Artifacts

The Gifts of the Immortals

Anklet of Asterius

History/Mythology:
	According to legend, this anklet was originally created by Asterius, the patron god of thieves, for the master of a guild that had a monopoly on all fenced goods in the Empire of Celemnum.
Current Owner:
	Al Bino gave the Anklet to Efrim MacGregor on the Plane of the Azure Sky.

Powers:
	Dodge any missile (including magic missiles, meteors, etc. Save vs. wands, no more than 6 missiles per round) Hide in Shadows, 50% Elasticity Mindmask

Handicaps:
1.	Rot: User’s foot becomes diseased and eventually falls off, unless the appropriate immortal-level healing is applied.
2.	Creates distrust: produces a sense in others that they cannot trust you, effectively reducing your charisma by 2.

Penalties:
1.	-6 on all saves vs. poison/deathray for the next week
3.	-3 to constitution for the next week

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Arch of the Spirit (DESTROYED by party)

History/Mythology:
	An artifact that appeared in the Thorin Straight during the Cataclysm, the Arch appears to be made of marble and spans across 120 of ocean. Since the cataclysm, entire shiploads of corpses and exhumed skeletons have been sailed beneath its arms and magically become zombies and skeletons (or perhaps even more powerful forms of undead). Several attempts to remove the Arch have been made, but whenever it is threatened the Arch attempts to possess its attacker and then use him to wreck havoc against the world of the living.
Current Owner:
	Thorin Straight, just north of Esterhold.

Powers:
	animate dead
	magic jar

Handicaps:
1.	unknown

Penalties:
1.	unknown

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Blade of the Chameleon

History/Mythology:
	This normal sword was created by Koritiku, grand hierarch of the Sphere of Thought, and is said to make its own spider-like in behavior and chameleon-like in his ability to hide at will. The rogue Climlendaluous used it to great effect in Thyatis war of independence, but was eventually accused of treason.
Current Owner:
	It is said that a tiger-man and guerrilla leader on the Serpant Pennisula has been using the Blade to stage ambushes on the Master’s troops

Powers:
	powers that facilitate evasion and surprise attacks

Handicaps:
1.	user suffers from disloyalty to friends and superiors

Penalties:
1.	???

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The Blue Knife

History/Mythology:
	Not much is known about the knife itself. What is known is that it appears to have at one time been among the most sought-after items on the Prime plane, giving rise to generations of warfare between rival tribes of humanoids and (occasionally) human beings.
Current Owner:
	Unknown

Powers:
	Unknown
	Unknown

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown
2.	Unknown

Penalties:
1.	Unknown
2.	Unknown
3.	Unknown
4.	Unknown

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Bone Flute of Night

History/Mythology:
	The Bone Flute is thought to have been created by the goddess Nyx and bestowed upon the necromancer Bisspith for his loyal service.
Current Owner:
	Bisspith

Powers:
	Makes a hearing target dance without saving throw
	Turns nearby undead into larger variants of their original forms
	Perhaps others

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown
2.	Unknown

Penalties:
1.	Unknown
2.	Unknown
3.	Unknown
4.	Unknown

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Bracelet of the Charioteeress (Soaring Berethie)
Minor artifact
Power Points: 100

Recharges 5 TP per turn, 30 TP per hourPowers:

Penalties:
1.	Attack roll bonus +3 (1 turn, 30 TP)
2.	Spear and arrow attacks do double damage (1 turn, 40 TP)
3.	Armor class bonus -1 (12 hours, 30 TP)

Handicaps:
1.	-1 penalty on all savings throws (1 turn, 30 TP)
Penalties:
1.	enters the silver realm and is unable to leave for 24 hours (1 turn, 30 TP)

Cape of the Ordinary Man

History/Mythology:

Current Owner:
	Vssgon Minder Archons on the Azure Sky plane

Powers:
	Makes the wearer appear… ordinary and others

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown

Penalties
1. Unknown

Claw of Mighty Simurgh

History/Mythology:
	Long ago, a great roc-like bird appeared to a wandering priest. The bird said it was immortal, and had already seen three cycles of life on earth — each ending in destruction by water, fire, and ice. It gave one of its smallest claws to the priest. Explaining its powers, the Mighty Simurgh asked that it be used for the betterment of humankind.
Current Owner:
	Popular wisdom has it that the bird would not be happy with the claw’s current owner.

Powers:
	Probably clerical powers

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown

Penalties
1. Unknown

The Claw Scepter of the Ancient Tyrant

Grants mass effects conducive to leadership. Originally paired with an orange orb that allowed user to breath fire and enhance magic, but the orb was separated from the Claw Scepter centuries ago. Owned by Gaoul-lak Dregnith (F21), brother to one of the most powerful merchant-princes. He will sell for 49 (bargained down to 45) million gp. Luta — great leader who overthrew the Bronze Dragon, and added his claw to her scepter to remind everyone of the achievement. Split by a future owner, the orb was taken by someone into the tower of Lut-Hoff.
Major Artifact

Greater artifact
Power points: 400

Regerates 20 TP per turn, 120 TP per hour

Powers
ESP (25 TP)
Dispel Magic (55 TP)
+3 Charisma (6 turns, 60 TP)
Mass Charm (75 TP)
Word of Recall (90 TP)
Control Dragons (95 TP)

Handicaps
Apathy

Penalties
1. Unknown

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Cloak of the Planemaster (Greater Artifact)

History/Mythology:
	Created for Albino by the gods Pflarr and Ka and a gift for deeds rendered on the plane of the Azure Sky.
Description: Shimmering black with blue understones, perfect fit for an elf, two loops at waist-level for attaching to a belt in windy environments. Silver cords. Current Owner:
	Albino

Powers:

Power Points: 480

Recharging Rate: 20 TP per turn, 120 TP per hour.

