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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 9409657" data-attributes="member: 20323">Zeth has had his fair share of gems tested by skeptical jewelers and gem-cutters... This device seems to be designed around a similar principle to test the quality and strength of a gem, but it goes a step further in that it is drawing on some kind of magic to transform a gem placed within it into a gem of greater value. It could be described as a form of dwarven alchemy.However, the process is not meant to be static – you don't get the device set up and leave it, rather the magical energies must be actively manipulated by a spellcaster... either through force of will or expenditure of their own magical power. This requirement of active manipulation suggests that there's some dynamic aspect to the device – for example, it might be working with a living energy or the dwarves see gems as having some kind of life force.It seems likely that just as power could be imbued into a gem (not only to enhance its monetary value, but to give it magical powers), this could also be used to repair a damaged gem, or to drain the magic from a magical gemstone. Likewise, it might be possible to take the magic properties of one gemstone and imbue them into another.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 9409657, member: 20323"] Zeth has had his fair share of gems tested by skeptical jewelers and gem-cutters... This device seems to be designed around a similar principle to test the quality and strength of a gem, but it goes a step further in that it is drawing on [I]some kind of[/I] magic to transform a gem placed within it into a gem of greater value. It could be described as a form of dwarven alchemy. However, the process is not meant to be static – you don't get the device set up and leave it, rather the magical energies must be actively manipulated by a spellcaster... either through force of will or expenditure of their own magical power. This requirement of active manipulation suggests that there's some dynamic aspect to the device – for example, it might be working with a living energy or the dwarves see gems as having some kind of life force. It seems likely that just as power could be imbued into a gem (not only to enhance its monetary value, but to give it magical powers), this could also be used to repair a damaged gem, or to drain the magic from a magical gemstone. Likewise, it might be possible to take the magic properties of one gemstone and imbue them into another. [/QUOTE]

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