Crafted Artifact

Rune-Inscribed Choker

Created by Jacob Sterns, looted by Ricter Casenger.
A stainless steel wire choker with grey runes carved into it.

An object brandishing these neuron-like engravings infuses the wearer with a magical energy that let's them stay mentally active for 24 hours a day. The user can also decide to put themselves into a sleep-like full body stasis, making them independent from any need for resources, while keeping their mind awake.
If you want to study faster, 30% more waking hours are a very efficient way to do it.

These magical markings let the body synthesize an unknown chemical which keeps the glymphatic system active during waking hours, so body and mind are able to keep functioning without restriction.

You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.

You no longer require any sleep in order to survive. You no longer age naturally, and supernatural attempts to age you fail.

You may spend one minute entering a state of hibernation, during which you are inanimate and unaffected by any requirements for life. You may still perceive the outside world and may spend 3 Rounds ‘waking up’ to end it.

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Chetming's Ring

Created and held by Mythkong.
A silver ring that was worn by my deceased brother, Chetming.

Whenever attacked, I manage to take a lot less damage than I should, purely out of my sheer will to not let down my brother Chetming.

You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.

You have 4, which reduces incoming damage from all sources of physical attack except Frost. Armor from multiple sources does not stack.

You may spend an Action or Reaction and Exert your Mind to double your Armor rating for one Round.

Your Armor cannot be destroyed, and it always provides a minimum of 2 Armor regardless of any Armor shredding or penetration. It cannot be circumvented with Called Shots. When shredded, it returns to full potency in one hour.

When you take Damage from a source which is within 5 feet, deal back as much Damage as your Armor prevented.

Anyone who touches this Artifact will notice it warping their mind and may drop it. If they choose to hold or use it, they immediately receive the following Trauma: Paranoia. If they lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next day.

  • This Effect’s Armor rating cannot be increased by any other Effects.

Whenever Will of the Brotherblood activates, a large puff of red and yellow smoke surrounds Mythkong. Within the smoke, you see a towering figure peer at you.

Chetming looks strikingly similar to Mythkong, but with one key difference. They are much.. MUCH bigger than him.

This Effect activates whenever Entering/Being in combat. It does not require an Action or Exertion. Your target should be intuitively based on the triggering event.

You transform into Chetming for 3 minutes. You have access to all of your Powers while you are Chetming, and you can use your equipment. Your Battle Scars, Injuries, and physical Liabilities are carried over between forms. Reverting from your Alternate Form cannot cause your existing Injuries to kill you. Instead, you remain Incapacitated.

While transformed, your Brawn is increased by 2 and your Charisma is increased by 2. Your Stress is reduced by 2.

You may end this Effect prematurely as a Free Action.

Anyone who touches this Artifact will notice it warping their mind and may drop it. If they choose to hold or use it, they immediately receive the following Trauma: Uncontrollable Anger. If they lose possession of this Artifact, the Trauma heals over the course of the next day.

  • When triggered, the Effect activation resolves immediately after the triggering Action. It is not Reaction speed.
  • Attribute bonuses from multiple sources do not stack. Instead the highest bonus is used.

Sack of Loot

Created and held by Esther Patch.
A heavy, overfilled navy-green backpack, lashed to the back with paracord. The seams have clearly been sewn back together several times.

You crawl into your backpack, which doesn't really make much sense spatially. With an explosion of dollar-sign particle effects and the noise of rattling coins, you reemerge with the requested item.

(This artifact uses the Barter secondary skill in place of Influence if the user has it.)

Expend a point of Battery and spend 1 minute. You must use up one standard unit of currency for the current game world in order to activate this Effect.

Choose an Object which could fit inside a regular backpack (up to 27 liters). It must be Non-Alien and generic. You cannot create explosives. You may create firearms.

Roll Charisma + Influence to fabricate up to 5 copies of your chosen Object. The Difficulty is assigned by the GM and depends on the specificity of your chosen Object. The created item lasts 2 hours.

  • The Difficulty for the fabrication roll increases based on specificity. Something like a "shirt" would be Difficulty 5, whereas "Police uniform" would be Difficulty 9. The Outcome determines overall quality and how well the item fits the request.
  • You can fabricate a container of something so long as it contains a single type of thing (such as a tank of water) or it is designed to be packaged together (such as a first aid kit).
  • If you are able to activate this Effect as a Reaction, its roll contests the incoming Attack.

