Most Precious Beauty

[taichara]

Twinkling and glimmering, shimmering and shining; atop a massy pile of golden coin, perhaps, or the brilliant crowning glory of the head that wears that heavy burden.

Or perhaps that gleaming gem came prized from between a dragonlord’s lyre-curved horns; or drawn from the throat of a frozen phoenix; or

… Whether gathered from a bloodied altar, gifted from a a dying spirit’s grasp, conjured from strange wombs by witchcraft or willpower, some jewels are unique in their oft-strange beauty.


This 4d20 table offers a quick route to generating unusual gemstones. Roll more than once and combine, if desired, for chaotic results.

Colour	Form	Descriptive	Origin
01. Lemondrop	01. Orb	01. Pearlescent	01. Angel’s tears
02. Oxblood	02. Pyramid	02. Adamantine	02. Petrified organ
03. Sooty	03. Cabochon – round	03. Vitreous	03. Unicorn’s brow
04. Ultramarine	04. Cabochon – oval	04. Oily	04. Daemonheart
05. Orange-Violet	05. Teardrop	05. Iridescent	05. Rose’s heart
06. Moonsilver	06. Cushion	06. Opaque	06. Coagulated ichor
07. Bile	07. Brilliant-facet	07. Twinkling	07. Divine breath
08. Osseous	08. Lenticular	08. Glowing	08. Solidified dream
09. Smaragdine	09. Eyeball	09. Pulsing	09. Marrow of the earth
10. Golden	10. Spiral	10. Waxy	10. Last emperor’s soul
11. Heliotrope	11. Uncut crystal mass	11. Twinned	11. Worldfire flashpoint
12. Carmine	12. Egg	12. Bearing inclusions	12. Six overlapping magics
13. Smoky	13. Figure – humanoid	13. Frosted	13. End of the rainbow
14. Starlight	14. Figure – bestial	14. Chatoyant	14. Death’s gift
15. Ember	15. Scale	15. Starred	15. Seven-generation curse
16. Chartreuse	16. Amorphous	16. Murmuring	16. Dragon brain
17. Verdigris	17. Cylindrical	17. Shivering	17. Cobra’s wisdom
18. Bronze	18. Shard	18. Warm	18. Imperial honey
19. Tyrian	19. Plume	19. Cold	19. Witchbond
20. Cerulean	20. Cross	20. Snowflake-scattered	20. Martyr’s fallen blood

of course, since gems can show different colours at different angles (pleochroism), like water sapphire, or sport multiple colours, like rainbow tourmaline or banded agate, the more colours the merrier — and what about some of those other things, aha