After having seen the list of what's offered in other IRE games' auctions, I am more than happy to see that none of Lusternia's auction items are as stupidly OP or imbalancing compared to what's been offered over there.

All the realms are different so I'm not sure it's fair to compare artifacts directly. In any event, most of these artifacts were ideas from players on the artifact thread! If you like artifacts in other realms and you think they may fit into Lusternia, feel free to post the ideas or your take on them.

ANNOUNCE NEWS #2825
Date: 7/31/2008 at 23:01
From: Maya, the Great Mother
To : Everyone
Subj: Credit Sale Extension & Grand Auction!

I'm pleased to bring you exciting news, in two parts!

Part one: We have decided to extend the current 30% credit bonus sale
for another month, to last throughout the end of August. If you weren't
able to take advantage of this sale in July, you're in luck. The sale
will now end at midnight GMT on August 31.

Remember, a 30% credit bonus sale means that if you purchase any amount
of credits from us during this time, you will receive a bonus of 30% of
your purchase. If you buy 100 credits, you will receive 30 bonus credits
for a total of 130. If you buy 1000 credits, you will receive 300 bonus
credits for a total of 1300. If you have any questions about the sale or
sale extension, feel free to message or email me at maya@achaea.com.

Part two: A grand auction shall begin at midnight GMT/5pm PST tomorrow
(Saturday, August 2nd), and ending at the same time one week after
(Saturday, August 9). The auction will offer numerous rare items which
will never be available normally, that you may never have a chance to
obtain again. Collectors take note! These items include:

-==-

- A Yggdrasian vial. Carved from the wood of Yggdrasil itself, this vial
holds an unlimited amount of health elixir that will NEVER run out. You
will never have to obtain health refills again!

- An ouroborean vial. This vial will hold one venom of your choice (that
can normally be milked into a vial), which will likewise never run out
once filled.

- Tarot cards that can be flung over and over again by the owner. The
cards being auctioned are: High Priestess, Aeon, Empress, Universe, and
Hanged Man.

- Special inkbrushes, one for each ink colour, which will allow the
owner to ink tattoos and sketch runes without needing that particular
ink. For example, if you win the jade-handled inkbrush, you will never
need to buy or use green ink.

- A forge for your subdivision home.

- A safebox that will allow you to place up to 20 items inside it,
including gold, which no one else can open or remove items from.
Completely theft-proof.

- The ability to make a single adventurer-forged weapon or suit of
armour non-decay and resetting.

- Another pair of Chenubian wings, special wings that will take you to a
personal room above the Clouds with customised exits that you get to
choose!

- A solar plinth that dramatically increases your sunlight gain and
maximum grove energy, above and beyond the Lupine plinth.

- And more!

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- A new shop in Delos.

- A private land plot outside of the subdivision, winner's choice from
three different locales.

Furthermore, we will be offering three items that are normally sold for
credits up for gold auction: the wand of portals, the Girdle of the
Titans, and a basic pet.

Please hold on to your questions about any of these items. Specific
details on each shall be posted when the auction begins.

Penned by My hand on the 21st of Sarapin, in the year 486 AF.

ANNOUNCE NEWS #1159
Date: 7/31/2008 at 23:00
From: Galleus, the Sky Sovereign
To : Everyone
Subj: Auction and Sale Extension!

We know everyone has been waiting patiently throughout the month of July
waiting to find out the items available during the artifact auction.
Well, not only do we have the full list for you now, stocked primarily
with brand new, unique artifacts, we've also got a special announcement
that should excite everyone. We will be extending the 30% credit sale
all throughout the month of August! To reiterate, credit purchases
throughout the entire month of August will grant a bonus of 30%, so a
purchase of 1000 credits will net a total of 1300 credits for your
character. This is the biggest sale we have ever held, and probably will
ever have for some time, so take advantage now!

