Item:Inscribed pink quartz cube: Difference between revisions

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inscribed pink quartz cube
Look:	The etchings look like an illegible fractal pattern.
Weight:	10 stones
Metal:	Unknown
Uses:	3
Appraised Cost:	500,000 Kronars400,000 Lirums <br />360,800 Dokoras <br />500 LTBpoints <br />500 Tickets <br />500 Scrips <br />
Properties:	This item is magical. This holds the Thoughtcast spell.
Dimensions:	1 length x 1 width x 1 height
Sources:	Source is Huldah Shrine prizes 410

You should get three more fully powered spells out of the cube before it wears out, or more with conservative use.

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 |noun=cube
 |look=The etchings look like an illegible fractal pattern.
-|MTag=Quartz
+|MTag=quartz
 |CTag=pink
+|STag=fractal
 |type=casts spell, magic
+|wearloc=-
 |uses=3
 |weight=10
+|appcost=500,000
-|source=Huldah's Shrine Prize 410
+|lsize=1
+|wsize=1
+|hsize=1
 |sourcetype=-
 |spellcast=Thoughtcast
 |fname=No
 }}
+You should get three more fully powered spells out of the cube before it wears out, or more with conservative use.
-You recognize that the cube is a complex runestone.  While the mechanics are fundamentally different, they function almost identically to the iconic devices that inspired them.  The chief difference is that the conductive pathways of devices like this can be invoked with any percentage of mana used by its spell.
-Complex runestones function due to the presence of mana-conducting pathways embedded within the cube.  Carefully harnessed mana will favor the conductive paths over the nominal resistance of the cube's mass, saturating them and forming the framework of a spell pattern.  Complex runestones are a modern invention, favored for the small size and variety of forms they can take, but often cost a premium due to the advanced metallurgy and tools required to work with the tiny, mana-conductive filaments.