1. Immortal Eye (110)

2. Furtive Gate (90)

3. Teleport Any Object (85)

4. Lore (70)

5. Survival (65)

6. Communication (Hear Supplicants) (40)

7. Invisibility 10′ Radius (20)

AC Bonus: -2

All powers similar to spells of the same description. Two exceptions:

Communication, Greater:
The user may concentrate on any one living or undead creature on the same plane. When concentration is attempted, that individual is instantly aware of desire for communication. The individual may accept or deny the contact. If accepted, the user and the individual may converse telepathically for up to one turn, regardless of their locations on the plane. If the target creature rejects the contact, the user is thereafter unable to make such contact with that individual for 24 hours.

Immortal Eye:

Range – up to five planes
Duration – 6 turns
Effect – creates movable invisible eye

When casting this spell, the owner names a specific site on a world where the owner has supporters (more on this later), within five planes of the owner’s current location. The owner cannot name a world where he or she has never been, or one where immortal or mortal magic does not work. Once the owner has named the specific site to cast the spell, an eye identical in function to the magic-user’s wizard eye appears there. The immortal eye can move, flying at a rate of 720′ a turn (240′ a round). The owner must concentrate on the eye without moving in order to control its movements. Any time he or she wishes, the owner can use us an immortal communication spell to project himself or herself into the dreams of sleeping mortals within 180′ of the eye. The immortal eye is not a crystal ball: the owner cannot name a person, an item or even a moving site when using this power. In other words, this power cannot be used to instantaneously find someone the owner is looking for. At the end of the duration, the owner can keep the power going by paying another 5 TP per turn.

Handicaps:
1.	Aging: owner ages at twice times the normal rate 2. Body part change: one of owner’s legs becomes green and lobster-like 3. Magic error: owner has a 10% chance of flubbing any verbally-activated spell

Penalties:

1. Gaseous form
2. Fumbling – owner has a 50% chance of fumbling for the next 9 turns
3. Behavior change – owner becomes aggressively evangelistic for the next 24 hours
4. Hit points penalty – owner’s hit points drop by -2 hp per hit die
5. Invisible torture – owner and everyone within 20′ feels as though medium-sized nails are being pounded into their fingers, 1d10 points of damage and inability to concentrate or hold objects for two rounds

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Cloak of Retineau

History/Mythology:
	This cloak, in which is embroidered the holy symbol of Retineau, a.k.a. Ixion, was supposedly given to the paladin Qerkuba for his crusade against the undead in the second century AC. Since then it has been owned by many famous historical personages, and was even for a short time worn by the Emperor Thyncol of Thyatis. It’s last known owner was knight of Thyatis named Alexandros, who perished in the Cataclysm. It has not been seen since.
Current Owner:
	Unknown

Powers:
	Those related to turning undead and undead-protection

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown

Penalties:
1.	Unknown

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Coin of the Giants

History/Mythology:
	According to legend, the Coin was first stored in the flying chariot of Xerxithir, King of the Sky. There are no historical records confirming the existence of Xerxithir, but the etymology of his name suggests that he might have been a storm or mountain giant. Whatever the origin of the Coin, it has become one of the better-known artifacts on the Prime plane, being best known for the wild, contorted faces of its 16′-tall golems (with tongues and mouths pulled around their ears and flared nostrils as much as nine inches wide) and the demonic belching sound its users make when breathing lava. The name of the Coin’s maker may have been lost in history, but his twisted imagination, it is said, survives in the Coin itself.
Current Owner:
	Iustal of Catalon

Powers:
	Bronze servitor (turns one target into obedient bronze golem, save vs. spells -2)
	Telekinesis
	Lava Breath (damage = 1/2 owner’s h.p., save vs. dragon breath for half)

Handicaps:
1.	All directed spells cast within 20′ of the Coin have a 5% of being drawn into the spinning coin and redirected at random target the next round
2.	occasionally the owner’s legs become bronze (1/3rd normal movement rate, dex -4)

Penalties:
1.	Unknown

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Diamond Orb of Tyche

History/Mythology:
	Tyche is, of course, the goddess of luck. Not much more is known.
Current Owner:
	Unknown

Powers:
	Luck
	Thief abilities

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown
2.	Unknown

Penalties:
1.	Unknown
2.	Unknown
3.	Unknown
4.	Unknown

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Dragon Elixer

History/Mythology:
	Unknown
Current Owner:
	Alestria

Powers:
	When quaffed; immune to all dragon breathe for 6 turns (1 hour)

