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Ring of Protection
Image Credit: Chic Style, original photographer unknown.
Intent: To make an item for Phylis’ Alkahest (light alchemy) shop. This item is individually created and attuned to a single person. Whilst it does give powers, it is far from a ticket to invulnerability and is balanced by clear weaknesses.
On an OOC note the ring certainly does not make the wielder invulnerable, and like any RPing usage of this power, it requires the user to be moderate and follow the forum rules. This ring does not invent the power it uses, it merely amplifies it. It is for the user to determine how fairly/unfairly they use it.
Development Thread: Yes
Alkahest brainstorming thread.
Development of this ring.
Manufacturer: Phylis Alince
Model: N/A
Affiliation: Phylis Alince, the buyer.
Modularity: The metal of the ring can be changed. Usually gold is used, but silver, bronze or iron could be used. It can also take the form of an amulet around the neck, with the ring being replaced by a metal oval.
Production: Semi-Unique – each ring is made personally by Phylis, and requires a marketplace purchase. Where necessary a dev thread creating the object is done.
Material: Metal (gold in this case, but others are possible), energised crystal fragments, blood from buyer.
Description:
Phylis Alince’s recent discovery about the ability to use the Light Side to create alchemical effects led to the establishment of her shop. This is the second type of object created to be sold from her shop, an item to increase the power of Tutaminis in the wearer.
Sith alchemy, for thousands of years, has possessed the ability to enchant and infuse items with powers. This include amulets able to protect and ward the wearer. This precedent, using the Dark Side no less, gave Phylis hope that she could create a Light Side version even more suited to protection. For whilst the Dark is good at attack and destruction, the Light is strongest when being used for protection.
The construction method is as following. Please note, this writer is not a blacksmith or metallurgist, so any mistakes in the process must be put down to writer error.
This ring’s primary function is to boost the bearer’s defensive abilities. These abilities, collectively called Tutaminis, are also known by terms such as ‘Absorb’, ‘Protection’ and ‘Defence’. However, in basic, this ring increases one’s abilities with these Force talents, it does not allow them where they did not exist before, and they must be channelled as well by the wearer. Effectively, the one wearing this ring is easier and more effectively able to channel their protective abilities.
Primary Source: Based on the template of the previous item.
Intent: To make an item for Phylis’ Alkahest (light alchemy) shop. This item is individually created and attuned to a single person. Whilst it does give powers, it is far from a ticket to invulnerability and is balanced by clear weaknesses.
On an OOC note the ring certainly does not make the wielder invulnerable, and like any RPing usage of this power, it requires the user to be moderate and follow the forum rules. This ring does not invent the power it uses, it merely amplifies it. It is for the user to determine how fairly/unfairly they use it.
Development Thread: Yes
Alkahest brainstorming thread.
Development of this ring.
Manufacturer: Phylis Alince
Model: N/A
Affiliation: Phylis Alince, the buyer.
Modularity: The metal of the ring can be changed. Usually gold is used, but silver, bronze or iron could be used. It can also take the form of an amulet around the neck, with the ring being replaced by a metal oval.
Production: Semi-Unique – each ring is made personally by Phylis, and requires a marketplace purchase. Where necessary a dev thread creating the object is done.
Material: Metal (gold in this case, but others are possible), energised crystal fragments, blood from buyer.
Description:
Phylis Alince’s recent discovery about the ability to use the Light Side to create alchemical effects led to the establishment of her shop. This is the second type of object created to be sold from her shop, an item to increase the power of Tutaminis in the wearer.
Sith alchemy, for thousands of years, has possessed the ability to enchant and infuse items with powers. This include amulets able to protect and ward the wearer. This precedent, using the Dark Side no less, gave Phylis hope that she could create a Light Side version even more suited to protection. For whilst the Dark is good at attack and destruction, the Light is strongest when being used for protection.
The construction method is as following. Please note, this writer is not a blacksmith or metallurgist, so any mistakes in the process must be put down to writer error.
- Metal of choice put in the furnace.
- Blood taken from buyer, a small amount.
- Force sensitive crystal ground up and energised.
- Molten metal poured into mould along with some of the energised crystal and blood.
- Ring is cooled and removed from mould, touched up and polished.
- Surface is engraved as requested by buyer, remaining blood and energised crystal added.
- Desired Light Side Force energy channelled into ring.
- Buyer attunes with the ring to bind it to them.
This ring’s primary function is to boost the bearer’s defensive abilities. These abilities, collectively called Tutaminis, are also known by terms such as ‘Absorb’, ‘Protection’ and ‘Defence’. However, in basic, this ring increases one’s abilities with these Force talents, it does not allow them where they did not exist before, and they must be channelled as well by the wearer. Effectively, the one wearing this ring is easier and more effectively able to channel their protective abilities.
- The ring cannot be used effectively against melee strikes as it requires concentration to channel the ring’s power.
- The ring is best used in defence against ranged attacks and elemental strikes. It can also absorb ranged Force attacks.
- Phylis has not yet mastered the ability to render alkahest metals invulnerable like Sith alchemy. Though it is toughened compared with regular gold, it can still be destroyed by a hammer or fire for instance.
- The ring is attuned to one person only. Another person putting it on would be unable to use it effectively.
- As the ring is constructed using Light energies, a Dark adept putting it on will be at best unable to use it, at worst suffer a nasty rash.
- As Dark Side artefacts can be destroyed or disenchanted by Force Light, so this is vulnerable to the powers of a Dark Master, provided the item is not being worn by its owner.
Primary Source: Based on the template of the previous item.
