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DISMANTLE, EMBED

Some artisans all around Arda are able to embed items into staves, helmets, amulets, and rings. Not every artisan will be able to embed everything: in general, armourers and weaponsmiths will be able to embed metals, jewellers will embed gems. Those same artisans that are also able to dismantle equipment. Dismantling a staff will remove and destroy the embedded item.

Examples:

  > embed bar in staff
  > dismantle opal staff

Metallic bands will make a staff harder, hence making it grant better physical protection. Gems will instead boost an enchanted staff's magical powers, the effect depending on which gem is embedded.

There are restrictions on type and amount of items that can be embedded in a given item.

Some gems are considered major gems, and there is a limit to how many of these a staff can hold. Some gems will allow the staff to function as a usable item, and a staff can only hold one of these.