Artifacts.. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Artifacts.. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Oompa
01-17-06, 11:29 AM Alrighty then..

My players are going to search for some artifacts to stop evil! now those artifacts need to be hided somewhere..

What are you're most stranged, bizarre, twisted, coolest hiding places..
Jesper
01-17-06, 11:53 AM temples are good. Other plaines are very good and in dragons stashes are good.
Andorxor
01-17-06, 11:57 AM 1.In the possesion of a wanna-be-adventurer,that follows them to get them to let him join

2.Inside of a item that they already have

3.Frozen deep in a glazier

4.Burried under the tree of a dryad

5.Under a mountain of coopercoins in a dragonhorde

6.On the shelf of a magic shop labeled as unidentified item

7.Placed with a immoveable rod somewhere in the sky

8.A part of a famous statue at a public place
DaveReaves
01-17-06, 12:13 PM Not to turn this into a 101 thread, but...

9. The new decoration on the head of the king's septer.
10. Being used a 'glass eye' by a blinded cyclops.
11. Under a lake, protected by a monter.
12. Buried by pirates long ago with only a tatered map to lead the way.
13. A child's toy
14. In the clutches of an evil team of adventurers who are trying to sell it on the black market.
Rez
01-17-06, 12:31 PM 15. One of the party members. Sounds odd. It was a idea I had for one game. A artifact was 'transformed' into someone. The person was given memories, a history. Everything. But it wasn't /real/. When the 'person' dies, the 'artifact' creates a new life. Sounds strange eh?

16. A wizard lost his hand and has the artifact in its place (which well looks like a hand)

17. Inside a Dragon.

18. Hidden deep in the Underdark, worshipped by some Drow or other creatures.
Oompa
01-17-06, 01:11 PM well here are some very good idea's.. interesting :P
gleep
01-17-06, 01:11 PM 19. Inside a poem.
20. In its own demi-plane, reachable only by a specific portal located in the depths of a enchanted pool in the deepest, darkest vale of the Forbidden Forest.
21. Being used to level one of the table legs in a ramshackle tavern near the warf.
22. Shrunken down to an extremely small size and dropped into the sea, where it was stuck in a oyster and resulted in a pearl. The pearl was later recovered and used to make a necklace that graced the bosoms of a line of princesses. After the fall of the kingdom, the pearl eventually found its way into a treasure horde where a party of adventurers found it. They then promptly ground it up to be used for an identify spell. Now the artifact is inside some archmage.
23. The artifact is buried inside a huge stone pillar that holds up the roof of a vast cavern. Removing it would cause enough damage that a million tons of rock will fall.
24. Old Uncle Mathers has it, and has actually left it to one of the party members in his will, as its part of the contents of an old trunk.
25. It is lodged in the dreams of a sleeping great wyrm with 40 class levels.
26. It was actually tossed into a volcano millennia ago, but has since popped back out and is now contained within the chunk of obsidian that a primitive tribe of swamp people worship as their god.

:D

--gleep
oxybe
01-17-06, 01:16 PM 27) in the hands of a BBEG's flunkie, bringing it to the BBEG
28) in the hands of the BBEG, who has yet to figure out how to destroy it [if it exists, it can stop him].
29) In a remote plateau guarded by dinosaurs.
30) It decorates the coffin of a vampire lord
31) Kobolds. Anything buried could be dug up by kobolds...
32) See #31 but replace with any tunneling race (dwarves, drow, ect...)
33) Is used by a temple of good, and touching it is considered sacrilege.
Journeyman Samwise
01-17-06, 01:27 PM 34) In my pockets
35) Behind my ear! Gasp wow so cool
36) Currently being worn as a peice of body art by a Cancer Mage
37) Inside the king
shadowflamedancer
01-17-06, 02:02 PM 38) Inside the body of a powerful celestial. (can't get it out without killing him)
39) In the palace of a demon/devil lord/prince.
40) Anything to do with a volcano.
CzarGarrett
01-17-06, 02:15 PM Well within enemy territory (or formerly enemy territory) in a subterranian bunker.

**Explanation- It was captured and brought there years ago in an attempt to keep it under enough guard to be forgotten over time and thus, no longer be a significant threat against a perceieved enemy.
RedWizard
01-17-06, 02:15 PM 41. In the body of Jubilex, The Faceless Lord (Demon-Prince)
Gort32
01-18-06, 08:12 AM 23. The artifact is buried inside a huge stone pillar that holds up the roof of a vast cavern. Removing it would cause enough damage that a million tons of rock will fall.

