Create an artifact(s) that feels powerful in the modern game...

[Uvtha]

As we all know "artifacts" used to be awesome, and now they are sort of all crap unless they fill a spot that has few other items in it, like aprons, boots, etc.
So just for fun since I don't recall a recent "make-an-item" post recently, come up with an item or items you think would restore that "holy crap" factor in the modern game. Make up properties, go crazy with stats, be reasonable with stats, thematic, practical... whatever.
Just for fun, so whatever.

The Hand of Ruination. War Hammer. Appearance: Black Green color.
Self Repair 5
Corrupt Armor: 10%. (Like the Rune Beetle ability)
30% SSI
50% Hit Fatigue
50% Hit Mana Drain
50% Hit mana Leech.
50% Hit Lower Defense
50% Hit Lower Attack.
100% Poison Damage.

Mark of Covetous: Ring. Appearance: Lucky Coin color.
Self Repair 5
Grasp of Covetous: Cannot use or gain virtues, equipping drops all virtues to 0. 20% chance upon successfully stealing an item that you become hidden.
Night Sight
+20 Stealing
+15 Detect Hidden
+10 Lockpicking
+200 Luck
LRC: 25%

(Make your own anti-virtue themed items!)

Bloodsea: Large Battle Axe. Appearance: Abyss color.
Self Repair 5
Blood Drinker
Blood Lust
DI: 75%
SSI: 40%
Hit Stamina Leech 100%
Hit Life Leech 75%
Hit Mana Leech 50%
HCI: 25%
HP+: 5.
Stam+ 10.
+20 Anatomy.

Flame of the First Forge: Smith's Hammer. Appearance: Some kind of Fiery Red color.
Self Repair: 5
Searing Weapon
Forgefire: Damage increase of 1% for every 2 points of skill in Blacksmith, and Weapons crafted with the hammer are created as "Searing Weapons". 10 Hammer uses.
+10 Blacksmith.
+15% Blacksmith Success chance
+15% Blacksmith Exceptional Chance.
100% Hit Fireball
100% Hit Fire Area
100% Fire Damage

Rework:

Ageis
Self Repair 10
Damage Eater 10%
20% DCI
20% RPD
+15 Physical Resist.
+10 Strength.
Bulwark: 5%. Reduce incoming damage like swamp dragon armor.

Comment, critique, revise and/or make your own!

(Edit: Buffed Flame of the First Forge!)

 

[Merlin]

I like the bulwark concept. Maybe a boost with higher level parrying?

 

[DJAd]

They could use a few more arties for cloak, robe, belt slot and maybe some earrings and boots.

 

[Ender]

I like the bulwark concept. Maybe a boost with higher level parrying?

Could also be a good skill mastery for the next expansion. Wish they would drop SOME kind of info soon.

 

[Yadd of Legends]

I congratulate you on your imaginativeness - gotta ask about that hammer, you're visualizing a fighting blacksmith? Also, with nocturne earrings and night sight spell, do people still need the night sight property on items?

 

[Uvtha]

I congratulate you on your imaginativeness - gotta ask about that hammer, you're visualizing a fighting blacksmith? Also, with nocturne earrings and night sight spell, do people still need the night sight property on items?

Hammer was more of a utility idea, the fire related stuff was mostly thematic fun, but it would give a miner/smith a little something fun to whack on ore ele's with. Mainly its "wow factor" is the ever rare + to crafting skill, and the ability to craft searing weapons... assuming one had the desire to, heh.

The night sight on the ring was also thematic. I was just thinking, what would help out someone possessed with avarice, seeing in the dark of course.

I would also really enjoy it you could use drop down menu on artifacts to get some lore behind them. Would make them feel more... special.

 

[Yadd of Legends]

OK, I was mainly asking about the night sight because I've trashed so many artifacts with that property and was afraid I had missed something

 

[Uvtha]

I like the bulwark concept. Maybe a boost with higher level parrying?

Really I just wanted there to be a shield out there that is actually good for warriors. I've always thought it was silly that the only shields anyone ever cared about were the ones with mage stats.

I mean Sword and shield is THE iconic fantasy warrior combo, and Heater's used to be nearly ubiquitous warrior gear in the olden days, so I thought that shield was a good candidate for an upgrade to legendary "Warrior's Shield".

Being a shield user myself I'm excited to see if there are any shield related Parry skill specializations.

 

[King Greg]

I'd Rather they just take their whole "Turn In" Concept that they are loving so much and find some actual use other than cleanup points for the ilshenar/Mondains legacy/crap doom/ etc artifacts and redo them all with a more modern concept.

