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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cabral" data-source="post: 2797999" data-attributes="member: 1193">First, an artifact should span adventures.Step 1. adventurers go on a few adventures trying to find The Stone.Step 2. They find The Stone, but can't pull it out but someone tells them about someone who claims to know the secret.Step 3. They seek out the above, perform a series of tasks in order to prove their worthiness and gain the adviceStep 4. They pull the sword from the stone and it is:a) a fake blade on the hilt of exalibur; treat as MW sword. a) the real deal but it is weakened and shatters when it first strikes something. treat as a minor magical itemStep 5. Either way, they need to take Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake to fix it.Step 6. They don't know where the Lady of the Lake is, so spend a few adventures following leads.Step 7. They take it to her and she agrees to reforge. It will be done shortly, but the blade will be so sharp that no scabbard will hold it. She sends them on a Quest to seek the True Scabbard of Excalibur which should be a quest with a encounter levels equal to the party level +2 or more. (Whatever is just low enough that the party is stretched thin but noone dies... at least no one important <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />)Step 8. Return to the Lady of the Lake with the scabbard and retrieve the sword.Step 9. Partay!If the sword is intelligent (which I reccomend; special purpose: to Rule Justly), it can be what cues the adventurers to the Lady of the Lake for Step 5. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />If you want to have the sword be claimed but keep it in the adventurer's hands,I would:Step 10. Rumors start about the return of the Once and Future King.Step 11. News of sightings of the Once and Future King start circulating and they seem to indicate that He is moving towards the adventurer's location.Step 11a. If they seek Him out, they should meet up with him at the end of one adventure Step 11a. If they avoid Him, He should find them after a few adventuresStep 12. Arthur attempts to claim Excalibur, but Excalibur rejects Arthur, planting itself firmly in the ground. Arthur attempts to force Excalibur to accept him but Excalibur instead dispels the magic disguising him, revealing him to be Modred.Step 13. Fight Modred! (he should be designed to be a very tough fight if he has excalibur's shield and the party does not have Excalibur. Whomever Excalibur accepts as his rightful wielder can withdraw Excalibur as a full-round action ... which Modred will seek to prevent.)Hmmm... I may have to steal this <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Anyway, you should drag out the interaction if you want the campaign to be about Excalibur and the Arthurian Legends. You should quicken the interaction if you want a few adventures about Excalibur and the Arthurian Legends.</blockquote>

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