Ooooooo.....that one is *so* getting used! Hmm...or possibly an Atlas'ish statue that is holding up the cavern... nice ;)
Millennium
01-18-06, 08:45 AM Ooooooo.....that one is *so* getting used! Hmm...or possibly an Atlas'ish statue that is holding up the cavern... nice ;)
Here's another possibility: it's in the center of a temple held up by a hundred Caryatid Columns. The columns are programmed to attack anyone who tries to take the artifact, starting with the nearest but with more columns joining the fight as their sisters are struck down. If too many are animated, then the temple collapses because nothing is holding it up anymore.

Caryatid Columns are fun :evillaugh
Rez
01-18-06, 09:12 AM 43. Inside a Tarrasque. :)
44. Inside a Tarrasque that is the Phylactery of a Lich :)
45. The artifact is the baby child of a high level Paladin of (insert some good deity).
46. The PCs already have the artifact and don't know it (perhaps a ring-family heirloom, a cloak, earings, a necklace...)
47. The artifact is the 'powersource' for a Temple of Nerull.
48. Buried deep inside a Elven Druid Grove that is also a buriel ground for the elder druids that /cannot/ be desecrated....
49. Stuck and hidden in the Ethereal Plane.
50. Buried in the glacier with Levistus.
Golden Zealot
01-18-06, 10:01 AM 51. suspended in mid air over an erupting volcano in a magical lightning storm surrounded by towers full of skeletal archers with flaming arrows and ghost sorcerers, and the volcano is occupied by a fiendish roc and it's half-fiend giant eagles who also have sorcerer levels

52. inside the digestive system of a dead god's body on the astral plane

53. half-way through a portal between the nine hells, and mount celestia, being the subject of a tug of war match between an army of devils and an army of celestials

54. deep inside nerull's toilet

55. the artifact is hidden on a farm, and it looks like a cow, and it's power can only be unlocked by milking it

56. underground, balancing in the centre of a razor blade bridge over a bottomless pit that's on fire, and it's raining greatswords and vials of acid, and the walls are getting closer together and are covered in precise indents which, when they come together, form ladder to the surface for 30 seconds before crushing everything, and wraiths are flying all around