The Artifact Auction will begin on the 12th of Slyphian, 251 MA. This is
the Howling between this coming Saturday and Sunday. The Auction will
last for one week, ending on the 5th of Khepary, 252 MA, which
corresponds to the Howling a week from this Saturday.

This auction will include two tiers of items, the first of which will be
sold for credits and include a number of unique items, and the second of
which will be sold for gold and include a range of popular artifacts.
There are a total of 15 artifacts that will be sold for credits and five
sold for gold, with items that will be desirable to almost anyone.

The artifacts that will be auctioned for credits are as follows:

A venom rag
-This specially 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
-Powerful magic within the Rod of Dispersion will allow the user to
cause everyone within the room with him to be cast randomly about the
realm instantly. This powerful effect can only be used once per Aetolian
month.

Quel'zar's Pawn
-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
-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
-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.

Izu-Ari's Dice
-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
-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.

A priestly cassock
-These cassocks will provide the user with the coveted ability of the
Priest to grant various spiritshields to others.

An eldritch mask
-When this mask is worn, the user may scream in an eldritch tongue that
will cause fear in all those around him.

A scholar's omnibus
-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
-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.

A dominion crystal
-The dominion crystal mimics the behavior of a Master Crystal, and can
be used to refine crystals for one's own needs without needing to return
to a Master Crystal for folding and refining.

A masterwork tool
-The masterwork tool provides the effects of all of the tradeskill boon
artifact powers in one item.

A hoarder's vault
-The hoarder's vault can be used as a personal bank by the owner from
anywhere.

Intaglio of Artos
-The Intaglio of Artos allows the user to change their enter and exit
descriptions once per month (the descriptions must be approved by a
Divinity through a built-in system).


The artifacts being auctioned for gold are as follows:

A spirit anchor
-Cuts the time to recover from death by 50%

A clarion eyeglass
-Improved Farsight to include the room the target is in regardless of
distance

A crystal divining skull
-Improves upon the Deathsight skill by informing the user of the
location of death throughout the realm

Entwined Lockets
-Sold in a pair, these lockets can be touched to one another. The users
may then travel to one another provided they are on the same continent.

A vibrating stick
-The vibrating stick allows the user to make use of wormholes to travel
across the continent.


Any questions regarding items in the auction or questions about the
auction system in general that cannot be answered by reading HELP
AUCTIONS should be directed to Galleus.


Penned by my hand on the 12th of Lanosian, in the year 251 MA.

ANNOUNCE NEWS #1149
Date: 7/31/2008 at 23:10
From: Dranor, God of Imagination
To : Everyone
Subj: Sale Extension and Artifact Auction!

I'm extremely happy to announce that the 30% sale for the month of July
has been extended through the month of August as well. This means that,
for any credit purchase you make from our website, you will
automatically receive 30% more credits. This is an unprecedented sale in
magnitude and duration, so take advantage of it while you can!

Furthermore, to provide even more incentive to take advantage of the
bonus, we'll be starting an artifact auction this weekend. Along with
all of the other IRE games, Imperian's artifact auction will start at
23:59 GMT on Saturday, August 2nd. For most of you in the US, that will
be late in the afternoon on Saturday.

The auction will run for approximately one week. It's not possible to
say exactly when the auction will end, as the duration of individual
items will change as bids are placed on them. This is the only auction
that will be held in 2008.

The following items will be auctioned for credits:

Custom Portal Wings
- This item will let you have your own, personal wings-like portal
room, with a customised item, command word, and exits.
- You will be able to choose 11 custom exits to any normal room in
Imperian, with the exception of cities, townes, guildhalls, etc.
These exits cannot be changed. All of them do not have to be
chosen immediately.
- The down exit will automatically be set to go to the portals room
accessed by the Orphanim Angel Wings.
- Due to the custom coding required for this, and the fact that
these wings are functionally more valuable than the Seraphim Angel
Wings, the starting bid will be 2000 credits.
- This will be auctioned as a token. If you are the winner, please
contact Dranor to redeem your token.

