23.3.20 Special Artifacts
This file is intended to help track some of the unique items that have been sold specifically in artifact auctions or during special events. Some of these may no longer exist. Or, in some cases, they are sold normally.
A binding lasso
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Allows a player to use the subterfuge BIND ability.
An obsfucating orb
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Allows a player to use the MARK ability in lycanthropy. Does NOT allow you to use return. Just lets you use the part where you can change your location on WHO.
Inking apparatus
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Speeds up tattoos, plus gives twice as many uses on 'use-based' tattoos.
Prayer Book
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Will allow you to resurrect someone once per Aetolia day, as long as you are in the same area as they died. Will work on undead or living.
Protective Crystal
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For a house only, will tell you if you are online if anyone has entered that room, at any elevation or in any state (including those who are phased, blackwinded, etc).
Hoarder's vault
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The hoarder's vault serves as a private bank. It can be used from any location as long as it is in your inventory, and has no fees associated with withdrawals.
Custom wings
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This will be a custom set of wings (or another worn item), with a custom command word, and a custom portal room. The room exits will have to be approved, and generally cannot put someone into a city. It will have the same use restrictions as the wings or caves artifact.
Intaglio of Artos
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Allows for custom enter and exit messages. (These will be approved by the gods and can only be changed, at most, once an Aetolian month.)
Fermian's flagon
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This flagon holds an unlimited amount of alcohol, the choice of which will be given to the owner.
Market stall
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This is a portable shop that can be placed in any urban or road environment. If you do not login for three days, it will be returned to your inventory. SETUP STALL to set it up. BREAKDOWN STALL to return it to your inventory.
Golden translocator
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This is a permanent artifact version of the translocator relic.
A Never-ending Anabiotic Pill
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Exactly what it sounds like.
Izu-Ari's Dice
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These unique dice can be rolled once per month and will provide a range of stat-improving effects to the user depending upon the number rolled. They can otherwise be used as normal dice. The range of effects will be posted in a separate post but will be similar to the positive effects provided by the Constellations in various combinations.
A sanctimonious vestment
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This holy vestment will prevent the death of the wearer from causing any essence loss to a Divinity they follow, and will also double the efficiency of corpses used to sanctify and defile shrines.
An eldritch mask
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When worn, this mask allows the user to SCREECH and contort themselves into terrifying shapes. This effect lasts ten minutes and while active, enemies will have a chance to flee your location in terror.
A masterwork tool
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The masterwork tool provides the effects of all of the trade skill boon artifact powers in one item.
The Libram of Transience
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Ownership of the Libram entitles the owner to free transfers of artifact powers between any of their owned artifacts.
Pet Tokens
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Each pet token may be traded in for a pet with the standard 900 credit package of features, including being mountable, sentient, invincible, and able to fly! Pet types are subject to review.
Bangles of Returning
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The Bangle of Returning will allow you to mark a room and return to it at will from anywhere on the same continent. The movement is not instantaneous and is subject to recent-aggression checks that prevent it from being used after recent combat.
Link of the Ethereal
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Acquiring the Link of the Ethereal will allow you to bridge the gap between your haven and that of another. This can only be used once and cannot be changed.
Unctuous Flasks
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Drinking from the unctuous flask will immediately reduce your drunkenness and hunger to nil. This can only be used once per hour, and only by the owner, you crazy alcoholics.
A Wand of Eldlore
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The eld can be tough cookies to crack, but what glorious ylem when you get to that gooey center! If you want a keepsake of your battles, this wand is for you. Manage to slay an Eld using this wand (it's weak, I'll tell you that) and its image will be transformed into a collectible figurine for your enjoyment!
An Eelskin Cloak
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Wearing this cloak can be truly electrifying! When worn about your person, any attacks that fall upon your magical shield (as generated by a shield tattoo) will result in the attacker getting shocked with electrical damage equal to 15% of their maximum health before resistances.
A Torc of Hyperception
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The wearer of this torc will be so attuned to his local surroundings that, when using the PERCEIVE ability in survival, they will receive an overview of every grove, tent, den, and mark within the area.
10 Class Slots
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The winner of this auction will receive access to a total of 10 class slots without additional cost.
A caravan construction kit
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This unique item will allow the owner access to a portable four-room home. This cannot be set up in watery locations, in territory you are enemied to, or in locations that already have an IN exit. The home cannot be expanded beyond its initial capacity, but may be designed to the user's specifications, and any standard house additions may be made to it other than new rooms.
A Funereal Masque
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The wearer of this masque will have their name hidden on deathsight when they slay another.
