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=====Bibliography=====
=====Bibliography=====
*[[Fred Weining|Weining, Fred]].  ''Vault of the Drow: Dark Elf Metropolis''. ''[[dragmag|Dragon]]'' magazine #298.  Renton, WA: [[Paizo Publishing]], 2002.
*[[Gygax, Gary]], [[David C. Sutherland III]], [[David Cook]], and [[Jeff Grubb]]. ''[[Queen of the Spiders]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: [[TSR]], 1986.
*[[Gygax, Gary]], [[David C. Sutherland III]], [[David Cook]], and [[Jeff Grubb]]. ''[[Queen of the Spiders]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: [[TSR]], 1986.
*Heinsoo, Robert and Andy Collins.  ''Underdark''.  Renton, WA: [[Wizards of the Coast]], 2010.
*Heinsoo, Robert and Andy Collins.  ''Underdark''.  Renton, WA: [[Wizards of the Coast]], 2010.
*Marmell, Ari, [[Anthony Pryor]], [[Robert J. Schwalb]], [[Greg A. Vaughan]]. ''[[Drow of the Underdark]]''. Renton, WA: [[Wizards of the Coast]], 2007.
*Marmell, Ari, [[Anthony Pryor]], [[Robert J. Schwalb]], [[Greg A. Vaughan]]. ''[[Drow of the Underdark]]''. Renton, WA: [[Wizards of the Coast]], 2007.
*[[Fred Weining|Weining, Fred]].  ''Vault of the Drow: Dark Elf Metropolis''. ''[[dragmag|Dragon]]'' magazine #298.  Renton, WA: [[Paizo Publishing]], 2002.


=====Zavoda Index Entry=====
=====Zavoda Index Entry=====

Revision as of 19:35, 13 November 2019

Lacofcite is an Oerthly mineral, formed as turnkeoite decays.

The "purple haze"[1] of Lacofcite, Underdark, Art by Francis Tsai.

Description

Lacofcite is a dense and crumbling ore[2] which is know to give off radiation. It absorbs particular wavelengths in the visible light spectrum, and radiates light in both the visual and ultraviolet spectrums as it slowly decays.[2] This effect is described as lurid and ghostly. The radiation is known to interfere with teleportation[2] which, for the Drow, is a good thing as it keeps surface-dwellers from raiding or invading magically in quick in-and-out assaults.

A massive deposit of Lacofcite appears in the uppermost, central portion of the Vault, as well as thousands of tiny deposits[3]. The effect makes it appear as if there were a strange plum-colored moon and stars.[2][3] 1,000 fathoms above ground-level, its light would be something akin to dim moonlight of a "wrong"-colored full moon.


Creative origins

Lakofcite is probably named for Lenard Lakofka.

References

Citations
  1. Underdark. p57
  2. a b c d Drow of the Underdark. p154
  3. a b Dragon #298, p73.
Bibliography
Zavoda Index Entry

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index page has a list of sources, abbreviations, and a link to the full index.

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      D3 Vault of the Drow	10
      Dragon Magazine #298	73