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Artifact Properties Each artifact has its own magical properties, as other magic items do, and the properties are often exceptionally powerful. An artifact might have other properties that are either
typically change each time an artifact appears in the world. An artifact can have as many as four minor beneficial properties and two major beneficial properties. It can have as many as four minor
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Artifact Descriptions This section presents an assortment of artifacts in alphabetical order. See the Dungeon Masterâs Guide for the rules on artifacts.
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roll for a spell you cast against a Fiend, you use the maximum possible result instead of rolling.
Random Properties. The Artifact has the following random properties (see âArtifactsâ in
lies a long-lost Artifact, Fraz-Urbâluuâs Staff. If the staff is dragged from the pocket plane, the tome is reduced to a mundane and out-of-date copy of the Tome of Zyx, the work that
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aura, and no one can teleport into or out of it or use planar travel there. Portals close temporarily while in the aura.
Ongoing spells, except those cast by an Artifact or a deity, are suppressed in
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the Sword of Kas, both the eye and the hand burst into flame, turn to ash, and are destroyed. Any other attempt to destroy the eye or hand seems to work, but the Artifact reappears in one of Vecna
âs many hidden vaults, where it waits to be rediscovered.
Applicable Artifacts
Name
Rarity
Eye of Vecna
Artifact
Hand of Vecna
Artifact
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Long ago, in the Dragonlance setting, elves and humans waged a terrible war against chromatic dragons. When the world seemed doomed, the wizards of the Towers of High Sorcery came together and forged
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Hammer. With these tools, he forged the Axe of the Dwarvish Lords.
Armed with the Artifact, the prince brought peace to the dwarf clans, ending grudges and answering slights. The clans became allies
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torn, the haversack ruptures and is destroyed. If the haversack is destroyed, its contents are lost forever, although an Artifact always turns up again somewhere. If the haversack is turned inside
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Dungeon Masterâs Guide
Crafted and wielded by Orcus, this ghastly wand slips from the demon lordâs grasp from time to time. When it does, it magically appears wherever the demon lord senses an opportunity to achieve
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that passes through it. Artifacts are the exception. Unless an Artifact is susceptible to damage from a Sphere of Annihilation, it passes through the sphere unscathed. Anything else that touches the
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Dungeon Masterâs Guide
Hidden in the dungeon of White Plume Mountain, Blackrazor shines like a piece of night sky filled with stars. Its black scabbard is decorated with pieces of cut obsidian.
You gain a +3 bonus to
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Held in the dungeon of White Plume Mountain, Wave is engraved with images of waves, shells, and sea creatures.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. When
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Kas was a powerful warrior who served Vecna and whose loyalty was rewarded with this sword. As Kasâs power grew, so did his hubris. The sword urged Kas to destroy Vecna and usurp his throne
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Dungeon Masterâs Guide
The definitive treatise on all that is good in the multiverse, the Book of Exalted Deeds figures prominently in many religions. Rather than being a scripture devoted to a particular faith, the book
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The contents of this foul manuscript are the meat and drink of the wicked. It contains knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the scrawled pages invites doom.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna the
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Whelm is a powerful weapon forged by dwarves and lost in the dungeon of White Plume Mountain.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
Hurl. Whelm has the
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game. Similarly, wishing for a Legendary magic item or an Artifact might instantly transport you to the presence of the itemâs current owner. If your wish is granted and its effects have
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Divine Contention
artifact has a terrible side effect: someone known to the wielder is also erased from reality. After the villain uses the ruinstone, roll a d20: on a 5-20, one of their allies disintegrates, on an 1-4
, one of the player characters disintegrates.
If a creature bound its soul to the ruinstone in the âThalivarâs Beaconâ quest, the artifact explodes when used and the creature who is
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Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
attuned to the artifact.
Attuning to the artifact requires two hours, which can be undertaken as part of a long rest, during which time you must be inside the servant, interacting with its controls
attacks once during the attunement. This process must be undergone every time a creature attunes itself to the artifact.