Handicaps:
1.	Only replenished by magic potion, Dragons Scales?
2.	Unknown

Penalties:
1.	Unknown
2.	Unknown
3.	Unknown
4.	Unknown

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Egg of the Phoenix

History/Mythology:
	This artifact is said to have been created by Mealiden as a part of his immortal quest, and has since become infamous for the giant explosion (1000 radius) created by the phoenix in preparation for building its own nest. “Breaking the egg summons a phoenix from the elemental plane of fire. If the phoenix is summoned it does the will of the summoner for 3 days, and then immolates everything within 1000 feet and builds a nest from the ashes. It then immolates itself and leaves a new egg in the ashes. The egg, which is about the size of a kickball, bestows fire resistance 10′ radius and fly at all times, and the ability to throw three fireballs (6d6, 8d6, and 10d6) per day. Once any of its abilities has been used, it places the user under compulsion to always be in firelight and never touch pure water.”
Current Owner:
	Al Bino

Powers:
	Summon Phoenix
	Resist Fire 10′
		Fly
		Fireball (3 per day: 6d6, 8d6, 10d6)

Handicaps:
1.	owner must always be in fire light and cannot touch pure water

Penalties:
1.	forget all spells of one level (forgetting all healing spells for one day?) 2. polymorph into a lava ooze for 12 hours, no savings throw and no mortal cure. 3. Sprout feathers from one’s arms, including the armpits and hands which makes it difficult to grasp things (or to have a full range of motion) (-2 to hit) for one day.

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Eyenmar’s Mound

History/Mythology:
	According to immortal inquiries on the Mound, this artifact was created specifically for the High Priest(ess) of Old Nyx, Eyenmar, to provide him with various powers to exploit the weaknesses of each of the human classes (thief, fighter, magic-user, etc.). He used it to great effect in her campaign to wipe out rather stiff resistance on Ochalea, and to unleash havoc once in an assault on Catalon. Just one more time for the record: Eyenmar was a woman in life but reportedly prefers to be addressed as a man in his lichdom.
Current Owner:
	Eyenmar

Powers:
	animation of spiny balls made of teeth and bone
	creation of black marbles capable of disintegration
		fear effect to which the intelligent are somehow more susceptible
		among others

Handicaps:
1.	large and cumbersome pile of bones which is difficult to move

Penalties:
1.	Unkown

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Fethuus’ Rib

History/Mythology:
	The existence of this artifact was discovered through the contact with outer planes spell, and was not known to the denizens of the Prime before Fethuus’ arrival there.
Current Owner:
	Fethuus

Powers:
	+5 save vs. magic
	dodge any missles

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown

Penalties:
1.	Unkown

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Fiery Brand of Masauwu

History/Mythology:
	Masauwu, Guardian of Death, is said to carry this flaming torch on his person. But as the Sphere of EntropyÕs chief envoy to the mortal world, he purportedly leaves the Brand for chosen mortals to use. Whether such mortal intend to use the Brand in the service of Entropy or not, they say, somehow it always ends up working to EntropyÕs advantage.
Current Owner:
	Unknown

Powers:
	destructive powers

Handicaps:
1.	attracts undead

Penalties:
1.	Unkown

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Girdle of Armida

History/Mythology:
	Armida was once a famous sorceress on another plane (perhaps Cluster). To help her achieve the greatest heights in her craft (immortality), her immortal uncle, Idraote, gave her this Girdle. However, she used it for ill and eventually failed in her quest. But while Armida may have perished, her Girdle still remains, to tempt (and possibly aid) other magic-users to become Paragons. More recently it has joined the rather large collection of artifacts assembled by Fethuus to make him immune to just about anything.
Current Owner:
	Fethuus

Powers:
	Spell damage bonus
	Armor class bonus
		all kinds of immunities
		among others

Handicaps:
1.	paranoia
2.	among many others

Penalties:
1.	Unkown

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Golden Mirror of Ka

History/Mythology:
	The history of the Mirror stretches far back into the obscure Age of Giants, and the language on its reverse side is written in runes from that era. It has had many owners since then, but more recently has be restored to the high priest of Ka (a lizardman) as a favor by Lakshmi. It is said that the mirror has since been awarded to a paladin of Ka for his service.
Current Owner:
	unidentified paladin of Ka

Powers:
	mass charm
	stone to flesh
		anti-magic 50%
		mirror image
		reflection

Handicaps:
1.	very large and cumbersome

Penalties:
1.	Unkown

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Grief (a short sword)

History/Mythology:
	This sword has managed to appear on the historical stage of the Prime plane several times, and is not highly regarded in popular folktales. Its owners have tended to be warmongers of various kinds, but it is unclear whether this because warmongers tend to seek it or because it makes warmongers out of its possessors. The last known owner was the Norworld knight Grynvaald, who died on a journey to Borea in 947 AC.
Current Owner:
	Somewhere between Norworld and Borea (?)

Powers:
	Iimprove the morale of one’s troops
	+5/+10 vs humankind
		cause disease

Handicaps:
1.	Owner possessed with an uncontrollable desire to wage war (?)

