What is/was the Conclave?

They were before my time, but I know at least 1 conclave pc wound up getting their elementalists gem removed at some point, as the admin that was unlinking it told me about it while unlinking it.

Too true. There's even a word attached to the gem that is not part of it's sdesc that allows it to be removed at any time. Of course, it sends the message to staff 'soandsopc removed gem <secret keyword>' so... it is kinda pointless to do it without staff onhand because the second they know what's happened, you're likely looking at a karma dock/storage.

It was not impenetrable. Difficult sure, impenetrable it was not. They even had to unlink the fortress, because people kept getting inside it and using it for secret dwellings, long after conclave got closed. So they made the gates remain and remove the rest of the fortress. Then ... I guess, it became impenetrable.

ithink i renener trying to eth through the gate with drovian and fgetting bounced out so inprmenetrbale

You know the staff reads these posts (you even addressed one to the staff). So, when you post things like this, you have to know that the staff is going to think "Did she just /tell/ everyone about this secret coded thing? Well - how about we just remove/change that word from the gem item's code." 

It's one thing to discover an exploit, keep it to yourself, use it on occasion, and stay under the radar. It's another thing to blast the news to an entire group of players who want to make copious use of exploits, and as a result of the mad dash for the exploit, cause the staff to say "Woah - that stops right now."

I don't even know if this thing about the gem is true or if you're just making it up (you've posted several things that are flat out untrue on this forum). But if it's true, and if the staff who /does/ read this nerfs it so it can no longer happen, you'll know it's because you felt it necessary to broadcast it.

Incorrect. I didn't say what the keyword IS. That is me saying that a thing exists and not saying what the thing is. Also, I would very much like you to give me an example of something untrue I posted. Third, I even included that it would be pointless to use the word if it -was- known, to remove the thing, because it sends a message to every staff member logged in. What are you on about?

Further: there is no possible way for someone to bring that up, use it, or in any way mistake it as IC to use a workaround keyword to remove an item that is coded to work a certain way unless you use the workaround keyword. Hell, the only time I've ever used it myself was to see if the keyword worked, and at times when I've had a pc wear an item with 'gem' in its sdesc, so I could target the actual gem rather than the other item, because it is a keyword that to my knowledge is not attached to any other item in the game. You'll never know if it's true, because I'm not going to give the information out to you. Maybe if someone else who was actually known and trusted by me and who wasn't flagrantly antagonistic toward me asked, I might tell them, and let them do with it what they wanted, but even if they did use it and did manage to remove the gem, their pc would be force stored or killed or they'd be banned or karma docked, whatever, because you can use the word to target the gem, as I said, like to look at it or use it in an emote, but if you ever try and take it off with that word, there is a huge flashing sign that goes up to every staff member. I only even shared that it existed because it's THAT easy to take the gem off, you don't even need a staff member around if you know how to do it (it's not a good idea because consequences, but it's literally that easy 'remove gemkeyword'), and I personally think that people -should- be allowed to remove them, provided they're willing to play along with the stripping of power and elemental connection that is supposed to be RPed with that, and the conclave is the only place I've even heard other staff refer to it happening.