Ring of Inanimate Friend
Ring of Inanimate Friend: The wearer of this ring can transform instantaneously its familiar into a tiny sandstone statue by touching and willing it. This use-activated effect is similar to a statue spell and can be used up to three times per day, lasting for 1 hour per use, dismissible by touching again the familiar. During the time spent as a statue, the familiar loses the use of the improved invasion, speak with master and speak with animals of its type special abilities.
Strong transmutation; CL 13th; Forge Ring, statue; Price 36,400 Cp.
Dessicating Rod
Dessicating Rod: This rod is crafted from the thigh-bone of a thrax, with a series of gaunt, dehydrated faces carved in a spiral around it. The dessicating rod is often used by silt and sun clerics to drain water from living creatures.
The rod acts as a +1 club that deals no hit point damage. Instead, the wielder deals 1d6+5 points of Constitution damage to any creature touched with the rod (by making a melee touch attack). Oozes, plants and creatures with the aquatic subtype are more susceptible to this attack and instead takes 1d8+5 points of Constitution damage. In either case, the defender negates the effect with a DC 22 Fortitude save.
Strong necromancy; CL 15h; Craft Magic Arms and Armors, Craft Rod, horrid wilting; Price 60,000 Cp.
Boots of Resonance
Boots of Resonance: These short leather boots made from the cured hide of a sand worm allow the wearer to move without any chance of being detected by creatures using tremorsense. In addition, twice per day, the wearer can hit the ground with the sole of its boots and causes 4d4 points of non-lethal damage to all creature currently using tremorsense in a 30 feet radius.
Faint psychometabolism; ML 4th; Craft Universal Item, body equilibrium, stomp; Price 19,200 Cp.
I’d like to know when we make the distinction between a minor and a major artifacts since minor artifacts are not necessarly unique items, just that they cannot be made anymore, while major are unique items. If we follow these guidelines, every artifacts we created up to now are supposed to be major…
Minor Artifact Descriptions
This new minor artifact replace those found in Chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. It is a unique item.
The Hunger
The Hunger: The artifact known as the Hunger is a 8-inches circular bronze plastron engraved at its center with the figure of a quartered and screaming man with small, smooth spheres of obsidian located at the ends of its hands and feet, and on its chest. Five equidistant slots surround the plastron, allowing leather straps to secure it to the chest of its possessor. It was used as armor by the defiler warlord Amen Thal the Devourer, general to the armies of the Champion Uyness of Waverly during the Cleansing Wars. Amen Thal’s addiction to life energy was legendary and said to know no bound.
This plastron surrounds any wearer with an invisible field of force granting a +9 armor bonus and enables him to determine the location and number of orcs and orc-blooded creatures in a 1 mile radius around it, requiring concentrating as a full-round action. Only if the wearer is a wizard does the plastron’s true power is revealed: the ability to gather even greater life energy from the soil and plants surrounding him, boosting his spells. In effect, when gathering energy the caster can no longer stop its flow, and as a result cannot preserve but gains great defiling power.
First the wearer’s defiling radius becomes 10 feet per spell slot level expended. Also, all plant life, including plant creatures, is utterly destroyed within the first half of the defiling radius; other creatures experience agonizing pain and suffer a -2 penalty to attack rolls, skill checks and saves, lasting one round. Plants and creatures in the second half of the defiling radius are subject to the normal effects of defiling.
The terrain where the energy is gathered is treated as two categories better when spells are cast while wearing the plastron; in abundant terrain, the bonuses to spell save DCs and caster level checks are increased by an additional +1.
Lastly, every applicable spell cast by the wearer of the Hunger is considered widened and maximized.
The simple act of putting on the Hunger renders a wizard tainted, and after casting a spell with the plastron in its possession the wizard becomes an instant defiler. In addition, once the plastron is used, the wizard becomes addicted to the rush of life energy and will not cast spells without wearing the plastron, unless succeeding at a DC 25 Will save each time he wants to gather energy. Only conversion, reality revision or wish can free a wizard from the hold of the plastron. In the case of a casting of conversion, the caster of the spell must pay four times the XP cost (2,000 XP).