 

[Ender]

I'd Rather they just take their whole "Turn In" Concept that they are loving so much and find some actual use other than cleanup points for the ilshenar/Mondains legacy/crap doom/ etc artifacts and redo them all with a more modern concept.

They don't even need to redo them (though I wouldn't mind), they could just make them imbuable again (still have never gotten an answer to why this was removed) and maaaaaaybe give them an extra 50 points over crafted items. They are artifacts after all.

 

[Uvtha]

I'd Rather they just take their whole "Turn In" Concept that they are loving so much and find some actual use other than cleanup points for the ilshenar/Mondains legacy/crap doom/ etc artifacts and redo them all with a more modern concept.

I think everyone would like an arti revamp. They are fairly pointless with only a handful of exceptions. Doom ones especially.

 

[Merlin]

They could use a few more arties for cloak, robe, belt slot and maybe some earrings and boots.

Especially earrings. This is a very neglected armor spot. Similar to the resist earrings, they could just mix it up a bit if they had items with +1 MR, +1 HPR, +2 mana, +3 LRC, +5 Luck, etc.

Really I just wanted there to be a shield out there that is actually good for warriors. I've always thought it was silly that the only shields anyone ever cared about were the ones with mage stats.

I mean Sword and shield is THE iconic fantasy warrior combo, and Heater's used to be nearly ubiquitous warrior gear in the olden days, so I thought that shield was a good candidate for an upgrade to legendary "Warrior's Shield".

Being a shield user myself I'm excited to see if there are any shield related Parry skill specializations.

Agreed! It is becoming more and more rare to find warriors who make successful use of their shield. They should really address this in upcoming publish.

Example... the 'Bulwark' mod you suggested:
+5 on the shield, then raise based on Parry skill. 80 points = +6, 90 points +7, 100 points +8... you get the point here.

 

[Merus]

Vis Vires
Gnarled Staff (glacial blue)

Spell Channeling
-15 Mage Weapon
Balanced
20 Defence Chance Increase
30 Spell Damage Increase
Mana Regeneration 6
Hit Lightning 70

 

[Deraj]

Oh hell yeah. I would love to see some reworks of the older artifacts. Let's see if I can take a stab at it.

Berserker's Maul
Damage Increase 50%
Swing Speed Increase 60%
Battle Lust
Hit Physical Area 50%
Hit Fatigue 50%
Hit Stamina Leech 100%
Naked Savage: For every 5 points of DCI the user doesn't have, +1 direct damage per hit, with +1 as a base. Formula: (45 - DCI) / 5 + 1
(would also be cool to work in Berserk attribute if it wasn't a nerfed, broken mess)

Axe of the Heavens
Hit Lightning 100%
Hit Chance Increase 20%
Defense Chance Increase 20%
Damage Increase 50%
Hit Mana Leech 50%

Tunic of Fire
Night Sight
Reflect Physical Damage 20%
Stamina Increase 10
Stamina Regen 5
15/20/10/10/10
Fire Aura: When activated, does 5 fire damage per second to all enemies within 2 tiles, and 5 damage per second to wearer.

Legacy of the Dread Lord
Spell Channeling
Fast Cast Recovery 3
Swing Speed Increase 40%
Damage Increase 50%
Defense Chance Increase 15%
Dread: Splintering 40% if bearing the title "Dread Lord".

Breath of the Dead
Damage Increase 50%
Hit Life Leech 100%
Hit Fatigue 100%
Hit Mana Drain 100%
Hit Curse 50%
Cold Damage 100%
Draw Life: The weapon automatically draws life force from nearby corpses in a way similar to Spirit Speak that heals the user, but in smaller spurts until the corpse is drained. The amount of time it takes to drain the corpse is affected by the user's Spirit Speak skill level. If no corpses are nearby, the weapon draws life from the user similar to the Lich Form spell.

Well, that was fun.

 

[Merus]

Avatars Oak
Composite Bow (Eurpoa Gold)

Random Super Slayer
+20 Chivalry
Hit Velocity 60
Hit Mana Leech 80
20 Hit Chance Increase
20 Defense Chance Increase
60 Swing Speed Increase
100% Lower Ammo Cost

 

[Riyana]

Mark of Covetous: Ring. Appearance: Lucky Coin color.
Self Repair 5
Grasp of Covetous: Cannot use or gain virtues, equipping drops all virtues to 0. 20% chance upon successfully stealing an item that you become hidden.
Night Sight
+20 Stealing
+15 Detect Hidden
+10 Lockpicking
+200 Luck
LRC: 25%

*drools*

 

[Keith of Sonoma]

They don't even need to redo them (though I wouldn't mind), they could just make them imbuable again (still have never gotten an answer to why this was removed) and maaaaaaybe give them an extra 50 points over crafted items. They are artifacts after all.

