Metamagic Gem
Aura strong (no school); CL 11th
Slot none; Price 2,000 gp (empowering topaz), 1,000 gp
(enlarging amethyst), 1,000 gp (extending garnet), 4,000 gp
(maximizing sapphire), 8,000 gp (quickening diamond), 1,000
gp (silent spinel), 1,000 gp (still amber), 4,000 gp (widening
emerald); Weight —
DESCRIPTION
Metamagic gems can be used to enhance spells with various
metamagic effects, similar to the way metamagic rods are
used, save that metamagic gems are consumed when they are
used. To apply the effects of a metamagic gem to a spell, you
need only use the metamagic gem as an additional material
component for the spell in question.
When you apply a metamagic effect to a spell using a
metamagic gem, the spell slot of the altered spell does not
change. You may only use one metamagic gem on any given
spell, and while that spell cannot be further enhanced by a
metamagic rod, it can be used with spells already enhanced in
the normal way via any metamagic feats you possess. In this
case, only the feats possessed by you adjust the spell slot of
the spell being cast.
Use of a metamagic gem does not confer the associated feat
on the owner, only the one-time ability to use the given feat. A
sorcerer or other spontaneous spellcaster must still take a fullround
action when using a metamagic gem, just as if using a
metamagic feat he possesses (except for quickening diamonds,
which can be used as a swift action).
The metamagic gems presented here are not the only such
gems that exist. Other metamagic gems based on metamagic
feats from other sources could easily be created—their costs
should follow the pattern presented here (1,000 gp for gems
that alter a spell slot by 1 level, 2,000 gp for those that alter
spell slots by 2 levels, and so on), and each new gem should
have a corresponding unique gemstone type associated with it.
CONSTRUCTION
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, appropriate metamagic
feat; Cost 1,000 gp (empowering topaz), 500 gp (enlarging
amethyst), 500 gp (extending garnet), 2,000 gp (maximizing
sapphire), 4,000 gp (quickening diamond), 500 gp (silent
spinel), 500 gp (still amber), 2,000 gp