Overwhelming necromancy; CL 20th; Weight 10 lbs
I just saw that the artifact’s name should be the Hunger instead of the Hungry. Its written “The Hunger” in the title, but “the Hunger” in the text, so that a creaure possessing this artifact writes “ring of protection +1, Hunger, brooch…” on his sheet.
Brooch, Familiar’s
Brooch, Familiar’s: This brooch is usually made of everyday materials―such as ivory or bone―but metal examples exist. Its is carved or shaped in the form of one’s familiar, although a wizard with a different type of familiar than the one represented by the brooch can also benefit from it.
The familiar whose master boasts such an item is treated as having a master four levels higher. A familiar’s natural armor and Intelligence can increase in the epic range in this way but only familiar special abilities gained at less than 20th level are affected.
Moderate transmutation; CL 5th; Craft Wondrous Item, enhance familiar; Price 13,000 Cp.
Another minor artifact. Its image can be found here.
The clouting, magebane and skillful magic weapon special abilities are from Complete Arcane.
Clouting: when hit, succeed at a Will save or be repelled 10 ft., or fall down if physically prevented
Magebane: bane weapon against arcane spellcasters
Skillful: proficiency with the weapon, BAB becomes 3/4 wielder’s level
Thundering: like a Flaming Burst weapon, but sonic-based
The Cleaver
The Cleaver: Said to have been owned by the defiler warlord Merovech during the Preserver Jihad, the sword known as the Cleaver was made specifically to crush the forces arrayed against Rajaat at the time. Not forged by Rajaat himself but rather by one of his defiler assistants, it is less powerful than its sister swords the Scorcher, the Scourge and the Silencer. Merovech survived until the Cleansing Wars, during which he served under the Slayer of Elves and is thought to have died in the siege of an elven magical fortress.
The Cleaver is made of a dark gray alloy stronger than enchanted metal, known as vorpal steel. The double-edged blade ends in the way of forked tongues, with a pointed ridge appearing on each side of the blade at equidistant points between tip and guard. The hue of the alloy becomes darker near the tip, an effect from its forging process. The handle is unusually long and clearly made to be handled by two hands, its guard forged in the form of an open mandible.
The Cleaver is a +6 clouting magebane skillful thundering bastard sword. The wielder gains the use of the Great Cleave feat, as well as spell resistance 21. The wielder can make a cleave attack whenever a creature is successfully driven back by the clouting effect (or falls down if such movement is impossible).
Faint necromancy, moderate abjuration and conjuration, overwhelming transmutation; ML 21st; Weight 6 lb.
Is the clouting effectof the Cleaver always in effect or only on a hit?
The rod of withering in the DMG is a +1 club that inflicts no damage
I think that some artifacts should give power but also some drawback to the user, a little like the artifacts from PAoA.
Blindfold of Perception
Blindfold of Perception: When put over the eyes and the ears, this leather blindfold increase your perceptions. The wearer choose if he wishes to feel light or feel sound, changing from one mode to the next as a swift action. While feeling light, the wearer gain a +4 circumstance bonus to all Spot and Search checks and is immune to gaze attacks. While feeling sounds, he gain a +4 circumstance bonus on Listen checks. Spells and powers which affects the senses still work normally on the wearer. A blinded or deafened user can use the blindfold to temporarly regain its lost senses, without benefit of the bonuses.
Faint psychometabolism; ML 1st; Craft Universal Item, synesthete; Price: 2,000 Cp.
I’ve edited the Hunger. +9 armor bonus plus some free metamagic.
I wanted to create items using defiler’s ashes but since you already made one such item, I continued the series of blowpipes created by the defiler Denier. Please comment.
Tormentor’s Pipe
Tormentor’s Pipe: This small horn blowpipe is carved like a spiral of teeth, all pointing toward its mouth.
When defiler’s ash is inserted in the tube it becomes a powerful sorcerous poison. If blown on a living target it causes wracking pains and agony, resulting in a –4 penalty on attack rolls, skill checks and ability checks, for 1 hour. The target is entitled to a DC 17 Fortitude save to negate the effect. When attempting to blow the ash on a target, treat the blowpipe as a blowgun with half the range. Filling a blowpipe is a move action that provokes attacks of opportunity.
