Ello,
I'm hoping to write a thread where I could get a spoil on certain weapons that are, in fact, made of stone (at least three Clovis spear points) And so, I went to the bazaar wiki to see what type of materials would fit it best (bone or wood shafts, etc.)
I found something that puzzles me. I found a tier list for metal, wood, bone/ hide, and even glass... but nothing on rocks. Yes, I know, some people might be thinking "A tier list for rocks? They're just rocks, it's stupid!" However, different minerals and rocks have their own strengths and weaknesses, just like different metals do. For example, different minerals have different places on the Mohs Hardness Scale. Quartz is at number seven, and diamond (which I've seen running around bazaar purchases several times) is at 10. Not to mention that each type of rock (granite and sandstone) have different chemical properties and could react in a diversity of ways to different abilities and enchantments. And what if somebody made up their own mineral/ rock? I myself came up with the crystal nixstella. Where would that fit in with bazaar purchases?
So basically, here's the question: Should minerals, rocks particularly, get a place in the official tier ranking system in the bazaar? Like with other elements, there could be different categories ("special real world," "materials that fit into the tier system.") Not to mention how certain rocks and crystalline materials may have different reactions to things like magic and even water (looking at the metals Plynt and Delyn.)
So, what do you think? Yay or nay?