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<blockquote data-quote="Guest User" data-source="post: 8159876">Writing for myself, I have no problem with parties that use powerful artifacts in clever fashion being able to trivialize some encounters.&nbsp; That is, somewhat the point of artifacts.Roleplay/Narrative consequences I think are the best way to balance super powered items.In The Silmarillion, even millennia after Feanor's death, his children would mount crusades to research and recover any of the The Silmarils that were loose in the world.I, as a player, have certainly refused to loot a Githyanki Silver Sword.&nbsp; Starting an interplanar war was just not worth the boost, especially when the inevitable loss of innocent lives was factored in.I've also had players, take a Silver Sword, and watched their Castle and City they founded, burn in Red Dragon fire as a Githyanki Invasion force came to recover it, and punish everything nearby.Artifacts might bring weal at first, but as Tolkien amply shows, eventually, most powerful devices result in Woe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest User, post: 8159876"] Writing for myself, I have no problem with parties that use powerful artifacts in clever fashion being able to trivialize some encounters. That is, somewhat the point of artifacts. Roleplay/Narrative consequences I think are the best way to balance super powered items. In [I]The Silmarillion, [/I]even millennia after Feanor's death, his children would mount crusades to research and recover any of the [I]The Silmarils [/I]that were loose in the world. I, as a player, have certainly refused to loot a Githyanki Silver Sword. Starting an interplanar war was just not worth the boost, especially when the inevitable loss of innocent lives was factored in. I've also had players, take a Silver Sword, and watched their Castle and City they founded, burn in Red Dragon fire as a Githyanki Invasion force came to recover it, and punish everything nearby. Artifacts might bring weal at first, but as Tolkien amply shows, eventually, most powerful devices result in Woe. [/QUOTE]

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