Enc.:	IS:	Aura: <faint dweomer of indeterminate sort>	XP: 1k	GP: 10k
<Class: MU, Alchemist>	-	Magic Items	-	UA

This is a rare and magical substance which
appears to be an ordinary, rather blackish and sooty piece of rock.

It
radiates a faint dweomer of indeterminate sort. If the stone is broken
open, a geode-like cavity will be discovered. The interior of this cavity
is lined with a quicksilver which will enable the transmutation of the
base metals, iron and lead, into silver and gold. Either an alchemist or
a magic-user will be required to effectuate such a transmutation, however.
From 50 to 500 pounds of iron can be made into silver, or from 10
to 100 pounds of lead can be turned into gold from a single philosopher's stone.
Transmutation must be made fully upon the first attempt,
all the quicksilver being employed at one time. Better still,
there are two additional substances possible within such a stone. The
first is a greenish, crystalline salt which will allow the manufacture of
1-4 potions of longevity; this substance has a 75% chance of occuring
inside a given stone. The second is a pure white powder which,
when admixed with a potion of longevity, can actually restore life to a
dead human or demi-human if administered internally within one
week of his or her demise (cf. [raise dead] spell). There is a 25%
chance that the white powder will occur. Note that the experience-point
value and gold piece sale value apply only to an unopened stone.
 

Q: Can two alchemical substances be
found simultaneously within a philosopher's
stone?
A: Each stone contains quicksilver, plus
either the green or the white crystalline
salt. No stone contains all three, and the
two salts never occur together (see Unearthed
Arcana, page 101).
(147.103)

<a plant, used to create the philosopher's stone? cf. Killer Plants of France>