New Artifacts

by Estarra

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Unknown2012-03-27 02:37:29
Malarious:

dusty heads

I was going to make a head joke, but since Phoebus' is in there twice (!), I'd rather not sully her fine reputation as a classy, classy dame.
Raeri2012-03-27 03:13:03
I'd love to see an artifact that let hexes/runes/etchings/etc last longer before fading. Mainly hexes, but it makes sense to extend it to the other stuff too!
Unknown2012-03-27 03:57:39
Let's do this! Version 4:

Cement boots - gives increased summon resistance at the cost of less movement or possibly a gravity effect.

Alchemist's pocketwatch - lets you sprinkle magical salt/sulfur (Alchemy) for free.

Crumkane's cookie - a cookie that you can eat over and over and over for some sustenance. Usable twice per game day.

-Beastmaster's whistle - allows you to whistle beasts and they will come to you from any plane/bubble. No more need to beast dismiss and beast summon again. Halves eq time from whistling too.

-Minimap - catacombs map for the user only, doesn't take entourages (player, etc), stopped by distort.

-Scorpion's Tail - with this item in your inventory, lets you envenom your weapons with any existing poison.

-Ranger's toolbelt - laying traps won't cost comms, but disarming gets you nothing.

-Boots of Shanth - Increased movement beyond that that of the winged sandals of haste (+2), basically an upgrade of the sandals. I'd be pretty happy if there was a tier even higher than that.

-stretched skin - adds +100 tattoo weight to a body part. If you want to gouge people, make one for every body part.


-a card of the fates - a blank tarot card that allows you to inscribe any tarot card on it once every IC year, acts like an infinite version of the card inscribed

-mote of the fates - same as above, only for motes

-rune of the fates - same as above, only for runes

pound of flesh - generates a specific flesh once per IC day, syntax is WEIGH (flesh)

-gem mine - same as the flesh, only for charged gems

-Divine feast - add 40 demi weight, upgrade of manna.

-Night's cauldron: replaces a SD's cauldron, generate shadows every IC day, up to 200

-miniature rune: attach to make a miniature permanent, offering it reduces it back down to unenchanted/level 1 though.

-mark of the stars - bestows a random astrology sphere on you once per IC day, weighted to be beneficial.

-weather charm - allows the user to ignore the effects of the weather on their person

-a beacon of ice - generates one ice larva in the the user's room once per IC year.

-a time contraption - allows you to set your age once, contraption gets destroyed afterwards

-a book of regional dialects - allows you to give your says an accent or voice. Ex: Shuyin says in a whiny voice, "Nerf" - subject to admin review/approval.

-an alcoholic's pin - allows the user to permanently keep his tolerance level without it lowering over time.

-mark of racial superiority - allows you to change your perceived race to any of the spec-specific adjectives without actually changing your stats - ex: Shuyin the kephera can choose to be displayed as a royal kephera without zenobia being up, etc.
Estarra2012-03-27 04:49:46
Sojiro:

Cement boots - gives increased summon resistance at the cost of less movement or possibly a gravity effect.


Side effect is that you cannot move in a water location and eventually die a horrible death?
Lehki2012-03-27 04:52:27
Sojiro:
ex: Shuyin the kephera can choose to be displayed as a royal kephera without zenobia being up, etc.

Heck no, you can go spend half a week hunting loti spores like everybody else. D:<
Placeus2012-03-27 05:19:54
I'd love to see (because I think I annoy Celest's tattooists with my frequent guild/tert changes)

Second Skin:

When wearing the skin, you may have a second set of tattoos inscribed. You may REMOVE SKIN or WEAR SKIN once per RL day to change your active tattoo set.
Unknown2012-03-27 06:23:30
Estarra:


Side effect is that you cannot move in a water location and eventually die a horrible death?


If you give me a free pair, I'm all for it!
Ssaliss2012-03-27 06:26:37
I assume the stretched skin wouldn't count for tattoo armour? Otherwise, that'd be a real boon for tattoo monks.
Sylphas2012-03-27 06:57:51
With Ranger's Toolbelt, what's to stop you dropping it and then disarming? Would it just check if you owned it, not actual possession?
Unknown2012-03-27 07:10:59
Ssaliss:

I assume the stretched skin wouldn't count for tattoo armour? Otherwise, that'd be a real boon for tattoo monks.


