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Posted June 27, 2019
Hello!

Apologies for asking another stupid question. Ioun stones go in to the head slot. They are also egg shaped rocks. How does it stay on your head? It doesn't show up on the in game sprite when I have it equipped.
Posted June 27, 2019
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jsidhu762: Hello!

Apologies for asking another stupid question. Ioun stones go in to the head slot. They are also egg shaped rocks. How does it stay on your head? It doesn't show up on the in game sprite when I have it equipped.
Ioun stones are magical stones that rotate around the head. Can't be done in the infinity engine or it would have been.
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Posted June 27, 2019
LOL, i didn't even think about it. :)
Kudos for bringing this up. Interesting bits of info.
Posted June 27, 2019
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jsidhu762: Hello!

Apologies for asking another stupid question. Ioun stones go in to the head slot. They are also egg shaped rocks. How does it stay on your head? It doesn't show up on the in game sprite when I have it equipped.
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Hickory: Ioun stones are magical stones that rotate around the head. Can't be done in the infinity engine or it would have been.
Thanks!
Posted June 28, 2019
It *can* be done, even in the old BG2 (non-EE), but you need mods for that. Attached is a screenshot from my game. The colored floating things are the ioun stones.
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Post edited June 28, 2019 by amazingchestahead
Posted June 28, 2019
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amazingchestahead: It *can* be done, even in the old BG2 (non-EE), but you need mods for that. Attached is a screenshot from my game. The colored floating things are the ioun stones.
Which were created in BAM Workshop by WoRm.
Posted June 29, 2019
I do often wonder from which bit of real world mythology/lore ioun stones were inspired by, actually. Ioun stones date all the way back to 1st Ed. D&D, so they've been in the game for a long time. Anybody happen to know?
Posted June 29, 2019
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Zaxares: I do often wonder from which bit of real world mythology/lore ioun stones were inspired by, actually. Ioun stones date all the way back to 1st Ed. D&D, so they've been in the game for a long time. Anybody happen to know?
They're not inspired from real world or mythological sources. Their inspiration came from the Dying Earth novels of Jack Vance, which Gary Gygax absolutely loved.
Posted July 06, 2019
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Zaxares: I do often wonder from which bit of real world mythology/lore ioun stones were inspired by, actually. Ioun stones date all the way back to 1st Ed. D&D, so they've been in the game for a long time. Anybody happen to know?
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Hickory: They're not inspired from real world or mythological sources. Their inspiration came from the Dying Earth novels of Jack Vance, which Gary Gygax absolutely loved.
Ah, neat. I've never heard of that series before. I'll have to check them out sometime. Cheers for the info. :)
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