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Oompa 01-17-06, 11:29 AM	Alrighty then.. My players are going to search for some artifacts to stop evil! now those artifacts need to be hided somewhere.. What are you're most stranged, bizarre, twisted, coolest hiding places..
Jesper 01-17-06, 11:53 AM	temples are good. Other plaines are very good and in dragons stashes are good.
Andorxor 01-17-06, 11:57 AM	1.In the possesion of a wanna-be-adventurer,that follows them to get them to let him join 2.Inside of a item that they already have 3.Frozen deep in a glazier 4.Burried under the tree of a dryad 5.Under a mountain of coopercoins in a dragonhorde 6.On the shelf of a magic shop labeled as unidentified item 7.Placed with a immoveable rod somewhere in the sky 8.A part of a famous statue at a public place
DaveReaves 01-17-06, 12:13 PM	Not to turn this into a 101 thread, but... 9. The new decoration on the head of the king's septer. 10. Being used a 'glass eye' by a blinded cyclops. 11. Under a lake, protected by a monter. 12. Buried by pirates long ago with only a tatered map to lead the way. 13. A child's toy 14. In the clutches of an evil team of adventurers who are trying to sell it on the black market.
Rez 01-17-06, 12:31 PM	15. One of the party members. Sounds odd. It was a idea I had for one game. A artifact was 'transformed' into someone. The person was given memories, a history. Everything. But it wasn't /real/. When the 'person' dies, the 'artifact' creates a new life. Sounds strange eh? 16. A wizard lost his hand and has the artifact in its place (which well looks like a hand) 17. Inside a Dragon. 18. Hidden deep in the Underdark, worshipped by some Drow or other creatures.
Oompa 01-17-06, 01:11 PM	well here are some very good idea's.. interesting :P
gleep 01-17-06, 01:11 PM	19. Inside a poem. 20. In its own demi-plane, reachable only by a specific portal located in the depths of a enchanted pool in the deepest, darkest vale of the Forbidden Forest. 21. Being used to level one of the table legs in a ramshackle tavern near the warf. 22. Shrunken down to an extremely small size and dropped into the sea, where it was stuck in a oyster and resulted in a pearl. The pearl was later recovered and used to make a necklace that graced the bosoms of a line of princesses. After the fall of the kingdom, the pearl eventually found its way into a treasure horde where a party of adventurers found it. They then promptly ground it up to be used for an identify spell. Now the artifact is inside some archmage. 23. The artifact is buried inside a huge stone pillar that holds up the roof of a vast cavern. Removing it would cause enough damage that a million tons of rock will fall. 24. Old Uncle Mathers has it, and has actually left it to one of the party members in his will, as its part of the contents of an old trunk. 25. It is lodged in the dreams of a sleeping great wyrm with 40 class levels. 26. It was actually tossed into a volcano millennia ago, but has since popped back out and is now contained within the chunk of obsidian that a primitive tribe of swamp people worship as their god. :D --gleep
oxybe 01-17-06, 01:16 PM	27) in the hands of a BBEG's flunkie, bringing it to the BBEG 28) in the hands of the BBEG, who has yet to figure out how to destroy it [if it exists, it can stop him]. 29) In a remote plateau guarded by dinosaurs. 30) It decorates the coffin of a vampire lord 31) Kobolds. Anything buried could be dug up by kobolds... 32) See #31 but replace with any tunneling race (dwarves, drow, ect...) 33) Is used by a temple of good, and touching it is considered sacrilege.
Journeyman Samwise 01-17-06, 01:27 PM	34) In my pockets 35) Behind my ear! Gasp wow so cool 36) Currently being worn as a peice of body art by a Cancer Mage 37) Inside the king
shadowflamedancer 01-17-06, 02:02 PM	38) Inside the body of a powerful celestial. (can't get it out without killing him) 39) In the palace of a demon/devil lord/prince. 40) Anything to do with a volcano.
CzarGarrett 01-17-06, 02:15 PM	Well within enemy territory (or formerly enemy territory) in a subterranian bunker. **Explanation- It was captured and brought there years ago in an attempt to keep it under enough guard to be forgotten over time and thus, no longer be a significant threat against a perceieved enemy.
RedWizard 01-17-06, 02:15 PM	41. In the body of Jubilex, The Faceless Lord (Demon-Prince)
Gort32 01-18-06, 08:12 AM	23. The artifact is buried inside a huge stone pillar that holds up the roof of a vast cavern. Removing it would cause enough damage that a million tons of rock will fall. Ooooooo.....that one is so getting used! Hmm...or possibly an Atlas'ish statue that is holding up the cavern... nice ;)
Millennium 01-18-06, 08:45 AM	Ooooooo.....that one is so getting used! Hmm...or possibly an Atlas'ish statue that is holding up the cavern... nice ;) Here's another possibility: it's in the center of a temple held up by a hundred Caryatid Columns. The columns are programmed to attack anyone who tries to take the artifact, starting with the nearest but with more columns joining the fight as their sisters are struck down. If too many are animated, then the temple collapses because nothing is holding it up anymore. Caryatid Columns are fun :evillaugh
Rez 01-18-06, 09:12 AM	43. Inside a Tarrasque. :) 44. Inside a Tarrasque that is the Phylactery of a Lich :) 45. The artifact is the baby child of a high level Paladin of (insert some good deity). 46. The PCs already have the artifact and don't know it (perhaps a ring-family heirloom, a cloak, earings, a necklace...) 47. The artifact is the 'powersource' for a Temple of Nerull. 48. Buried deep inside a Elven Druid Grove that is also a buriel ground for the elder druids that /cannot/ be desecrated.... 49. Stuck and hidden in the Ethereal Plane. 50. Buried in the glacier with Levistus.
Golden Zealot 01-18-06, 10:01 AM	51. suspended in mid air over an erupting volcano in a magical lightning storm surrounded by towers full of skeletal archers with flaming arrows and ghost sorcerers, and the volcano is occupied by a fiendish roc and it's half-fiend giant eagles who also have sorcerer levels 52. inside the digestive system of a dead god's body on the astral plane 53. half-way through a portal between the nine hells, and mount celestia, being the subject of a tug of war match between an army of devils and an army of celestials 54. deep inside nerull's toilet 55. the artifact is hidden on a farm, and it looks like a cow, and it's power can only be unlocked by milking it 56. underground, balancing in the centre of a razor blade bridge over a bottomless pit that's on fire, and it's raining greatswords and vials of acid, and the walls are getting closer together and are covered in precise indents which, when they come together, form ladder to the surface for 30 seconds before crushing everything, and wraiths are flying all around