IOUN STONES
IOUN STONES
Experience Point Value. 300 xp per stone
Gold Piece Value. 5,000 gp per stone
There are 14 sorts of useful ioun stones.
These magical stones always float in the air and must be within 3-ft of their owner to be efficacious.
The new possessor of the 'stones must hold each and then release it, so it takes up a circling orbit, whirling and trailing, circling at 1-ft to 3-ft radius of his or her head. Thereafter, they must be grasped or netted to separate them from their owner.
The owner may voluntarily seize and stow the stones (at night, for example) to keep them safe. He or she would of course lose the benefits during that time.
From 1-10 ion stones will be found. Dice for the property of each stone, a duplication indicating a stone which is burned out and useless:
d20
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10
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15-20
Color
pale blue
scarlet & blue
incandescent blue
deep red
pink
pink & green
pale green
clear
iridescent
pearly white
pale lavender
lavender & green
vibrant purple
dusty rose
dull gray
Shape
rhomboid
sphere
sphere
sphere
rhomboid
sphere
prism
spindle
spindle
spindle
ellipsoid
ellipsoid
prism
prism
any
Power
adds 1 point to Strength (18 maximum)
adds 1 point to Intelligence (18 maximum)
adds 1 point to Wisdom (18 maximum)
adds 1 point to Dexterity (18 maximum)
adds 1 point to Constitution (18 maximum)
adds 1 point to Charisma (18 maximum)
adds 1 level of experience
sustains person without food or water
sustains person without air
regenerates 1 hp of damage/turn
absorbs spells up to 4th level*
absorbs spells up to 8th level**
stores 2-12 levels of spells
gives +1 protection
burned out, "dead" stone***
* After absorbing 10-40 spell levels the stone burns out and turns to dull gray, forever useless.
** After absorbing 20-80 spell levels the stone burns out and turns dull gray, forever useless.
*** Adds 10 points to psionic strength total, 50 maximum points.
Whenever ion stones are exposed to attack, they are treated as armor class -4 and take 10 hit points of damage to destroy.
They save as if they were of hard metal, +3.