Question Elf stones

I wanna give my character elf stones like in the Terry Brooks books, I'm just not sure how. She's a Waz, so the obvious way is just have her do the effect and the stones are the spell's focus. but I don't entirely like that idea. Power stones/magic don'i get along....

Your problem is she's a girl.
Only male elves have stones

Astrodragon wrote: Your problem is she's a girl.
Only male elves have stones

[we so need a face palm]

shannara.wikia.com/wiki/Elfstones
likely coppies of the blue stones as we don't know much about the others.

Cryptic wrote:

Astrodragon wrote: Your problem is she's a girl.
Only male elves have stones

[we so need a face palm]

shannara.wikia.com/wiki/Elfstones
likely coppies of the blue stones as we don't know much about the others.

Would it make you facepalm some more if I point out that blue stones are easy to come by? Or not come by, I should say.

Cryptic wrote: I wanna give my character elf stones like in the Terry Brooks books, I'm just not sure how. She's a Waz, so the obvious way is just have her do the effect and the stones are the spell's focus. but I don't entirely like that idea. Power stones/magic don'i get along....

Another obvious solution is that they are some sort of artefact that has been the focus of previous wizards mana gathering / retention rituals and are now the new Mages mana repository.

Not a bad idea Phoenix.

Don't tempt me to bring in Smurfs, Petshop would likely do it. and I'm already bringing in a flying elephant.

I would imagine passing Elf stones hurts more than kidney stones or gall stones.

Nah, elves are very good at passing without notice.

Kettlekorn wrote: Nah, elves are very good at passing without notice.

touché.

Just wondering though, you only get gall stones in your gall bladder, Kidney stones in your kidneys, so DO you only get elf stones in your elves?



actually...

That might be a viable solution for how the character gets elf stones.... their body could produce them. Maybe not in such a painful manner though.

Possible. Consider that bovine gallstones are used as an ambergris substitute. Hell, consider ambergris. Maybe elfstones are the byproduct of some sort of elf disease...

Sir Lee wrote: Possible. Consider that bovine gallstones are used as an ambergris substitute. Hell, consider ambergris. Maybe elfstones are the byproduct of some sort of elf disease...

Now I wonder if by "elf shot", writers originally meant "elf snot".

Rose Bunny wrote:

Kettlekorn wrote: Nah, elves are very good at passing without notice.

touché.

Just wondering though, you only get gall stones in your gall bladder, Kidney stones in your kidneys, so DO you only get elf stones in your elves?



actually...

That might be a viable solution for how the character gets elf stones.... their body could produce them. Maybe not in such a painful manner though.

Hay if you want to go a around sifting through your poo for "magic stones" go right ahead I'm not judging. Just ya know remember to wash your hands.

NJM1564 wrote:

Rose Bunny wrote:

Kettlekorn wrote: Nah, elves are very good at passing without notice.

touché.

Just wondering though, you only get gall stones in your gall bladder, Kidney stones in your kidneys, so DO you only get elf stones in your elves?



actually...

That might be a viable solution for how the character gets elf stones.... their body could produce them. Maybe not in such a painful manner though.

Hay if you want to go a around sifting through your poo for "magic stones" go right ahead I'm not judging. Just ya know remember to wash your hands.

Well, Superman can create diomands by placing a lump of coal between his ass cheeks... I suppose this isn't that much of a stretch.

I'm thing Artificer made, either long ago, or bribed/payed Cait to make them.

Cryptic wrote: Well, Superman can create diomands by placing a lump of coal between his ass cheeks... I suppose this isn't that much of a stretch.

It's compression, among other things.