Well I just finished City of the Fallen Sky and loved the two whole chapters about Numeria's Technic League and the insides of Starmount as well as the bits and examples about the technology in starmount. I got curious about the corpse that held the few relics Alaeron was able smuggle out of Numeria.
the book describes the insides of Starmount being a mixture of natural rock formations, bio-organic, and sheer star metal. They mention some areas being made out of glass that cant be cut through and obvious relics behind the glass. Other hazards within Starmount are fungus, slime and ooze, unstable rooms, and poisonous gas filled chambers. Though unnatural hazards seem to be actual traps inside Starmount, Zernebeth triggered a trap that resulted in her death at the hands of a bright flashing light that seared her flesh.
The Relics of Starmount, the relics recovered by Alaeron were individual items when combined formed a 'engine' out of multiple items. There was one relic that allowed him to control the other relics in his possession forming the control of the engine but there was a problem. The rig wasn't built for humans and had god like powers when united with the user and caused damage to him. Kormak has internal augments and has a coat with what I'm guessing bags of holding on the inside holding enough relics to arm a army, mot his relics seemed like easily wands and such and one robotic drone/insect like construct. The Gearmen look like they took the shape of man when they encountered it and they have a alien feel to them. Starmount itself is a anomaly that natural life will not go near, if they do the Technic Adepts will find their mounts either in the 'mood' or prone to eat their riders.
The Technic League is very decadent and secretive in search for powerful weapons and do attempt to rebuild or alter relics often resulting in death and his fellow members fighting over the remains of his works including patched up tech and knowledge. The Technic League itself is a odd thing though, they have exotic taste and this is in taste and their choice of mounts and slaves.The Black Sovereign likes seeing power in his hold, seems the League never seen a alchemist bomb until Alaeron appeared.
Over all Numeria and its decadent ruler and his group of debased arcanist are interesting, the wreckage of Starmount and what litters Numeria's badlands are strange places, the local flora and fauna are strange.It fell before the time of the Shory as well, the Shory Noble claimed his people flew over Starmount but avoided it saying it was 'poisonous'.
Has anything add to it? Any other examples of relics, technic league members, wreckage, or other fluff for Numeria? Any other automatons in Numeria mentioned?
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In dungeon of Golarion there is the description of the "Red Redoubt of Karamoss: A unique siege castle filled with weird technological marvels from the savage land of Numeria".
In dungeon of Golarion there is the description of the "Red Redoubt of Karamoss: A unique siege castle filled with weird technological marvels from the savage land of Numeria".
That is indeed my favorite source book by far for Golarion and made me think that possibly the Red Redoubt itself is a piece of technology Karamoss adapted, isn't there a spell to create a castle or mansion? It was described to have sprung up over night and the materials it is built of are a mixture of sky metal and other metals.
Red Redoubt is one of my favorite dungeons, full of promising materials, vague enough to be adapted to your taste, and the rules describing technology are even referred to be easily used as magic items if the DM does not like the technological parts that are reference to Numeria.
On the mention of Karamoss he was described as no longer human but not fully machine. His entire venture into Starmount is interesting, he 'adapted' his knowledge of the machines in Starmount to be able to be built for his own purpose. Didn't his Machine Soldiers predate the Gearmen?