

Two notable tomes- The Chambeeleon and The Tome of the Unicorn-had electrum pages, with the latter also having electrum covers. They could unleash a chain lightning effect.Īn electrum mounting allowed witherite to be worn as a protection to necromantic attacks. Magical morning stars known as storm stars were crafted from electrum-plated steel. The spell Leomund secret chest could use a chest fashioned from bronze, copper, or silver with fittings of electrum or silver. The spell Khelben's warding whip used a pinch of powdered electrum as a material component. It was used for bulk transactions, one coin being worth 50 gp within the city of Waterdeep and worth 2 gp –30 gp anywhere else.Įlectrum currency was generally rare and not available in the Land of Fate. The harbor moon of Waterdeep, a cresent shaped Waterdhavian coin made of platinum, inset with electrum, and punched with a central hole.The original shining blue crescent-shaped electrum moon of Silverymoon, a coin worth 1 ep throughout the Realms but twice that within the city itself.There are two special coins valued more within the city they were minted in:

Throughout the Western Heartlands, most electrum coins from abroad were called blue eyes regardless of origin. Silverymoon minted special coins called electrum moons.Waterdeep minted moons, or harbor moons.For a time, Sembia evidently went off the silver and gold standard, and they minted electrum coins called blue eyes, valued at 5 gp apiece.Sembia minted electrum coins called harmarks or electrums.Calimport minted centarches, tazos, or zonths.Amn minted coins called centaurs or decimes.Most of Faerûn used "standard rates of exchange for coinage," based on the silver and gold standard, with 1 cp worth 1/100 gp, 1 sp worth 1/10 gp, 1 ep worth 1/2 gp, and 1 pp worth 10 gp.Įlectrum coins adopted various names throughout the Realms.
