Gems and crystals
Index
Black opal
Blight Crystals
Dagaronzie's Gem
Mind Crystals
Outreach diamonds
Owen's Elemental Crystals

Black opal
This is an enormous Black Opal. It is dark green mottled with black. It is known to be worth 1000gp.

Campaign lore: Artak bought this gem from a gem dealer in the town of Riga during game 2693:4.


Blight Crystals
The areas of Blight which plagued the Ivrean lands were caused by much larger versions of the Mind Crystals. The largest of all of these stones is known as the Soul Crystal, and is located deep in the underground warrens of the illithids.

Campaign lore: Before his apparent demise on 2705:3:3, Camanthalar discovered some sort of link between the life crystals and the Blight crystals. His attempt to sever that link caused the massive explosion in the elven forests. Building on his research, Owen, Euvgeni and Damalanthas made a daring raid on the illithid Soul Crystal in 2705:5. By using his Elemental Crystals, Owen was able to disable the Soul Crystal and break the controlling link it had over the Mind and Blight crystals.


Dagaronzie’s gem
Although he was not able to identify its nature, Damalanthas noticed that the source of the blinding flashes Dagaronzie used on Euvgeni, Damalanthas, ZzerisS and Prince Fen-Reshk was a gem or an amulet lodged into the scales of the dragon’s neck.
Mind Crystals

These small gemstones come in many forms. The crystals are mined by the Urgari dwarves, sent to the Tel for 'cutting' and then transported to Simipia for distribution. They are are also known as life crystals. The Blight Crystals and the Soul Crystal are larger versions of the same type of stone.

Campaign lore: The Lords of Rotan first encountered these strange gemstones on 2705:2:26, when Annaline approached Tekuna to discuss a deal between the Rotan Merchants’ Alliance and the Simipian Merchants’ Guild to distribute the stones. Since then, several of the Lords friends and companions have been exposed to the crystals, including Belimirar (on 2705:2:27), King Anwell (on 2705:2:28) and Thoylin (who owned several, but managed to give them up).

Further research by Tess Sulinavallea has revealed that these crystals can be used as storage containers for psionic energy by people with psionic powers. She also believes that prolonged exposure to the crystals may increase the likelihood of an individual manifestic psionic abilities.


Outreach diamonds
These clear blue-white diamonds are mined in the Upper Forest of Outreach. They vary in size greatly, with smaller stones usually worth 100-500 gp, and the largest specimins worth as much as 5,000 gp if cut correctly.

Campaign lore: As a gift during 2694:5, Euvgeni allowed Flash and Joranth to take some gems from a loaded wagon bearing his country's riches. After the wedding ceremony on 2694:5:25, the other companions presented Euvgeni with wedding gifts. In return, Euvgeni also presented them with large Outreach diamonds.

Tekuna and Damalanthas both sold their diamonds in 2694:5, in Pirs. Flash used his diamond to pay for the large bill Sonya had amassed during a shopping spree in 2694:6. Joranth left his diamond to his children, who sold it shortly after his death. Artak and Souriin still have theirs. Euvgeni often carries some smaller Outreach diamonds with him to pay for things.


Owen’s Elemental Crystals
These colorful stones are in tune with the forces of good, evil, law and chaos and Owen can use them to sense the balance of those forces in his surroundings. In addition, the crystals act as Owen’s divine focus.

Owen’s chance to sense the prevailing balance depends on the scope of the area he attempts to sense. The crystals are most attuned to an area approximately the size of a large town, they can be used to sense the balance of much large or smaller areas, but with a smaller likelihood of success:
 

Approximate size of area
Chance to sense balance
Nation
5%
Region
30%
City/town
90%
Building
50%

Campaign lore: Ralmen, Guardian of the Sacred Grove, gave is first set of crystals to Owen several decades ago. In 2705:5, Owen, Euvgeni and Damalanthas made a heroic raid on the chamber of the illithid Soul Crystal. Owen used his Elemental Crystals to disable the Soul Crystal, but lost them in the process.

During an investigation of the vanished Blight at the end of 2705:8, Owen was able to salvage enough fragments of one of the Blight Crystals to fashion a set of replacement Elemental Crystals.