Test of the Obelisk

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	Test of the Obelisk
Discipline
Architecture
Requirements
Level x Principles of Architecture Obelisk Construction Project Management
Principles
Learn Project Management Create Bricks Create Boards Gather Slate Harvest Flax Dry Flax in a Drying Rack or Flax Hammock Gather Clay Make Linen Gather Flint from Clay Beds Build a Small Construction Site Complete a size 7 or larger Obelisk
Demonstration
Demonstrated by oDiS in Seven Lakes on 12/12/2011.

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The Test of the Obelisk is the first test available in the discipline of Architecture.

Overview

Construct an Obelisk of whatever height you desire. Taller obelisks require more materials to construct. To pass the test, build the largest obelisk of its kind that has ever stood in the area, and have it stand a period of time without being surpassed by any others.

To gain the principle of the test, merely build a 7-cubit obelisk.

As the telling continues and more players participate in the test, taller and taller obelisks are required in order to pass. This increasing difficulty is mitigated by the availability of new obelisk types as technology progresses. Thus, for example, passing the test in a certain area might require a 213-cubit Desert Obelisk but a mere 15-cubit Marble Obelisk.

Obelisk types currently available:

• Desert Obelisk - built with bricks, boards, slate, dried flax, clay, linen, flint (Requires Obelisk Construction 1)
• Metallic Obelisk - built with iron, strontium, candles, leeks, mirrors, platinum, pewter (Requires Obelisk Construction 2)

Seeking to avoid unnecessary competition and waste, many (but by no means all) players voluntarily participate in regional obelisk queues, with each player in the queue building their obelisk in a pre-determined order and height until all have passed.

IMPORTANT: If you want to pass the test, thereby gaining a rank in Architecture, you might want to consult the building queues in your region (see below). However, you can also wait until more types of obelisks have been released; by that time most queues will have been dissolved and you can build a smaller obelisk with less stress.

Passing the Principle

Build an Obelisk of seven cubits of any type.

NOTE: After building a seven cubit obelisk and passing the principle, you can tear down the obelisk and get all the materials back, apart from those for the construction site. This is not possible for larger obelisks.

Warning: If you pass the test with your obelisk, or after an unspecified period of time, you won't be able to tear down your obelisk and salvage the materials. A passed obelisk will stand the whole Tale.

Passing the principle will get you a level. If you pass the test you will gain a rank in Architecture, which might or might not gain you another level. See Levels for more info.

Requirements:

• 231 Bricks
• 23 Boards
• 24 Clay
• 3 Dried Flax
• 1 Flint
• 7 Linen
  • The Make Linen step must be done using a Hand Loom or Student's Loom, an Automatic Loom won't count.
• 5 Slate
• A small Construction Site:
  • 1 Canvas
  • 4 Rope

Obelisk Queues

Regional Obelisk Queues. It is considered common courtesy to let the residents of a region sign up first for obelisk queues.
Note that some people do not believe that queues should be used to determine the order in which people pass this test.

• Cat's Claw Ridge
• Cradle of the Sun
• Desert of Nomads
• Desert of Shades
• Four Corners
• Lake of Reeds
• Midland Valley
• Old Egypt
• River Plains
• Seven Lakes
• Sinai
• South Egypt
• Valley of Kings
• Hinterlands

Types of Obelisks

• Desert Obelisk
• Metallic Obelisk
• Cut Stone Obelisk
• Hardwood Obelisk
• Marble Obelisk
• Crystal Obelisk
• Heavenly Obelisk

Note that a Cut Stone Obelisk requires Fertile Papyrus. Sterile papyrus will not work.