Gold
Ingredient, Metal
A precious metal that serves as a magical activator (2nd order).
From the book
Gold is a second-order magical activator. A dram goes into every potion base and alchemical dust, and it joins silver and platinum in the Potions of Control, Emotional Influence and Detect Magic. Powdered gold mixed with giant squid's ink and gall oak makes magical ink, and an ounce goes into orichalc.
Its essence, True Gold, lets a rod, staff or wand store 5-30 spells after four weeks of dousing. Only gold can carry talismans of level 5-7 spells; it is the Sun's metal (yellow ink) and holds the onyx of a necromancer's uzat.
At a glance
- Innate properties
- Magical activator 2nd order
- Cost
- 10 G.P. per oz. (8 drs.)
Printed as '3nd order'/'2rd order'; normalized.