Not willing to risk his trusty magical longbow he reached for his sachel and took out a small magical dagger he had found earlier and not yet sold. Slowly he then entrusted the strange tool into the hilt of the dagger…
*Zoinggg*
A small flash of light emitted as the mysterious contraption disappeared, leaving a small glowing recess in the fabric.
Being a fairly versatile and educated bard Tarashai came to think of tales from other world and how magical items functioned and were constructed there. A slight smile emerged on his lips. Once again he reached for the sachel, this time drawing out a small purse and emptying it on the table to reveal a multitude of very small gems. Picking one with a small symbol he enterpreted as some sort of armor he tried to move t closely to the recess in the dagger hilt. Nothing !
He then took one with a minute symbol that with a bit of imagination and a good deal of lore could resemble a spear enveloped by lightning. As he moved it towards the recess it too startet to glow. As he allowed it to touch into the recess the same flashing light emerged and the gem disappeared. Taking a good grasp on the dagger Tarashai smiled as minor electrical charges emitted from the blade. He took forth another similar gem and repeated the procedure and watched in delight at the crackling of the blade clearly grew more visible and powerfull. So this was the answer to the strange gems he had found lately !
Greetings all
Socketed items have emerged in the Inner Realms adding to the various ways of creating and combining magical custom items as well as improving upon old ones !
Observe that the magical effects/powers added still counts in the magical forge but using it on fully imbued items will still work. Also be advised that an item being socketed with the "Socket Tool x" is set to PLOT, meaning it can no longer be sold in shops.
So far only "Socket Tool I" is found meaning an item can so far only have one socket with an extra power, but who is to say what can be found for those who search the hardest...
To learn more of these new options go to Castle Balder library and read the tome "An introduction to socketed items"
*EDIT*
Removed alot of text concerning various limitations in use on items that is no longer in place thanks to some scripting magic from Seeker.
*END EDIT*
Enjoy
/tara