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Wow, I wasn't expecting that much but, thank you very much for the help, Lord Vreeg. Truth be told, I'm fairly new to being a DM, and this is very helpful.

Oh, and Urfenburf? That name gave me quite a snicker.

Quote from: Cataclysmic CrowOr it could just allow you to basically boost your magic with metamagic of some sort, changing your spells for the better. Might be draining if you want to keep your players from using it. Black might be a neat color as well if its keyed to evil. Maybe it changes color when you touch it? What do you mean when you say false holy order?

By false holy order, I mean an organization or cult falsely proclaiming to belong to a certain god's clerics, though in reality they're just magnificent bastards trying to get their hands on the gems.

The metamagics sound nice, though I'd rather want it to be class agnostic. I could just give each gem a corresponding metamagic feat and non-magical feat each, though.

Edit: Getting a bit late here, so good night.

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Quote from: WeeroI need help with going further with this campaign of mine(won't be starting it up until this Saturday), since the gears of thought have pretty much stopped for me at this point.

It's going to be a pretty long campaign, with a lot of small and medium size fillers inbetween that might or might not have something to do with the gem mentioned in the subject.
What I have come up with thus far(though far from original) is that the party finds this gem in the catacombs of a long abandoned tower(which will also serve to bring them together). Now, for the gem. Both devils(lawful evil) and demons(chaotic evil) are coveting this gem, since it is somehow attuned to the magics of the world.
I am still not sure exactly what I want the gem to do, or what spells it can cast, not even what colour it is.
I'm also thinking about throwing in a holy order(false one), just to mix things up.

Any suggestions?

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I'm assuming that your talking D&D based on the devils and demons...am I correct?
You say this gem will get the group together...beginning group I infer?  
What religions exist?  
Why would Demons and devils covet this gem and not lawful good and chaotic good outsiders?
What is the source of magic in the setting?

First of all:
1. Yes, this is a 3.5 edition D&D campaign.
2. Beginning group.
3. I'm going to use the forgotten realms deities as far as names, spheres and domains go.
4. Hmmm...hadn't really thought about that other outsiders than devils and demons might want it...
5. The source of magic is everything around in the world, everything has a certain amount of magic about it, just most things don't have enough magic in them to actually do anything effective i.e. pebbles are worthless, but an entire mountain, then we're talking.

And I like the idea of having them in a set of sorts...maybe different gems have different elemental powers, and there could also be even more gems for lawful, chaotic, good, evil, shadow, and light.

And the gems could individually get more powerful the more you possessed.

I need help with going further with this campaign of mine(won't be starting it up until this Saturday), since the gears of thought have pretty much stopped for me at this point.

It's going to be a pretty long campaign, with a lot of small and medium size fillers inbetween that might or might not have something to do with the gem mentioned in the subject.
What I have come up with thus far(though far from original) is that the party finds this gem in the catacombs of a long abandoned tower(which will also serve to bring them together). Now, for the gem. Both devils(lawful evil) and demons(chaotic evil) are coveting this gem, since it is somehow attuned to the magics of the world.
I am still not sure exactly what I want the gem to do, or what spells it can cast, not even what colour it is.
I'm also thinking about throwing in a holy order(false one), just to mix things up.

Any suggestions?