A glimmering paintbrush
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Allows one to scribe a floating message in a room, which will show up in the room's description, upon movement/ql/look. You can create up to three of them per howling, but only one per room. The messages will linger in the room until the howling, after which they will disappear. You can specify a colour for the words to appear in by preceding the message with a number corresponding to that colour as per CONFIG COLOR.
Usage: PAINT WORDS 13 Aetolia rocks
A bag of medicine
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Allows the owner to pull up to three random medicines (grimstin, phoenix heart, bull's eye) from it once per howling.
A ring of conversion
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When pointed at an icewall, it will instantly turn that icewall into a firewall. When pointed at a firewall, it will instantly turn that firewall into an icewall.
Supreme Celestine bracers of devastation
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These bracers contain level 4 of the critical_chance artifact, conferring an 8% increase.
A staff of portents
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When raised towards the heavens, this staff will call down a meteor upon everybody in the area who is outdoors, excluding the caster. Cannot be used indoors, and can only be used once every 10 seconds.
Vindictive charm
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Whenever you die to a NPC, you'll kill them as you fall. The NPC must be susceptible to critical hits for this to work.
A gem of destabilization
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When activated, acts as a portable monolith sigil for whichever room the holder is in.
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A venom rag
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This especially absorbent rag has been soaked through with various venoms, and will allow the user to apply an unlimited number of applications of any venom that can normally be envenomed to their weapons.
The Rod of Dispersion
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When wielded, the owner of this rod can DISPERSE CROWD to begin a 3 second channel time, after which everyone in the location will be cast randomly about the area instantly. There is a 24 hour cooldown on this power.
A Bottomless Vial
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This vial may be filled with any elixir or serum, and will never run out.
A wrought torc of ilmenite
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When worn, this torc enables the wearer to understand all spoken languages (except Immortal), as well as interpret the meanings of Infiltrator signs and Horkval clicking.
An Orb of Nullification
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This orb will prevent any actions against you which attempt to directly force you to perform unintended acts.
Quel'zar's Pawn
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Quel'zar's Pawn is a special item that is tied directly to a user's essence. It can be placed in any location by the owner and only removed by the owner. When the Pawn's owner dies under any circumstances (final death, not starbursting or soulcage, etc), they will be instantly revived and transported to the location of the Pawn.
The Elindes Talisman
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The Elindes Talisman is a floral talisman that has six organic petals that regrow at the turn of every year. These petals may be plucked by the owner and, when eaten, will instantly recover all health, mana, willpower, and endurance. The petals do not keep and cannot be stored.
A ring of Elemental Mastery
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This single ring combines a range of elemental powers, and can be used to cast the icewall, firewall, and firelash enchantments, and also provides resistance to all forms of elemental damage.
An oddly-sloping shield of absorption
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When wielded, gives you a 15% chance to completely negate a blunt/cutting attack. Provides 6/6 armour stats.
Wyvern's claws
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Grants access to the old Metamorphosis HOIST ability with a few notable changes: It will bypass mass, and any sort of magical teleportation you undertake will cause the victim to be dropped before you move.
A box of chocolates
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Allows the owner to pull one random chocolate (the buff giving ones) from it once per howling.
A ward of the Ankryi
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When used, will store MOST of the defences you currently have. You can then recall your stored defences as many times as you like, but only once every 15 minutes.
A Ring of Translocation
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This ring may be used to create a translocation portal across a given exit. When an individual crosses into or out of a room through that exit, they will be randomly transported to a different location within the same general area.
This power can only be used once per hour, and cannot be used in unstable environments. The portal remains in effect for a period of five minutes.
A Torc of Vitality
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The Torc of Vitality grants the use of the Vitality ability. This artifact can only be used by its owner.
An ironwall ring
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This ring works similar to a ring enchanted with icewall. However, the wall of iron it creates is indestructible. The wall crumbles away after ten minutes, and the ring can only create one wall every 30 minutes.
A barrel of inviolability
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Nothing more than your average barrel lacking a top and bottom, this barrel stood for many years in Qeddwyn's workshop. During Qeddwyn's many years of work, the barrel managed to inadvertently acquire powers of its own, due to the long, close proximity exposure to other artifacts. Anybody wearing the barrel will find themselves unable to be attacked via blackwind choke, or abducted by an Infiltrator.
A portable leyspike
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Once per howling, spawns a lesser focus in the area where it is used. Can only be used in locations that a focus can normally spawn in.
Wand of the Charmer
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Makes almost any denizen loyal to you for a minute, meaning they will defend you if you are attacked, but not allowing you to order them around. Once the spell is broken, the denizen will become aggressively focused upon you. The spell Will also be broken if you attack the denizen or use the wand on a different NPC. Cannot be used on NPCs loyal to a player.