Uh sure.

Sylphas:

With Ranger's Toolbelt, what's to stop you dropping it and then disarming? Would it just check if you owned it, not actual possession?


...sure!
Raeri2012-03-27 08:40:03
Sylphas:

With Ranger's Toolbelt, what's to stop you dropping it and then disarming? Would it just check if you owned it, not actual possession?

I think he means the trap, if laid with the toolbelt, will not generate comms if disarmed (by anyone).

Beacon of ice should totally be once per IC month - year's probably too long!
Allow Scorpion tail to work with beasts too! (that way maybe non warriors will want it too!)
For the tattoo skin thing, just have tattoo armour cap at 759 or whatever the current max is~

I'd still like a hex-duration lengthener (maybe making it cheaper to draw mana-wise or something too?). Dunno how useful it'd be, but I really dislike upkeep and other stuff like song/demesnes have a version of it :(
Unknown2012-03-27 09:28:17
Placeus:

I'd love to see (because I think I annoy Celest's tattooists with my frequent guild/tert changes)

Second Skin:

When wearing the skin, you may have a second set of tattoos inscribed. You may REMOVE SKIN or WEAR SKIN once per RL day to change your active tattoo set.


I don't think this is a great idea. There is enough drama about tattoos vs. great robes vs. platemail as it is. :/ Next thing you know people will be asking for more arties to add on to smithing and tailoring.
Sakr2012-03-27 12:24:11
Phial of Water/ Earth / Air / Fire...

allows you to get the benefits of being in your natural habitat wherever you are by keeping a little bit with you at all times. If you have increased regeneration in the air for example, by keeping it in this enclosed phial, you can keep up that regeneration wherever you are.

(insert name here) bow
By pointing the bow at a target, you can shoot 5 arrows each month that would afflict that person with a 1 min love for everyone in the room.

Augmentations? Different kinds that enhance your base pool skills by a little bit.

Draconian Whistle
Call a random number of aetherbeasts to your current location when aetherhunting.
Placeus2012-03-27 12:46:29
Edenwe:


I don't think this is a great idea. There is enough drama about tattoos vs. great robes vs. platemail as it is. :/ Next thing you know people will be asking for more arties to add on to smithing and tailoring.


I'm not sure whether my description was clear enough, but the intent was to only have one set of tattoos active at a time. The artifact lets you swap between two different sets once per RL day.
Unknown2012-03-27 21:29:29
Here's more:

I am particularly fond of the first two!

Scissors of Atropos - Allows the user to set his/her own custom deathsense, subject to review/admin approval.

Shroud of Atropos - Hides the user's kills from deathsense.

Dimensional Key - allows you to send portals (like in Veneration) to another player, stopped by everything that stops portals. Entering a portal while a monolith is dropped will prevent successful entry as well.

Vanity Mirror - allows the user to generate 1 reflection of himself, like the Beastmastery/Glamours ability.

Bolas - when wielded, allows you to throw them at a target, entangling them. Can be done directionally as well.

Kiakodan Pollen - when held in the inventory, anyone who says the user's name will make the user sneeze. If you want this to be even more fun, allow it to work off tells and channels as well.

Doctoral Sash - Allows the user to change classes (within the same org only) while remaining in the same guild, allows them to change class once every IC month.
Unknown2012-03-27 21:34:33
Hell yeah to the Doctoral Sash. I like the Bola an awful lot, too.
Unknown2012-03-27 23:10:28
The Charm of Kiakoda - Allows you to nature guard an entire area, usable once per Lusternian month.

I'm having a hard time coming up with anything that isn't trade related.
Talan2012-03-27 23:46:40
Sojiro:

Scissors of Atropos - Allows the user to set his/her own custom deathsense, subject to review/admin approval.