Now THAT is a heck of an idea. It's the best one I have seen in a while, and really should be considered!!! VERY practical.

 

[Victim of Siege]

The Bane of Uvtha. Pitchfork . Cheese Yellow
50% Hit Lower Defense
50% Hit Lightning
75% hit steal Cheese
100% fire damage
Rat slayer

 

[Merlin]

Feets of Strength
(black boots)
Strength Bonus 4
Hit Point Increase 2
Hit Point Regeneration 1
unlimited durability

 

[Deraj]

Alright, this one is probably pretty stupid, but screw it:

The Curse of Mondain (Ring)
Faster Casting 2
Fast Cast Recovery 4
Lower Reagent Cost 20%
Lower Mana Cost 15%
Spell Damage Increase 20%
Mana Regen 10
Intelligence Bonus 20
Defense Chance Increase 20%
Mondain's Curse: The user is exempt from item attribute caps, but the ring cannot be insured or blessed. It cannot be stored in any container except a player's backpack. It is exempt from ground decay and only one can exist. When a player wears or holds it in their backpack, they become attackable by anyone, even outside of Felucca. If the player dies, the item can be looted. If it the item is dropped on the ground, it will remain there until somebody finds it. If the ring ends up in an inaccessible location or disappears on a monster's corpse, it will reappear elsewhere in Britannia.

 

[Lord Nabin]

Now these are the threads in uhall that I really appreciate and really tied me into the Stratics community.

Thank you all for your constructive creativity

*tips his glass of good Old Moonglow Red on your direction in salute*

 

[DJAd]

Half apron:

2 mr
5 hci
10 dex or str

(Dexxer version of a tangle)

 

[drcossack]

Alright, this one is probably pretty stupid, but screw it:

The Curse of Mondain (Ring)
Faster Casting 2
Fast Cast Recovery 4
Lower Reagent Cost 20%
Lower Mana Cost 15%
Spell Damage Increase 20%
Mana Regen 10
Intelligence Bonus 20
Defense Chance Increase 20%
Mondain's Curse: The user is exempt from item attribute caps, but the ring cannot be insured or blessed. It cannot be stored in any container except a player's backpack. It is exempt from ground decay and only one can exist. When a player wears or holds it in their backpack, they become attackable by anyone, even outside of Felucca. If the player dies, the item can be looted. If it the item is dropped on the ground, it will remain there until somebody finds it. If the ring ends up in an inaccessible location or disappears on a monster's corpse, it will reappear elsewhere in Britannia.

It is, but I'd use it.

 

[petemage]

Crystalline Bracelet

20 DCI
4 FCR
20 SDI
.. whatever else

 

[Yadd of Legends]

They don't even need to redo them (though I wouldn't mind), they could just make them imbuable again (still have never gotten an answer to why this was removed) and maaaaaaybe give them an extra 50 points over crafted items. They are artifacts after all.

Are they not imbuable now? That bard suit would be worthless without imbuing some additional properties.

 

[Deraj]

If you're talking about the Virtuoso armor, that's imbuable. But artifacts themselves are not.

 

[azmodanb]

The Curse of Mondain .... Addition can't log out with it... Will drop to ground... If in a house goes to under sign post.. Or Will just plain out not let you in a house.

And maybe buff it a bit more... And you got a nice never ending pvp mini game. Lol

 

[flappy6]

I like extremely hard to craft artifacts that take rare resources, sorta like the scrappers where they are so random but still 10 years later people use them. Random property artifacts are the best. You could have stuff for all the trades.

Messanna's Gloves of Knitting
5-15%random bonus exceptional chance
Exceptional (imbuable)
Strength plus 10


Tinker crafted talisman
Random monster form (like costume)


Golds Gym tank-top
Able to carry 100% extra weight
Random 5% hit ,5% defense,5% spell damage,or very rare +5 wrestling

 

[flappy6]

Runebook of gate travel maybe 10 charges
Maybe only one person can go through it

 

[flappy6]

Melisandes necro bone gloves
10-18% random spell damage
1-3 random spell consumption
5-15% random hit evil omen
Exceptional(imbue)

 

[Yadd of Legends]

If you're talking about the Virtuoso armor, that's imbuable. But artifacts themselves are not.