Moderate necromancy; CL 9th; Craft Wondrous Item, symbol of pain; Price 67,500 Cp; Weight 2 lb.
Languor Pipe
Languor Pipe: This small ceramic blowpipe is sculpted in the form of several worn visages, with the angled mouth of the last one serving as the blowpipe’s mouth.
When defiler’s ash is inserted in the tube it becomes a powerful sorcerous poison. If blown on a living target it causes extreme fatigue, making the target exhausted for 1 hour. When attempting to blow the ash on a target, treat the blowpipe as a blowgun with half the range. Filling a blowpipe is a move action that provokes attacks of opportunity.
Strong necromancy; CL 13th; Craft Wondrous Item, waves of exhaustion; Price 136,500 Cp; Weight 2 lb.
If anyone as ideas or would like some items to appears, let us know
Bead of Agony
Bead of Agony: The surface of this small, hard chitin-like sphere is graven with a pair of wings of a black-veined agony beetle, complete with dark, transverse lines. The user can throw it up to 60 feet with no range penalties. If both wings are pressed simultaneously (as a free action) just before the bead is hurled, it burst upon sharp impact, transforming into four agony beetles (see Terrors of the Dead Lands) that fly to attach themselves to the nearest living creatures other than the thrower. The beetles fight until slain or until no living creatures other than the thrower remain within 120 feet of the bead’s impact point. Producing the agony beetles by pressing the wings and throwing it destroys the bead.
Faint conjuration; CL 5th; Craft Wondrous Item, summon monster III; Price 4,500 Cp.
Here’s another item to give your familiar a longer lifespan:
Satchel of Safe Haven
Satchel of Safe Haven: This plain-looking satchel provides an access to the Gray that can be used as a refuge for a Tiny or smaller familiar. Once inside, the familiar can only be called back by its master, as a standard action, by inserting a hand into the satchel and willing it. The familiar can remain indefinitly in the satchel, which is being airproof, water and silt-tight while sealed. A familiar within the satchel is considered phased, so cannot attack, cast spells targetting, nor affect creatures on Athas Prime, but being still aware of its surrounding within 60 feet. As the magic of the satchel keep it near its entry point, the familiar cannot move farther within the Gray. The familiar is unaffected by force and abjuration effect affecting creatures in the Gray unless they affect the satchel itself. During the time spent in the satchel, a familiar confers no benefits to its master and loses its familiar special abilities
Faint conjuration; CL 3rd; Craft Wondrous Item, familiar pocket†; Price 12,000 Cp.
† This spell can be found in The Complete Arcane and Tome and Blood.
This is the first in a series of four instruments:
Mizmar of the Fire Drake
Mizmar of the Fire Drake: This clarinet is made from two hollowed out stems of burnflowers lashed together. It is often found in the hands of elven performers who use it to enhance their daily celebrations, and also to make some mischiefs against those who have wronged them or their tribe. When played by a person who succeeds on a DC 15 Perform (wind instruments) check, the pipes create an eerie tune enabling him to control flames as per the psionic power. Also, as long as the the mizmar is played, the user can control the intensity and movement of a Tiny nonmagical fire source present within 200 feet. For every additional round of playing, and with a successful Perform check, the size of the fire can be decreased or increased by one step toward extinguishment up to being Large in size. When the music stops, the control stops and the fire returns to its original size.
Strong psychokinesis; ML 12th; Craft Universal item, control flames; Price 24,000 Cp; Weight: 3 lbs.
An image and the sounds of the mizmar can be found here
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Chitin-Rot [/color][/FONT]
Chitin-Rot: A chitin-rot weapon always use sap from the Forest Ridge’s trees in its fabrication and always seems slick with humidity, even in the hottest environment. It causes the exoskeleton of creatures like insects and kreen to become dull and streaked with gray, effectively weakening it as if suffering from chitin-rot.
Any such creature succesfully hit must succeeds at a DC 16 Fortitude save or take a –2 cumulative penalty to its natural armor, down to a minimum of 0. The penalty for this effect decreases naturally at a rate of 1 point per day. Any effect that heals ability damage may also be used to reduce or eliminate the penalty by the same amount. Bows, crossbows, and slings so crafted bestow the chitin-rot upon their ammunition.