Do you mean when you die, or when you kill? I'd be okay if it being when the owner died... so the game would just see:
Talan has been slain in the service of lollipops and happiness.
(even if I died to something silly like lag or whatnot, etc.)

I would be less cool with doing anything that customizes what happens when you kill someone else.
Nothing like this:
Shuyin has pummeled Talan, for he is the awesomest and she is clearly lousy at this game.


Shroud of Atropos - Hides the user's kills from deathsense.

No to this too. Again, I'd be cool if it was your own death, but not others'.


Kiakodan Pollen - when held in the inventory, anyone who says the user's name will make the user sneeze. If you want this to be even more fun, allow it to work off tells and channels as well.

This seems more like a dingbat item. I would like it if just your nose itched and nobody saw.


Doctoral Sash - Allows the user to change classes (within the same org only) while remaining in the same guild, allows them to change class once every IC month.

No thanks.
Unknown2012-03-28 00:37:03
RE: scissors - In my head, I really just pictured the user killing someone else, but I would also be fine with the user's deaths being customized too. As far as super humiliating kills go, that's where admin approval comes in, I'm sure they have enough sense to say no when someone tries to submit something dumb.

RE: pollen - nose itching would be fine too, so would it being a dingbat item.
Malarious2012-03-28 04:43:35
Sojiro:

Let's do this! Version 4:

Cement boots - gives increased summon resistance at the cost of less movement or possibly a gravity effect.
Sure!

Alchemist's pocketwatch - lets you sprinkle magical salt/sulfur (Alchemy) for free.
NO FREE SHIELDS

Crumkane's cookie - a cookie that you can eat over and over and over for some sustenance. Usable twice per game day.
You cannot eat it over and over and over if it only works twice! Eat it twice and its gone, but it seemingly reappears each month

-Minimap - catacombs map for the user only, doesn't take entourages (player, etc), stopped by distort.
Sure I guess.

-Scorpion's Tail - with this item in your inventory, lets you envenom your weapons with any existing poison.
The monk in me likes this, the poisonist in me says NO.

-Ranger's toolbelt - laying traps won't cost comms, but disarming gets you nothing.
I do not like the idea of this one. I am fine with reducing the comms needed but removing seems extreme.

-Boots of Shanth - Increased movement beyond that that of the winged sandals of haste (+2), basically an upgrade of the sandals. I'd be pretty happy if there was a tier even higher than that.
I am tempted to say GODS YES, but at the same time I do not want people outpacing me <.<

-stretched skin - adds +100 tattoo weight to a body part. If you want to gouge people, make one for every body part.

OP!

-a card of the fates - a blank tarot card that allows you to inscribe any tarot card on it once every IC year, acts like an infinite version of the card inscribed
Yes

-mote of the fates - same as above, only for motes
Yes

-rune of the fates - same as above, only for runes
Yes

pound of flesh - generates a specific flesh once per IC day, syntax is WEIGH (flesh)
Sure

-gem mine - same as the flesh, only for charged gems
Sure

-Divine feast - add 40 demi weight, upgrade of manna.
Not if it stacks on mana

-Night's cauldron: replaces a SD's cauldron, generate shadows every IC day, up to 200
I would even get this if it let me release shadows, ala censer.

-mark of the stars - bestows a random astrology sphere on you once per IC day, weighted to be beneficial.
Woo! I like!

-weather charm - allows the user to ignore the effects of the weather on their person
Like also, make like 5

-a beacon of ice - generates one ice larva in the the user's room once per IC year.
Dislike mob generator that also makes gold.

-a time contraption - allows you to set your age once, contraption gets destroyed afterwards
Sure

-a book of regional dialects - allows you to give your says an accent or voice. Ex: Shuyin says in a whiny voice, "Nerf" - subject to admin review/approval.
Sure

-an alcoholic's pin - allows the user to permanently keep his tolerance level without it lowering over time.
Um.. i guess....

-mark of racial superiority - allows you to change your perceived race to any of the spec-specific adjectives without actually changing your stats - ex: Shuyin the kephera can choose to be displayed as a royal kephera without zenobia being up, etc.
Sure