Item ‘an almost-finished portable stone buffer’ is type container, alignment 0, made of energy, has keywords ‘pneumatic hand cranked stone polisher almost finished portable buffer’. This item weighs 0 stones and 5 pebbles, and is valued at 2,125 gp. This level 5 item has the attributes: identified An almost-finished portable stone buffer is damaged. Capacity: 1 item. Maximum weight: 3 st, 50 pb. Flags: none When you look inside, you see: Nothing. *Your race must be something other than elf to use this item. *Your race must be something other than halfling to use this item. *Your race must be something other than half-elf to use this item. *Your race must be something other than dracon to use this item. *Your race must be something other than minotaur to use this item. *Your race must be something other than ogre to use this item. *Your race must be something other than drow to use this item. *Your race must be something other than fey to use this item. *Your race must be something other than sidhe to use this item. Buffers of this design are clearly a piece of gnomish technology, perhaps crafted for the dwarves or themselves. Baron Bloodbane is not an underdweller, and he is the subject of a near-global trade embargo. Given the frequency with which this model buffer has been spotted around the Proving Grounds, it seems unlikely that it can be chalked up to adventurers bringing them in and leaving them here. The question strikes: who is trading the mad Baron forbidden technology?