Anyone have this list handy? I know a GM posted it a while back, but I cannot find it. :(

It was a list that told what moonsilk, firesilk, nightsilk, etc looked like.


Shadeau Raysen-Moonith,
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I'm not sure which category/topic these were posted under, but here's something I had saved from the boards:

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Re: What Is Moonsilk? ? on 9/26/2004 6:37:45 PM 2379


Moonsilk is a very pale blue silk with an opalescent sheen, stone-washed to give it a heavy texture and a slight nap.

GM Reexa

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Re: What Is Moonsilk? ? on 9/28/2004 9:02:12 AM


The silks (aside from spidersilk, since that seems to be fairly well known at this point):

shadowsilk: a special form of silk that absorbs light rather than reflecting it

nightsilk: a unique form of spidersilk, harvested specifically from the black spiders that live within the mists of the Forest of Night

steelsilk: a strong silk used for the reinforcement of seams and containers

watersilk: a supple fabric-like material that drapes and shimmers beautifully, holding the lustre of silk and movement of water

firesilk: a fabric containing red silk threads that cause the fabric to shimmer with red fire as the light catches it.

NOTE on these fabrics: most of them are very expensive. Many are restricted to use by specific merchants only, and most merchants will require that the fabric be provided if you wish an alteration with them. Due to the delicate nature of silk, and the expense involved with obtaining the speciality silks, any merchant has the right to refuse to work with them even if the fabric is supplied by the client.

GM Reexa

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"Come fairies, take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind and dance
Upon the mountains like a flame." -- W.B. Yeats

Also, some of the silks are regular silk but special weaves/treatment processes (and some aren't silk at all, but they look like silk). The following can't be used for embroidery threads, for example:

Firesilk (weave of silk threads)
Moonsilk (treatment for woven silk)
Watersilk (it's not actually made from thread)

-Danalae T'Aliesan

>The following can't be used for embroidery threads, for example:
>Moonsilk (treatment for woven silk)

There are sundials with a moonsilk thread sold in Blackthorn Canyon. Oversight?

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Could be dyed?


Shadeau Raysen-Moonith,
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In its natural form, yes. But does that mean it can't be dyed?

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"Come fairies, take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind and dance
Upon the mountains like a flame." -- W.B. Yeats

Moonsilk has a very specific color and weave description so once it was dyed it would no longer be a true moonsilk. There will always be unscrupulous merchants out there trying to pawn off a dyed material as moonsilk, which reminds me of the vendors selling nolex watches out of suitcases. Just because they look similar to a rolex doesn't mean they have the same quality or value as one!

Another very rare and pricey silk for your lists that is made from a weave and not individual threads is stormsilk. Spun platinum and silver threads are woven with a silk to give the fabric a stormy look that appears to crackle with electricity when the light catches it.


GM Alvy

Thanks for the information, Alvy. Another one to add to the list...

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"Moonsilk is a very pale blue silk with an opalescent sheen, stone-washed to give it a heavy texture and a slight nap."

You don't have to include any of that text when you use moonsilk, but it must be pale blue or have the color not mentioned at all. I believe it's called moonsilk because it's the icy blue hue of Xibar's light.

Also, don't forget about Elven silk and Elothean silk! While I'm not 100% sure of the properties of Elven silk, Elothean silk is extremely fine and made in super-secret ways, most likely with special types of silkworms. From an IG book: "Elothean silk, in particular, is collected from secret sorts of silkworms that are raised on lotus leaves, at a precise temperature known only to their caretakers. The worms feed and they feed, in hopes of someday spinning perfect cocoons. The cocoons are gathered and dipped in hot water to loosen them, and then they are unspun, to be given to the spinners and weavers who refine it. Silk filaments are extremely fine, and so a single thread requires five to ten of them." It cannot be made to "appear a different color when viewed from different angles" because of some sort of weaving. The silk is too fine for that to be possible.

Nightweaver silk has been described in a festie handbag as: "Incredibly smooth and yet slightly thick, the nightweaver silk serves as a faintly lustrous backdrop..." I imagine nightreaver silk is similar.

I hope that helps!

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>How bout nightstalker silk? Would that be the same as weaver?

They're just a different tier of the same creature, so I would imagine it would be the same.

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I would guess spidersilk to be delicate of nature yet Aver wears her hunting for added protection *not sure why, but it does seem to add more then a regular gown protection wise*

From the Bard's Fest I believe it was:

tap: a clinging black spidersilk robe sashed with a blue-black silk braid.

look: Embroidered in silver are reeds that rise unevenly from the hem, framing a spindly blue and white heron dancing along the back of the robe.

appraisal: The black silk robe is pocketed.
The black silk robe is incredibly pliant.
It appears that the black silk robe can be worn as a shirt or robe, even with armor.
You wonder if the black silk robe weighs around 300 stones.
You are certain that the black silk robe is worth exactly 30627 lirums.

>>But uh...that gown isn't armor?<<

Um as I always seem to ask you, read again what I posted.

I never said it was armor, I believe I said that I wear it while hunting. When I wear a gown with my armor I seem to be less protected..any gown I've worn.. except for these robes

not arguing, just trying to say it seems to given a little added protection. I don't know why, it just does

(no it doesn't)

yes, you're right, how could I possibly notice that I take more hits wearing a gown under my armor then these spidersilk robes....

oh wait! many times hunting both ways I guess have shown me exactly that.

It might not have been intended too give added protection, doesn't say that it does offer protection in any way, but it sure seems to anytime I've tested it

Perhaps it is as Sylverwind said, something to do with the silk type itself, strong as steel. I've really no understanding of 'why' the robes seem this way they just are.

I mentioned spidersilk only as it had seemed to be missing from the list of silk types someone had posted

lavender also restores fatigue. that's why meraud loves it so much.

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It lands a cataclysmic hit against his chest!
As the hammer-shaped light silently explodes, you could swear you hear a voice whisper the word "Justice".

If it did, we'd have spidersilk armor.


Shadeau Raysen-Moonith,
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I'm just saying, if Spidersilk gave a bonus to armor, or provided protection, everyone would know and be covered in it.


Shadeau Raysen-Moonith,
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>>lavender also restores fatigue. that's why meraud loves it so much.


God that was awesome, one of the funniest things I remember in the 5+ years I've been playing this game.

And my personal favorite silk type is Elothean, but I'm biased.

Melien.