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2017-06-21, 07:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Artifacts and weapons from myths
Artifacts and weapons form myths
So for my next game I’m going to have the players find the weapons and the artifacts of the old gods.
I need help with ideas.
What I got so far:
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-Thor’s hammer.
-Odin’s Spear.
-Raijin’ drums.
- Helmet of hades.
- Poseidon’s trident.
-Zeus’s bolts.
-Hercules’s bow.
- Sun Wukong's staff.
- Aegis shied
- Surtr’s sword.
-Herme’s wand.
-Apollo’s bow.
-Apollo’s lyre.
-Artemis’s bow.
- Spear of Destiny.
- Sword Kusanagi.
-Excalibur.
-War’s Sword.
-Conquest’s bow.
- Ganesha’s axe.
-Nu Wa’s elemental stones.
- Archangel Michael’s sword.
- Freyr's sword.
- Rudra’s bow
-Rama’s bow.
- Themis’s sword.
- Heracles' mace.
- Rod of Asclepius.
- Cronus' scythe.
- Scythe of Father Time.
- Cu Chulainn’s spear.
- Lugh’s spear.
- Shiva trident.
- Guan Yu’s spear.
-Cupid’s bow.
-Perun’s axe.
-Chaac’s axe.
- Hephaestus’s hammer.
- Vishnu’s mace.
Shamash! The true sun god!
Praise the sun! \o/
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2017-06-21, 07:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Artifacts and weapons from myths
You might consider merging some of these, especially as the list grows on and on.
Like, the scythe that originally belonged to Cronus was later used by Chronos a.k.a. Father Time, and then by the Grim Reaper. It cuts the very instant, signifying the most sudden and irreversible of changes.
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2017-06-22, 02:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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You might go with less weaponlike items as well. Draupnir, the ring created alongside Mjolnir. (You can even have them find it in a pile of its own golden copies, allowed only to pick one. No difference in shape, or magic aura. An impossible decision, until the party Barbarian smashes the whole pile with his maul, and pulls out the non-flatted one.)
I've always been fond of the Tarnhelm.
Svallinn makes an awesome shield, though perhaps not something find in a cave.
King Solomon had a signet ring that trapped demons.
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2017-06-22, 05:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ascalon: The Spear/Lance of St. George the dragonslayer
Caliburn: The sword in the stone
Durendal: Roland's sword.
Dáinsleif: The sword of king Högni, wounds inflicted by the sword would never heal
Gramr: The sword Sigurður uses to kill the dragon Fáfnir.
Dragvandil: The sword of the viking hero Egill Skallagrímsson
Angurvadal: The sword of Friðþfjófs hins frækna.
just to name a few
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2017-06-22, 06:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Pan's Pipes
Atropos's Shears
The Apples of Eris
Be sure to include Excalibur's Scabbard with the sword.
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2017-06-22, 07:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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The apples of Idunn (they give eternal youth)
Kvasir's blood (mead that gives bardic ability)
Andvari's ring (cursed - see the Ring Cycle)
[And just for fun, I'd probably include a batarang.]Last edited by Jay R; 2017-06-22 at 07:00 AM.
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2017-06-22, 07:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-22, 08:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Three artifacts from different myths but with much overlap in their powers:
- The cornucopia or horn of plenty.
- The philosopher's stone.
- The Holy Grail.
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2017-06-22, 08:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-22, 09:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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The Ark of The Convenant
The Golden Fleece
The Armor of Achilles
The Book of Thoth
The Necklace of Harmonia
The Lamp (aladdin's lamp
Ambrosia/Amrita
The Ring of Gyges
The Seal of Solomon
The Book of The Dead
The World Egg
A Vimana
The Argo
The Fountain of Youth
Pandora's Box
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2017-06-22, 09:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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A monkey's fist.
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2017-06-22, 09:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Flying Carpets
Various Chariots (Hades, Apollo, Poseidon, et cetera)
Flying Dutchman
Book of Thoth
Tablet of Destinies
Pair Dadeni, the Cauldron of Rebirth
The Money Tree
The Prima Materia
Joshua's shofars
Bag of Wind
From Hercules' trials:
Pelt of the Nemean lion
The Golden Apples
Arrows dipped in the Hydra's blood
Belt of Hippolyta
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2017-06-22, 10:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Thunderstones
The bladed ball of Hunahpu and Xbalanque (Mayan myth)
Tyrfing (cursed blade from Norse myth)
The Head of Medusa
Water from the River Styx
The tapestry/loom of the Fates
Ihmotep's scrolls
The Apple of Discord (may overlap with the Apples of Eris)
Joan of Arc's Sword
The Caudecus Staff
David's Sling
Pretty much anything to come into contact with Christ
Baba Yaga's Flying Mortar and Pestle
The Book of Life
The Unbreakable Chains to which Fenrir is bound
Gilgamesh's Plant of Immortality (And the mud from which the plant was grown)
The Pearl of Wisdom
Joseph's Coat of Many Colors
And if you're willing to slide for a later additon to folklore:
The Necronomicon
Also:
Wikipedia's List of Mythical Objects. Surprisingly comprehensive.Last edited by Cealocanth; 2017-06-22 at 10:39 AM.
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2017-06-22, 10:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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The Golden Wedge of Ophir (as for what it does, maybe it "sheds" gold regularly? I always wanted to include it as an artifact, but could never come up with a primary function for it. )
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2017-06-22, 11:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-22, 04:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.
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Hanuman's gada/mace, since you had Ganesha in there as well?
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2017-06-23, 11:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Are you looking for more legendary items or stats for the items?
Anyway, other possible legendary weapons and items include:
-The astras (particularly the Brahmaastra)
-Thyrsus
-The Smasher of Thousands
-The tablets of destiny
-The sacred 9-iron of Janor Hypercleats
-the iron chariots of the valley dwellers
-the staff of moses
-the emerald tablet of hermes trismagestus
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Māui's club/fish hook. First used as a club to cripple the sun itself, and only later used as a hook to fish up the North Island of New Zealand. The artefact itself is the jaw bone of Māui's ancestress Muri-ranga-whenua.
The Face of Rohe. Makes the wearer impossibly beautiful, but there's an angry goddess of death that wants it back.
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2017-06-26, 07:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Mimir's head can tell you where all the artifacts and weapons from myths are.
Last edited by S@tanicoaldo; 2017-06-26 at 07:48 PM.
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2017-06-27, 11:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-27, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Japanese crown jewels - the sword, the mirror and the necklace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Regalia_of_Japan
Janosik's magical animated axe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juraj_...o%C5%A1%C3%ADk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd%27s_axeLast edited by Braininthejar2; 2017-06-27 at 12:13 PM.
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2017-06-28, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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If we're going to go with historical figures too, let's add Szczerbiec ("the notched sword") of the Polish kings
(The name is from that notch under the guard - it's actually an item socket: if you want a holy weapon, just remove that small shield and put some small reliquary there., like a saint's finger bone or something.)