Fleet of the Flame

Created and held by Captain Doug Upp.
A large fleet of ships, serving loyally to Captain Doug Upp

A large Spanish galleon, armed to the teeth with weapons and ready for war. Enough space to hold a crew of over 100 and large cargo bay below, 4 decks, 4 masts, with a menacing red glow emitting from the front, ready to rain fire on all those who dare oppose her.

A flaming ship, a fearful sight,
The Fallen Flame, bathed in night.
With Captain Doug, skeletal guide,
Through stormy seas, it fiercely rides.

Forty cannons, roaring thunder,
A dual fireball, hellish plunder.
Red sails billow, ghostly crew,
A tale of terror, dark and true.

The damned sail on, a haunting fear,
Their skeletal laughter, cold and drear.
A legend born, a haunting sight,
The Fallen Flame, reigns with might.

This Artifact can be used as a Flaming Galleon. It is roughly the same size as a Flaming Galleon and just as difficult to conceal.

This Flaming Galleon has 40 standard cannons, 2 frontal cannons, 2 rearward cannons, gunpowder kegs to be thrown off the back, dual fireball shooter off the front.. Any roll to pilot this vehicle receives +2 dice.

You also gain the following effects:

  • Crew of One: You alone may stand in for an entire crew if the vehicle would normally be piloted by more than one.
  • Steady As She Goes: The motion of your vehicle never causes your passengers dice penalties, and you do not suffer dice penalties from the unsteadiness of any vehicle you are riding in.

Automatic Defense Turret Kit

Created and held by Bob Hope.
A small drawstring bag containing the materials for a Automatic Defense Turret

This Advanced Remote Drone Artificial Kit can provide the materials and know-how to create a very advanced, shoulder-mounted turret.

Exert your Mind and spend two Actions performing the following ritual: Assemble a turret from parts. You must maintain Concentration while activating this Effect, and it fails if you are interrupted.

Summon a single Tiny Shoulder-Mounted Turret at your location. They will last until they are destroyed. They are controlled by the GM but will follow any commands you give. This Artifact may have at most 1 minion active at a time.

  • Attacking: Minions can make ranged attacks at targets up to 30 feet away with 5 dice to attack and +1 Damage.
  • Body: Minions have 4 Body.
  • Movement: Minions cannot move.
  • Intelligence: Minions have dog-level intelligence, and cannot communicate back to you. They cannot actively use Equipment.
  • Actions: Minions cannot dodge or Defend. Any Perception checks they make are rolled with 3 dice.

You may only use this Effect once per day.

Me' Arsenal

Created by David Jones, given to Caspian Seaver.
David Jones' Legendary Trinkets

A rifle sized gun resembling a pirate's cannon. It fires miniature cannonballs and they fucking hurt. This was a gift from Poseidon.

This Artifact can be used as a rifle. It is roughly the same size as a rifle and just as difficult to conceal.

Attack by rolling Dexterity + Firearms, Difficulty 6. Successful attacks deal Contested Outcome +5 Weapon Damage. The target's Armor is fully effective against this damage.

You also gain the following effects:

  • Infinite Ammo: This weapon never runs out of its standard ammunition.

  • Reminder: additional Weapon Damage granted by this Effect does not stack with any other bonus to Weapon Damage. Instead the largest bonus is used.
  • Rifles are +1 Difficulty to use in melee range. Sniper Rifles are +3 Difficulty to use without a tripod or in melee range. Setting up a tripod takes an Action.

Stock Artifact Crafting Gifts

You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.

You get +0 dice to any Mind resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:

  • Naturally Resistant: Any time you make a Mind resistance roll, the individual who you are resisting must Exert their Mind, or your resistance succeeds automatically.
  • Clash Of Wills: If you fail to fully resist an Effect, your Outcome is considered to be 0.

  • These bonuses apply only to Mind rolls made to resist Effects and other supernatural phenomena. They do not apply to Trauma rolls or self-control rolls.

You gain the following benefits as long as you are wearing this Artifact.

You get +2 dice to any Body resistance rolls you make. You also gain the following effects:

  • Survivor: You are immune to all non-Alien diseases.
  • All Brawn No Brain: You suffer a -2 dice penalty on Mind resistance rolls.

  • These bonuses apply only to Body rolls made to resist Effects and other supernatural phenomena. They do not apply to other contexts such as attacks made while under the Creature Transformation Effect.