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Artifacts

 Source Gamemastery Guide pg. 106
A globe of utter darkness that consumes all things. Powerful weapons created in antiquity carrying the hopes of an entire people. A simple deck of cards representing fortunes both transcendent and deadly. These are artifacts—items of incredible power, spoken of in thousands of stories and beyond the capability of modern people to create.

Stranger and more powerful than other magic items, artifacts can change the course of history in the right hands—or the wrong hands. Simply finding an artifact is a pivotal moment in your campaign, and its presence then ripples throughout your entire game, warping the story around it. Some entire adventures revolve around one artifact!

Adding an artifact to your game should never be taken lightly. Artifacts shouldn’t be found in normal treasure hoards, even at 20th level, and you’ll need to structure moments in your plot that play into the artifact’s presence. Prepare yourself for encounters being easily overcome by the artifact. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t include such encounters, since part of the thrill of an artifact is that it breaks the normal rules! Though you should include an artifact mindfully, you should allow it to have its full impact so that it can do itself and the story of your game justice.

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NameLevelPriceBulkSpoilers?
Eye of the Wise11—LAge of Ashes
PFS StandardFinal Blade20—40—
Orb Shard20—1Age of Ashes
Talisman of the Sphere20———
Cane of the Maelstrom22—LAgents of Edgewatch
Deck of Many Things22———
Kortos Diamond22—1Extinction Curse
Hunter's Dawn23—1Extinction Curse
Serithtial23—1—
Shot of the First Vault23———
Forgefather's Seal24———
Aroden's Hearthstone25—LExtinction Curse
PFS RestrictedBlackaxe25—2—
Elder Sign25—1—
Flawed Orb of Gold Dragonkind25—1Age of Ashes
Mirror of Sorshen25—L—
Orb of Dragonkind 25—1—
Radiant Spark25—LAgents of Edgewatch
Tears of the Last Azlanti25—LExtinction Curse
Axe of the Dwarven Lords26—3—
Horns of Naraga26—2—
Sphere of Annihilation27———
Essence Prism28—5—
Philosopher's Extractor28—8—