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* Warren Castille dons 1.0 lore hat
The quality of the stone not only indicates how powerful the channeled aether is, but it could also influence what kind of aether was most effective when passing through.
Mechanically, it meant that casting Fire spells with a red gemstone buffed them. Casting ice spells with a red gemstone caused them to outright do less damage. Back when elemental resistance was a thing, this meant that THMs had to carry multiple weapons around, because casting fire spells with a fire rod on a fire elemental meant you did... double digit damage at level 50! Yaaaaay!
* Warren Castille removes hat
EDIT: HOLY SHIT EMOTES
The quality of the stone not only indicates how powerful the channeled aether is, but it could also influence what kind of aether was most effective when passing through.
Mechanically, it meant that casting Fire spells with a red gemstone buffed them. Casting ice spells with a red gemstone caused them to outright do less damage. Back when elemental resistance was a thing, this meant that THMs had to carry multiple weapons around, because casting fire spells with a fire rod on a fire elemental meant you did... double digit damage at level 50! Yaaaaay!
* Warren Castille removes hat
EDIT: HOLY SHIT EMOTES