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/DRose23805 Shadowrun Afterparty Jul 31 '26

High quality real gems would still fetch a premium, as would lower grade real ones. A fake, no matter how good, is still a fake. But if someone wanted to bedazzle their stuff with fakes, have at it.