Penalties:
1.	Unknown

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Harmond’s Cap

History/Mythology:
	Unknown. Has 250 power points.
Current Owner:
	Archons on Azure Sky. Cap is loaned to Champions of the Lamps to defend the plane.

Powers:
	Cure Light Wounds (15 pp)
	Dispel Magic (55 pp)
		Mind Barrier (80 pp)
		Heal (100 pp)

Handicaps:
1.	-1 hit point per hit die
2.	Sentience – Cap takes over if owner has less than 20 hit points.

Penalties:
1.	Weak Magic (-2 hp/die in damage)
2.	Legs turn rubbery – owner cannot walk
3.	Spells halve normal range

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Hammer of Life

History/Mythology:
	The Hammer has a long history stretching back to the Nithian Empire, when it was granted to a certain crusader against undeath whose name is lost in history. Eventually it came into the hands of the Jennite cleric Ceruthumal, who was eventually slain by a dragon while exploring the End of the World Mountains. What happened between then and the time that it was rediscovered by Mad Jack and his party is unknown, but what is known is that it somehow came to be disassembled, with the head and the handle being kept by two separate owners.
Current Owner:
	Mad Jack the Judicator

Powers:
	+5/+10 vs. undead
	disintegrate
		heal
		control lesser undead

Handicaps:
1.	owner suffers +4 hp damage from all attacks
2.	smells of rot 40

Penalties:
1.	-6 save vs. death spells
2.	50% anti-magic
3.	destruction of one magic item on owner’s person

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Head of Myth

History/Mythology:
	Perhaps one of the most powerful artifacts known to mortal-kind, this artifact was actually assembled from three lesser artifacts, together constituting the two eyes and one stone head. No one knows for certain when it was first created, but it was famously stolen from an army of lizard men sometime between 1600 and 1300 BC and eventually thrown behind the walls of Iecca, where it was hoped that it would never be seen again. More recently the mortal polymath Myth, who was said to be the son of the Healer, acquired the head and used it for some time before vanishing from the face of the Prime.
Current Owner:
	Unkown

Powers:
	powers which tend to prove useful for moving armies and mass combat
	fireball
		meteor swarm
		mass invisibility
		create food and water
		etc.

Handicaps:
1.	many
2.	most notably that the owner of this artifact ages at a highly accelerated rate

Penalties:
1.	laugh uncontrollably as the artifacts powers are being employed

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Head of Shanara (lesser artifact)

History/Mythology:
	According to one story, this was once the actual head of the goddess Shanara, who upon being decapitated by her nemesis vanished from the known multiverse. When her slayer then showed the severed head to ShanaraÕs followers they fell into confusion and turned their blades on one-another. Other stories contradict this one, however.
Current Owner:
	Efrim MacGregor

Powers:
	Mass Confusion (30 HD)
	Immunity to Aging Attacks
	Move Silently, 50%
	Leap, up to 30′

Handicaps:
1.	+3 hp damage from all sharp weapons
2.	-4 to all saves vs. mind-affecting spells or spell-like effects

Penalties:
1.	-1 hp per hit die
2.	Forget all spells of a random level (1-9)
3.	-1d6 Constitution (for one day)

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Healer’s Hope (a.k.a. Maree’s Bane)

History/Mythology:
	Once bestowed upon the legendary Mage-King Equus by the Healer, this staff became lost when its owner ascended from his mortal life. Artifactologists speculate that if the staff was originally given by the Healer to a mortal, then it is probably safe to assume that it was meant for mortal use, and has since been granted again to one of her devout. No one has made any credible claim to seeing it, however.
Current Owner:
	Unknown

Powers:
	+5/+10 vs. lycanthropes
	healing powers

Handicaps:
1.	anti-magic

Penalties:
1.	Unkown

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Hearts of Kagyar

History/Mythology:
	The so-called “Hearts of Kagyar” are actually lanthornes (lanterns meant to hang from a hook rather than sit on a flat surface), and were originally forged by the great dwarven craftsman Ferigur Greystone. It is said that Kagyar found his work worthy of immortal fame and so imbued each lanthorne with artifact powers. The most famous of the hearts is called “Da’uud’s Lanthorne” after its first human owner, who stole the lanthrone from the dwarves and eventually perished when he was unable to sustain the necessary fuel for the lanthrone and accordingly perished. Few owners of the Hearts have ever managed to live frugally.
Current Owner:
	Da’uud’s Lanthorne: Carrock

Powers:
	hold monster
	haste
		color spray
		hp bonus (+2 per HD)
		fireball
		cause fear
		prismatic spray
		prismatic wall

Handicaps:
1.	recharged with gemstones
2.	if a Heart ever runs out of gemstone powder, the light inside the lanthrone burns out and the owner suffers permanent death

Penalties:
1.	sometimes it causes owner to fumble frequently (30%) for one day
2.	sometimes usage causes owner to age 1d12 years

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Helm of Wayland

History/Mythology:
	This is a tight-fitting helmet with chinpiece and visor, crafted by the immortal armorer Wayland.
Current Owner:
	Carrock

