The Cake and the Diamond
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grelaria
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The Cake and the Diamond
http://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:The_Cake_and_The_Diamond According to this diamonds have loads of magical properties and in the story is used to create an invisibility potion. I was wondering if this is true per the lore, that diamonds or other gems could be used in alchemy or just a neat story. That would have been neat to have in game, especially if you found all those unusual gems.
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Re: The Cake and the Diamond
In the Dragonborn DLC, you can use different gems to so it seems there is some truth to it.
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Re: The Cake and the Diamond
Yes, it's true. In Morrowind, Gems were alchemy ingredients. Diamonds were used for Invisibilty Potions.
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Re: The Cake and the Diamond
Right he is. I think Morrowind was the last game that used gems and stones as alchemy ingredients...must be a special Dunmer art. 
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Re: The Cake and the Diamond
Of course! Who else knows how to work hard objects better then the people who can shape bone and mine barehanded!Avron the S'wit wrote:Right he is. I think Morrowind was the last game that used gems and stones as alchemy ingredients...must be a special Dunmer art.
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Re: The Cake and the Diamond
Apparently all items in Nirn have some inherent magical qualities based on the nature of creation itself, but it's difficult to refine most gems and stones to the point they're usable in alchemy or enchanting.
Mammoth Tusk Powder, for instance, is nearly a lost art. Only the Giants remember how to grind the ivory into a powder, in which state it is useful for crafting. Perhaps the Dummer have similar arts for grinding diamonds into dust.
Mammoth Tusk Powder, for instance, is nearly a lost art. Only the Giants remember how to grind the ivory into a powder, in which state it is useful for crafting. Perhaps the Dummer have similar arts for grinding diamonds into dust.
Monsters are bred in labyrinths, labyrinths are bred from walls. There is a reason the Giants choose to remain nomadic rather than follow their shield kin the Nords in building permanent settlements. The Tower is the beginning of all walls.
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Re: The Cake and the Diamond
Though what they would use to grind into dust a material that can only be cut with another diamond......who knows?!Pilaf The Defiler wrote:Perhaps the Dummer have similar arts for grinding diamonds into dust.
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Re: The Cake and the Diamond
Why not just crush it into dust?Lethandhrel One-Eye wrote:Though what they would use to grind into dust a material that can only be cut with another diamond......who knows?!Pilaf The Defiler wrote:Perhaps the Dummer have similar arts for grinding diamonds into dust.
Same result.