Garnet

Tier: 4

Complexity: 16

Crafting Time: 3

A deep-colored gemstone with the most common being a deep pomegranate color, Garnet is fairly common in the jewelry trade. The Dvardiri find it attractive as a gemstone, due to its common occurrence and hardness, often incorporate it into their machinery, and it is used in their crafting style.

Properties

Physical & Chemical Properties

• Brittle
• Has disadvantage on break item checks caused by bludgeoning damage.
• Hard I
• Crafter has a -1d4 to checks to work this material
• Items made with this can’t be broken on a break item check under a DC 17.
• Tenacious
• Items made with this material can survive 4 break item checks
• Each time an item fails the break item check, the item increases its effectiveness
• Weapons deal gain a +1 to hit per fail
• Armor increases its AC by 1 per fail
• Sharp
• +5 to damage rolls on bladed weapons and ammunition

Carbuncle (Deep Red)

• Finalator Affinity
• While the Red Moon is full, items made of or socketed with this material have their effects doubled.
• Magical
• This material can be used to fortify spellcasting. It grants a +4 to spell attacks, damage, and spell saves to the following magic skills:
• Alteration Magic
• Conjuration Magic
• Chronurgic Magic
• Blood Magic
• Celestialism

Pyrope (Deep Red - Black)

• Solidified Flame
• Fire damage you deal deals an additional 4 fire damage.
• Magical
• This material can be used to fortify spellcasting. It grants a +4 to spell attacks, damage, and spell saves to the following magic skills:
• Destruction Magic
• Divination Magic
• Chaos Magic
• Flesh Magic
• Daemonism

Grossular (Green, Cinnamon, Red, or Yellow)

• Stratified
• Physical damage dealt to wearer is reduced by 4.
• Magical Physical damage and Force damage dealt by wielder is increased by 4.
• Magical
• This material can be used to fortify spellcasting. It grants a +4 to spell attacks, damage, and spell saves to the following magic skills:
• Alteration Magic
• Restoration Magic
• Order Magic
• Bone Magic
• Elementalism

Uvarovite (Green)

• Mediator Affinity
• While the Green Moon is full, items made of or socketed with this material have their effects doubled.
• Magical
• This material can be used to fortify spellcasting. It grants a +4 to spell attacks, damage, and spell saves to the following magic skills:
• Necromancy
• Illusion Magic
• Physical Magic
• Soul Magic
• Draconism

Compounds

Composite Alloy

• Gol'drakken Steel
• 1/5 Dragonsteel
• 1/5 Terrium
• 1/5 Veridium
• 1/5 Topaz
• 1/5 Grossular Garnet

Type

Mineral

Value

5 gp per carat

Rarity

rare

Color

varies with species

Density

3.6 g/cm^3

Related Species

• Dvardiri