IMBUE and INFUSE

Certain gems can be imbued with magical properties, and then can be infused into suitable items which then take on those properties.  There are several steps to the process:

First the gem must be refined.  This is accomplished by cutting the gem with gemcutting tools.  Jewelry Crafting skill is required for this step.  See TRADE SKILLS for more information on Jewelry Crafting.

After the gem is refined, it must be imbued.  All prestige classes except Thief are able to imbue gems.  Each guild has its own selection of gems with which to work.  See the chart below for the specific gems and guilds.  To imbue a gem, hold it in your hand and IMBUE <GEM TYPE>.  Success depends on level, guild, skill with magical devices, and the difficulty of the gem attempted.  When a gem is successfully imbued, it will change into another item, which is dependant on guild.

Having imbued the gem, and created the new magical item, you can now attempt to infuse it with another item.  Any imbued item can be infused with any infusable item (providing there are slots available) with the exception of a few which can only be used with weapons.  To accomplish this step, hold both items in your hands and INFUSE <ITEM>.  Infusable items can be found on creatures, or forged.  Forged items must be of perfect quality to be infusable and will have one slot.  Found items may have one to three slots.  No more than one of the same gem/guild type can be used on items with multiple slots.

05-23-2006  you can now RUB some imbued resources (the ones that can add weapon damage and minor spell protection) to grant temporary magic shields.  This applies to most of the Wizard-imbued items, but other classes have similar imbues.  The shields last for five minutes or for the first time you would be damaged by that type of attack and the degree of protection is exceptionally high.

gem/guild	Barbarian bloodtokens	Bard charms	Druid idols	Healer stones	Martial Artist symbols	Necromancer fetishes	Paladin icons	Ranger trinkets	Wizard orbs
abalone	increases one's strength a little	-	-	barely reduces one's strength, moderately increases one's available mana pool	-	-	permanently blessed	-	-
aquamarine	-	reduces all stun durations by half	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
bark	raises one's overall attack rating by a decent amount	-	considerably raises one's Hide skill	-	-	-	-	barely increases one's coordination, slightly increases one's agility.	-
bixbite	-	-	-	provides a fair bonus to experience earned, slightly reduces all of one's developed skills	-	-	-	-	-
bloodstone	slightly increases one's available health pool	-	-	-	-	slightly reduces one's available mana pool, considerably reduces one's available mana pool, slightly increases one's available health pool, considerably increases one's available health pool	-	-	-
carnelian	-	provides a small bonus to experience earned	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
citrine	-	-	-	-	greatly raises one's Climbing skill	-	-	-	-
coral	-	-	-	barely reduces one's strength, moderately increases one's available health pool	-	-	slightly reduces one's intelligence, increases one's wisdom	-	-
deadwood	-	-	barely increases one's stamina, slightly increases one's wisdom	slightly increases one's wisdom, reduces one's armor rating by a small amount, reduces one's armor rating by a low amount	-	barely reduces one's strength, reduces one's stamina, increases one's intelligence, increases one's wisdom a little	-	moderately raises one's Listen skill	-
diamond	-	moderately raises one's Combat Casting skill	-	-	reduces the damage caused by Psychic-based magic by 35%	-	-	-	inflicts a minor amount of wind damage when landing a successful attack, reduces the damage caused by Wind-based magic by 10%
egg	barely increases one's strength, slightly increases one's stamina	-	moderately raises one's Search skill	-	-	-	-	greatly raises one's Climbing skill	-
emerald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	inflicts a minor amount of aether damage when landing a successful attack, reduces the damage caused by Aether-based magic by 10%
jasper	-	barely increases one's coordination, slightly increases one's agility	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
mirrorstone	-	-	-	-	-	reduces the damage caused by Holy-based magic by 50%	-	-	-
moonstone	-	barely increases one's coordination, barely increases one's intelligence, barely increases one's wisdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	reduces the cost of spells by a slight amount
obsidian	-	-	reduces the damage caused by Fire-based magic by 35%	-	-	-	-	moderately raises one's Search skill	-
onyx	provides a very small amount of protection	-	-	-	-	reduces one's agility, slightly increases one's intelligence, increases one's wisdom	-	-	-
pearl	-	-	inflicts a minor amount of earth damage when landing a successful attack, reduces the damage caused by Earth-based magic by 10%	inflicts a minor amount of holy damage when landing a successful attack, reduces the damage caused by Holy-based magic by 10%	-	-	inflicts a minor amount of holy damage when landing a successful attack, reduces the damage caused by Holy-based magic by 10%	raises ranged attack accuracy by a decent amount.	-
peridot	-	-	-	-	provides a small bonus to experience earned	-	-	-	-
quartz	-	-	-	-	inflicts a minor amount of psychic damage when landing a successful attack	-	-	-	-
ruby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	inflicts a minor amount of fire damage when landing a successful attack, reduces the damage caused by Fire-based magic by 10%
sapphire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	inflicts a minor amount of ice damage when landing a successful attack, reduces the damage caused by Ice-based magic by 10%
skullgem	-	-	-	-	-	reduces one's stamina, increases one's intelligence, slightly increases one's wisdom	-	-	-
tiger's eye	-	-	-	moderately raises one's Alchemy skill	-	-	-	-	-
topaz	-	-	-	-	slightly reduces one's strength, increases one's stamina	-	-	-	-
turquoise	-	slightly increases one's coordination, barely increases one's agility.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
wood	barely increases one's strength, slightly increases one's agility	-	reduces the damage caused by Earth-based magic by 35%	-	-	-	-	reduces the damage caused by Earth-based magic by 20%	-
zircon	-	-	-	-	-	inflicts a minor amount of unholy damage when landing a successful attack, reduces the damage caused by Unholy-based magic by 10%	-	-	converts a tiny amount of damage taken directly into mana
zirconium	-	-	-	-	reduces one's strength, increases one's stamina, slightly increases one's wisdom	-	-	-	-

unreleased classes: Priests create censers, Shamans create talismans, and Summoners create amulets.

Thanks to Smark, Ianna, Hanafae, Andrea, Leomar, Callie, Plinnya, Mattie, Datymin, Ruprecht, Llanos, Kronos, Bernadette, Chrysagon, Shazzie, and of course Exxy and all the Eaxian staff.

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