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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 4259017" data-attributes="member: 762">And again they may not - again creative plot device.If the PC's are being that obvious about it then they don't deserve to destroy the artifact - so they lose it, lesson learned.  On the other hand - they PC's maneuver the artifact wielding villain to confront them where the artifact can  be destroyed (say eye of vecna and near a volcano) - the villain is arrogant, overconfident and convinced of impending victory, the artifact shares these feelings. The villain is winning the battle, the artifact is even more confident and is not going anywhere. The villain gets a little careless and moves close to the volcano (what does he care these measly beings are no threat). Suddenly one of the PC's rushes the villain, grabs him and plummets into the volcano with him - the eye of vecna being a purely selfish entity (incapable of even thinking of such self sacrifice) doesn't react in time to prevent its destruction. Boom - destroyed artifact and a great PC story.The "moving on" mechanic is just a reminder to DM's that artifacts are not supposed to be permanent fixtures it's not some kind of comandment to DM's that they must teleport the artifact away.</blockquote>