Post by hengest on Oct 15, 2021 15:49:46 GMT -5
Rockrings are rings cut directly from stone. There is no metal band and no setting, simply a circular ring of stone, polished or rather rough. A known example of a polished ring has the appearance of red onyx, while several rough rings have been seen that were made from serpentine tiger eye.
They are made from rock taken from quarries in the northwest of the country. Their manufacture is technically but not magically demanding, and therefore they can be made (and almost always are made) by stonesmiths, not by magicians. Further, the maker cannot plan the ring's effects, which must be guessed from use. For this reason, their makers often sell them at a midrange price, and both seller and buyer have a chance at a "good deal."
The secret of their making has been known to a few for hundreds of years. This secret might be shared more widely, but the method required is exceptionally boring, and few have the patience to learn or practice it.
Typically the magical effects of rockrings do not imitate spells. Such a ring might grant an ability most do not possess, enhance a sense, suppress / redirect a habit, or have some other unusual effect.
A strange tale is told among the makers of rockrings. They say that there is one ring with a unique appearance, a kind of spotted gold that looks almost like a metal band with ribbons of stone threaded through it, and that this ring sometimes possesses another ring for a time, changing its appearance and power. Beyond this basic story, the tales quickly become fanciful, with claims that the spotted gold ring can speak through the wearer, or bestows the ability to "see through oneself," or leads one to the hillside where the "mother of all the rings" lives underground.
They are made from rock taken from quarries in the northwest of the country. Their manufacture is technically but not magically demanding, and therefore they can be made (and almost always are made) by stonesmiths, not by magicians. Further, the maker cannot plan the ring's effects, which must be guessed from use. For this reason, their makers often sell them at a midrange price, and both seller and buyer have a chance at a "good deal."
The secret of their making has been known to a few for hundreds of years. This secret might be shared more widely, but the method required is exceptionally boring, and few have the patience to learn or practice it.
Typically the magical effects of rockrings do not imitate spells. Such a ring might grant an ability most do not possess, enhance a sense, suppress / redirect a habit, or have some other unusual effect.
A strange tale is told among the makers of rockrings. They say that there is one ring with a unique appearance, a kind of spotted gold that looks almost like a metal band with ribbons of stone threaded through it, and that this ring sometimes possesses another ring for a time, changing its appearance and power. Beyond this basic story, the tales quickly become fanciful, with claims that the spotted gold ring can speak through the wearer, or bestows the ability to "see through oneself," or leads one to the hillside where the "mother of all the rings" lives underground.