Moderate necromancy; CL 7th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, contagion; Price +1 bonus.
[FONT=Papyrus][b]Penetration
[/FONT] Penetration:[/b] A penetration weapon is the bane of all kreen species and insects. It deals +2d6 points of bonus damage on a successful hit against all creatures possessing an exoskeleton. This enchantment is never found on slashing weapons. Bows, crossbows, and slings so crafted bestow the penetration effect upon their ammunition.
Moderate transmutation; CL 5th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, keen edge; Price +2 bonus.
Here’s the item created from a collaboration between me and Pennarin for the request from BigBubba:
Tagelmoust of the Tormented
Tagelmoust of the Tormented: This grayish turban is about 10 feet long when unwrapped and completely cover the face of its wearer while worn. It is fashioned from the garments worn by a water cleric turned krag after drowning in the Sea of Silt.
When worn it creates a cone of terror, as per the spell fear, that causes each living creatures in the 30 feet area to become panicked unless it succeeds at a DC 16 Will save (if cornered, a panicked creature begins cowering). If the Will save succeeds, the creature is shaken for 1 round.
Up to three times a day, the turban can be unwrapped to reveal the face of the krag from which the cloth originated, bestowing a terrible curse upon any onlooker. The gaze attack has a range of 30 feet and forces any living creature within its range to succeed at a DC 16 Will save or suffer from a dehydration curse. In effect, the victim must drink four times his ordinary amount of water each day, or suffer from the effects of thirst. This effect last for 2d4 days or until removed with a break enchantment, limited wish, miracle, remove curse, or wish spell. After the round in which the curse power is used, the wearer’s face return to normal. Unwrapping the turban is a standard action that does not provoke an attack of opportunity
Moderate necromancy; CL 7th; Craft Wondrous Item, fear, bestow curse, Price: 89,500 Cp.
Thanks again for asking and if it pleases you or any other, give ideas for more items .
Veil of the Tormented
Worn by a water cleric as she turned into a Krag by being drowned by a Silt Horror, this veil creates an aura of fear. 3 times per day the veil can be lifted to reveal the face of the Krag that wore it. The appearance of this face acts as a Dehydration Curse on it’s victim.
Inquisitorial Chest
Inquisitorial Chest: Sometimes refered to as arcanopic chests, these elaborate chests weight in at around 500 pounds and are worth at least 2,000 Cp in materials and workmanship alone. Their make, and the scenes depicted on their surface varies from one city to another. In Urik for example, an arcanopic chest is composed of a checkered pattern of lead plates and polished white onyx slabs fitted together and held with iron wire. The removable lid is made of a single slab of white onyx with encrusted pieces of crystalline sulphur shaped to depict the face of the Lion-King. Handles beneath the chest retract and are meant to help two porters bear the chest on their shoulders when moving it.
Such chests are under constant guard in a templarate building, and only accessible by mid and high-level templars and servants of the monarchs. Characters with Secular Authority and seven or more ranks in Diplomacy can request the use of the chest, and those with eighteen or more ranks in Diplomacy can have it moved up to the limits of his sorcerer-monarch’s domain. Slaves oil and polish these templarate treasures daily.
Only characters with Secular Authority can activate this item. If a magic item is kept in the chest for an hour while the lid is kept shut, its magical properties are imparted unto the user as if identify had been cast. An object of up to Medium size can be fitted into the chest. Once per day, upon strong utterance of the name of the sorcerer-monarch worshiped by the user, a single item put into the chest can be affected by Mordenkainen’s disjunction (save DC 23).
Faint divination and strong abjuration; CL 17th; Craft Wondrous Item, identify, Mordenkainen’s disjunction, creator must have Secular Authority; Price 43,300 Cp.
This item was originally posted for the Master of All Cacti: Lord Doomspike
Circlet of Resolve
Circlet of Resolve: Often used by nobles and those fearing that their actions will be influenced by psionic adversaries, this circlet allows the wearer to be more determined in its actions. This circlet of whitish-green olivine grants a +5 bonus on all Will saves.
