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Artifacts are magical legacies from an earlier age of Middle-earth. These relics can come in many forms, including rings, wands, weapons, armour, as well as in other more esoteric items. The acquisition, or loss, of some of the powerful artifacts has changed the course of Middle-earth’s history, no item more so than the One Ring itself, greatest of the Rings of Power.
Artifact Lists
Artifacts lists for other modules will be added in the future
Notes about Artifacts
- The exact value of an artifact’s primary benefit can vary from +5 to -5 points.
- If the artifact’s primary bonus is to command, agent, emissary or mage skills, then the character must already have more than 0 in the skill to benefit. Bonuses to stealth take affect even if the character has 0 stealth.
- If the artifact’s primary bonus is to combat, it is divided by 100 in navy combat.
- The likely owner at game start is either a nation, or the name of an NPC character.
- It is possible that other artifacts without secondary powers have as-yet undiscovered powers.
Articles about Artifacts
- The Mantle of Doriath: An underused artifact? by Brad Brunet, News from Bree, Issue #14, May 2002
- Unknown Powers of Artifacts by Paul Erik Lundstroem, From the Mouth of Sauron, Issue #31
The content in the Artifacts section is from numerous sources, including player contributions, The Middle-earth PBM Guide by Middle-earth Games, and materials created for Iron Crown Enterpises' (ICE) Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) Game..