Dustshards Overview
Definition: Naturally occurring energy propellants activated by the magic of sentient beings.
True Nature:
Far more than simple magical catalysts.
Contain trapped elemental or draconic essences.
Types of Dustshards
Elemental Dustshards:
Crystals imbued with the essence of elementals.
Essence is typically trapped when an elemental passes through or interacts with the crystal.
Each shard carries the power of a specific elemental type (fire, water, earth, air, etc.).
Draconic Dustshards:
Found in the lairs and caves of dragons.
Crystals that absorb the ambient magical essence of the residing dragon.
Reflect the power and elemental affinity of the dragon that influenced them.
Physical Characteristics
Rare, vibrant, and multifaceted crystals.
Sizes range from tiny pebbles to large, fist-sized formations.
Emit a radiant glow that shifts color depending on their elemental alignment.
Valued highly for both magical crafting and advanced technology.
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Elemental Types |
Color |
Damage Type |
Attributes |
|---|---|---|---|
Ignis, fire shard |
Red/orange | Fire |
Red crystals with orange streaks, these burn hot and can reach high
temperatures. Found near lava and fire elementals.
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Glacies, ice shard |
White/blue | Cold |
White with blue streaks, these are ice cold. Found in glaciers and in
the core of ice elementals
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Fulgur, lightning shard |
Blue/yellow | Lightning | |
Aqua, water shard |
Blue/white | Bludgeoning |
|
Terra, earth dustshard |
Brown/green | Bludgeoning |
Brown with green streaks, these are usually found deep within the earth
and are the core of earth elementals
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Aero, wind shard |
Yellow/white | Thunder | |
Gravitas, gravity shard |
Purple/white | Force |
Purple crystal with white streaks, these are usually found under
floating sky islands |
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Metallic Types |
Color |
Damage Type |
Attributes |
|---|---|---|---|
Aeris, brass dustshard |
Brass/orange | Fire | |
Aereus, bronze dustshard |
Bronze/blue | Lightning | |
Cuprum, copper dustshard |
Copper/green | Acid | |
Aurum, gold dustshard |
Gold/red | Fire | |
Argentum, silver dustshard |
Silver/white | Cold |
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Chromatic Types |
Color |
Damage Type |
Attributes |
|---|---|---|---|
Furvus, black dustshard |
Black/green | Acid | |
Caeruleum, blue dustshard |
Blue | Lightning | |
Viridis, green dustshard |
Green | Poison | |
Rubrum, red dustshard |
Red | Fire | |
Albus, white dustshard |
White | Cold |
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Gem Types |
Color |
Damage Type |
Attributes |
|---|---|---|---|
Amethystus, amethyst dustshard |
Force | ||
Crystallum, crystal dustshard |
Radiant | ||
Smaragdus, emerald dustshard |
Psychic | ||
Sapphirus, sapphire dustshard |
Thunder | ||
Chrysolithus, topaz dustshard |
Necrotic |