Moderate telepathy; ML 7th; Craft Universal Item, empty mind; Price 50,000 Cp.
(edit: changed the form of the item and added a description)
Magic weapon special abilities
Bane, Athasian: A bane weapon excels at attacking one type or subtype of creature. Against its designated foe, its effective enhancement bonus is +2 better than its normal enhancement bonus. It deals an extra 2d6 points of damage against the foe. Bows, crossbows, and slings so crafted bestow the bane quality upon their ammunition. To randomly determine a weapon’s designated foe, roll on the following table.
d% Designated Foe
01–09 Aberrations
10–15 Animals
16–19 Constructs
20 Dragon
21–28 Elementals (air)
29–36 Elementals (earth)
37–44 Elementals (fire)
45–52 Elementals (water)
53–57 Giants
58–60 Humanoids, dwarf
61–63 Humanoids, elf
64–65 Humanoids, gith
66 Humanoids, halfling
67–69 Humanoids, human
70-72 Humanoids, reptilian
73–75 Humanoids, tari
76–80 Magical beasts
81–85 Monstrous humanoids
86 Oozes
87-89 Outsiders
90-93 Undead, free-willed
94-95 Undead, walking dead
96-100 Vermin
Moderate conjuration; CL 8th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, summon monster I; Price +1 bonus.
Doom: Doom weapons were used during the Preserver Jihad and the Cleansing Wars to bring down powerful opponents on both sides.
A doom weapon is keyed to a particuliar individual. During the crafting of this weapon, something valuable to the individual to be exterminated must be incorporated into the crafting process of the weapon.
Against the particular creature it was crafted to slain, the effective enhancement bonus of the weapon is +2 better than its normal enhancement bonus. On a critical hit the target must make a DC 23 Fortitude save or die instantly. This ability is a death effect. On a successful save the target is nevertheless dealt an extra 3d6+17 points of damage. Only melee weapons can be so enchanted.
Strong necromancy; CL 17th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, heightened finger of death; Price +5 bonus.
Expiation: An expiation weapon is a device created to purge the land of those who will continue to help it toward desolation and eventual destruction. The majority of these weapons were created at the end of the Preserver Jihad and the beginning of the Cleansing Wars, but many were lost during the battles, their powers forgotten by all but the most erudite. Some parts of these weapons are always crafted to resemble natural creatures or plants.
Against defilers the effective enhancement bonus of the weapon is +2 better than its normal enhancement bonus. It deals an extra 2d6 points of damage against these foes. Also, upon a succesfull hit, the defender must succeeds at a DC 17 Will save or be unable to gather energy for 2d4 rounds. Expiation effects are only found on melee weapons.
Moderate divination; CL 9th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, defiler scent; Price +2 bonus.
Rumbling: Upon command, a rumbling weapon creates a continuous rumble like a coming storm. A rumbling weapon deals an extra 1d8 points of sonic damage on a successful hit. The sonic energy does not harm the wielder. The effect remains until another command is given. In addition to that damage, a rumbling weapon deals an extra 1d8 points of sonic damage on a successful critical hit and the target must make a DC 19 Fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round. Bows, crossbows, and slings so crafted bestow this enchantment upon their ammunition.
Strong evocation; CL 11th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, heightened sound burst; Price +3 bonus.
Magic weapon special ability
Cleansing Flame: Cleansing flame weapons were used during the Preserver Jihad to quickly destroy the defiler minions of Rajaat’s armies.
A cleansing flame weapon functions as a flaming weapon that also can cause defilers to erupt with a fire-like force that consumes life energy. A defiler hit must make a DC 23 Fortitude save or be instantly killed by white-green flames erupting from within. These white-green flames are not fire but a force that consumes their life energy, therefore not subject to resistance to fire or protection from energy (fire) and similar magic (creatures immune to death effects are not affected by this force). Defilers killed by the cleansing flames turn to ash and cannot be brought back to life as their life energy has been irrevocably destroyed. Defilers that succeed on their save, or that are immune to death effects, instead take 3d6+17 points of damage plus fire damage as normal. A defiler attempting to wield the weapon becomes affected by the force.
