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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffhartsell" data-source="post: 4259260" data-attributes="member: 7748">I make a distinction between artifacts, relics, and legendary items. Plus, we are seeing only the tip of the 4e iceberg. As a previous poster mentioned, artifacts are NPCs. They were not in 3e, but they were in editions prior. In 3e intelligent items were distinct from artifacts, although some artifacts were intelligent.Anyway, I'm a GM fan of legendary items and artifacts. IMO a legendary item is just a powerful magic item with a cool story, and I'll probably use house rules to have them improve as a character levels.But an artifact is intelligent and the focus of an adventure or quest more so than a legendary item. Maybe a campaign from 1-30 starts and ends with an artifact, but that is not a requirement and the 4e mechanics work for all cases. An artifact does not have to disappear if it works within the campaign framework. But if can if need be. Just like a NPC can disappear.Note that artifacts are in the DMG and not the PHB. They are a tool of the DM, not items for all players.</blockquote>