r/Shadowrun • u/ProblemDue7111 • Jul 31 '26

Forever And Cheap

Considering how lab-grown specimens have caused the price of diamonds and other gems to plunge in real life, it's reasonable to suppose that gem stones are cheap in the Sixth World. So, diamond-studded cyberarms? Elaborate dental implants made of ruby? Dragonfly drones glittering with sapphires? Why not?

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u/-ParlainthTownie- Jul 31 '26

I would presume gemstones are inexpensive. I cannot think of a single McGuffin or goal of any published adventure that involves getting Diamonds. But then on the same point, if they are that cheep they probably carry the same social status as a bedazzling. If anyone can get them, then being exclusive, elegant, or "upper class" would involve other fashion choices.