Powers:
	Fly
	Invisibility
		immunity
		-8 AC bonus (when activated)

Handicaps:
1.	double damage from fire attacks
2.	all missles used fall to half normal range

Penalties:
1.	Unkown

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Horn of Cresseus

History/Mythology:
	Cresseus was a Galadornian baron who in roughly 880 AC led an unsuccessful rebellion against a corrupt king. With his small territory surrounded by the kingÕs troops and his barony on the verge of collapse, he suddenly revealed to his people that he had long ago obtained a horn which was said to be capable of summoning an army of giant rocks and stones — an army created by Ordana as a way of providing the elven homeland (on which the human nation Galadorn now sits) with a final line of defense. Cresseus then walked out into the hills and blew the Horn, creating (witnesses say) an army of several hundred giant rocks. He commanded the army to smash the kingÕs troops and retake the capital, which they did, but not before tearing Cresseus apart and hiding the Horn. This story is astonishingly well-verified, as the original witnesses of these events included some demi-humans who are alive to this day. CresseusÕs actions helped to bring about the eventual overthrow of the king, and he continues to enjoy heroic status even among the lycanthropic denizens of modern day Galadorn.
Current Owner:
	Unknown

Powers:
	Causes long-dormant army of giant rocks and stones to rise up

Handicaps:
1.	army is unwilling to carry out orders unless given the opportunity to slay the horn-carrier first

Penalties:
1.	???

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Ivory Plume of Mahnathura

History/Mythology:
	Mahnathura was supposedly a beautiful warrior, and was given this feather-shaped brooch to further the cause of law and justice.
Current Owner:
	Unknown

Powers:
	powers that make it especially effective against evil

Handicaps:
1.	can only be used by paladins of certain gods (gods often said to be good ones)

Penalties:
1.	???

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Key of Pandius

History/Mythology:
	The Key, along with two other legendary items (a fruit in the shape of a human fetus which supposedly bestows agelessness, and a flask of wine which supposedly makes one really drunk) was stolen by the Handsome Monkey King at the end of his employment in Pandius, City of the Gods. That he was able to use it to sneak back into the City after being officially banished was a cause of much consternation to the immortals, and that it has not yet been reclaimed by the immortals is a continuing cause of worry and concern.
Current Owner:
	Unknown

Powers:
	provides access to the City of the Gods

Handicaps:
1.	the gods want it back

Penalties:
1.	???

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The Krisnoi Arrow

History/Mythology:
	Created by Flynn, god of archery and nomads, the Arrow is said to be capable of finding the Achilles heal of all its targets. According to legend, when the arrow successfully strikes its target it always succeeds at killing him. It is said that Flynn first created the arrow for the famous warrior Wokaili Krisnoi to aid him in his effort to assassinate a usurper-mage who had taken control of his homeland. If this story is true, then the Arrow successfully slew the mage even as he cowered behind a prismatic wall. More recently the Arrow is said to have fallen into the hands of Callisto, and thereupon given a werefox and master assassin.
Current Owner:
	unnamed werefox assassin (?)

Powers:
	Instantaneous Death

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown
2.	Unknown

Penalties:
1.	????
2.	????
3.	????
4.	????

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Lake Keeper of Valarius

History/Mythology:

Current Owner:
	The party sold it to some people that claimed to be the original owners for about 1.5 million gold.

Powers:
	Charm Person
	Geas

Handicaps:
1.	-2 Con
2.	Cannot attack Elves, Human Females, Archons, Faedorn, Whispering Demons

Penalties:
1.	****
2.	****
3.	****
4.	****

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Mail of Diomedes (suit armor)

History/Mythology:
	Diomedes was originally born to the nation of Alphatia but eventually converted to the religion of Vanya and defected to Thyatis. By his mid 30’s he earned a world-wide reputation as a warrior and (some say) lover of immortals, and upon attaining this reputation Vanya gave him this armor, which some say allowed him to appear god-like to his friends and enemies. When Vanya was slain by Maree and the Empire of Thaytis collapsed in 1014, Diomedes (now 49 years of age) fled from the Prime. His permanent home since then is unknown, but Iustal has seen Diomedes twice during visits to Koyarekis (a city on Yaneh, Plane of Worms).
Current Owner:
	Diomedes

Powers:
	Dramatic reduction in armor class
	Size control
		Protection from all creatures

Handicaps:
1.	Armor is known to unleash random spell effects at random targets during combat

Penalties:
1.	???

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Mask of Bachraeus

History/Mythology:
	The maker of this mask, Bachraeus, was the immortal who eventually became the patron of medusea. It is said that this mask was originally kept as an heirloom among a cult of human followers who forged an alliance with medusea. It was rediscovered more recently by Alestria Newsun, who eventually offered the mask as a petition-gift to the god Illusundal.
Current Owner:
	Illsundal (?)

Powers:
	Flesh to Stone (gaze attack)
	Charm Person (gaze attack)
		Immunity to Poison from living creatures

Handicaps:
1.	Uglification (-4 chr)
2.	uglified face cannot be disguised

Penalties:
1.	temporary loss of strength
2.	no known way to remove the mask other than the Mirror of Ka

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Maw of Saraih

History/Mythology:

An ancient, ancient dragon-based artifact–believed to be lost by those familiar with
artifact lore

Current Owner: Unknown. The whereabouts may be known by the fire god Cordieu. The god offered Efrim information on the artifact during a meeting on the plane of Scale.

