Peer Gems

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Sometimes, even the best adventurer will become totally lost in a dungeon or in the wilderness, with no idea where to return to civilization. In such cases, Peer Gems are really helpful. Looking at such a gem reveals a map of the wider surroundings to the adventurer, thus making it easy to find the right way. However, every gem is only good for one use, afterwards, it breaks.

Peer Gems appeared first in Ultima III (before, there were other ways to look at the map). They could only be brought at special shops, and were quite expensive. This didn't change in Ultima IV and V, although in Ultima V, monsters left them quite often. By Ultima VI, any tool shop sold them. After the time of the False Prophet, they vanished without a trace.

[edit] Trivia

• The gem given by Lord British at the beginning of Forge of Virtue in a way also works like a Peer Gem, only it showed one special place.

• The spell "Peer" fulfilled the same function as the gems.