Plinite

Plinite is a type of gemstone found in the Elemental Confluence. Each shard of plinite has a core inside, which may be recovered with EXTRACT (which requires locksmith skills and preserves the plinite shell) or OPEN (which destroys the shell). Both the shard and the core may be sold at gemshops, and certain types of cores have magical properties. Once plinite has been EXTRACTed, it needs to be PLUCKed to remove the core inside without shattering the casing.

A locksmith can, prior to the extraction attempt, use DETECT on the plinite to try to ascertain the difficulty of a core extraction.

Description

a shard of {color} plinite

You see a jagged shard of a rough gemstone-like material. Tiny explosions of raw elemental energy are visible within the translucent surface of the shard. At its center, you see a faintly glowing core that does not seem to be an integral part of the shard. It looks like it could be carefully EXTRACTed without damaging its casing with the right tool. You also suspect that you could simply break OPEN the shard to retrieve the core.

Plinite Color	Value
a shard of blackened plinite	~100
a shard of grey plinite	~600
a shard of brown plinite	600-1.5k
a shard of green plinite	2k-4k
a shard of orange plinite	3k-9k
a shard of red plinite	4k-9k
a shard of purple plinite	5k-12k

Cores

This list is not necessarily exhaustive, as there may be very rare cores that have yet to be found and cataloged.

Unless otherwise stated, cores with magical effects can only be used once and crumble immediately on activation.

Core Color	Element
Blue	Lightning
Brown	Earth
Clear	Air
Grey	Steam
Red	Fire

Core Name	Value	Type	Effect
a faintly glowing core	3k-47k	N/A	None
an elementally tranquil core	5k	Transport	Raise to teleport group out of the Confluence to attuned instability
an elementally churning core	5k	Transport	Raise to teleport to attuned instability when outside the Confluence
an elementally stable core	5k	Elemental Aura Stabilization	Prevents being dispelled when DS is too high (5 min)
an elementally balanced core	5k	Elemental Transfer Protection	Prevents weapons from heating/cooling, and prevents lightning elemental reactive flares (5 min)
a smoldering red core	~5k	Defensive Elemental Aura	Reactive/defensive magma flares (10 min)
a smoking black core	~5k	Defensive Elemental Aura	Reactive/defensive fire flares (10 min)
a vibrating brown core	~5k	Defensive Elemental Aura	Reactive/defensive earth flares (10 min)
a sparkling blue core	~5k	Defensive Elemental Aura	Reactive/defensive lightning flares (10 min)
a steaming grey core	~5k	Defensive Elemental Aura	Reactive/defensive steam flares (10 min)
a swirling clear core	~5k	Defensive Elemental Aura	Reactive/defensive air flares (10 min)
a damp green core	~5k	Defensive Elemental Aura	Reactive/defensive water flares (10 min)
a frosty white core		Defensive Elemental Aura	Reactive/defensive cold flares (10 min)
an undulating [element] core	~5k		Adds offensive flares to your weapon
an absorptive [element] core	~8k	Elemental [element] Protection	? (10 min)
a green pulsating core		Elemental Enhancive Stabilization	Prevents enhancives from losing charges (30 min)
a silvery luminescent core	10k	Spell knowledge	Elemental Defense I (401) (5 min)
a brightly luminescent core	10k	Spell knowledge	Elemental Defense II (406) (5 min)
a brilliantly luminescent core	10k	Spell knowledge	Elemental Defense III (414) (5 min)
a dark ethereal core	10k	Spell knowledge	Elemental Wave (410) (5 min)
a void black core	10k	Spell knowledge	Elemental Dispel (417) (5 min)
a wispy blue core	9k	Spell knowledge	Flaming Aura (1706) (5 min)
an iridescent glowing core		Alchemy ingredient	Rodyn potion, extremely rare

Background

The following background is taken from A Survey of Notable Magical and Anti-Magical Phenomena within Solhaven, Vornavis and Surrounding Lands.

Plinite is a substance created by compressing the raw elemental energies of an elemental into a single stone. It can be used as an amplifier and catalyst of great power for many elemental magics. It is of local significance because it was both first created here in the summer of 5109 and because at least one sample remains in the region. The process to create Plinite was developed by a burghal gnome by the name of Jegrato Plin. The papers containing the process were confiscated upon the gnome's daughter's death and taken by the former provost of Solhaven, Paidreg Venquinor. With these plans, a large sample was created and frequently employed by Venquinor in the following months to combat the incursions of water elementals. Most of Venquinor's stone was destroyed after the working of the magics to restore the town following its destruction. My recommendation is that the sample in the hands of Darbo Phoop be confiscated by the Hall, as this substance is far too volatile and powerful to be left in common hands. (See Appendix F for what is known of the formulas needed to create Plinite. It should be noted that the full process was lost with the original Venquinor's death.)

Resources

• Plinite research thread - Player's Corner