Lump of coal
lump of coal
Plural: lumps of coal
You know you've been naughty when you get one of these in your stocking. Carbon in its many forms may be the key to life on this planet, but it's not much to look at.
Offhand Item
Autosell value: 20
Usable
How Obtained
One lump was given to each player by Ryme as a gift for Christmas, 2007. The message said:
Well, it's probably Christmas somewhere by now. So, uh, 'Hah Bumbug' or something like that. You've probably earned this.
Seriously, though, I hope you're having a happy holidays!
-Ryme
Included item: lump of coal (quantity 1)
- Naturalist
Using your powerful muscles, you squeeze the carbon tighter and tighter until it slowly heats and compresses. When you're done, you've got something sparkly. Neat!
You got an item: diamond 
- Gadgeteer
You chuck the carbon-based material into a little mechanical doo-dad that you've whipped up, mostly to see what will happen. When you check back a little later, you find that the material has restructured itself.
You got an item: graphite chalk 
- Psion
You delve deep into the molecular structure of the carbon, telekinetically twisting, turning, and tweaking the molecules until something precise and ordered forms.
You got an item: fullerene 
- Elemental
You take one look at the carbon and decide there's only one thing that it's good for. To burn, baby, burn!
You got an item: hot charcoal 
Using multiple: Unspecified
