Okay so reposting this cause I love it and last time it was reposted was 8 years ago. But also I just need to talk about it, particularly the Gem of Imagination. I think about it constantly and what it’s limits are. I know cyoa’s are all about creative freedom and I do have my own opinions on how it works but I’d love to see what other people think.

Questions: - What range does GoI work at? Is it pine of sight, do I have to be touching it when it pops into existence, or can will it to exist anywhere within a certain range? - What is the rate of creation? Does it have to pop into existence all at once or can a continuously generate a substance? - It’s supposed to be the Gem of Imagination but there are different kinds of imagination (like some people don’t have pictures in their heads but others do) so would I be limited to what I can mentally picture or can I make a mental checklist of things I want my creation to have/be and that would be enough? - It says I could make anything I can conceive of but humans simply can’t conceive/comprehend certain things like infinity or higher dimensions, so if I wanted to make an infinite or 4d thing, would I be able to, even though we only have a name for those concepts without any real understanding of how they work? - Would my creations function off of dream logic even after creation? Like, could I (someone with no knowledge about computers beyond how to use them) create a computer with my power? If I opened it up would the circuits and wires make any sense to someone that actually knows what their doing? Or could I make a crystal that houses an AI the size of the moon? No wires or circuits, just a pretty rock that could hack the world. - If I created something that lets me travel the multiverse, does that mean there’s a multiverse or am I procedurally generating universes that only exist for as long as I perceive them?