Gems, except not randomly generated

[gamecat]

Anyone recall Denrandrien's Jewlery and Gems Generator? It was an old VB 3.0 program that did just what its called. Really makes the gems kinda cool.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Anyone recall Denrandrien's Jewlery and Gems Generator? It was an old VB 3.0 program that did just what its called. Really makes the gems kinda cool.

Here is a on-line generator: http://www.rdinn.com/gem_descriptions.html

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

I told my wife about this thread and she referred me to a number of good sources on the magical significance of various gems and other stones, herbs, and incenses. I encouraged her to get an account, but she didn't seem interested. Here's what she had in a catalogue from Mystic Trader, a company from Riverside, CA that sells at the Ren fairs up and down the state:

Stones
Agate, Blue Lace: Stops stubbornness
Agate, Botswana: Helps to brig peace & calmness
Agate, Brown: Heals the sick, brings riches, happiness, health & long life
Agate, Lace: Helps build self-confidence
Agate, Moss: Cures eye disease, abundant harvest
Amazonite: Raises self-confidence
Amber: Lifts the spirit
Amethyst: Cure for drunkenness
Adventurine, Orange: Brings good luck & abundance
Bloodstone: Guards you against deception
Calcite, Green: Clears toxin from the body
Carnelian: Gives you courage, helps you to speak boldly & well, brings you friendship
Chrysoprase: Helps you ease any bad situations, brings gaiety & joy
Citrine: Protects against jaundiced liver ailments
Copper Helps cure arthritis and rheumatism
Eilate: Brings one feelings of love
Fluorite: Rekindles sexual appetite
Garnet: Protection from evil energy, brings you loyalty & devotion
Hematite: Stops bleeding, clears bloodshot eyes
Iolite, Blue: Helps you be a leader
Jade: Essence of Love, brings you strength & power
Jasper, Indian: Removes energy blocks in the body
Jasper, Leopard skin: Helps channel positive energy
Jasper: Cure for snake bites, drives away evil spirits, brings rain
Jet: Helps come up with constructive solutions
Lapis Lazuli: Cure for melancholy & fever
Lepidolite: Brings you peace, harmony & oneness
Loadstone: Brings you sympathy and love
Malachite: Keeps evil spirits away
Moonstone: Brings you good fortune, arouses the tender passions
Mother of Pearl: Reduces fear....Calming
Obsidian, Snowflake: Slows one's pace
Obsidian: Reveals the truth
Onyx: Provokes discord & separates lovers
Opal: For prayers & assurance of fidelity
Paua Shell: Reduces stress
Pearl: Chastitiy & purity
Peridot: Frees the mind from envious thoughts & treats disease of the liver
Petrified Wood: Helps calm anxiety
Pyrite: Protects against crocodiles
Quartz, Green: Brings fertility, abundance, & good luck
Quartz, Rose: Brings love, deals with matters of the heart
Quarts, Smoky: Removes negative energy
Quartz, Strawberry: Helps one to remember dreams
Quartz: Saves you from bad omens
Rhodochrosite: Increases long term memory
Rhodonite: Gives you confidence
Selenite: Assists the growth of trees & plants, brings good luck
Sodalite: Promotes courage, dispels fears & guilt
Sulphur: Use against colds & pains in the body caused by witches
Tiger Eye, Gold: Higher influences will come to you
Tiger Eye, Red: For health energy & courage
Tiger Eye, Blue: Keeps one active
Topaz, Blue: Brings much truth & wisdom to you
Topaz: Stimulates one to use the mind
Turquoise: Pulls one into the experience of unconditional love
Unikite: Enables one to take charge of one's life
Zoisite & Ruby: Makes one feel giving and happy

Color chart
Black: Protection from the evil eye
Blue: Truth, wisdom & good health
Gold: Brings higher influences
Green: Abundance, fertility, & good luck
Purple: Psychic abilities & powers
Silver: Removes bad omens
White: Purity
Yellow: Power of the mind​

Just typing this, some ideas come to me about how I might use this in-game: Brown Agate is clearly something every adventurer should carry an abundance of. Obsidian might make a good material component for a zone of truth spell. How about a goblet or tankard hewn from Amethyst? Enchant it with neutralize poison and you've got a vessel that the character can drink from all night with intoxication. Gold tiger's eye might be a suitable focus or material component for commune, contact other plane, or even planar ally spells. Protection from evil or magic circle against evil might work better if malachite were a part of the casting. Finally, smoky quartz is just too cool. Remove negative energy could be very helpful, depending on the campaign. what about a +1 to turning attempts or turning damage?

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

She also found a couple of interesting titles on Amazon:
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[Arbiter of Wyrms]

Here is a on-line generator: http://www.rdinn.com/gem_descriptions.html

Cool link!

 

[Shemeska]

There's always the good old fashioned Soul Trap gem - got something in it... can lead to some interesting situations, I reckon?

Half the time in my campaign it's a case of 'Ooooooh some gems!... with glowy things inside of them...'

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Arcana Unearthed allows the use of certain gems to enhance the power of certain spells. Kind of like ordering a "top shelf drink" at a bar, the superior material components (or foci) improve the DC, the accuracy, the power, etc. of the spell they are used with.

Various games have had Gem Mages who use gems either as foci, spellbooks/scrolls, or as sources of mystical energy.

You could associate gems with certain elements...like Opals for water, rubies for fire, diamonds for air, and emeralds for earth.

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

Arcana Unearthed allows the use of certain gems to enhance the power of certain spells.

AU or AE? I've never seen these rules?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

AU, P169, Spell Catalysts. Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, and Topaz are specifically mentioned, as is the fictional magical mineral, Andrecite.

I imagine there are more in AE, but I don't have that yet.

 

[Arkhandus]

Think someone here could describe, for instance, the basic appearance and colors of various gemstones and precious stones, for those of us less knowledgeable about it? I tend not to use certain gems mentioned in the DMG simply because I don't know how to describe them. I can describe several, but there are almost just as many I don't know the appearance of.