[UA] Magic Snow!

[Susan Dohnim]

We had another session last night, and the Fabulous Manteufel Sisters (and 
some other guy) did many things -- one of which was save Santa Claus.

Santa had been captured and . . . well, I don't want to spoil the whole 
thing, but let's just say that apparently you can't kill Santa in 
Christmasland even when you try really really hard. Oh, the Violence checks. 
It was not a pretty sight.

So anyway, we saved him from a grim fate, and he gave us presents. They seem 
somewhat non-magical, BUT as Amanda Manteufel was leaving, she grabbed a 
handful of snow. Amanda's no fool -- snow from Christmasland is just damn 
cool.

But not *too* cool. You see, in Christmasland, it's always 50 degrees. And 
Christmasland snow doesn't melt at that temperature.

And it doesn't melt at 50 degrees in the Real World, either.

So now Amanda's in the Real World with a big snowball (soon to be two small 
snowballs) from an Otherspace, Christmasland. She's confirmed that this snow 
does not melt at 50 degrees. And it sure in the hell looks exactly like 
snow.

Gotta be worth something, right? Hell, this is potentially Wake-The-Tiger 
stuff -- she goes into a science lab, shows them her snowball, they confirm 
that it's frozen H20 that doesn't melt at 50 degrees, and they have to 
either start making Unnatural checks or start quoting Vonnegut's Cat's 
Cradle.

But Amanda's not interested in that. No, Amanda wants to get some $$ or 
equipment (magical or otherwise) that will allow her to do her job better.

Which brings me to the question. What do you do with magic snow? What kind 
of value might it have? What kind of ritual could it be used for; what kind 
of item might it be used to help create? Trader Joe (a Gambler) put the 
estimated price at around 30k. Maybe, maybe (though Amanda would prefer to 
get something other than cash).

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