Mouseferatu
Hero
Wik said:...really? Cuz - and I'm an uneducated ruffian, here - it kind of looks like a typo, and a designer covering up for the editors.
lol
Who do you think we are, TSR?
Seriously, "The Bastard of Exalted Heroism" is exactly the title under which the artifact was pitched to me, and exactly how it's written up in the book.
Incidentally, I know there are people other than Wik who are reluctant to look at a book of "just" (or even mostly) major artifacts. I'd encourage you to at least give it a flip-through. Each artifact gives backstory, adventure seeds, and plot hooks. I think a lot of people will find it pretty easy to work many of these into their campaigns, or at least to walk away with some cool story ideas.