Gemstone (dNetHack)

In dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, gemstone is a type of object material that has far more elaborate handling compared to its applications as a material in NetHack.

Gemstone subtypes

The primary difference between gemstone as a material in these variants versus NetHack and other variants is that gemstone items are usually composed of a specific type of gemstone "submaterial", each of which is typically a valuable gem type encountered in the dungeon:

• magicite crystal
• dilithium crystal
• diamond
• star sapphire
• ruby
• jacinth stone
• sapphire
• black opal
• emerald
• turquoise stone
• morganite
• citrine stone
• aquamarine stone
• amber stone
• topaz stone
• jet stone
• opal
• chrysoberyl stone
• garnet stone
• amethyst stone
• jasper stone
• violet fluorite stone
• blue fluorite stone
• white fluorite stone
• green fluorite stone
• agate stone
• jade stone

This means that a touchstone can be rubbed or otherwise applied to a gemstone item other than a valuable gem in order to identify that gem type. The only gemstone that can occur as an item but not as an object material is the obsidian stone, since obsidian itself exists as a separate object material.

Subtype effects

The following effects occur for weapons and armor depending on their gemstone subtype:

• Gemstone items with the jade subtype deal +1d20 damage when used to strike silver-hating targets—this does not stack with silver damage from items that bear a droven holy symbol or are "silvered" artifacts, but does stack with silver 'poison' (i.e. from a potion of starlight).

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List of gemstone items

The following items have a base or default material of gemstone:

• doll's tear
• rings with the randomized appearance of "opal", "black onyx", "tiger eye", "jade", "agate", "topaz", "sapphire", "ruby", "diamond", and "emerald"
• antimagic rift
• catapsi vortex

Item generation

The following specific items are generated as being made of gemstone in some manner:

• The soul-lens has its base material listed as glass, but will always be generated with a specific gemstone material in practice.
• For gnomish Madpeople, a tiny crystal skull made of diamond can be found among their belongings inside the special box on their quest. This crystal skull contains a set of tiny diamond equipment: crystal boots, gauntlets of power, crystal plate mail, a crystal helm, a shield of reflection, and a crystal sword—the crystal sword will also have the sparkling and "insight weapon" object properties.

The following artifacts are made of gemstone:

• The Eye of the Overworld is an artifact soul-lens made of morganite, and it is the Monk quest artifact.
• Jin Gang Zuo is an artifact set of bands made of diamond, and is the crowning gift for neutral Monks.
• The Archivist is an artifact quarterstaff made of generic gemstone, and is associated with the spirit Paimon.

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