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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9355329" data-attributes="member: 8461">Anyone else remember that old artifact, <a href="https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/Johydee%27s_Mask" target="_blank">Johydee's Mask</a>? Did you know that in fact, it wasn't actually an artifact at all?Well, sort of.See, when TSR decided to put out their impressive <a href="https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/120126/Encyclopedia-Magica-Series-2e-BUNDLE?affiliate_id=820" target="_blank">Encyclopedia Magica</a> (affiliate link) series, they had to figure out what to do with magic items that had the same name but were different enough from each other that they were effectively separate and distinct items. The solution they came up with was to append them with Roman numerals. So far so good.But for some reason, in volume two of Encyclopedia Magica, the entry for Johydee's Mask from the AD&amp;D 1E DMG (page 158), where it's clearly listed as an artifact alongside the likes of Heward's Mystical Organ or the Machine of Lum the Mad, was downgraded to an ordinary magic item. It had XP and GP values and everything (8,000 and 40,000, respectively). It was even listed in the random magic item tables in volume four (Table K), so this was clearly no mistake. Particularly since the AD&amp;D 2E version of Joydee's Mask, from the Book of Artifacts (and listed in the EM as Johydee's Mask II), is still listed as an actual artifact.Also, for some reason Encyclopedia Magica volume four only has an entry for the Wand of Orcus as it appeared in OD&amp;D's Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry, omitting the entry given on page 162 of the AD&amp;D 1E DMG. I recall being quite ticked about that when I first noticed it, since I was reading the Planescape mega-adventure Dead Gods at the time, in which the Wand of Orcus plays a notable role.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 9355329, member: 8461"] Anyone else remember that old artifact, [URL='https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/Johydee%27s_Mask'][I]Johydee's Mask[/I][/URL]? Did you know that in fact, it wasn't actually an artifact at all? Well, sort of. See, when TSR decided to put out their impressive [URL='https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/120126/Encyclopedia-Magica-Series-2e-BUNDLE?affiliate_id=820'][I]Encyclopedia Magica[/I][/URL] (affiliate link) series, they had to figure out what to do with magic items that had the same name but were different enough from each other that they were effectively separate and distinct items. The solution they came up with was to append them with Roman numerals. So far so good. But for some reason, in volume two of [I]Encyclopedia Magica[/I], the entry for [I]Johydee's Mask[/I] from the AD&D 1E DMG (page 158), where it's clearly listed as an artifact alongside the likes of [I]Heward's Mystical Organ[/I] or the [I]Machine of Lum the Mad[/I], was downgraded to an ordinary magic item. It had XP and GP values and everything (8,000 and 40,000, respectively). It was even listed in the random magic item tables in volume four (Table K), so this was clearly no mistake. Particularly since the AD&D 2E version of [I]Joydee's Mask[/I], from the [I]Book of Artifacts[/I] (and listed in the EM as [i]Johydee's Mask II[/i]), is still listed as an actual artifact. Also, for some reason [I]Encyclopedia Magica[/I] volume four only has an entry for the [I]Wand of Orcus[/I] as it appeared in OD&D's [I]Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry[/I], omitting the entry given on page 162 of the AD&D 1E DMG. I recall being quite ticked about that when I first noticed it, since I was reading the Planescape mega-adventure [I]Dead Gods[/I] at the time, in which the [I]Wand of Orcus[/I] plays a notable role. [/QUOTE]

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