Source Starfinder #16: The Blind City pg. 50 Bulk L While the true origin of this artifact was lost in the Gap, some
believe it was created by a gnome inventor who sought to
permanently reverse the course of the Bleaching that affects
all of gnomekind. The Harmonic Reassembler is a large musical
instrument comprising a series of glass bowls overlapping one
another and set around a shaft of pure noqual. The bowls are
spun by an internal engine, and a musician gently touches them
to produce haunting tones, which can be adjusted by a series of
pedals and levers that send mild electrical currents through the
shaft. Some scholars believe the noqual shaft was selected for its
ability to resist magical effects, allowing it to serve as a sort of
nullifying “ground” for the instrument’s transformative effects.
When certain chords are played on the Harmonic Reassembler
by a trained musician, it can produce incredible magic.
Before you can produce any magical effects with the
Harmonic Reassembler, you must first learn one of the specific
chords described below. Doing so takes 1 week of study and
a successful DC 30 Profession (musician) check; if you are
being taught the chord from someone who already knows it,
you gain a +4 circumstance bonus to this check. Once you
know a chord, you can play it as a full action; an additional
successful Profession (musician) check is required to produce
the desired effect, as noted in each chord’s description.
Playing a chord on the artifact is dangerous, as the magic can
backfire if you aren’t a talented enough musician. You must
be adjacent to the Harmonic Reassembler to play it, and you
can include yourself as a target of its effects if you wish. Each
effect produced by the artifact can target only living creatures
that can hear the music, so each effect is sense-dependent.
Chord of Baleful Transformation: Playing this chord
requires a successful DC 34 Profession (musician) check.
When you do so, you can choose up to four creatures within
30 feet (no two of which can be more than 30 feet apart) that
can hear the Harmonic Reassembler to transform them into
Small creatures of your choice. This effect functions as per
the 6th-level version of mass baleful polymorph with a Will saving throw DC of 29. The
effect lasts for a maximum of 20 rounds as long you play
the Harmonic Reassembler each round (a standard action);
otherwise, the effect is immediately dispelled (unless you
have chosen to make the duration permanent, as noted in
the spell). If you fail the Profession (musician) check by 10
or more, you must attempt a DC 29 Will saving throw or
be immediately and permanently transformed into a Small
animal or similar beast, as per the final step of the 6th-level
version of baleful polymorph.
Chord of Disassembly: Playing this chord requires a
successful DC 34 Profession (musician) check. When you do
so, you can choose up to three creatures within 100 feet that
can hear the Harmonic Reassembler to be affected as if they
were struck by the ray produced by disintegrate (Fortitude
DC 29 partial). If you fail the Profession (musician) check by
5 or more, you are affected by the disintegrate spell instead
(and must attempt the same DC 29 Fortitude save). If you fail
the Profession (musician) check by 10 or more, you take a –4
penalty to the saving throw.
Chord of Reincarnation: Playing this chord requires a
successful DC 30 Profession (musician) check. When you
do so, you can choose up to four living creatures within 30
feet that can hear the Harmonic Reassembler
to have a seed of rebirth grow within them.
The next time that creature dies within the
next 30 days, it is immediately affected by
the reincarnate spell; it takes 1d4 rounds
for the creature to gain its new form. The
target also doesn’t suffer any of the negative
levels or Constitution drain normally imposed
by reincarnate. If you fail the Profession
(musician) check by 5 or more, you take 2
Constitution drain (no save). If you fail
the Profession (musician) check by 10 or
more, you also take 2 permanent negative
levels (no save).
Chord of Rewiring: Playing this chord
requires a successful DC 32 Profession
(musician) check. When you do so, you can
choose up to 10 living creatures within 100
feet (no two of which can be more than
30 feet apart) that can hear the Harmonic Reassembler to partially turn them into robotic
beings. This effect functions as mass rewire
flesh with Will and Fortitude saving throw
DCs of 29. The effect lasts for a maximum of
20 rounds as long you play the Harmonic Reassembler each
round (a standard action); otherwise, the effect immediately
ends. If you fail the Profession (musician) check by 10 or
more, you instead take 20d6 slashing damage as your organs
turn to steel components; you can attempt a DC 29 Fortitude
save to halve this damage.
The Harmonic Reassembler is currently in the hands of a
wealthy gnome composer and musician named Rumdigo who
uses it to transform paying audiences into squoxes and other
harmless creatures for brief periods. Some believe he is the
artifact’s original creator, though he vehemently denies this.
He is currently attempting to discover new chords that can
affect nonliving creatures and objects.
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