Yes, the virtuoso armor. Good, thanks, I misunderstood the post to be including cleanup rewards.

 

[Yadd of Legends]

I want a shield of invulnerability where I'm truly invulnerable for a period of time once a day. I know that's never gonna happen, but it would be some serious kick-ass fun

 

[flappy6]

Blackrock spellbook
5% chance to cast Armageddon spell which does area
Damage plus dismount/knocks out of form
Plus the 3 normal random properties

 

[Nexus]

Hmm something I'd be interested in seeing is an expansion of what "On Hit" properties there are. Why can we have weapons that cast Fireball or Lighting, but not Necromancy spells? or Dual weapons sets like the Tekagi, Kama, Sai, Dashio and Rune Blades have 2 separate hit based spells at lower % Chance to fire. With that in mind..

Pain and Suffering

15% chance to cast Strangle On Hit
15% chance to cast Pain Spike On Hit
30% Hit Chance Increase
30% Hit Lower Defense
50% Damage Increase​

 

[CovenantX]

an Artifact recipe that allows a crafter to make a Paladin Sword, that has 2 random specials. would have damage increase applied if exceptional, but would be reforge-able/imbue-able.

I always wanted to use a paladin sword, and all 2-h weapons should be unable to be disarmed unless they have the " balanced" property!

 

[flappy6]

Magic plate of food
Double click to produce meat in your pack

Magic bowl of fruit
Double click to produce a fruit

Hehe I hate create food spell

 

[flappy6]

Personal city guard deed
Spawn him in your house and he guards a radius of 15-20 tiles from monster or if you call guards,maybe have to pay a weekly fee(gold sink?)

 

[flappy6]

Rideable catapult
You can ride it but your still slow like on foot but does great damage with long range maybe only holds 5 boulders then have to refill,no casting or
Weapons when riding

 

[flappy6]

Talisman of fire(or ice)
Ring of fire around you causing damage to anything close like fire field

 

[flappy6]

Dj Magic Mike's bagpipes of Bass
+5 disco,music,prvoke,or peace
Bard mastery bonus
Also works as a firehorn
Wear it in back slot(cape,quiver)
150 luck

 

[flappy6]

Pool of magical deep sea water(Deed)
Maybe like 4tiles around
Can place in your house
For fishing
Or for throwing nets and that crab dude can't get stuck ,making him lootable when he dies :0)

 

[flappy6]

Gargoyles statue
If you carry this in your pack(gargoyles only) at night
(UO night time) the statue will turn alive into a noncontrollable follower who heals you and uses small mystic spells to help you fight. If he dies maybe statue disappears or unusable for a week.

 

[flappy6]

Almighty shepherds staff
Gives 2 extra control slots
Can't be mounted while in hands
Must be 2 handed
No stats but maybe herding bonus
Can't use bolas with this

 

[flappy6]

Thors magic hammer
Hit lighting 100%
Damage increase 100%
16 str
15 hitpoints
Double click to give you speed as if you are mounted(can be dismounted still)
Must be 120 mace and tactics to use
Disarm also dismounts
Maybe cool new lighting effect when you strike

 

[flappy6]

Maybe have deeds that you click on and do Johnny Football's money sign where you rub you fingers together after you kill someone ,ok not this one but thought it would be funny to toss in here.

 

[flappy6]

Favorite spot teleport tile
Mark a rune to your favorite location and drop it on your locked down FSTT teleports you every time just standing on it.
Drop new rune on it to change location.

 

[flappy6]

TENTS
One tent per account
TENTS only last for 5 days ,decay like an IDOC
4x4? 5x5?
Same placing rules as house
Does not affect your House
Dosent have to be on same shard as your house

 

[flappy6]

Eyes of medussa(glasses)
Turn your enemies to stone!
Random +10skill
Random +10skill

 

[cazador]

Glory
(Luna White)
Paladin Sword
+10 Skill (Chivalry,Resist, or Swords)
45% Hit Holy (Area Effect- Holy Light)
(Damage Based on Karma/Fame/Chiv)
40% Swing Speed Increase
75% Hit Mana Leech
75% Hit Life Leech
50% Damage Increase

The Lost Royal Bow of Demise
(Berserker Red)
Cross Bow
30% Swing Speed
55% Velocity
Balanced
75% Hit Fireball
35% Hit Lower Attack
-25% Enhanced Potions
Bane
40% Damage Increase
3.5 Weapon Speed



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[BrianFreud]

Well, they don't have the artifact tag, since they pre-date it, but I'd love to see glacial staffs get their special spells back.