Re: Artefacts

[Dr. McNinja]

I'm a little confused about artefacts. What stops us from just... making one? Being all "Hey guys this is an artefact now"

Is there an artefact approval thread I somehow missed? Is it like only mods can make them? The rules say they can be found randomly so I don't know what exactly defines how you find one...

[Mark]

Moved this as it's not a quick question.

Actual capital-a Artefacts are just what they are said to be in the Rules: rare and powerful items that have special effects. There are a very small number of them by design and they're usually obtained from sagas or tournaments as prizes or as a reward for killing some super powerful thing (like the Tarrasaque). The bit in the rules about 'finding one with a great deal of time and effort' refers to taking on one of the Quests that grants them as rewards (they're currently all claimed 8 remain). You can think of them kinda like a Unique or Ultra-rare item from a dungeon crawler game.

You can't just make them, no. They're usually thought-up by Omni/Alex to be a part of the Omniverse story as a whole. If you wanted to make some random thing in a story that you're writing and call it an artifact, that's fine but it wouldn't be the same and wouldn't have any effect on stats or powers or anything.

Does that help at all?

[Alex]

Actually, there are 7 artefact quests that are all active at the moment.

[Mark]

Bah, forgot about the Stars. Damn Thank you.

EDIT: Actually we're both wrong. There's the Chaos Emerald in the dunes, making it 8.

[Gildarts]

As for something to add, you can acquire an artifact by stealing it or winning against the person holding it (On their person) in a battle. There's more specifics but I thought this fact noteworthy. Earning an artifact is not just writing a quest, but winning of putting the work in other avenues.

[Dr. McNinja]

Okay, I think I get it. Can we suggest artefact ideas, or is it basically up to the staff?

[Mark]

You can always suggest anything you'd like to add to any part of the site, really. Omni would have say over what gets added, though, and he wants to keep the number of Artefacts more or less at the level it is now (or at least that's my understanding).

[Dr. McNinja]

Alright, thanks!

Edit: Sorry, one more thing. Is there a description of what each Artefact does somewhere?

[Dark Link]

There is a list of who currently possesses certain artefacts, but no, the descriptions are not made publically available. We leave the choice of whether or not to disclose such information to the artefact owners.

That said, even though this isn't exactly related to Dr. McNinja's query, I would also like to add that it is up to the artefact owners to disclose the effects of the artefacts to their opponents should they choose to use them in a fight.