Moderate evocation and necromancy; CL 17th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, defiler scent, flameblade, heightened slay living; Price +5 bonus.
Psionic weapon special ability
Cranial Burst: This potent and feared ability allows the weapon to cause the cranium of those it strikes to burst. Upon a roll of natural 20 (followed by a successful roll to confirm the critical hit), the weapon explodes the opponent’s head (if it has one). Some creatures, such as many aberrations and all oozes, have no head. Others, such as golems and undead creatures other than intelligent undead, are not affected by the loss of their heads. Most other creatures, however, die when their heads burst. The DM may have to make judgment calls about this weapon’s effect. A cranial burst weapon must be a piercing ranged weapon. Bows and crossbows so crafted bestow the cranial burst ability upon their ammunition.
Strong psychokinesis; ML 18th; Craft Psionic Arms and Armors, telekinetic force; Price +5 bonus.
Thanks Fabrício, and you put your finger right on our goal… and here’s another item for those wishing some privacy:
Beaded Curtain of Vigilance
Beaded Curtain of Vigilance: This normal-looking beaded curtain made of colored ceramic beads is about 4 feet wide and 7 feet high. When commanded to guard a doorway, it animates and attempts to grab, then grapple any Medium or smaller creature that comes within 5 feet. The owner can set a password to allow creatures to pass through without causing the curtain to attack, and can command the curtain from up to 30 feet away (though the owner needs not be present for the curtain to attack). The curtain can attack one creature at a time; unless it is destroyed, it continues to attempt to grapple or hold its target until commanded to release.
Moderate transmutation and evocation; CL 11th; Craft Wondrous Item, animate objects, grasping hand; Price 30,000 Cp.
Animated Beaded Curtain of Vigilance: CR 3; Medium Construct; HD 4d10+20; hp 42; Init +3;Spd 0 ft.; AC 15, touch 13, flat-footed 12; Base Atk +3; Grp +14; Atk +10 melee touch (no damage, grab); Full Atk +10 melee touch (no damage, grab); Space/Reach 5 ft./5 ft.; SA improved grab; SQ construct traits; AL N; SV Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +1; Str 25, Dex 16, Con ―, Int ―, Wis 11, Cha 1.
Here’s an armor ability that will be used in the Martial Regalia of the Lion King of Guistenal (coming soon):
Magic armor special ability
Life-shielding: This suit of armor protects the wearer from the effects of being caught in the defiling radius of a spellcasting defiler. The wearer is immune to all penalties associated with the defiling radius, even when augmented with Raze feats or magical items.
Moderate abjuration; CL 11th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, allegiance of the land ;Price +2 bonus.
Kosveret’s Disguise
Kosveret’s Disguise: This item feels cool to the touch, eventually reducing need for water consumption by ½. It is quite sun bleached, its gold coloring having faded to a bronze. Its base is tattered, and there are a few holes in it from wear, or possibly fighting. There is a yellow sun emblazoned on the back. The cloak is human sized, but barely, as if made for someone slightly smaller than average. Its effects are not immediately noticeable, but over time the character will consume less water. They just aren’t as thirsty anymore. In extreme heat conditions, the robe wearer may feel a little hot, but otherwise good, while those around them suffer. There is an unreadable inscription around the edges of the Sun, in a circular pattern. The language is long dead and the likelihood of any sage knowing it is only 1%. It says “We live and die together” and is a relic of the Cleansing Wars.
These cloaks were one of many devices employed by the Mind Lords of the Last Sea to protect their lizardman friends when Keltis came to exterminate them. Created by the elf Kosveret during days when he was more lucid, it made the wearers look human, in addition to giving them extended ability to stay away from water. The former ability seems to only function for with reptilian blood, however the latter seems to be general.
Some Ssuran traders have discovered these cloaks, and use them during more difficult transactions. Would a lizardman see one of these items, it would be recognized instantly and its return would be demanded. If brought to Kurn, this cloak would also be recognized by Orionis as originating from the Last Sea. He would ask how it was obtained, since he thinks this region no longer exists. A few still exist inside the Mind Lords domain.
It functions as a cloak of protection +3 in combat, giving a bonus of +3 to armor class and saving throws.
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