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Orbaline was the common name in the Realms for benitoite.[1][3]
Description[]
Orbaline crystals were relatively soft and usually found in fragments rather than whole crystals. The most common use for orbaline was as an inlay for coffers, ornamental boxes, and statuettes.[3] When a specimen was large enough to cut, these yielded blue to colorless faceted gems.[1][3]. A typical specimen had a base value of 500 gp.[1][2]
Powers[]
Orbaline, when inlaid or mounted on an object, greatly increased that object's resistance to magical fire and conferred almost as much benefit against normal fire. This only affected inanimate objects; living creatures and undead could not gain this boon.[3]
Appendix[]
Gallery[]
Blue and white orbaline crystals
By Pablo Alberto Salguero Quiles GDFL or CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
By Pablo Alberto Salguero Quiles GDFL or CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Faceted orbaline gem
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood (1990). Forgotten Realms Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 137. ISBN 0-8803-8828-5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (1996). Volo's Guide to All Things Magical. (TSR, Inc), p. 127. ISBN 0-7869-0446-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (1996). Volo's Guide to All Things Magical. (TSR, Inc), p. 46. ISBN 0-7869-0446-1.