New items have been added to the cryptic chest!

The first is 'an auction token'. These tokens will be used as currency
for an artifact auction in the month of April, although you can only bid
on one of the items! After the auction ends, we will have a credit
lottery in which the leftover tokens you have can be exchanged for a
ticket.

Next we have added a series of 'set items' to the chests. Set items are
not artifacts by themselves, and can be traded with other players.
However, once you have all the items in a set, you can FUSE them
together to form a unique artifact. Details of the artifacts and their
set pieces follow.


A cryptic chest
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* 3x a broken piece from a chest

When the broken pieces are fused together, they will form a new chest
for you to open!



The star chart of Elenina
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* 1x the northeast segment of a star chart
* 1x the southeast segment of a star chart
* 1x the southwest segment of a star chart
* 1x the northwest segment of a star chart

By utilizing the star chart, you can increase the influence of a
particular star upon you to receive its effects. However, it will also
bring forth a random negative star to influence you. While under the
effects of the star chart, all other astronomy effects are cancelled
out.

Usage: STARCHART <star>, refer to HELP ASTRONOMY for a list of valid
stars.



A snowglobe of Spinesreach
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* 5x a model Spire of Spinesreach

Upon being shaken, the snowglobe will cause a blizzard to grip the area
for half an Aetolian day. It cannot be used in a city, and can only be
used once per Howling.



A bag of seeds
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* 4x a shimmering seed

You can SPRINKLE SEEDS in a room, and after a while the seeds will
sprout into flowers. The bag contains enough seeds for five uses, and
refills itself each Howling.


A racial Idol
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* 1x a small, golden head
* 1x a small, headless golden torso
* 1x a pair of small golden arms
* 1x a pair of small golden legs

Each Howling, the idol's appearance will shift to represent a new race.
Holding the idol grants you all the abilities of the race it is
mimicking.


Penned by my hand on the 8th of Niuran, in the year 355 MA.