into the city and its diamond quarter. Unless the runes are repaired, the star threatens to consume the city—or perhaps the whole region.

Magnum Opus

A dwarf forge master is close to creating their greatest work, a runic colossus, but they lack a crucial component. If the characters find the scroll from the Elemental Collection in Azumar, it will allow the dwarf to complete its creation, in exchange the dwarf will forge a sentient legendary item for them.