Blood rock was a rare, magical variety of stone that would form at areas where great violence was committed,[1][2] such as the site of a great slaughter, a site of ceremonial sacrifices,[2] or the site of an ancient battlefield.[1]
Properties[]
This stone was charged with necromantic energy,[3] or what some described as being the very essence of war and violence.[1] Its name was derived from the mineral streaks that ran through it, which were blood red in coloration.[3]
When carried around, blood rocks did not impart any special benefits.[1] But when one stood upon it, a creature had a far greater chance of inflicting a significant wound upon a foe,[1][2][3] making weapons strike harder and claws tear deeper than they would otherwise.[1]
A creature that died upon blood rock would have its life force pulled at by the necromantic energies that suffused it. This led to all fluids in a corpse quickly draining, leaving it as a shriveled husk within a matter of a few days.[3]
Habitats[]
Blood rock naturally occurred on some Outer Planes.[1] It could be found in parts of the Elemental Chaos.[4] And on the Prime Material world of Toril, it could be found in parts of the Thunder Peaks[5] and in some of the rubble of the Spellgard ruins.[6]
Usage[]
If extracted, blood rock could be used to infuse the earth or stone of another location with the same violent essence it gave off. For every 5 square feet (0.46 square meters) of area that one wished to deliberately seed with blood rock, 5 pounds (2.3 kilograms) of the material was required. Once set, it took a period of 48 hours or more before the presence of blood rock would permeate the area.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 James Wyatt, Ari Marmell, C.A. Suleiman (October 2005). Heroes of Horror. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 69. ISBN 0-7869-3699-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 James Wyatt (June 2008). Dungeon Master's Guide 4th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7869-4880-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Jason Bulmahn, Rich Burlew (February 2007). Dungeonscape. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7869-4118-6.
- ↑ Ari Marmell, et al. (December 2009). The Plane Below. Edited by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7869-5249-6.
- ↑ Chris Tulach (June 2008). Escape from Sembia (PREV-2). Living Forgotten Realms (Wizards of the Coast), p. 10.
- ↑ David Noonan and Greg A. Vaughan (September 2008). Scepter Tower of Spellgard. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 21, 23. ISBN 978-0-7869-4954-0.