Helm of Command
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Lets you COMMAND (force) people in your room to do stuff. Works exactly like perform force.
Parasol of Privacy
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After a twenty second channel, the Parasol will provide the 'Obscuring fog', 'Hidden room' and 'Privacy' features for the room in which it is DEPLOYed. This effect will last in the room for two hours, during which the Parasol can not be removed or called back to you.
An emblem of martyrdom
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Can be activated once per howling with WAVE EMBLEM. When you next die, all allies in the same area as you will be fully healed and cured of all afflictions. They will also be invulnerable to damage for five seconds. Works only for the owner.
Idol of the Berserker
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When used with ACTIVATE IDOL, the idol instantly strips the shield, prismatic barrier, and manipulation dome defences from anyone in the room who uses them (including yourself). Lasts two minutes. Can be used once per hour.
Sphere of Reflection
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Powered by ylem shards, this sphere will grant the user's target temporary immunity to arrows. Not only will the target be immune to the arrows, but the arrows themselves will be reflected back to the person who fired them. One shard is enough to grant the target 45 seconds of arrow protection.
Boots of divine celerity
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On top of having the normal +1 move speed that regular boots of celerity have, this artifact also allows you to use the GRACE command even without a blessing upon you. Only works for the owner.
A prayer mat
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Using the BESEECH ability will give you a 3 day blessing, instead of a 1 day blessing. Only works for the owner.
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A Merchant's Logbook
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Lost are the days of the Merchant Princes of Old, gathering herbs and forging arms and taking up all manner of professions to serve the populace by lightening their packs and kitbags of clunky sovereigns. Relive those innocent times with the Merchants Logbook! Though you'll still only be able to hold one Mercantile skill at a time, the Logbook allows you to switch between each, once per hour, while only ever having to invest lessons into one! Guaranteed to become more valuable with time!
A portable crystal
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Allows a person to fold and refine. Holds up to 100 facets.
Butler
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A passive butler for your house that is custom and will come with 5 specified reactions. (See HELP PETS for examples of 'reactions')
Weighted shoes
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These shoes will allow you a moderate chance to remain standing after an opponent attempts to knock you over. Broken limbs will negate this chance.
A priestly cassock
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These cassocks will provide the user with the coveted ability of the Priest to grant various spiritshields to others.
A Hexagonal Lodestone
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This lodestone will attempt to automatically pick up any items dropped from the corpses of slain denizens, including gold. It will also occasionally attempt to pick up items on the ground if they can be taken.
An urn of lava
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Pouring this urn out will create a lava effect in the room. The urn only contains enough lava to affect one room, but you can scoop the lava back up with the urn to move it. Lava will dissipate and return to the urn naturally after an hour's time.
Ancient pots
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Doubles the output of concoctions.
Bag o' Bombs
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Similar to a flowerpot, only with a variety of explosives from the Pyrotechnics talent appearing in it every day. Muhahaha.
A climber's icepick
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Allows for the destruction of icewalls. Takes two seconds of unmodifiable balance.
A scholar's omnibus
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A unique investment, the omnibus will allow the user to learn any Talents released in the future for free. Perhaps the only artifact with a potentially unlimited rate of return!
The Resolute Hammer
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This hammer replicates the effect of a mushroom sigil, but will never run out of charges. Any item that could normally be destroyed by the use of a mushroom sigil can be destroyed with the Resolute Hammer.
Torc of the Voidwalker
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Wearing this torc will obfuscate the area around its wearer in the same fashion as the Mirage ability of the Sciomancers. The effect will be able to be negated by removing the torc. For reference, Mirage causes anyone looking into the room through any means to see a different room entirely.
Belakai's Terrarium
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Gone but never forgotten, Belakai was acclaimed for his green thumb as much as for his hatred of dwarves. Own a piece of history with Belakai's very own terrarium! This portable plot will yield up to 100 herbs of your choosing every Aetolian month, so youll never need to run around searching for moss, bloodroot, or goldenseal again!
The Organ Locker
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We're not quite sure where it came from, nor quite how it works, but this bloody locker was found in the back of the Celani broom closet, stinking like you wouldn't believe. The owner gets the privilege (?) of extracting up to 100 organs every month from within the Locker, so its perfect for the pacifistic people-eaters out there.
A Thrim Flute
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Nothing cures or causes a headache quite like a thrim to the cranium. Relive the golden days of Kerrithrim's invasion with this marvelous instrument. Once a year, the owner can summon a swarm of thrim to whatever area they find themselves in simply by playing this flute. The rest of the year, the flute will provide an instant remedy to thrim infestation!
