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<blockquote data-quote="random user" data-source="post: 1854120" data-attributes="member: 16581">I'm looking for some ideas to flesh out my world with some backstory, and I'm thinking legends of old might be neat.To that end I'm looking for some artifacts to base stories around.&nbsp; I don't plan on having my characters find any of these (though of course who knows what can happen), but they would help me with flavor.&nbsp; To that end, I'd like to ask your help; if you have ever created an artifact, I'd like to hear about it -- with or without backstory.&nbsp; If you have the time to post a backstory, great! If not, I'll think of something.&nbsp; I'm just looking for the spark of cool artifacts, especially any that have unique abilities.For example, instead of just finding some old ruins of an immense set of towers, I'd like to be able to tell the bard (as an aside I think having a bard in my party is influencing my desire to have more backstory... it's always great when my party is just wandering around and my bard busts out with something relevent I told him privately out of game about 5 sessions ago... it really makes him more like a bard, filled with all sorts of random knowledge): Most people don't know the origin of the temple or why things that die there come back as undead.&nbsp; However, you know that 2700 years ago, a wizard trying to become a lich managed to get his hands on [insert artifact].&nbsp; He did [explain some aspects of the artifact] in an attempt to gain even more power.&nbsp; Powerful leaders from the neighboring lands set apart their differences to fight this wizard and trapped him in his main tower.&nbsp; In desperation, the wizard [used the artifact in some unintended way] and cursed the land in the process and destroying the artifact.&nbsp; While many adventurers are content to simply explore the ruins in search of treasure, you know of a prophet who once believed that the land could be uncursed by [insert something relevent to the artifact's effects].Thank you in advance for any help!Edit: ps if this belongs in house rules I understand; I looked at the description (&quot;Post your house rules, custom classes, spells, feats and other stuff here.&quot;) and wasn't sure... they are sort of like custom magic items.&nbsp; Does that make this belong in house rules?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="random user, post: 1854120, member: 16581"] I'm looking for some ideas to flesh out my world with some backstory, and I'm thinking legends of old might be neat. To that end I'm looking for some artifacts to base stories around. I don't plan on having my characters find any of these (though of course who knows what can happen), but they would help me with flavor. To that end, I'd like to ask your help; if you have ever created an artifact, I'd like to hear about it -- with or without backstory. If you have the time to post a backstory, great! If not, I'll think of something. I'm just looking for the spark of cool artifacts, especially any that have unique abilities. For example, instead of just finding some old ruins of an immense set of towers, I'd like to be able to tell the bard (as an aside I think having a bard in my party is influencing my desire to have more backstory... it's always great when my party is just wandering around and my bard busts out with something relevent I told him privately out of game about 5 sessions ago... it really makes him more like a bard, filled with all sorts of random knowledge): Most people don't know the origin of the temple or why things that die there come back as undead. However, you know that 2700 years ago, a wizard trying to become a lich managed to get his hands on [insert artifact]. He did [explain some aspects of the artifact] in an attempt to gain even more power. Powerful leaders from the neighboring lands set apart their differences to fight this wizard and trapped him in his main tower. In desperation, the wizard [used the artifact in some unintended way] and cursed the land in the process and destroying the artifact. While many adventurers are content to simply explore the ruins in search of treasure, you know of a prophet who once believed that the land could be uncursed by [insert something relevent to the artifact's effects]. Thank you in advance for any help! Edit: ps if this belongs in house rules I understand; I looked at the description ("Post your house rules, custom classes, spells, feats and other stuff here.") and wasn't sure... they are sort of like custom magic items. Does that make this belong in house rules? [/QUOTE]

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