[RPM] Gem Lore, Lapidaries and Precious Stones as Traditional Trappings

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by Icelander

Either something anti-climactic, when the gem fails to produce any effect, or something very dramatic, if, say, massive amounts of magic energy are focused through it and the inauthentic stone proves utterly unable to handle even a fraction of that power, exploding into a terrible magical botch and/or razor sharp shards of manufactured diamond.

So what if it's a *valuable* fake? I can't imagine there aren't fakes out there that were worn by famous film star A in award winning film B, or were part of the crown jewels of nation N for three centuries before being discovered to be polished glass, or decorated the favorite dildo of adult magazine mogul X, that would go for quite a lot of money if put up for auction even though everybody knew they weren't real gems.