Faith/Artifacts/Gems/Vivacite

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Vivacite is ruby, bloodstone or garnet (or any similar-looking reddish stone) believed to be infused with a life force of a dead person (or other sentient being), and can be used to absorb and transfer the life force of humans. The larger the vivacite, the faster it can absorb or dispense life force, and the more life force it can hold.

Absorption
It is believed to be charged with the life force of the dying when a sharp shard of it is stabbed into the person as they’re dying, and the vivacite is in contact with the person’s blood. The vivacite then absorbs the life force instead of just having the life force “bleed out” and dissipate (as with regular deaths). When charged, vivacite glows with a reddish-pink light.

Application
When worn, vivacite automatically replenishes blood, antidotes poison, heals injuries, regrows limbs and reattaches limbs. It can also keep a person alive even when disease should have claimed their life, in which case they will constantly use up the stored vital energy to maintain their lives, which can get very expensive over time. Vivacite can cure some diseases but not most. It must not be in contact with the person’s blood, otherwise the vivacite will suck out the person’s lifeforce. Vivacite may be worn as rings or amulets, or placed atop staves making them healing rods, or consumed.

If consumed the vivacite can no longer be given to someone else (nor forcibly wrested away), nor can it be recharged. It has the advantage of instantly regenerating any injuries or lost body parts, without the need for anyone to slow down, but it also causes the person to be filled with way too much life force, causing them to become extra aggressive, daring, and careless. Should they receive enough injuries that all the stored vital energy from their ingested vivacite becomes spent, only then do they become ‘sober’.

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