User:RavynousHunter/Reign/Magic/Reagents/Philosopher's Stone

= The Philosopher's Stone =

Intro
Other Names:
 * Rosarium Philosophorum
 * The Ultimate Amplifier
 * The Gods' Stone
 * Stone of Sages
 * Blood of the Old Ones
 * Stone of Sorrow
 * Stone of Suffering
 * Blood of the Innocent

Whatever its name, the Philosopher's Stone is, without a doubt, the most powerful magical artifact that can be produced by mortals. Rumor has it that it can push an arcanist's spellcasting power beyond the limits of reality; to the power of the Old Ones. Its power is activated by a mere thought, forcing a spell through it could turn even the weakest of Magic Missiles into dragon-slaying rays of death.

Laws Concerning the Philosopher's Stone
Because of the nature regarding its creation, creating or using a Philosopher's Stone is illegal, and carries the ultimate penalty. All across Gideon, the punishment is the same: A person who creates a Stone or uses one will be publicly executed by beheading, will have their soul trapped within the Stone, and the Stone will then be utterly destroyed by a Greater Wish ritual, an act which will destroy any souls trapped within.

Creation of the Philosopher's Stone
Although a fiercely guarded secret, it is possible to learn how to create one of these monstrous objects. It is so well guarded because its very creation is an act of the utmost evil, only a soulless monster would even consider creating one after learning its secret.

To create a Philosopher's Stone, one must gather the following ingredients:


 * Limestone, 10 kilograms
 * Potash, 7.5 kilograms
 * Lodestone, 7.5 kilograms
 * Lithium, 5 kilograms
 * Jade, 6 kilograms
 * Tar, 1 kilogram
 * Obsidian, 6 kilograms
 * Rat's Teeth, 15 grams
 * Unicorn's Blood, 2 liters
 * 1 Adult Golden Dragon's heart
 * 2 Ki-rin's horns, removed while the creature is still alive
 * 1 Nymph's scalp, forcibly removed with Obsidian knife
 * 2 Treant's eyes, removed while creature is burning to death
 * Souls of all creatures slain in the gathering of other components, entrapped within Stones of Torment

Gathering the final ingredient requires an act of unspeakable evil; one must murder 666 infants, no more than one week old, with the same knife used to remove the Nymph's scalp, trap their souls within Stones of Torment, and more than one liter of their blood must be consumed by the creator.

Using the rest of the infants' newly-shed blood, draw a pentagram (proper pentagram, like ) roughly twenty meters in diameter with a line thickness of no more than twenty centimeters. Neatly lay the components in the center of the pentagram, and chant the Black Litany sixteen times. Finally, you must drive the obsidian knife into your stomach, from which the Stone will issue forth.