Crystal Ball

A Crystal ball is an orb made from any clear and reflective material, typically crystal glass. When used, the ball creates vivid images that appear within the glass, aiding in the clarity of scrying, communication, and divination spells. Alternatively, the user can project images from their mind's eye, making the ball a popular tool among storytellers. Multiple Crystal Balls can be linked in relays to share images across great distances in a process known as cabal. The images linked in this manner need not necessarily be magical ones, but can also be the mundane reflections on the glass. It should be noted that light saturation is often an issue in broadcasting via cabal and the more balls that an image needs to be transferred through, the brighter it becomes.
A Crystal ball functions best in a room that is completely dark with only a single light source positioned directly beneath it, however, if one is linking multiple balls then it may be best to have one in a well-lit area to record its surroundings and then relay to others.
Crystal Balls are sometimes used in conjuncture with Horns of Calling to have audio along with the visuals.
== Variants ==
=== Capture Crystal ===
Capture Crystals are rich violet crystal balls that cannot display images but can project an orb of visual capture around itself and then transmit that image to regular crystal balls. Images captured in this way will be entire 3-Dimensional spaces in which the receiving crystal can then focus on specific areas with no loss in resolution.
=== Keitai Crystal ===
Keitai Crystals are portable Crystal Balls whose mundane equivalent became prevalent during the Cyber Era.