Controlling the Servant. While any creatures are attuned to the artifact, attuned
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hit points, this trait doesnât function until an attuned creature spends 24 hours repairing the artifact or until the artifact is subjected to lightning damage.
Standing Leap. The servant
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planes: Baba Yaga's Mortar and Pestle. These signature tools of Baba Yaga are a single artifact for purposes of attunement. Should the two objects become separated, the Baba Yaga's Pestle;pestle
;appears next to the Baba Yaga's Mortar;mortar at the next dawn.
Random Properties. This artifact has the following random properties, which you can determine by rolling on the tables in the
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crook was again lost. Occasionally it reappears, but the famed artifact is not what it was. Whether or not the artifactâs bearers realize its full threat, few risk using the Crook of Rao&mdash
;potentially for the final time.
Random Properties. The artifact has the following random properties, which you can determine by rolling on the tables in the "Artifacts" section of the Dungeon Master
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
This artifact destroys wealth to provide light and protection. Wrought from the finest yellow gold, the lantern has four faces, and an unwavering amber flame burns within it. The faces of the lantern
willingly snuff the lanternâs flame with the intention to destroy the artifact. When its flame is snuffed in this way, the lanternâs gold corrodes, the lenses and remaining gemstone fuel turn to worthless sand, and the creature attuned to it is spared.
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
people called the vaati, who once ruled many worlds. Seven Wind Dukes wove their power into an artifact called the Rod of Law. The dukes used the rod to imprison Miska on the plane of Pandemonium. As a
to while it is broken. While holding one piece of the broken rod, you know the general location of the next consecutive piece, as the rod yearns to be a complete artifact. Multiple rod pieces can be
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feet high, the orrery housing is a wondrous device imbued with magic of its own, but the power of its six clockwork components makes the artifact even more potent.
The Orrery of the Wanderer was
installed, the artifact has 7 charges. While touching the orrery, you can use an action and expend 1 or more charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 17): contact other plane (3 charges
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how many pages are removed, and it longs to be more than mere reference material.
Random Properties. The artifact has the following random properties, which you can determine by rolling on the tables
within the book. At the heart of this deadly, semi-sentient domain lies a long-lost artifact, Fraz-Urbâluuâs Staff. If the staff is dragged from the pocket plane, the tome is reduced to a
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fourteen cards of the high deck and forty other cards divided into four suits: coins, glyphs, stars, and swords.
Random Properties. The artifact has the following random properties, which you can
. You can find its statistics in the Monster Manual. If you roll a soul that has already escaped, roll again.
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Card
Soul
1
Artifact
Flameskull
2
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detrimental properties
Magic Weapon. When a creature attunes to the adze, the artifact magically adjusts its size so that creature can wield it as a greataxe. The adze is a magic weapon that grants a +3
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powerful, frost-coated golden ring that can freeze the oceans and blanket the world in mountains of snow. Small folk know this artifact by another name: the Ring of Winter. The ring, which grants
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
âs Cauldronâ is an incantation that hints at the time-freezing property of the artifact:
Eight cats perch atop eight dead attending Eight lizards flee from eight cats scavenging Eight toads
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damage. In addition, each magic item the creature is carrying that isn't an artifact has its magical properties suppressed for 1 minute.Woe striders form from the souls of those who've broken the bonds of
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refuse to abandon their undead state until the duty they had in life is fulfilled. For example, a foresworn might be pledged to protect a familyâs bloodline from harm or guard a dangerous artifact
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Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
an artifact, its magical properties are suppressed for 10 minutes, until the dryad is incapacitated or dies, or until the dryad uses a bonus action to end the effect.
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evil artifact that transforms the giant into a fiendish form. Once in a while, Yeenoghu whispers promises of power in the dreams of a giant whose hunger surpasses other giantsâ. In any case, the
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The Stone of Golorr is a glossy, greenish-gray stone that fits in the palm of your hand. The stone is actually an aboleth named Golorr, transformed by magic into an object.
Random Properties. The