Housing Plot
- Allow you to build a house, anywhere (within reason) in the world.
- This will also be auctioned as a token.

Artifact Pet
- This pets can be completely customised (within reason), but must
be described as a semi-normal animal. A black panther or a bear
is fine. A dragon or pegasus is not.
- This pet will not be able to fly.
- This pet will allow for 10 skill slots, and is the only way that
any pet can have the combination of the mount and track abilities.
- Due to the custom work required for this, the starting bid will
be 500 credits.
- This will also be auctioned as a token.

A Feathered Armlet
- This ability will let you use the arrowcatching defence, which
gives you a 33% chance to catch any arrows fired at you. This
defence has a slight mana drain associated with it.

Acrobatic Boots
- These boots let you use the abilities of kipup, frontflip,
and backflip.

A Market Stall
- A portal shop that you can set up anywhere in the world.

Phantom Mask
- A mask that lets you conceal your identity, just like a
Predator.

Protection Rings
- Gives the wearer a 10% damage reduction from a single damage type.
- Firescourge - Defends against fire.
- Frostbrand - Defends against frost.
- Poisonbane - Defends against poison.
- Eupnoeic - Defends against asphyxiation damage.
- Voltaic - Defends against electric damage.
- Phrenic - Defends against psychic damage.

A Sparkling Lattice
- This is a more powerful version of the Alchemy shimmering lattice,
which only decreases the chance of a surge affecting you. The
sparkling lattice guarantees that you will never be affected by
a magickal surge while you are holding it.

Wyvern's Collar
- Gives the owner the use of the vitality ability.

Phantasmic Diadem
- Lets you choose a custom enter, exit, and room description. These
messages can be configured as often as you want with the CONFIG
command. They will require God approval before they will be set
to you. You can even remove the direction that you move in from
your enter/exit messages, allowing you to confound your enemies.

A Tent
- You can set up a tent almost anywhere in the world, allowing you
a portable indoor room.

The following items will be auctioned for gold:

Armband of Celerity
Collar of Pyralis
Neelamic Reservoir
Ring of Flying
Steelweave Surcoat
Symbol of Avasyu
Wand of Reflection

Information about the auction syntax is available in HELP AUCTION.

For items auctioned for credits, you do not need to have the credits for
your bid at the time that you make your bid. You will have seven days
after the conclusion of the auction to obtain the credits, bound to the
character that placed the bid. If you do not have the credits after the
seven days have passed, you will be shrubbed and will not be allowed to
play Imperian. Serious bids only!

For items auctioned for gold, you do need to have the gold in hand at
the time that you place your bid. The gold will be taken and will
temporarily be placed in escrow. If you are outbid, the gold will
automatically be refunded to you by letter.

If you have any questions about the auction, or any of the items being
auctioned, feel free to contact me.

Penned by my hand on the 7th of Halitus, in the year 556 AD.

What's this Rod of Dispersion?

Details, please!

Yeah...as I was saying, down with the game breaking arties!

Unlimited healing vial?! wtb

6 semi-trueheals a year, ally switching (these earrings caused massive headaches in achaea when I played), ability to self rez in ANY room, permanent forged item no matter the stats, unlimited sigil destruction for anyone, and so on

Yeah I agree, I really like our selection better, nothing screams game breaking, and yet many are very nice to have things that would be worth some credits. It will be interesting to compare the price the various items end up going for. I personally think it is very praise worthy that nothing broken was made here, I have a feeling it will result in less credits spent, and thus game balance was thought of even at a cost.

The only one that really seems to have the potential to be game-breaking is the cubix upgrade, depending on where the exits are placed-- but for the most part, there are no locked-away rooms on the Known Planes that are difficult to get to, and most of those ones still do have somewhat easy options for the people who are likely to be able to afford the insane amount of credits it is going to go for.