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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormprince" data-source="post: 262117" data-attributes="member: 2046">Re: Re: Re: QuestionPurchased components, at least the ones at those listed prices, would be considered untainted, almost "normal" components. Purchasing Essences of Quality are considerably more expensive. Air isn't for sale because "normal" air is all around <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Pure water is a bit easier to get access to than it would be here in our world. A mineral spring, an untouched stream, etc., are all sources of pure water. As for Fire, all that's needed is an ember or spark, so flint and steel, a tinderbox, or other such device is all that's necessary (hey... carrying a torch? There's your component right there! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />) The dwarves use a device similar to a censer... it contains a smoldering piece of dung (I know, I know, but it burns clean and they consider horses to be one of their sacred animals!) that is used as the component for their common Fire spells.Essences of Quality, which are even more pure and special, are slightly more difficult to come by, but increase the spellcaster's ability to cast the spell.Fine Essences, such as purified water; air from a cold, crisp day; rich, brown, fertile loam; an ember of high-grade charcoal, can be purchased from temples and mageware shops for silver instead of conents.Exceptional Essences are fairly rare: a spark from the Holy Fires of Dwarfdom; air from the top of the highest mountain in the Divine Lands of the Tromek; water taken from a large glacier in the frozen lands in the north; pure quartz, gold, or even uncut, large gemstones for Earth magic. They are twice as useful as Fine Essences, but are considerably more expensive.Holy Essences are extremely rare: Water from the Ork's holy site, Mt Sa'Gra; a stone from the ruined Temple of the Magi in Old Vinnengael; the breath of an Air-aligned dragon; the feather from a phoenix... they are extremely potent and never for sale on the open market (black market, on the other hand...).Contaminated essences (such as dirt from a stable floor, or the air in a smokey tavern) can inflict penalties to spellcasting, much in the same way that Quality Essences provide bonuses.All this, and more, can be found in the Codex Mysterium *plugs away!* <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Christopher</blockquote>

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