Powers: Unknown

Handicaps: Unknown

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Nithian Artifact

History/Mythology:
	This artifact is known only to the smallest group of living mortals, and has no widely-used name. It is thought that this artifact, which apparently consists of a table-like structure and two glowing stones, was once used by the immortals to erase Nithia from the memories of the Nithians themselves.
Current Owner:
	Somewhere in the vast network of caverns beneath Ylarum

Powers:
	Mass forgetfulness

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown

Penalties:
1.	Unknown

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The Ordion Elixir (a.k.a. the Dragon Elixir)

History/Mythology:
	According to the standard myth, Hethubar the Water Lord bestowed this elixir upon Ordion, a famous dragon-slayer, so that he could slay one of the dragon immortals.
Current Owner:
	Alestria Newsun

Powers:
	Immunity to all dragon breath

Handicaps:
1.	user tends to repel others

Penalties:
1.	elixir can only be recharged with authentic dragon scales

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Ortnit’s Lance of Doom

History/Mythology:
	It is not known how the hero Ornit acquired this weapon. The device’s origin is also a mystery. Ornit defeated many giants with it, so it assumed to have great powers against this ilk; but he was later slain ignominiously by white dragon.
Current Owner:
	Unknown

Powers:
	Enables user to dodge any missle
	+10 vs. giants

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown

Penalties:
1.	Unknown

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Owl of Mnexitarin

History/Mythology:
	Not much is known about this owl, which appeared to Carrock, Lakshmi, Efrim, Al, Mad Jack, Charles and Forrestonar while they were visiting the plane of Orinocco. The purported immortal with whom the owl enables them to communicate, ÒMnexitarin, is not known to any theologian.
Current Owner:
	The owl obeys only those people to whom it was originally bestowed: Carrock, Lakshmi, Efrim, Al, Mad Jack, Charles or Forrestonar. Presently it can be found flying about in the aviary of Catalon Castle.

Powers:
	Mass Scry Protection 60 diameter sphere
	Communication

Handicaps:
1.	user becomes uncontrollably stingy
2.	more vulnerable to dragon breath (-5 on saves)

Penalties:
1.	occasionally users are struck by the following effects: paranoia
2.	hp penalty for one week (-1 hp per HD)
3.	and owl bite

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Petra’s Scarab

History/Mythology:
	Originally created by the goddess Petra in order to aid the defenders of besieged cities on the plane of Myanon, the Scarab was eventually taken from Myanon by the lich Fethuus. Fethuus is thought to have pursued this artifact for its known powers of protection, in order to aid him in his ultimate goal of becoming immune to just about anything
Current Owner:
	Fethuus

Powers:
	Disarm attacks
	Protection from all creatures
		Anti-magic shield

Handicaps:
1.	clumsiness (?)

Penalties:
1.	Unkown

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Quarterstaff of Alyosha

History/Mythology:
	The Quarterstaff was originally granted to Alyosha to help him battle against the servants of the gods, and was kept in his family for a few generations before it disappeared.
Current Owner:
	Forrestonar Efrim MacGregor

Powers:
	+5
	Anti-magic 50%
		Dispel magic
		Spell damage bonus (+2 per die)

Handicaps:
1.	1 foot shorter
2.	-1 strength

Penalties:
1.	electric shock
2.	temporary loss of constitution
3.	vulnerability to normal missles (+4 to hit)

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Rainbow Scarf of Sinnufab

History/Mythology:
	Supposedly given to Sinnufab to aid in his adventures toward immortality, the scarf has passed through many hands since then. More recently it was awarded by Lakshmi to a master-thief, who in turn was captured by Fethuus during a spying mission.
Current Owner:
	Fethuus (?)

Powers:
	Container (like a large bag of holding)
	Bestows thief powers (if not a thief) or improved thief powers (if already a thief)

Handicaps:
1.	Unknown

Penalties:
1.	Unknown

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The Sand Bowl of Incarnations
History
Grants the power to speak with dead and tap into the memories of constructs. Users of the Sand Bowl have often gone insane. Talk to inanimate objects. Currently owned by Muus (short for Muustanaranoki), a high-priest of Mangit god of creativity and artifice (C36), originally from the Great Silver Well. Muus will sell the Sand Bowl for 35 (bargained to 33 million) million gp. Cloaking spell on it so it doesn’t detect as immortal level magic.Greater artifact
Power points: 340Regenerates 10 TP per turn, 60 TP per hourPowers

Detect New Construction (range 60’, duration 36 turns, 10 TP)
Speak with the Dead (25 TP)
Recall Construct Memories (duration: 6 turns, unwilling victims get a save vs. spells -2, 60 TP)
Bowl Communication (duration: 6 turns, can communicate with any and all owners of other Sand Bowl artifacts within 10 planes, 60 TP)
Protection from Magical Detection (the user and all items that he/she carries cannot be detected by magical means, and will not glow in response to the Detect Magic spell, 6 turns, 85 TP)
Enhance Psyche (duration: 6 turns, one target within 40’ range, +3 intelligence and wisdom, grants temporary sentience to otherwise insentient things, 100 TP)

Handicaps
Androgynous Milhatha: user starts to resemble an androgynous strain of the ancient milhatha (very tall and lanky humanoids with beak noses), thereby eliminating sexual attraction and attractiveness.

