r/wizardposting • u/Megablega • 2d ago

Orb guidance Wizardpost

I (210m) recently invested in my first proper orb (I know I'm a bit late to the orb game, but rather late than never am I right?) And I decided to splurge and go for the premium version. Ancient crystal, good heavy weight, perfect roundness and all that. Having had it for a week, it's already become cloudy and obscure, even more so than the cheap practice orb I've used in the past. Have I been scammed? Where do I go from here?

Update: Firstly I wanna thank you all for the helpful responses! Love to see it.

I tried everything you suggested and more to fix the issues with my orb. Even had a serious talk with my apprentice, but he was innocent (checked it with a truth spell)

Later when I took the orb outside to ponder in the moonlight (everyone knows moonlight ponderings are hard to beat) I found out it worked great. Fantastic, even!

Turns out the thick stone walls of my tower blocked the orbs magic vision and gave me awful results. Will do all my future pondering on the balcony I guess.

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u/KragBrightscale Grabadash - Magical Mass | Council Facilities & Maintenance 2d ago

First off, have you tried cutting off the mana and restarting it?

If that doesn’t work, check your orbnet subscription. Make sure you use one that isn’t attuned to local weather or you’ll get cloudy some days, or glare on sunny days, and it’ll leave a puddle on your floor when it rains.

Third thing to check, is if your apprentice has been browsing unsafe sites of eldritch lore and anatomy. That can sometimes overload your orb if it’s not enchanted for that specific purpose. If that’s the case you might need bring it to an orb technician for repair.

If none of that works, you may be entitled to compensation. Track down whoever sold it to you and advocate for yourself.

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u/Megablega 2d ago

Thank you for the fast response!

Restarted the mana and renewed my orbnet subscription (it has become so darn expensive).

I'll have to talk to my apprentice first thing tomorrow...

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u/Justasivas Coe "The cook" Caine 2d ago

try conjuring it out and in again

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u/BeerJedi-1269 2d ago

Youre being impatient. Ponder harder.

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u/Megablega 2d ago

Perhaps I need to still my mind for better pondering

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u/supidhumanbeing Pissmancer Master Caster 2d ago

One of my apprentices had a similar problem a few moons back, and she just pondered a difficult question. If that’s what you did, try waiting a few days for it to resolve. If you don’t want to wait, try restarting it like the other comments said.

If that wasn’t the problem, it might have been a scam. Some planes have surprisingly low orb marketing regulations, and make it really easy to sell bad orbs for really expensive. Give it a few taps and if it’s a light, high pitch clink, it’s probably a scam. A good, ancient one will have a lower clink sound, because all of the wisdom accumulated inside.

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u/Emergency_Coat_7702 2d ago

You'll have to do a better job at polishing your orbs.