Price (Item Level): See table
Body Slot: Throat
Caster Level: 9th
Aura: Moderate; (DC 19) varies (see text)
Activation: See text
Weight: ¼ lb.
This reddish crystal shard is inscribed with arcane symbols, banded with mithral, and hanging from a small silver chain.
An empowered spellshard is keyed to a specific spell of up to 3rd level. When you cast the attuned spell, you can use your empowered spellshard as a focus in addition to the spell’s normal components (if any). Doing this empowers the spell (as though using the Empower Spell feat, but with no adjustment to spell level or casting time). The spellshard is activated as a part of the spellcasting process. The markings on the shard reveal the spell to which it is attuned to a character who makes a successful DC 30 Spellcraft check. The prices and levels of empowered spellshards are described on the table below.
| Spell Level | Price | Item Level | Cost to Create | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gp | XP | Days | |||
| 1st | 1,500 gp | 5th | 750 | 60 | 2 |
| 2nd | 3,000 gp | 7th | 1,500 | 120 | 3 |
| 3rd | 6,000 gp | 10th | 3,000 | 240 | 6 |
An empowered spellshard functions three times per day.
The school of magic an empowered spellshard radiates is the same as that of the spell to which it is attuned.
Lore: These shards were created during the last great war to assist battle mages on the front lines (Knowledge [history] DC 10). As a result, many empowered spellshards are keyed to destructive evocation spells (Knowledge [history] DC 15).
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Empower Spell, spell to which the shard is attuned.
Cost to Create: See table.
Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 96.