Create Undead and finding Onyx Gems

[Jay707]

So, i'm in a game and apparently the DM found it worthy to say onyx gems are a hard commodity to come by.

Is there a way to create onyx gems via spell besides blood money for example? (Was bannned) Or magic items that makes it not require the gem in the first place..example being Blackmarrow Altar?

Thanks in advance.

[Lord Foul II]

If you are an arcane caster you could take the feat "false focus" and have that work bur it doesn't work for undead with more than 4 HD

You could use downtime to start an onix mine (staff it with undead?)

[Snakers]

Take the Yuelral's Blessing wizard discovery and just use any gems

[Dastis]

Blood Money spell

Staff of Create undead

Robe of Components. Unclear weather or not you can keep the components produced for more than one day

Do you have access to the plane of earth and/or earth elementals? You should be able to produce onyx gems with access to either

[Jay707]

Nice ideas to far, thanks.

[Nezzmith]

Onyx gems would be difficult to acquire legally, since their only role in the Pathfinder game system is the infamous material components for the creation of undead monsters.

Some ideas for where to get them, see if your GM will work with you on this:

"Abandoned" mines.

Black markets and other sinister organizations that sell the gems discreetly.

Perhaps a Church of Pharasma has bought up all quantities of the locally mined onyx to keep it out of Necromancer's hands. A heist will need to be staged to steal it from their vault.

The Occult Skill unlock of Dowsing can locate valuable gems and ores.

A foul murderer has already bought up the local stock, he'll give you any extra he has after you spend some of it to turn him into a Mohrg. Can you trust him?

Buy the rights to a mining location from the local guild. Keep all the onyx found and bribe the guild to continue looking the other way.

Three words: Burrowing Dwarf Ghouls.

Make bargains with fiends for the Onyx. They'll happily supply you.

There's plenty of ways, enjoy your graverobbing.

[Jeff Morse]

Profession gem cutter and fabricate spell

[Azten]

You could bypass the need for the onyx co pletely. Take the feat, Experiemtnal Spellcaster(found on this page) and pick Undeath with it. Note this only works if you cast from the Sorcerer/Wizard or Cleric list.

Undeath has no material component, can be cast at range, and is a level lower than Animate Dead is for clerics and sorcerer's/wizards/arcanists.