Constant Distraction: artificial constructions (tables, chairs, walls, tools…) frequently squeal, shout, or sob. Only the owner of the Bowl can hear it.

Penalties
Obsession: user becomes obsessed with exterminating any and all followers of Dryone (an ancient goddess of moons, autumn, and storage), or the nearest living equivalent.

Gullibility: the user becomes convinced for three months of the next lie told to him/her.

Permanent insanity (only possible when enhancing psyche or recalling construct memories): equivalent to feeblemind effect, permanent unless dispelled or cured by immortal-level spell.

Shard of Sakkrad

History/Mythology:
	According to very old legends, the original home of humankind was in the middle of a vast mountain, so huge that the sun was said to rise from one of its peaks set on the opposite. The entire base of this mountain is the fabled emerald Sakkrad; its reflection gives the azure hue to the sky. One small piece of that emerald — this very Shard — was stolen by a djinni, who subsequently vanished from existence. The Shard is said to hold unimaginable power; some say mortals were not meant to have it, and cannot possibly control it.
Current Owner:
	Unknown

Powers:
	Incredible luck
	Planar travel
		Others

Handicaps:
1.	unknown

Penalties:
1.	unknown

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Skyhook Ballistae

History/Mythology:
	For the past several centuries, on the Plane of the Azure Sky, an order of archons has been tasked with guarding two giant, magical lamps used to light the plane, protecting them against an ancient and exalted creature known as a vssgon, which feasts on veins of emerald in a nearby mountain. To aid them in their defense, unnamed immortal patrons gave them three ballistae, which were designed to exploit the weaknesses of the vssgon and protect their users from the horror and despair it inflicts on those who look upon it. Each ballista requires a crew of four, but it is said that only the artillerist takes on the burdens of artifact ownership. To man these ballistas, the archons rely on a brigade of sollux and an elite group of human and demi-human volunteers.
Current Owner:
	The Vssgon Minders of the Plane of the Azure Sky.

Powers:
	+5, +10 vs. planar monsters 10 Remove Fear
	10 Bless
		15 Change Tastes
		20 Attack Roll Bonus +2
		25 Free Person 40 Electricity 80 Mind BarrierPower Points: 200

Handicaps:
1.	Recharging costs: 100 silver pieces per TP
2.	Lameness: club foot

Penalties:
1.	Spell-effect: shock
2.	Weak magic
3.	Mania

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Staff of Fethuus

History/Mythology:
	The existence of this artifact was discovered through the contact with outer planes spell, and was not heard of on the Prime plane before Fethuus’ arrival there.
Current Owner:
	Fethuus

Powers:
	Gate
	Timestop immunity
		Anti-magic ray
		Life-trapping
		Others

Handicaps:
1.	Greed
2.	Others

Penalties:
1.	****
2.	****
3.	****
4.	****

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Staff of Power

History/Mythology:
	This staff was found among the belongings of the slain of Raevynn Moonbyrn, and bestowed by some god (Hel) to Carrock. The records give no account of the staff’s history prior to Raevynn’s possession of it.
Current Owner:
	Carrock

Powers:

110 Immortal power attacks

90 Timestop Protection

Power Points: 200

Handicaps:
1.	incapable of memorizing any spells that either cause or heal energy draining
2.	user suffers +3 damage from all attacks

Penalties:
1.	When the staff is used to make a power attack, it always grows the user to twice his normal size, which (unless the owner has considerable practice being so large) reduces his dexterity by 4.

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Teng’s Spectacles (Major Artifact)

History/Mythology:
	First worn by the great Ochalean emperor and master-negotiator Teng, these spectacles were given to him by the god Koryis in return for making him the immortal patron of TengÕs peace-loving nation. Teng kept an extremely regimented schedule throughout his life and was said in his later days to be able see all things with his spectacles. The spectacles were later stolen from out of the ancient palace of Ochalea by Lakshmi.
Current Owner:
	Lakshmi Sundernash

Powers:
	Power Word Blind
	Open Mind
	X-Ray Vision – 30ft
	Find Traps, 100%
	Truesight
	Lie Detection
	Find Secret Doors
	Detect Invisible
	Ability Score Bonus: +1 Intelligence
	Ability Score Bonus: +1 Wisdom
	Continual Light
	Infravision
	Detect Magic
	Detect Evil
	Read Languages*
	Read Magic*
	Timekeeping*
	* = power which has never set off any temporary penalties

Handicaps:
1.	One foot shorter
2.	Lameness in right leg
3.	Attack roll penalty: -1d10 per strike
4.	Sentience: ocassionally Teng’s specatcles possess owner for 1d6 days, during which time the specatcles force owner to commit tremendous acts of charity and to foster general prosperity

