Kitchen appliances
Light, fire, and ice gems are quite useful in the day-to-day lives of just about anyone who can see or eat, and are an integral part of any conventional kitchen.
Fire gems ignite in fire, and keep burning until they have completely run out of mana. Most people travelling a great distance or remaining outdoors in general will carry around a fire gem (of maybe 6”?) that can burn for ten or so hours, as a reliable substitute for acquiring firewood or other materials to maintain a campfire. Technology that can only be described as resembling a propane stovetop is also common in most places: the fire gems can be used by anyone capable of any kind of magic. They are also safer than any flammable substance, since the gems (of about 1cm?) can only hold enough mana to burn for half an hour unattended, and produce a highly consistent flame.
In much the same fashion as fire gems, ice gems, bizarrely, ignite in fire, and keep cooling until they have completely run out of mana. They can be reasonably postponed by wrapping them in solid insulators such as wood, but in the end they will have eventually dispelled the appropriate amount of heat regardless. Once more, akin to fire gems, the most conventional household use for this is in a technology which can only be described as a refrigerator. A large ice gem is permanently installed in the back of an insulated metallic enclosure, and so long as its mana is replenished, it will continue to cool anything inside, and to some extent the surrounding area as well. Freezer rooms are also common when appropriate, such as behind butcheries or beside mansion kitchens.
Fire
Fire gems ignite in fire, and keep burning until they have completely run out of mana. Most people travelling a great distance or remaining outdoors in general will carry around a fire gem (of maybe 6”?) that can burn for ten or so hours, as a reliable substitute for acquiring firewood or other materials to maintain a campfire. Technology that can only be described as resembling a propane stovetop is also common in most places: the fire gems can be used by anyone capable of any kind of magic. They are also safer than any flammable substance, since the gems (of about 1cm?) can only hold enough mana to burn for half an hour unattended, and produce a highly consistent flame.
Ice
In much the same fashion as fire gems, ice gems, bizarrely, ignite in fire, and keep cooling until they have completely run out of mana. They can be reasonably postponed by wrapping them in solid insulators such as wood, but in the end they will have eventually dispelled the appropriate amount of heat regardless. Once more, akin to fire gems, the most conventional household use for this is in a technology which can only be described as a refrigerator. A large ice gem is permanently installed in the back of an insulated metallic enclosure, and so long as its mana is replenished, it will continue to cool anything inside, and to some extent the surrounding area as well. Freezer rooms are also common when appropriate, such as behind butcheries or beside mansion kitchens.
All gems share the property that anyone capable of using magic may use them by directing mana into them. For ignisible gems (light, fire, ice, dark, life, corruption), mana is stored before use, and the gem must be activated.
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