Skill: Pattern Weaver (Sorceror/Shepherd/Defiler) - Craft spellgems at fonts

[Atrele]

Just a thought that occurred to me.

Allow those with the Pattern Weaver skill to be able to create/harvest spellgems of the appropriate color from fonts:

Impact: Brown
Slashing: Tan
Piercing: Clear
Fire: Red
Cold: White
Electric: Yellow
Acid: Black
Death: Green

Other fonts have their own spellgems: one type that allows them to draw any spell, and one specific color gem.
Holy: Opalescent and Blue
Unholy: Blood and Orange
Arcane: Opalescent and Purple

Those with Cultivate Ground should also get a discount, in my opinion. This could also cost the font MP as if it was tapped normally, if one wants to limit this option. A way to further restrict it (at least to those with Tap Font) would be to require the font be tapped before any spellgems be harvested.

[erikune]

I think it might be fine if you have Tap Font + Pattern Weaver (at the appropriate elemental font) that you could craft a spellgem with the appropriate element that you already know. It's similar to what Pattern Weaver already does, it just involves draining the font for MP rather than using an existing spellgem. For utility spells, those would require a holy font for Shepherds, an arcane font for Sorcerers, and an unholy font for defilers.

I'm not too sure about just turning fonts into harvest spots automatically. Harvesting points are already easy enough to farm spellgems, and it's not uncommon to camp on them for materials to craft endless potions. If the font could be used to both harvest spellgems and craft potions, then you'd see too many people just camp out and create an IV of Extended Invisibility and just never become visible again until they're level 30.

[Klapaucius]

I don't love it. Early breath gem trading is a nexus staple that gives trading a kick start.

You only need to trade for a set of spells gems once per character, then it's done. The utility/challenge is already a fraction of what it was previously now that we can buy pattern weaver then refund it later, and that there are spellgem harvest locations at all.