User blog:Scalec/Rocky Thinking

While cooking up some effects for the precious stones we have currently in the display case, I was reminded that when I built it, I included a sample of draconite.

Draconite is a mythological bezoar stone that comes from the head of a living dragon. Harder than diamonds and believed to have mystical power, it's a good candidate for an artifact, especially if we want to go full on mythological and say that it came from the head of the dragon that Beowulf slaid - the story that really started/cemented the classic ideas on fairy tale dragons. Draconite could function like the cursed treasure from C.S. Lewis' Voyage of the Dawntreader, and simply turn people into ravenously greedy people (or dragons, if you'd like, 'cause I think that'd be cool as all shit).

BUT I was thinking about how draconite is such a mythological stone, that maybe...it could be the Philosopher's Stone? I don't think we have an explanation for that myth yet, and a stone that can turn things to gold could blend into a legend about a stone straight from the head of a dragon.

That said, I would like other opinions on draconite, the philosopher's stone, and whether or not they should be one and the same. I think simplicity is key, but I'm not sure how, or if, everything should fit together.