updated 01/25/2022 Bead of Misdirection This crystal ball is about 2 inches in diameter, and if examined closely a smoky smudge can be seen in the center. If thrown forcefully against a hard surface, it will shatter, releasing a burst of blinding light and a puff of grey smoke. All creatures except the bearer within […]
Glarck’s Remote Spell Books by Bryan Fazekas, published in Footprints One of a traveling magic-user’s greatest difficulties is carrying spell books. By their nature spell books are heavy, and magic-users of any significant experience require numerous books. The books are also extremely valuable, subject to damage or theft. During his long life the arch-mage Glarck […]
Glarck’s Printing Press by Bryan Fazekas, published in Footprints The Archmage Glarck, who for centuries ran the famous wizard’s college that still carries his name, realized early in his career that the main limitations for wizards are the number of spells they can carry in memory, and in the labor required to create scrolls and […]
Giant’s Snowballs by Bryan Fazekas, published in & Magazine Issue 8 These 2′ diameter snowballs detect as magical, and observers will note that they will not melt in above freezing temperatures. When thrown by a being of 21 strength or greater, they detonate on impact in a 20′ radius blast of ice. Any creature struck […]
Gem of Scroll Reading by Bryan Fazekas, published in & Magazine Issue 12 This small, whitish-translucent gem is greatly sought after by spell casters. The gem is 3 inches wide,1 inch tall, and 1/2 inch thick, with flat bottom and top. It is usable only by spell casters (cleric, druid, magic user, illusionist); if one […]
Gems of Explosion by Bryan Fazekas, published in & Magazine Issue 3 These gems are of 100 gp base value and are noticeable only for the quality of the stone and the cut. They detect as magical and if held for 2 segments will begin to glow with an inner light that illuminates a 5’ […]
Author’s Note: I had planned the Sword & Star as an artifact for Susafras, my brother’s Elven fighter/mage. Again, I can’t remember the details, but if I recall correctly I realized the combination proved FAR too powerful and would upset game balance. So the Sword & Star went into history instead of PC hands. In […]
Author’s Note: The search for the Rod of Seven Parts kept my first campaign VERY busy for about 6 months real time. Originally, I planned to let one of the characters keep it, but decided, after much consideration, that the Rod was FAR too much for a character to have. So Ptah got the rod, […]
Author’s Note: I cannot remember what I intended to do with this. It may be that this was simply my first stab at creating artifacts and that having completed my fit of creativity, I shelved it. I’m guessing this was my first stab at creating an artifact, as the bane for using one of a […]