Varla stones Options

[Furious_George]

I know varla stones are supposed to be in elvish ruins. I've been in several and found them in only one. In that one, they were charging up and shooting fireballs at me. When I approached, I could see where there was a cage that should theoretially lower to stop them from shooting you. I couldn't get them to lower either by pressing the action button when close, or looking for anything to activate them with in the ruins. I can't grab them, nor get them to stop shooting me.

Is this a common way to get varla stones, or is there another approach or ruin to get them easier?

btw, for new folks varla stones let you recharge your magical weapons....

[Bofra]

The first thing I did after finishing the character generation cave was to enter the ruins nearby, just a few steps away. There I found a Varla stone. I can't remember exactly were the Varla Stone was neither how well it was protected, but I do remember that nothing in that ruin was specifically hard. Actually everything was really easy, but I suppose it would be because of my and thus my enemies low level.

I actually didn't notice my stone until later when I saw it in my inventory, but as I try to recall I think I just grabbed it off it's location, without any fuss.

That is actually the only ruin I've been to, so I can't tell you if it's a common way or not.