Artifacts

Crown of Total Justice (artifact)

History: Altaur, the great king of Miredian, was granted with a great power. A power so big, that  ruled by it’s self one of the greatest kingdoms of all times,  the Lost Kingdom of Miredian.  War and chaos were common  in those days, but magic use was rare. For the lost kingdom to be ruled, it was necessary that some sort of power help those who had fought to preserve the order and law upon the lands where the Kingdom lies, these are the Great, but insufficient, Army of the Court. So, as a matter of gratitude for the fight and the big effort made by the King and his loyal men, Tyr, god of Justice, gave them a gift, it was a crown: as shining and brilliant as it can be, this crown is forged in gold and mythral, and has only one pointed end at the front part of it, in the form of a lion fang, made in crystal, incrusted by magic.    For the king to have the crown, he was encouraged by Tyr to sacrifice his most loving treasure. So he did. Maybe the king misunderstood the task, maybe he did not…Blinded on fury and entangled by passion he did what he long after regretted for life…”There she was, staring at me…with that face… staring at me as if it was my fault… I just had to do it, it was for good….”    Altaur promised her everything was going to be all right, he cattle her with tender, gave her a last kiss, and then  stabbed her with a knife. In the moment he realize what he has done, it was too late. She was falling to the ground, trying to take her last breath, but she couldn’t… she died. King Altaur, the great king of  Miredian, has sacrificed his most beloved treasure, his wife. He killed the Queen to please the gods…and he did.    Aldo the act was as mad as the reality the King was facing on his realm, the relic was granted.

Type: Relic    Int 20    Ego 20    Alignment Lawful Good Communication Telepathy

Minor powers:  Protection from evil, at will. Hold Undead, twice a day. Wall of force, once a day. Possessor becomes immune to poison, regenerates 2 hp per turn. Fly, at will.    Paralyze at touch. 

Major powers: 100% magic resistance (becomes immune to any type of magic) at will for 24 hours. Wish, once per day.    Automatically all ability scores of the wielder are raised to they’re maximum, until crown is lost by him/her.

Dangers: When used any minor power of the relic, the wielder feels confused and angry, and with a terrible sensation of guiltiness for what he/she recalls “the pain on my hart”.  Soon the wielder will discovered that he/she has become Altaur someway. (DM rolls 2D20 + 10 uses of the relic minor powers, then the PC feels so guilty that he/she is unable to adventure again).  Relic drains one experience level from the wielder whenever a major power is used (no saving throw allowed).

  Means of Destruction: Before Altaur’s death, the destruction of the relic was very difficult, but now that the spirit of the king is trapped in the crown, it must be freed in order to destroy the relic.  So,  it most be destroyed by his original wielder: he/she must face Altaur himself and defeat him in battle. If the PC wins the fight, the relic will loose all it’s powers, and then it will implode (the reverse of a explosion). If the PC looses the encounter, he/she will not be able to try it again until he/she reaches a new experience level, and looses permanently one(1) constitution point (Resurrection Survival Roll check must be made).

ALTAUR:  Human, Fighter(16) Wiz(7); AL LG; AC -2 (Field Plate, +4 DEX); HP 101; TACH0: 5 + 3 ( STR.); No. AT: 2; Dmg: 2D4 + 2 + 6, 2D8 + 2 + 6 (Claymore + 2, STR. Bonus +6), used two handed.

STR     18.00    DEX    18    CON    18    INT      18    WIS    20    CHA    22    COM   18

Spells:  1 level: Comprehend Languages, Armor, Spider Climb, Light

            2 level: Ray Of  Enfeeblement, Giltterdust, Mirror Image

            3 level: Gust of Wind, Fireball.

Oak Staff of nature (Artifact)

History: This powerful artifact was created by Silvanus the good of nature and forests after he fought with Talos the good of destruction. The Staff was created to allow the druids of the forests to restore the life of the creatures that died fighting the hordes of Talos..

Type: Relic    Int 10    Ego 10    Alignment True Neutral Communication Telepathy

Minor Powers    (1 a day)1- Detect magic, 2- Detect animals, 3- Detect water, 4 Plant grow, 5 Purify water, Light, Raise the constitution of the wearer by 1 point, Immunity to Natural poisons.

Minor Powers    (1 a month) The owner can transform itself into a elder treant once a month.

Major powers Grants the use of the sphere of necromancy,   Immunity to the environment of the elemental planes.

Dangers: alignment change to that of the artifact, 1% cumulative chance of transforming the owner into a treant permanently.

  Means of Destruction: Speaking its 5000 names before a pond of death, Reinventing nature, Crushed by the bare foot of destruction.

 

The Black Pearl of Evil (Artifact) By Felipe Rodriguez

History: To keep the balance in the world, Ciric, god of Death and Rebellion made up a very powerful artifact, who’s only mission in the universe was to give those in charge of bringing chaos to the Lost Kingdom a hope to defeat the King Altaur and his Great Crown.    

This artifact was given to Aghani Morrey, better known in the annals of history as the “Dark Rouge”. She will fight against law and order in Miredian and, at last, she was supposed to get rid of the king, and so she did. Aghani was the one that killed King Altaur, and the only one who knows the truth about his death, so it keeps being a mystery for all those who lived before the Kingdom felled, and a mystery now for all those who are dissidence of the people that someday had lived in Miredian.    The artifact looks like a small pearl, but it’s color is black, and it has a small hole in the middle of it, in the shape of a cone. The artifact it is so evil, that even neutral characters feel repulsion when they are near it.    The Dark Rouge was also supposed to neutralize the power of the Crown, but she failed this part of the task, because when the king died, instantly the crown disappeared. She was supposed to place the pearl in the top of the pointed end of the crown, so it will became an artifact completely neutral, but with evil tendencies.

Type: Relic    Int 0    Ego 0    Alignment Chaotic Evil     Communication Telepathy

Minor powers:  Chill Touch, at will. Phantasmal Killer, once a day. Cloud kill, once a week. Possessor can speak to dead once per day, it doubles the character movement rate, increases the wielder’s prime ability to 18 (if it is STR., it goes to 18.00).

Major powers: Teleport at will with no error. Power word – Kill, once a week. Finger of Death, once a day.

Dangers: The artifact drains one experience level from the wielder’s best friend whenever a major power is used to kill someone or something (no saving throw allowed). When a major power is used for other purposes, the pc must make a successful System Shock roll at – 20%, if the wielder fails the check, he/she will be immersed in a long and deep dream, so he/she will be unable to be waken up for a period of 1D4 + 2 years

Means of Destruction: To destroy the pearl, it is necessary to place it in the anvil of  the Pure Scenes, and crush it with the hammer of the Pure Loyalty.

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