Gems

Gems & Gemcrafting

What Are Gems?

There's powerful magic around us, basher, best you know that. I heard enchanters can use the very materials of the Verse to make powerful gems from exotic materials, ones which make you more stronger than a balor, sharper than an arcanoloth, faster than an air elemental, or even as angry as one of those Ragers that make a mess wherever they go. Barmy stuff, if you believe the chant! Speaking of, the gems come in three types, remember the The Rule of Threes, ye? Well, these Gems are Sapphires, Emeralds and Rubies. The enchanted gems those wigglers make can't just be carried around, oh no, they not only peel you for the gem, they also peel you for the necklace or ring as well which you put the Gem into! Worse than the Takers! But once you wear that gem, oh, you feel like a whole new walker. That's if you got the jink for them, I'd say. Speaking of jink, I ain't touting for free, hand me my fare.

What are Gems Mechanically?

Gems are an Enchanting Crafting system where an Enchanter can make very powerful Gems out of refined Rubies, Sapphires and Emeralds. Rather than giving a direct bonus the way Vanilla Neverwinter Nights does, Gems work by giving situational bonuses, changing mechanics or the like (similar to a talent system in some games). Gems take up the ring or amulet slots. Gem effects are tied to a level named Quality; the higher Quality, the stronger the Gem is. A Planeswalker can own and change Gems as much as they'd like, but changing (equipping/reequipping) them puts all of the effects on a five round (30 seconds) cooldown.

Besides the benefit of the Gem effect, they give no other effect, meaning a careful Planeswalker ought to prepare to make up for any missing properties they would've gotten from other rings or amulets.

How to Make & Use Gems?

As Gems are made by Enchanters, the Enchanting Workbenches can be found in the Tower of Mysticism, or possibly in a player owned shop. After finding an appropriate Workbench with the Gems name, the Enchanter simply chooses what Gem they'd like to make, or a Ring or Amulet with a Socket. Unlike Runes, an Enchanter knows immediately all of the Gems and what they do. An Enchanter can make any of the Gems and Rings or Amulets with Sockets. Gems are usable when an Unsocketed Gem is slotted into the appropriate Socket. Gems can be unsocketed. However the Enchanter's skill level limits the Quality of what can be made; a fledgling Enchanter could only make Gems and Socket Rings or Amulets on the first few Quality levels, while a Master Enchanter could make all ten tiers of Quality.

Gems can only be socketed into a powerful enough Ring or Amulet, which have three tiers:

• Low Quality (Qualities 1 to 2)
• Average Quality (Qualities 1 to 5)
• High Quality (Qualities 1 to 10)

The higher the Quality, the more gold (the currency), Arcane Dust, refined gems and refined gold (the material) is needed. This makes the most powerful of Gems with a High Quality very expensive and difficult to make, but very useful, often game-changing when used right.

Unlike Runes, Gems are usable even on lower levels due to the lowest Qualities! Experiment, mix and match!

Quick Run-down (TL;DR)

• Ensure you have:
  • Jink,
  • Arcane Dust,
  • Refined Gold of the Proper Quality
  • Refined Ruby, Sapphire or Emerald of the Proper Quality
• Make a Ring or Amulet with Sockets for Gems
  • The Ring/Amulet should be an appropriate Quality for the Gem
• Make a Gem
• Slot Gem into the Ring/Amulet
• Equip your Gem
• Enjoy!

List of Gems

The list is non-exhaustive and may not be up to date with the latest updates.

Note: Some of the Gems may currently not work as intended. Best inform yourself before seeking out specific Gems.

[Generously provided by the Sigil Enchanting Society]

Sapphire Gems

WIP

Ruby Gems

WIP

Emerald Gems

WIP

More Reading

For more up to date and complete lists, take a look at:

• SES's Public Gem & Rune List