The Official Arcanum artifact thread

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I don't feel like these are particularly valid points. If they won't make a monocle, they'll tell us to come up with something else. If they did make it, it would be an "EPIC, HIGH LEVEL" item. And given their apparent determination to make non-combat skills a huge part of the game, I can't imagine it would be comparatively useless. Besides, are we trying to leave a mark on the game that smacks of TA, or just come up with what people will use the most? If it's the latter, then Legendary Vorpal Lightsaber of Invulnerability +10.

 

A more fitting name than Arret Munacra or Munacra Arret is simply not possible. One can disagree, of course, since he has every right to be wrong.

As much as I like my dagger idea, a monocle with bonuses to mental rather than physical powers may be more fitting, standing out among other items and flattering for us.

May be a little out of place, though. Aren't monocles a little too modern for a more or less pure fantasy setting? Then again, they do have primitive firearms, and basic vision rehabilitation is pretty much as old as the earliest civilisations.

I like the general idea about it being a well travelled item that allowed many debates to be won, even though the said item usually stayed in the shadows with its powerful nature usually remaining unsaid to the public. Something like what the titular pick from "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny" was to the various bands throughout history.

 

Second time today I have read the word 'titular' and immediately thought of breasts.

 

Hot damn. Glad I stopped in. Willing to pitch in up to $100. Arret Munacra Monocle sounds good.

 

See what you think. Feel free to plunder or pitch.

Monocle of the Lords: Arret Munacra

The historian Dahr Kelph tells in his History of the Vorakian Empire of Zanza the Obscene, paterfamilias to the noble house of Jarinor, the oldest family of High Vorakia. In the days of Snowmane the Jinxed, he found himself opposed on all sides by lesser nobles whose character he had disparaged. Determined to retain his position in the House of Lords, he commissioned the famed glassmaker Frigo, inventor of the transparent painting, to manufacture this remarkable eyepiece.

A thin strand of enchanted wolfsbane nested within the chain grants this sophisticated ocular enhancement its exceptional properties. As well as being artifact of timeless sophistication, it enables its wearer to see through minor deceptions and better assess the character failings of an interlocutor. Its name, delicately embossed upon its golden ring, means "the tree" in High Philesian, presumably because it places the wearer on a superior plane to others.

Zanza's career as a diplomat rapidly advanced thanks in no small part to this discreet accoutrement. A particularly vicious tongue-lashing of the disgraced conspirator Willoughsby, whose crimes against nature were deemed too hideous for record, earned his family the hereditary titles of Imperial Justiciar and Magister Defilus. He went on to still greater victories, driving out the Xaio invaders through pure intimidation and impugning the honor of Da'Vis, the changeling knight whose crusade against vulgarity had been a threat to Zanza's power.

The storied accessory was then traded among the nobility for centuries. The Promagistrate Grakelin looked down his nose through it during his negotiations with the primitive tribe of Arthgon. Drog the Reformer is known to have possessed it in the days of his exile and subsequent reinstatement to the position of tribune. Schwamm the Gross used it to convince the warlord Smuelissimo of the futility of battle on the fields of Weighen Scales.

So it continued, passing from bloodshot eye to dilated pupil through the waning days of the First Empire, until Muro the Erudite's unfortunate decision to buy a chimpanzee called Jojobobo from a traveling gypsy. The primate snatched the shining glass from Muro's face and absconded through an open window. Its travels since then remain a mystery.

 

That's pretty boring. Why's there no poke at me? I am offended.

 

This is most tempting but, alas, I must decline. Sorry, fellows.

I look forward to seeing that monocle, though. Very cool idea indeed. I also like top-hats.

My two cents is only to keep the description simple and concise so as not to confuse nor irritate the designers.

 

Yuki, everyone on their own

 

I think we should focus on getting this through. I haven't checked how many fan made artefacts they are planning to make but it would suck if all chances were taken by the time we manage to fill the right account with a sufficient amount of money.

 

It's been like that for at least four days, I wouldn't worry until 15 days are left about other people mobilising. I've been feeling guilty for not contributing and so have been looking at how many slots are left so I could notify people if they were running out, still I can't contribute as I have no money! I'm surprised so many people have enough money to spare for a $1000 total, but I guess students are always going to be surprised about how much money people with actual jobs have.

 

And artists are going to be surprised by how much money students have!

 

I for one am paying with my scholarship money.

 

Well unfortunately I don't have any scholarship to speak of, so I'm skint at the minute. Any other year and I would have been fine (and hopefully next year when I'll have a funded PhD) but for the time being funds are short as me and my fiancee pool money and for whatever reason humanities masters courses - or any masters courses separate from their prerequisite bachelors degree (i.e. not most science degrees which have the have the masters part already incorporated) - aren't student loans worthy. In fact I've found out to my displeasure that people in between degree courses - even if it's only for a few months - are expected to pay council tax, whereas those same people can't sign on for job seekers' allowance in those months which might allow for a discount on that council tax even though it's impossible for them to secure a permanent long-term job. I do get some money from my parents, and fortunately my fiancee's parents have finally started contributing this year, but between two people lacking one set of student loans it's a pittance.

If it was any other year it would have been fine (two sets of student loans or in the case of next year two sets of PhD funding - hopefully) but until that point I'll have to be the slimy little noncommittal weasel you all know and love.

 

I liked a sword better. Sorry.

Name: Arret Munacra

Description: It's said that Lord Vorak ordered a Dark Elf to lift his mighty ban hammer, and forge Arret Munacra from the molten remains of the Bangellian Scourge. Using the bones of a jester to form a hilt, it's said that all whom are cut by this blade are forever haunted by the laughing of a mad Fool.

Bonuses: Fire damage, fire resistance, inspires an uncontrollable tendency to butcher jesters and anything Elven.


I'll see if I can write one for a monocle or a top hat after breakfast.