Dante & Vergil
Explorer
I know there are some rules for artifacts, but I'm not sure where they are all located (in the books and on the net). Could someone help me out here?
Artifact rules.
Upper_Krust
Hero
Hello again! 
'Rules for Artifacts'. I'm not sure I ever got round to writing any. I did add a stipulation that a single character could only carry 4 artifacts at any one time although any number of epic items. The distinction being that epic items could be disjoined and were inneffective within Anti-magic Shells/Fields, whereas Artifacts
Most of the monsters that would carry items in the Epic Bestiary wield 4 Artifacts. I think Alabaster is the only one to break that rule (he carries 6) but his weapons are a bit weaker because of it.
Dante & Vergil said:
'Rules for Artifacts'. I'm not sure I ever got round to writing any. I did add a stipulation that a single character could only carry 4 artifacts at any one time although any number of epic items. The distinction being that epic items could be disjoined and were inneffective within Anti-magic Shells/Fields, whereas Artifacts
Most of the monsters that would carry items in the Epic Bestiary wield 4 Artifacts. I think Alabaster is the only one to break that rule (he carries 6) but his weapons are a bit weaker because of it.
Upper_Krust
Hero
eduar said:
Howdy eduar mate!
Creating artifacts would cost quintessence. Its been that long ago that I have forgotten the relationship between Quintessence (QP) and Experience (EXP). Is it 1:1...my memory is hitting a blank. If no one can remember I'll try and dig out my notes on it over the weekend.
hi
for example an artifact that reproduce an epic spell
like the soul drinker for ELH but with hellball instead of energy drain
the base price would be
10(epic spell) * caster level * 2000 + 200(XP for hellball) * 100
an example of a bastard sword +10 of hellball with caster level 30
10 * 30 * 2000 * 2 + (for hellball) 1200000
200 * 100 * 5 (for the XP cost of the hellball) 100000
10 * 10 * 20000 (+10) 2000000
base price 3,300,335 GP
cost to create: 1,600,000 GP and 62000 XP
for example an artifact that reproduce an epic spell
like the soul drinker for ELH but with hellball instead of energy drain
the base price would be
10(epic spell) * caster level * 2000 + 200(XP for hellball) * 100
an example of a bastard sword +10 of hellball with caster level 30
10 * 30 * 2000 * 2 + (for hellball) 1200000
200 * 100 * 5 (for the XP cost of the hellball) 100000
10 * 10 * 20000 (+10) 2000000
base price 3,300,335 GP
cost to create: 1,600,000 GP and 62000 XP
Dante & Vergil
Explorer
The only reason I ask is because I heard on this board that artifacts can have Divine/Cosmic/Transidental/Omnific abilities, and I don't know what those would cost to add on to artifacts.
IIRC its +6/+22/+144/+1200 respectively
Close, but not quite.
+6/+36/+216/+1200 (1272 if you want to be technical).
The logic is that a feat is 1/6th of a divine ability (see Cryptomnesia among other things), and feat is worth +1 on a weapon (see Mighty Cleaving), therefore it proceeds that a divine ability on a weapon is +6, and since a cosmic ability is worth six divine abilities, those cost +36 on a weapon, etc.
It works out to being the same ECL in the end, though you could make a case for lowering the + cost since it makes the ability situational (in that you need to have the weapon in your possession) instead of being innate to the character.
Transcendental is acutally +200 (should be 216 i.e 6x36 but he rounded I guess)
