The Plane of Minerals

Wisdom is better than rubies. -- Proverbs
The Quasi-elemental plane of Minerals is a universe of jewels of incredible beauty and brilliance. The quasi-elementals here are incomprehensible, brilliant, insect-like creatures. Without "mineral plane protection" or "earth plane protection", visitors will be shredded by the sharp crystals (1d4+AC points of damage for each round of movement). For each turn the visitors stay, each must save vs. constitution or be petrified and become a gem-studded fossil. Only "polymorph any object" or "wish" can return you to your normal form, and a system shock is always required. Visitors will be permanently blinded unless each brings "darkness" or special sunglasses. Only one gem out of 100 will survive when the adventurers take them home, and will be worth 1000 gp. The rest will explode (1d6 points damage each, no save). There is no normal air here. The Tower of Crystals is a refuge at the border of the positive energy plane. It is rumored that the greatest forge in the multiverse is here.

Adjacent planes and good ministries:
Birth and Creation

Protection

The Ministry of Elemental Good -- Minerals Ministers

In the Bible, jewels stand for wealth, prosperity, and generous gifts. Aaron's priestly breastplate and the gates of the New Jerusalem are each studded with a variety of different gemstones.

Mineral ministers care for business people and traders, and exhort people to work hard and smart to make a better world for everyone. They tend to high liturgy. They get a free proficiency in gemcutting, and can appraise minerals accurately (20-level % maximum error).

[Do Justice, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly]
Air
Ash
Dust
Earth
Fire
Grime
Ice
Lightning
Magma
Minerals
Mist
Negative
Ooze
Positive
Radiance
Rainbows
Shadows
Smoke
Steam
Water
Vacuum

Air Ministries -- Liberation
Ash Ministries -- Penance
Dust Ministries -- Remembrance
Earth Ministries -- Protection
Fire Ministries -- Wholesome Fear
Grime Ministries -- Street Ministry
Ice Ministries -- Courage
Lightning Ministries -- the Hardened
Magma Ministries -- Disasters
Minerals Ministries -- Commerce
Mist Ministries -- Tolerance
Negative Energy Ministries -- End of Life
Ooze Ministries -- Agriculture
Positive Energy Ministries -- Beginning of Life
Radiance Ministries -- Mysticism
Rainbows Ministries -- Peacemaking
Shadows Ministries -- Ethics
Smoke Ministries -- Liturgy
Steam Ministries -- Social Justice
Water Ministries -- Purification
Vacuum Ministries -- Renunciation

The Inner Planes
The Outer Planes

Reshaping the Multiverse -- what Planescape could be
Li Po's Hermitage -- free character generators, lots more.
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