Penalties:
1.	Forget all spells of a random level (1-9)
2.	Gaseous form for 1d12 hours
3.	Emits cloud of gas (20x20x20), all in cloud laugh uncontrollably for 2d6 rounds (no save for mortals)
4.	Magic Destruction: two magic items on user (chosen at random) are permanently destroyed

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Tome of Elish

History/Mythology:
	The scholar-immortal Elish is said to be the father of written knowledge. His Tome was bestowed as a gift to humankind, in the hope that by gathering knowledge from the very air itself it would help to bring humanity from barbarism to civilization.
Current Owner:
	Al Bino

Powers:
	Lore
	Feeblemind
	Map Making
	Repair Normal Objects *
	Open Locks 75%
	Memorize +5 spell levels
		* = power which has never set off any temporary penalties

Handicaps:
1.	-3 Str.
2.	+2 AC (Hunchbacked)
3.	-2 to Hit

Penalties:
1.	User involuntarily assumes gaseous form.
2.	Memory lapse: the user immediately forgets any 1st level spells memorized.
3..	Service: the user is suddenly compelled to map an entire level of a nearby dungeon, using the tome, and will assemble an expedition to do so, leaving within 3 days. This effect ends when the map is completed.

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Tooth of the Great One

History/Mythology:
	In the Age of Giants, the immortal god of all dragonkind is said to have bestowed the power of dragon-control upon a human ally by removing a fang from his own mouth and giving it to him. The human ally used the tooth to aid his army in several strikes against the mountain giants, a common enemy for humankind and dragonkind alike. More recently the tooth is known to have come into the hands of the priest-king Ryllak, a devil-swine who ruled a now-defunct nation in Esterhold. What has become of the priest-king is unknown.
Current Owner:
	former: Ryllak, devil swine. Current: Alestria

Powers:
	dragon control dragon breath weapon

Handicaps:
1.	unknown
2.	unknown

Penalties:
1.	gaseous form
2.	unknown
3.	unknown
4.	unknown

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Tressle-nok (a bastard sword)

History/Mythology:
	According to tradition, Tressle-nok was originally forged by the elves and given to Hithrandir Longrunner, the most famous elven warrior from ancient times. Since then it has passed through the hands, and to trace the history of its owners is in many ways to recount some of the most famous warriors of the multiverse, including the beastman-slayer and now-god Halav, and its name is recognized well beyond the confines of the Prime plane. The last known owner was a human warrior by the name of Machilleus, or Morkalu, who famously used his trusted blade to slay an avatar of Jammudaru.
Current Owner:
	Machilleus, assuming he still lives.

Powers:
	Slicing
	normally +5 but capable of becoming +10 on command

Handicaps:
1.	unknown
2.	unknown

Penalties:
1.	unknown
2.	unknown
3.	unknown
4.	unknown

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Wife of Illmarinen

History/Mythology:

Current Owner:

Powers:
	Ice breath 55 PP
	Ice storm 45 PP

Handicaps:
1.	When control of the wife is gained (through a special command word), the user becomes aware that the wife cannot recharge herself. She can eat gold or silver. For each 100 gp value of those metals eaten, the artifact recharges 1 PP. 2. The “wife” has annoying personality.

Penalties:
1.	When a penalty is provoked, the wife will become angry with her user. There is then a 1 in 6 chance that instead of attacking as directed, the wife aims her attack at the user; normal saving throws apply, but the user gains a +4 bonus for the second and subsequent appearances of this effect.
	*AC -20; hp 100; Movement 90′ (30′).

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Word of Feria

History/Mythology:
	A goddess once widely worshipped in the Old Empire of Celemnum, Feria once gave a Word to her high priest on the promise that he would keep it within her religious order. Only a select few are said to know what the Word looks like, indeed whether it is a tangible object at all. What is known, however, is that it may have only one owner at a time. Since the Cataclysm Feria’s followers have been wiped off the face of the Prime. What has become of the Word since then is unclear.
Current Owner:
	Unkown

Powers:
	inspires love of the owner
	bestows immortal permanence on spells

Handicaps:
1.	owner becomes obsessed with contemplation

Penalties:
1.	????

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Woven Stone

History/Mythology:
	Although little is known for certain about he woven stone, artifactologists speculate that it might originally have been the rather unremarkable sort of artifact that Nyx carried on her person as a kind of emergency device, meant to help her escape to her home plane when all other means were unavailable. If it was not carried by Nyx herself then it may very well have been kept by one of her titans or demons. Since falling into mortal hands, however, it has been used repeatedly to let loose the native denizens of Nyx’s plane upon the Prime. More recently it was taken by Efrim, Carrock and Mad Jack for the explicit purpose of destroying it — which was to be accomplished with one of the few items known to be capable of destroying the Stone (the Hammer of Life). For unclear reasons, however, they opted instead to offer it as a petition-gift to the ghost-god Pilgrim.
Current Owner:
	Pilgrim, on Orinocco.

Powers:
	Opens a GATE to home plane of Old Nyx.

Handicaps:
1.	sometimes causes the Doom effect (user vanishes forever).

Penalties: