Weapon:Gleaming steel dagger inlaid with stylized onyx flames
| gleaming steel dagger inlaid with stylized onyx flames | |
|---|---|
| Look: | Well polished and sharp-edged, the inset black stone has been carved into an intricate interpretation of blackfire. |
| Type: | Light Edged |
| Range: | melee |
| Puncture: | somewhat fair (4/28) |
| Slice: | fair (5/28) |
| Impact: | dismal (1/28) |
| Fire: | no (0/28) |
| Cold: | no (0/28) |
| Electric: | no (0/28) |
| Force of Impact: | terribly (1/17) |
| Balance: | very well (10/17) |
| Suitedness: | dismally (2/17) |
| Construction: | average construction (9/18) |
| Metal: | Yes |
| Weight: | 10 stones |
| Appraised Cost: | 1,500,000 Kronars1,200,000 Lirums <br />1,082,400 Dokoras <br />1,500 LTBpoints <br />1,500 Tickets <br />1,500 Scrips <br /> |
| Properties: |
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| Dimensions: | 3 length x 1 width x 1 height |
| Sources: | Source is Museum of Imperial History |
You recognize that the dagger is a ritual focus. It's a tool that assists in harnessing the mana required to cast ritual spells, if it is invoked while the spell is being prepared.
In particular, this directly assists in harnessing mana. When activated, the dagger will accumulate energy from mana streams that pass through it, stored within a core of specially enchanted cambrinth. The enchantment is designed for fluid discharge rather than lifespan, so the magician must skillfully direct the spell energy within moments of reaching the desired charge.
The mana manipulation done through ritual foci are crude and often sharply limited by the design of the enchantment. Most ritual foci are limited to being useful only to a specific book of magic, though foci designed with incredible skill can be more broadly useful. No known ritual focus is fine enough to work at a level above the blunt strokes of empowering a ritual, much to the relief of their users' job security.