Out of the Rough: Magic Gems in RPGs

Gems as magic items have properties that can effect their enchantment:
*Color
*Name: A Heliotrope (bloodstone) might have better affinity to certain necromantic and/or healing spells
*Timing: Birthstones
*Peer Pressure:
*Value: This becomes an issue in high TL settings or where gemstones are so easily available/made they are worthless as in with the planet Betelguese in Lost in Space's "Treasure of the Lost Planet" or the Enterprise in "Catspaw" of Star Trek
*An Unspoken Contest
==References==
*Pyramid 3/1: Tools of the Trade: Wizards pg 28
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