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A weak lightstone casts bright light in a 10-foot radius, and dim light out to 20 feet.
A weak lightstone casts bright light in a 10-foot radius, and dim light out to 20 feet.


=== Manastone, Huge ===
* '''Cost:''' 10,000 gp
* '''Weight:''' 100 lbs
* '''Craftable?''' No
** '''Skill:''' -
** '''Check DC:''' -
Manastones are the 'newest' form of magical crystals in the Empire, dating back only a few thousand years. A Manastone is used to power charged magic items.  Manastones come in four common sizes: small, medium, large, and huge.
Huge Manastones are used to power very large items such as ley ships, golems and constructs of size huge or larger, and the magical defenses of smaller fortresses.  A huge Manastone weighs around 100 pounds and costs around twenty gold when empty.  Huge Manastones hold huge charges which are ten times as powerful as a large charge.  A huge Manastone holds 100 huge charges and typically costs 100 gold per charge, so a fully charged huge Manastone is worth 10,000 gold. 
Huge charges may be used as large charges to power constructs if you make a Use Magical Devices roll against a target of 28 + the caster level of the device being powered.  If you succeed on this roll by 5 or more, only 1/10th of a huge charge is expended.
Note that there is some degree of danger to using incorrectly-sized magical charges!  If you fail the Use Magical Device roll, you inflict 1 point of sonic and force damage to yourself and all within five feet of you for each point you missed the roll by.  Yes, you can deliberately fail a Use Magical Devices roll to inflict damage.  It's extremely hard on you, though.
If you need more mana than a huge Manastone, hire a mage circle or build a turning house.
=== Manastone, Medium ===
* '''Cost:''' 1,005 gp
* '''Weight:''' 0.5 lbs
* '''Craftable?''' No
** '''Skill:''' -
** '''Check DC:''' -
Manastones are the 'newest' form of magical crystals in the Empire, dating back only a few thousand years. A Manastone is used to power charged magic items.  Manastones come in four common sizes: small, medium, large, and huge.
Medium Manastones are exactly as small Manastones, simply bigger.  To use a medium Manastone, you hold it in one hand while wielding the item you wish to empower in your other hand.  If you make a Use Magical Device roll against a target number of 15, you may use the Manastone regardless of where it is on your person (though not in an extradimensional storage device) to power a magic item you are using.  This check must be performed each time the Manastone is used, and failure means nothing happens.  The item in question must have at least enough remaining charges within it to power any and all abilities you wish to use.  A medium Manastone holds up to 100 charges, weighs 1/2 pound, and costs 5 gp if empty. Each charge costs 10 gp, so a medium Manastone, fully charged, is worth 1,005 gold.
A Medium Manastone can be used to provide Large charges at a cost of ten charges to one Large charge if you make a Use Magical Device roll against a target of 15 + the caster level of the device being powered.  Furthermore, a Medium Manastone that is fully charged can provide one Huge charge if you make a Use Magical Device roll against a target of 35 + the caster level of the device being powered.
Note that there is some degree of danger to using incorrectly-sized magical charges!  If you fail the Use Magical Device roll, you inflict one point of sonic and force damage to yourself and all within five feet of you for each point you missed the roll by.  Yes, you can deliberately fail a Use Magical Devices roll to inflict damage.  It's extremely hard on you, though.


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