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You know, I've been waiting to make that joke for months now.

The Magestone setting is obviously named after magestone, but what is this magestone exactly? The short asnwer is that it's a large magolt crystal that glows blue when it has been fully charged with magical energy. All forms of magolt may be sometimes called magestone, but technically the term is only used of high quality blue or green magolt. There is also a far more common form of magolt, the red magolt, but it can't hold as high a charge nor nearly as long.

Uncharged magolt is a translucent dark grey crystal with a subtle purple or red tint to it. It consists predominantly of the element goetium. Magolt crystals are highly valued because of their unique ability to hold high magical charges, sometimes several orders of magnitude higher than the surrounding area. High quality magolt will also hold this charge for a very long time, sometimes thousands of years. In a sense it is used by mages as a kind of portable battery that they can draw power from, but for thousands of years now it has been used power technology as well. If it wasn't for magolt, the War of Ruin might never have happened, or at least would have been much less devastating.

The signature glow of magolt depends on how charged the crystal is. All forms of magolt start glowing dark red at first, developing into a purple hue. Magestone begins to glow bright blue as it is fully charged, while the even rarer green magolt, also known as dragonstone, glows turqoise or cyan. This characteristic glow is created by the interaction of goition and thaumion particles, an effect that can sometimes also be seen during spellcasting or wherever high amount of magical energy is concentrated in a small space.

Description
You know, I've been waiting to make that joke for months now.

The Magestone setting is obviously named after magestone, but what is this magestone exactly? The short asnwer is that it's a large magolt crystal that glows blue when it has been fully charged with magical energy. All forms of magolt may be sometimes called magestone, but technically the term is only used of high quality blue or green magolt. There is also a far more common form of magolt, the red magolt, but it can't hold as high a charge nor nearly as long.

Uncharged magolt is a translucent dark grey crystal with a subtle purple or red tint to it. It consists predominantly of the element goetium. Magolt crystals are highly valued because of their unique ability to hold high magical charges, sometimes several orders of magnitude higher than the surrounding area. High quality magolt will also hold this charge for a very long time, sometimes thousands of years. In a sense it is used by mages as a kind of portable battery that they can draw power from, but for thousands of years now it has been used power technology as well. If it wasn't for magolt, the War of Ruin might never have happened, or at least would have been much less devastating.

The signature glow of magolt depends on how charged the crystal is. All forms of magolt start glowing dark red at first, developing into a purple hue. Magestone begins to glow bright blue as it is fully charged, while the even rarer green magolt, also known as dragonstone, glows turqoise or cyan. This characteristic glow is created by the interaction of goition and thaumion particles, an effect that can sometimes also be seen during spellcasting or wherever high amount of magical energy is concentrated in a small space.