Artifacts/Utility

Utility Artifacts

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This page contains a by-level listing of generally useful Artifacts such as compasses, clothes, light sources and drink-holders. If you create a new artifact, it is your responsibility to list it here.

All the items will follow this format:

Item name (links to the page with the item on) - Magic Material (ie, Jade, Orichalcum, Any, None) - Author
Description of the artifact

Example:
The Long Coat - Any - CrownedSun
Low-profile buff jacket that can be worn more inconspiciously, and hides weapons

Level 0

Adhesive Pads - None - Telgar
Sticky pads useful for sticking things together

Anima Jewellery - None - Telgar
Jewels that can change the effects of one's anima

Beauty Sprays - None - Telgar
Sprays that can provide make up, hair styles, and other cosmetic effects

Crystal Kiosks - None - Telgar
Kiosks that can summon up a hologramatic map of a city or building

Elemental Balance Units - None - Telgar
Units that can provide perfect environments inside a building, even creating limited clouds and rain inside a house

Essence Furniture - None - Telgar
Furniture that can attune itself to you, allowing it to mould to you for maximum comfort

Eternal Stylus - None - Telgar
Pens that can absorb enough ink to write for an entire year

First-Age Inks - None - Telgar
Special inks that can be invisible during certain times of the day, or mentally controlled

Five Star Compass - Jade - Telgar
Compass that points to all 5 poles at once, allowing user to triangulate his exact poisition in the world

Goblet of Perfection - None - Telgar
Any drink poured in the goblet will taste utterly perfect

Lightstone - None - Telgar
Stone that can light up a room

Lunar Jewellery - Moonsilver - Telgar
Jewellery that can change from different types, such as rings to bracelets and necklaces etc

Mood Silk - None - Telgar
Silk that changes colour due to mood, and can also change transparency as the wearer wishes

Notifier - None - Telgar
Ring that can send a short message to the wearer of another ring

Personnel Compass - White Jade - Telgar
Compass that can be used to locate other people

Powerstone - None - Telgar
Stones that can store minute amounts of essence, so mortals can use limited artifacts

Sun Spots - None - Telgar
Orbs that provide light and heat by vocal command, and can even float around the room

Thermal Wear - None - Telgar
Clothing that keeps the user comfortable in extremes of temperature

Level 1

Attentive Hairpin - None - Ikselam
Records conversations and then can later write them out when dipped in ink

Badge of Communion - Any - Miedvied
Badges that allow wearers to easily communicate, and also grant extra bonuses when all of the wearers are close together

Binding Wire - None - EndlessChase
Strong wire that can hold things up and tie things down; unusable on people

Bracers of the Shapeless Wardrobe - Moonsilver - Haren
Bracers that can summon and banish sets of clothing

Collapsible Tent - None - Ikselam
Brick that, when attuned, expands into a fireproof and waterproof two-person tent

Dawn-Light Compass - Orichalcum - Quendalon
Compass that points absolute east (towards the sun) and can also point to solar demesnes

Death's Eye Lens - None - Odin
Lens that allows people to view the underworld, aiding in tracking and spotting ghosts and such

Display Stone - Jade - Telgar
Stone that can be written on and used to make high quality jade paper

Dragon-Focussing Prisms - Jade - Moxiane
Jade pyramids that increase Essence regeneration to the ones inside the circle they describe.

Dragon Scales - Any Jade - Odin
Amulets that add soak and other elemental bonuses

Ever-Useful Gel- None -Incredibly versatile gel-like putty capable of a myriad of useful effects.

