Gemstone Effigy [Kickstarter Creature - Bestiary]

Hey peeps!

So, there were 4 people who decided to make their own creatures for the bestiary this time around! It has been amazing working with them, and I can't wait to show off all their creatures.

The first if the "gemstone effigy." It's a really unique creature, which is absolutely fun to see!

The official artwork of its base form is above.

Here are some of its powers (not all are decided yet) - what do you all think?

Gemstone Effigy

Description: Gemstone effigies are child-sized statue-like creatures with a cage in its chest that houses a glowing star shard heart. They have sorrowful faces, and limbs that are made of magic-threaded joints. Typically, they are creepy and often resemble humans, but in distorted ways.

Trial of Worth: In order to bond with a gemstone effigy, one must offer it five magical objects or magic-infused creatures (glowstones, star moths, etc.). The young gemstone effigy will fuse these objects together into a square stone, and the hopeful arcanist must impress the creature by chiseling an impressive statue.

Tier: 3  

Reproduction: Fable—whenever a star shard falls on a statue that is submerged in water, a baby gemstone effigy is born.

Evocation: Gemstone Beams—gemstone effigies and their arcanists can evoke powerful beams of light that burn flesh and catch flammable objects on fire. These beams have little effect against stone.

Manipulation: Magical Material—gemstone effigies and their arcanists manipulate raw magical materials (such as glowstones, star moths, etc.). This does not include arcanists or mystical creatures, only purely magical materials that are incapable of bonding with human souls.

Augmentation: Magical Bonds—when gemstone effigies or their arcanists augment others arcanists or mystical creatures, they can strengthen or weaken their base magic. This works the same with trinkets and artifacts. Gemstone effigies and their arcanists cannot augment normal humans or non-magical objects.

Imbuing: When gemstone effigy magic is used in item creation, it requires less star shards to make an item powerful. If a gemstone effigy body part is used to make the base item, it only requires 7 star shards to become an artifact, rather than the normal 10.

Aura: Crystallization—when a gemstone effigy arcanist creates an aura, the nearby area becomes awash in a blue glow. All trinkets and artifacts in the nearby area are slower to activate, and crystals begin to form across them like how mushrooms form across rotting corpses. These crystals hurt everyone upon touching them, except for the gemstone effigy and its arcanist.

Innate Abilities: Gemstone effigies and their arcanists are immune to the effects of nullstone.

True Form Type: Geas—gemstone effigy arcanists must create four trinkets or artifacts that are used to help a town, city, or settlement in order for their eldrin to transform. These four magical items must help the life in the area, including the four-legged life, the two-legged life, the winged-life, and the finned-life.

True Form Appearance: Once a gemstone effigy achieves its true form, it grows to be the size of a human adult. Additionally, spears and swords appear to be piercing its body from the back, and the cage in its chest now has a star-orb that glows with radiant light. Lastly, a type of ethereal serpent is seen within the core of the orb.

True Form Ability: Pure Effigy—the true form gemstone effigy empowers everyone nearby. Its arcanist and allies, while close, are immune to soul-altering magic and magical corruption.