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Essence Song Crystal

Edition: Second Rating: + Category: Miscellaneous Commitment: 0 Magical Material: Jade Source: Foweraker

A great many artifacts require a Hearthstone to power them. This has certain disadvantages, Hearthstones are rare and powerful ones are often coveted for their own properties, properties that are not available if the stone is used to power and artifact. This Artifact is designed to stand in for a Hearthstone, it is an intricately carved piece of jade of the same size of a normal Hearthstone. It is infact a small core of Jade (from the size of a pea to the size of a dust mote in the 5 dot version) surrounded in layers of Jade (from the thickness of cloth to the tickness of onion skin in the 5 dot version), each engraved with mystic symbols. It can power artifacts as if it where a Hearthstone, exactly how varies by the requirement of the Artifact:

If the hearthstone removes the requirement to pay an essence cost per use then these motes can be removed from the Crystals reserve of essence in stead. If the Hearthstone simply reduces the cost then the entire cost of activation can be taken from the Crystal if the owner wishes. If the Artifact requires essence to be spent to activate and has a Hearthstone socket then the Crystal allows the user to use its motes to pay the cost, rather than their own. If the artifact requires a Hearthstone to power it then the artifact drains (minimum hearthstone level requiredx15) motes from the crystal every hour. This essence is drained even if the Artifact is not in use, as such it is not advisable to leave the Crystal in an Artifact you do not intend to be using.

The Crystal can be used in many ways at the same time, for example if placed in a Fiery Solar Cannon and charged with Fire or solar essence it would drain 30 motes per hour and could also be made to pay the 1 or 2 mote activation cost per shot.

Likewise the Crystal can be recharged in several ways. The simplest is for an essence user to channel essence into it, transferring motes at a rate of 1 to 1. Alternatively the Crystal can be placed in a manse or demanse, taking (6-manse rating) hours to completely refill (proportionally less for a partly charged Crystal).

The basic crystal holds a reserve of 75 motes, enough to power a one dot Artifact for five hours or a five dot Artifat for one hour. More powerful crystals exists that can store more motes, adding 30 motes per additional artifact dot. (In reality the Crystal holds much more essence than this, otherwise it could not keep artifacts permantly powered. However the process of drawing essence to pay activation costs is inefficent as the Crystals where primarly designed to meet the second type of requirement. Likewise adding motes from a pool draws in a lot of motes from the surrounding area as well.)The Crystal is considered to a Hearthstone from a manse of the element that the colour of Jade is related to, however it can be made to act as a hearthstone of a different type if ALL of the motes in it come from an appropriate source. For example a Red Jade Crystal is charged by a Solar the Hearthstone is considered a Solar Hearthstone. Elementals and Exalts make it function as the element or Exalt type they are tied to, Gods can make it function as a Hearthstone of any type, based on the Storytellers discretion. Ghosts make it function as an Abyssal Manse and First circle Demons make it function as a Vitriol manse, Second or Third circle Demon as an appropriate Yozi manse. Gods associated with Luna or with change might make it function as a Lunar hearthstone whereas a God of War will more likely make it function as a Fire Hearthstone. As a general rule only Celestial Gods and Celestial Exalts can make it function as a Celestial Hearthstone.Source: FowerakerFor referance this table shows how long each Crystal will power an Artifact assuming it is full and expends no other essence.Essence Song Crystal 2 dot 3 dot 4 dot 5 dot1 Dot, 5 hours 1 Dot, 7 hours 1 Dot, 9 hours 1 Dot, 11 hours2 Dot, 2 hours (+15 motes) 2 Dot, 3 hours (+15 motes) 2 Dot, 4 hours (+15 motes) 2 Dot, 5 hours (+15 motes)3 Dot, 1 hour (+30 motes) 3 Dot, 2 hours (+15 motes) 3 Dot, 3 hours 3 Dot, 3 hours (+30 motes)4 Dot, 1 hour (+15 motes) 4 Dot, 1 hour (+45 motes) 4 Dot, 2 hours (+15 motes) 4 Dot, 2 hours (+45 motes)5 Dot, 1 hour 5 Dot, 1 hour (+30 motes) 5 Dot, 1 hour (+60 motes) 5 Dot, 2 hours (+15 motes)