 Dimensional Modulator
Source Starfinder #16: The Blind City pg. 52
Level 14; Price 56,000; Bulk 2DescriptionSuspected to have been left behind by an ancient alien
civilization that abandoned its home planet sometime during
the Gap, a dimensional modulator looks like an asymmetrical
computer with a display depicting several vertical columns
of glowing digital runes that continuously morph and
shift. The display is attached seamlessly to a cylindrical
clockwork engine the approximate size and weight of a fire
extinguisher, containing myriad ancient-looking cogs and
gears incongruously integrated with more modern parts.
A series of tuning forks of varying lengths, which protrude
from the top of the apparatus, move when a large mechanical
crank affixed to one side is operated. Three times per day as
a standard action, you can aim the device at a single creature
within 30 feet and turn the crank clockwise five full turns; this
requires the use of two hands. This causes the dimensional
modulator’s engine to generate bright flashes of energy, the
symbols on its display to change rapidly, and the
tuning forks to spin, rise, and fall, emanating
an eerie tone. The target must then
succeed at a DC 22 Fortitude save
or be immediately transformed
into a two-dimensional
creature for 1d4 rounds.
If the target succeeds
at the saving throw,
there is a 50% chance that you
are affected by the dimensional
modulator instead. You must attempt the
same saving throw, but if you fail, you are transformed for
1d6 rounds instead.
Any creature that becomes two-dimensional in this way
is perfectly flat and thin as paper, as if the creature is an
animated painting or living shadow. Any equipment a two-dimensional
creature is holding at the time of transformation
transforms with the creature. Such a creature can only move
and take the combat banter action to speak. They can pass
through other creatures’ spaces without provoking attacks
of opportunity and can move along ceilings, floors, walls,
and other flat surfaces as if affected by spider climb (though
they need not have any limbs free to do so) at double their
normal land speed. A two-dimensional creature can attempt
Perception and Stealth checks, gaining a +10 circumstance
bonus to Stealth checks if they move along a wall covered in
paintings, graffiti, or other images. A two-dimensional creature
can still be the target of attacks, spells, and special abilities,
but they gain a +8 circumstance bonus to Armor Class, a +4
circumstance bonus to all saving throws, and DR 20/magic. If
a creature dies while two-dimensional, their image is etched
permanently onto the flat surface where they perished.
Some believe the aliens who created the dimensional
modulators are still alive today, having transformed
themselves into creatures perceived in more dimensions than
most denizens of the Pact Worlds can comprehend.
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