Stone of Change - Eldritch Rituals Cookbook

[Ironwind]

UPGRADED FULLY:

Weapon
1 Positive Dominion Material (positive affinity)
2 Earth Dominion Material (aspect of mineral)
3 Earth Opposition Ethereal + Positive Opposition Ethereal = Earth Opposition Ethereal / Mineral

Item
1 negative Escalation Ethereal (negative affinity)
2 positive Escalation Ethereal(existential stalemate)
3 positive Escalation Ethereal + negative Escalation Ethereal = positive escalation ethereal / Existential Stalemate

Weapon
1 Positive Dominion Material (positive affinity)
2 Air Dominion Material (aspect of lightning)
3 Air Dominion Material + Positive Dominion Material = Air Dominion Material / Lightning

Weapon
1 Air Dominion Material (air affinity)
2 Water Dominion Material (aspect of ice)
3 Air Dominion Material + Water Dominion Material = Air Dominion Material / Ice


DID NOT UPGRADE FULLY:

Item
1 earth escalation Material (earth affinity)
2 air escalation Ethereal (balance of land and sky)
3 air escalation Ethereal + earth escalation Ethereal = earth ethereal escalation / Land And Sky

So I think I have the answer (but doesn't everyone).

Take a look at the Quote Box above and pay particular attention to the color coded text.

Notice the only thing in red?
Notice the break in the pattern from all the green and yellow?
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It seems to me that the very unfortunate failure of the double combine lies in the fact that ESSENCES in tier 1 and tier 2 do not match.

I do not think that the two Tier 3 Essences have to match 1 & 2 but they have to match *each other*
I also think that the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Essences must match to achieve a successful Tier 3 super effect.

ps. forgive me if this has been said already. it was 4 hours between when i started typing this and finished typing this. **** real life office job!!!


EDIT:
oops. corrected my language usage.
gems, essences, aspects. so many words! brain so small.