Considering there is no current high level pc cleric of Vierdri'ira in game that I know of, and we have no temples that are accessable in game and we have to buy our lowbie unholy symbol from the Mistites, no, I suppose technically there would be no rubies. However, there is a difference between dark elves and other new pc's. one: aren't all dark elves unless otherwise stated, if pc's, part of some noble house? Therefore, if they have advanced into pc'dom in the worship and following and priestesshood of Vierdri'ira I suppose you could even rp that you have 2 small rubies (non magical) on a small holy symbol pendant. Not everything has to be thought of in terms of magical usage. Just like, you can take an ordinary commoner's outfit and say it's made of crude cotton, or you could say that it's made of silk. It doesn't make a difference mechanically it's just rp. Who cares? Having a small necklace with two red rubies the size of a diamond seed is not going to draw anyone's attention, nor is it going to cause people to go trying to rip your eyes out anymore than oh wait... HECK! That's a DARK ELF! I don't think they noticed the small rubies on the necklace as they were burning the dark elf at the stake.There are some things that you just have to get around the mechanics and go with what fits for your character. Yes, I play a cleric of Vierdri'ira. Yes, mechanically I had to buy and unholy symbol from the Mistites: Guess what, my character only did that on an ooc basis because I had to. I am pretty sure that when she came to the surface she didn't accidentally leave the holy symbol that she never takes off ever ever ever on her nightstand back in her room at the temple she grew up in.
Is it still the case that no-one actually knows her name? (If so,) should this be included in the above?
"Usually they wear an obsidian necklace with two red eye-shaped rubies hanging from it."Aren't rubies incredibly hard to get and expensive? I suppose not so much in dark elf cities. New players of her clerics however would be hard pressed to RP that there are rubies in their holy symbols. Otherwise every other dark elf in their group would slaughter them for it and make like, 60,000 true in the tradehall. Maybe they could have any red gem instead? If the dark elf priestesses in the rift had rubies in their holy symbols, for example, Bjorn would be a very very rich dwarf indeed after having slaughtered upwards a few hundred of them. I wouldn't even worry about chipping them, the dust alone would be a fortune!Maybe add a line "Or if rubies are not available, Opals can suffice for initiates." Lord knows there's a lot of opals that have been endlessly pawned out there.
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