Description: A hearthstone is a small, intricately carved gemstone, typically the size of a coin. It emits a soft, comforting purple glow and feels warm to the touch. The gemstone may be set in a piece of jewelry like a pendant or a ring, allowing an avatar to wear it wherever they go but does not count as a worn or slotted item. Must be held to activate abilities.
Lore: According to ancient legends, hearthstones are remnants of a celestial realm known as the Hearthlands. These gemstones were imbued with the essence of warmth, protection, and homecoming by benevolent deities who sought to bring solace and safety to mortals. As the Hearthlands faded from existence, the hearthstones were scattered across the mortal plane, waiting to be discovered by those in need.
Abilities:
- Teleportation: Once per day, when used, a hearthstone creates a magical portal that transports the avatar to its bound location. The bound location is set when in a room with a hearth using the stone to make a mark on the hearth. This can be done stealthily or for all to see. Only one hearthstone is allowed in any one area per avatar. If you already have a stone for the area in question that connection is lost when the new connection is made.
- It sets up a unique connection for the user and cannot be used to teleport to someone else’s bound location.
- Multiple hearthstones can be kept by an avatar, but only one for each location.
- Actions:
- Hearth Return: Is a ritual that returns the avatar to the place where a hearthstone was last used. Can only be done once per day for each hearthstone. This location can be different for each hearthstone.
- Hearth to Party Member: Teleports the party member to their party members location. Known only when a member of a party. Can only be done once per day for each hearthstone.
- Cooldown and Restrictions: After using the hearthstone, there is a cooldown period before it can be used again. This can be reduced with certain items, abilities, or achievements. Additionally, hearthstones cannot be used in combat or certain restricted areas.
- Each hearthstone looks different, but they all glow purple and when held the holder knows what it is, where it is bound, and its command word.
- hearthstones can only be used by tier 2 avatars and above.
- If worn and attuned, it can be set to automatically teleport the avatar to its bound location as they reach 1 hit point (ignoring any additional damage that might have been in the attack). Attunement to a hearthstone is a ritual that can only be done by tier 3 or tier 4 avatars. Only one hearthstone can be attuned for each avatar.
Note: Only Avatars can use Hearthstone. This means that at higher tiers avatars for one character may get split up to different locations.