Mana Battery Jewelry

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Mana Battery Jewelry is made of aranthium and thus can store mana for later use by CASTing spells at it, with the exception of Elemental Detection (405), which will only tell you the function. They were first made available for sale at Mysteries of Mana during Briarmoon Cove 2020. It should be noted that unlocks are a very rare service and cost upwards of 5 million silver.

Tier 1

At this tier, the Mana Battery Jewelry can be infused with 20 mana to be absorbed later. Some mana will be lost during the initial transfer, so low mana spells may not infuse anything. It has not been tested to see if Mana Control has any effect on transfer. The jewelry has 4 hour cooldown for using the mana, but will still accept infusions during this period. This cooldown applies to both player and the jewelry, so it cannot be stacked by using multiple pieces.

Upon casting a spell at the jewelry, it will gain a temporary long description that is tied to the spell circle used. It will trigger a series of 4 ambient messages, including the one that signifies it losing its luminescence (setting it back to the standard 15/15/15 appearance). The ambients can be triggered at any time, even if the jewelry is full or on cooldown, and you can reset the count by casting on it again while it's still active.

Analyze

You analyze your aranthium armlet and sense that there is no recorded information on that item.  It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer.

You get no sense of whether or not the armlet may be further lightened.

Usage

Verb First Third
CAST
(405)
As you direct your mystical senses toward a vine-etched aranthium armlet, you feel it drinking in the power of your spell. You get the sense that it might be able to absorb the mana of spells cast at it. N/A
CAST
(unsuccessful)
The magic of your spell frays and unravels into threads of raw mana, intense royal blue in color, before sinking into the surface of the armlet. A blindingly white aura plays over the armlet's surface, taking on vivid cerulean hues.

You get the feeling that only trace amounts of mana survived the transition, and failed to charge your aranthium armlet.

N/A
CAST
(successful)
The magic of your spell frays and unravels into threads of raw mana, intense royal blue in color, before sinking into the surface of the armlet. A blindingly white aura plays over the armlet's surface, taking on vivid cerulean hues.

You manage to instill 3 mana into your aranthium armlet.

N/A
Note: If you have filled the piece, it will append "The armlet is now full of mana." to the end of the messaging.
CAST
(already activated)
The magic of your spell frays and unravels into threads of raw mana, intense royal blue in color, before sinking into the surface of the armlet. The vivid cerulean aura wreathing the armlet intensifies for a moment.

You get the feeling that your aranthium armlet can hold no more mana.

N/A
Note: This is also showing the message you get when it is full, to simplify the chart, but can have any other outcome while reactivating. Reactivating will restart the ambient messaging back to full count.
TOUCH
(off cooldown)
You touch the surface of your aranthium armlet and focus on siphoning the stored mana within. A trickle of magical power flows into your body from the armlet, suffusing you with energy.

The armlet goes dark and still as the light haloing it dies away.

XXX touches his aranthium armlet and seems to grow suddenly energized.

The armlet goes dark and still as the light haloing it dies away.

Note: It will append the message "Try as you might, you cannot hold all of the power within the armlet." to the end of the first line if you cannot take all the mana. It will leave the remaining mana infused in the jewelry, but will still trigger the four hour cooldown, so use it wisely.
TOUCH
(on cooldown)
Your mystical senses feel too dull to draw mana from your aranthium armlet. N/A

Tier 2

At this tier, the jewelry can be infused with 30 total mana. There are limited unlocks to this tier.

Tier 3

At this tier, the jewelry can be infused with 40 total mana. There are very limited unlocks to this tier.

Additional Information

Appearance by Spell Circle

Each spell circle will affect the ambient messaging, the CAST messaging, and the long description added to the base description while ambients are activated. For example, a vine-etched aranthium armlet becomes a vine-etched aranthium armlet wreathed in pulsing red luminescence if an Empath Base spell is cast at it, or a vine-etched aranthium armlet wreathed in dim rainbowed luminescence if a Minor Elemental spell is cast at it. You can override one appearance by casting a spell from a different circle.

Spell Circle Surface Color Aura Style
Bard Base pulsing gold and green thrumming green-golden
Cleric Base radiant white-golden shining aureate
Empath Base roiling incarnadine pulsing red
Paladin Base pure silver sparkling argent
Ranger Base verdant green viridescent
Sorcerer Base shadow-drenched black tenebrous
Wizard Base intense royal blue vivid cerulean
Minor Spirit milky white incandescent white
Major Spirit niveous white fulgent white
Minor Elemental swirling multicolored dim rainbowed
Major Elemental dancing prismatic bright rainbowed
Minor Mental ethereal violet dusky aubergine

Ambient Messaging

The ambient messaging is random, except the final one in the list. Only four (including the deactivating message) will play, unless the effect is refreshed with another spell. There is no significant difference in third person messaging.

Intense royal blue energy crackles through the vivid cerulean aura of your aranthium armlet before dying away.

The vivid cerulean aura of your aranthium armlet wavers slightly.

Intense royal blue radiance plays over the surface of your aranthium armlet like light reflecting off of a pool's surface.

Like a candleflame stirred by wind, the vivid cerulean aura of your aranthium armlet dies away before blazing back to life.

Intense royal blue sparks spiral up off of the surface of your aranthium armlet.

Faint occlusions cloud the vivid cerulean aura of your aranthium armlet.

The aura wreathing your aranthium armlet brightens dazzlingly for a moment.

The corona of the vivid cerulean aura enshrouding your aranthium armlet throbs like a beating heart.

The radiance wreathing your aranthium armlet fades away.
Mana Battery Jewelry Information
Type Mechanical
Item Classification Accessory
Item(s) Applied to Jewelry
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep No
Original Release Merchant Meluan
Original Release Venue Briarmoon Cove 2020
Tiered Yes
Number of Tiers 3
How to Unlock Merchant
Restrictions Short description only.
Metal cannot change, but does not have to be in the description.
Unlocking is a rare service that is priced accordingly.