I am looking for gem magic, at the moment stone mages (in atlantis) is the only one I can think of at the moment.
There are no listings for sunstone or opal as far as I am aware.
With oregon being an gemstone rich area and some gems not having any listings (again as far as I have found) it stands to reason that there maybe a race/culture that has developed some magic utilizing the gem stones as well as the knowledge to shape them?
Regional gem/stone magic?
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Regional gem/stone magic?
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Re: Regional gem/stone magic?
The use of Stone Magic spread over pretty much the entire Earth due to the spread of the Atlantian and Lemurian clutures.
Which is why, in the Palladium world at least, there are Pyramids everwhere and the like.
We know that there was stone magic in use in the Pacific, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
As for the gems... the list is basically just a list of a few stones that probably sounded good at the time. If you want to add more, feel free. Pick a few spells or themes and say "this gem can work with this"
I do this all the time for the hundreds and hundreds of spells that don't have gems that TWs invariably want to try and use in a design.
Which is why, in the Palladium world at least, there are Pyramids everwhere and the like.
We know that there was stone magic in use in the Pacific, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
As for the gems... the list is basically just a list of a few stones that probably sounded good at the time. If you want to add more, feel free. Pick a few spells or themes and say "this gem can work with this"
I do this all the time for the hundreds and hundreds of spells that don't have gems that TWs invariably want to try and use in a design.
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Re: Regional gem/stone magic?
eliakon wrote: Pick a few spells or themes and say "this gem can work with this"
I do this all the time for the hundreds and hundreds of spells that don't have gems that TWs invariably want to try and use in a design.
This.
I generally use semi-precious stones for lower-level stuff, or assign several different related spells to one particular type of gemstone.
If you can find mythical or folklore attributions of certain qualities to a particular gemstone, all the better.
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Re: Regional gem/stone magic?
Thank you. Not quite sure how to play up the various colors of sunstone yet, but should be interesting.
When I post an idea, game balance is my only concern. For rules see rule zero and for canon look at RUE PAGE 372. Only 2 questions need consideration is it fun? Is it balanced?
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