[Artifacts] How to make, place, use and integrate [HELP!!??]

[Angelsboi]

Ok i need to make some artifacts for my game that need to be introduced directly. So i guess the question is, how do i do this and how do i make sure my PCs dont get all power hungry?

 

[Angelsboi]

bump

 

[Arravis]

Severe set-backs and disadvantages for using it. Artifacts are often hungry for power from the user, and they'll leave them a dry husk by the time they are done, sometimes.

 

[Klaus]

Hey, Angelsboi!

(BTW, here in Brazil Angel just lost his baby to Holtz! Can't wait for the rest!)

You already know how to introduce mighty items (not only artifacts) your game. You've seen it done before: Excalibur, The Holy Grail, The Ark of the Alliance...

1- bump all the way up the history factor. Drop clues to the item for at least three sessions.

2- leave the powers shady. Excalibur is a keen +5 weapon, but feels like much more! (the scabbard was more powerful, remember?)

3- Add a failsafe ("only the worthy may lift Mjolnir/see the Grail/etc)

4- Give it, then take it away. Arthur drank from the Grail, was restored, then the Grail went POOF! Arthur used his sword on Lancelot (due to vanity) and the sword broke!

5- No one can control it/it was not meant for men to have. Remember Raiders of the Lost Ark, when they finally open the ark?

Hope that helps!

 

[Angelsboi]

well these are 6 jewels that have control over two aspects of life. Life/Death, War/Peace, Love/Death, etc.

When combined, they will unmake the world and remake it the way the holder wishes.

Well these gemstones cant exactly go poof and no one has one yet. Hell, a diviner told them of what was going to happen and that was that. She merely mentioned the stones.

 

[Klaus]

Well, let them remake the world, but have the gems show them the consequences of their choices beforehand, from their perspective. If they choose All Life/No Death, they see hordes of crippled elders, unable to pass away because there is no death. if they choose all Peace/No War, they see a world where no one stands up for anything, where no one braves the odds to make life better (because there is no ambition to improve, which can lead to war, but in a smaller scale is needed).

After the world is re-made, the gems teleport to the end of this new world, waiting the day where they will re-make the world again.

 

[Darklance]

Ok i need to make some artifacts for my game that need to be introduced directly. So i guess the question is, how do i do this and how do i make sure my PCs dont get all power hungry?

A KOF fan eh?

 

[Angelsboi]

KoF?