Price (Item Level): See table
Body Slot: —
Caster Level: See table
Activation: Free (mental)
Weight: 1 lb.
Silver wire gently encloses and binds a large core crystal and several smaller crystals in a geometric design. The aquamarine crystals emit a faint glow.
A cognizance crystal stores power points, which the holder can use to manifest a psionic power she knows (instead of spending points from her own power pool). You cannot directly replenish your personal power points from those stored in a cognizance crystal, nor can you draw power points from more than one source to manifest a power (even if that second source is your own power pool).
A cognizance crystal can store only as many power points as its original maximum, set at the time of its creation. When a crystal’s power points are used up, the glow of the crystal dims. A user can recharge it by paying power points on a 1-for-1 basis (a standard [mental] action). While doing this depletes the user’s own power point reserve for the day, those power points remain available in the crystal until used.
Before you can use a cognizance crystal, you must hold or have it on your person for at least 10 continuous minutes.
A typical cognizance crystal has AC 7, 10 hit points, hardness 8, and a break DC of 16.
| Power Storage | Caster Level | Evocation Aura (DC) | Price (gp) | Item Level | Cost to Create | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gp | XP | Days | |||||
| 1 | 1st | Faint (15) | 1,000 | 4th | 500 | 40 | 1 |
| 3 | 3rd | Faint (16) | 4,000 | 8th | 2,000 | 160 | 4 |
| 5 | 5th | Faint (17) | 9,000 | 12th | 4,500 | 360 | 9 |
| 7 | 7th | Moderate (18) | 16,000 | 14th | 8,000 | 640 | 16 |
| 9 | 9th | Moderate (19) | 25,000 | 15th | 12,500 | 1,000 | 25 |
| 11 | 11th | Moderate (20) | 36,000 | 17th | 18,000 | 1,440 | 36 |
| 13 | 13th | Strong (21) | 49,000 | 18th | 24,500 | 1,960 | 49 |
| 15 | 15th | Strong (22) | 64,000 | 18th | 32,000 | 2,560 | 64 |
| 17 | 17th | Strong (23) | 81,000 | 20th | 40,500 | 3,240 | 81 |
Prerequisites: Craft Cognizance Crystal {XPH 44}.
Cost to Create: See table.
Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 154.