Opaline Coat
Description
An opaline coat takes its name from the opal gemstone, favoured by jewelers throughout the Empire for the incredible range of colour in which it is found. The most skilled tailors make opaline coats that shimmer in the sunlight, weaving threads of silver, gold and mithril into the fabric and choosing beautiful pieces of semi-precious stone to create fastenings and buttons. Each coat incorporates a small amount of dragonbone, often used to provide extra shape to the shoulders, or worked into the lining as delicate beading.
The opaline coats are favoured by many magicians of the League, who are known to compete with one another in the beauty and style of these magical garments. They are also quite popular with both the Suaq and the Varushkan magicians, who construct them in a particular style sometimes referred to as a reverse opaline coat by the tailors around the Bay; the exterior is hard-wearing wool, usually dyed a single vibrant colour, while the lining is shimmering, iridescent mass of colour. With the coat closed, it is difficult to tell it is anything other than a warm garment; when it is opened, it's true beauty becomes apparent.
Rules
- Form: Robes.
- Effect: You gain 2 personal mana..
- Materials: Crafting an opaline coat requires fourteen measures of iridescent gloaming, seven measures of beggar's lye, and four measures of dragonbone. It takes one month to make one of these items.