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I wonder what people consider standard equipment in a Son of Ether Lab. Here are a few things I think of:

• Extension cords — lots of them.
• Duct Tape — holds everything together.
• A big Generator — More Power!
• Tesla Coils — gives good mad-scientist lighting.
• A good control panel with knobs, dials and buttons galore.
• A "Frankenstein switch" to pull for big effects.
• Spare lab coats — always have a clean lab coat on hand in case something important happens.
• Readouts with the glass covers off — so you can change the readings as needed.
• A skylight — Ok, more of a feature of the lab itself, but still essential.
• All kinds of scientific meters — Photometers, pH meters, volt meters, Gas Chromatograph, Odometer, etc.
• Ether Telescope and Microscope — to see things too small or distant for Ether goggles to pick up.
• Rubber gloves — for messy work.
• Sledgehammer, pipe wrench, pliers — for really messy work. For self defense too.
• Oil can — to get moving parts going right.
• Coffee machine — for those long nights.
• Lab Mice — even mages need cute pets. Never hurt them, only a cruel Technocrat would do that.
• A Freezer — for cold storage of things.
• Beakers and glassware and Bunsen Burners
• Acid of some type — to warn people away from.
• Many brightly colored chemical solutions
• Some Flourescent Fluid
• Silly Putty — for calibrating instruments, defying analysis and use on the funny papers.
• A really big Fish Tank — for immersing things
• An inflatable Godzilla Decoy — to fool rampaging monsters. Best if enhanced with a CO2 cartridge for quick inflation.
• Band Aids — For minor lab accidents and study.

For a Son of Ether botanist:

• Several dozen spray bottles containing a variety of plant nutrients
• A large hydroponics tank with gro-lighting adjustable to an extensive variety of colors
• Flowers which would change color whenever no one is looking at them
• A Familiar which appeared as a cross between Junior from Little Shop and Cleopatra from Addams Family
• Hundreds of soil samples, including some taken from Umbral Realms
• A seed collection containing varieties which were either extinct or which no one had ever heard of, as well as mundane ones
• An attached greenhouse which was conspicuously designed more to keep things in than out
• A cage and tank containing common feeder animals (goldfish and mice) though there appeared to be nothing to feed them to
• Several cages
• A flame thrower
• A moderate chemistry lab, mostly mundane
• The occasional small plant which would uproot and run away if anyone attempted to touch it
• A plot of carrots which appeared to be growing upside down (with the leaves in the soil and the root protruding)
• A couple cabbages which could occasionally be heard to hum tunelessly
• A hand-pump chemical sprayer labeled EMERGENCY in ominous lettering
• A notable lack of insects