Everweaving Tapestry of the Skies - None - bobthepariah
Tapestry that shows the entire sky at the current time -- planets, storms, everything

Farsight Monocle - None - Odin
Removes penalties for glare and shadow, and adds dice to ranged attacks and perception rolls

Flare Amulet - None - Odin
Amulet that can provide a bright flash, blinding those nearby

Floataway Charm - None - Falcon
More powerful version of a walkaway talisman

Fortune Seeds - Green Jade - Odin
Coins that add to bureaucracy skill; will ensure profit in a venture if used in payment

Friendship Necklace - Any - Ikselam
Necklace that, when attuned and given as a gift, will inform the wearer of the location of their loved one

Glass Eye - None - EndlessChase
Glass eye that can replace a lost eye; also enhances visual sight slightly

Goblet of the Favourite Drink - Moonsilver - EndlessChase
Can turn any drink into a favourite drink; can also partly help against poisons

Goggles of Utter Night - None - Haren
Goggles that make things dark, enabling Owl Sight users to see anywhere

A Golden Inspirationals - None - Jarons20
Coin raises Valor by 1 dot

Gown of Pristine Grandeur - Jade - EndlessChase
Gown that can change its appearance to be like any other gown

Hairbrush of Unsurpassed Style - Jade - EndlessChase
Shapes the user's hair to any style easily and helps keep it in that style

Healer's Blanket - None - Odin
Blanket that helps keep people warm, and reduces wound penalties to -1 when inside it

Hearthstone Amulets - Any - Telgar
Variant hearthstone amulets that provide extra magic material bonuses

Horn of Summons - None - Odin
Horn that, when blown, will automatically be heard by anyone who has attuned to it

Insatiable Consumption of Everything - White Jade - RedFox
Artifact cookbook

Jade Chokers - Any Jade - CrownedSun
Various chokers that offer different effects

Jade Compass - Any Jade - bobthepariah
A compass that always points to the pole aligned to the type of jade used in it

Knife of Superior Utility - Moonsilver - Ikselam
Small knife that can change into many useful tools, such as trowels, spoons, mirrors, and shears

Lead-Jade Coffer - Green Jade - Quendalon
Box that can contain organic material without it decaying

Mask of Supreme Presentability - Jade - EndlessChase
Mask that takes away blemishes from the wearer's face; can also apply makeup

Mason's Friend - White Jade - Odin
Hammer that grants Strength and Craft bonuses for working stone

Messenger Coin - Blue Jade - Dorchadas
Coin that grants direct communication with someone declared when the coin is created

Modesty Cloth - None - Telgar
Cloth that can turn into any type of clothing

Music Caster - Any - Haku
Exalted Stringed Musical Instruments

Passion Pearl - None - Ikselam
Pearl that can store and then play back emotions

PolarCompass - Jade - Wordman
A better compass than the crappy version in Savage Seas.

Rain Seeds - Jade - Moxiane
Seed that, when planted, creates a rain storm

Recording Cube - Jade - Dorchadas
Cubes that can record messages

Ring of Heavenly Cleansing Fire -Red Jade- Alicrast
A 1 dot rating Ring artifact for healing plz let me know if you think the rating is right comments will be much appreciated.

Ring of Tongues - None - Odin
Ring that grants perfect fluency in a single language

Ring of Truth - Blue Jade - Telgar
Ring that detects when the wearer is lied to

Ring of Uncompromising Truth - None - Ikselam
Ring that can detect when the attuned person is lying

Sanguine Veil - None - Odin
Cloth that can hide the mark of an Abyssal's feeding, and cause people to be addicted to her bite

Scarabs of Good Health - None - Ikselam
Various pieces of jewellery that offer medical aids such as immunity to poison or disease or increased fertility

Sea-Jade Goblet - Black Jade - Quendalon
Goblet that will turn pitch black when a poison is placed in it

Shimmering Coat - None - ArabianNinja
A coat for quick wardobe Adjustments to suit as you need.

Skeleton Key - Moonsilver - Ikselam
Key that can take the shape to fit any lock when needed

Smith's Blessing - None - Odin
Amulet that grants a craft bonus to metalworking and adds to the quality of the materials used

Spider of Verdure - Green Jade - Telgar
Spider that can weave bandages of green jade that negate wound penalties

Springboard Boots - None - EndlessChase
Boots that enable the user to jump up a little better

Stone Soup Pot - None - Odin
Pot that can turn stones and water into a bland but nutritious porridge to fill four

Stones of Paragon - White Jade - Jarons20
Stones that boost virtues when attuned

String of Sun's Tears - Any - Ikselam
Breaking this necklace's stones has various effects depending on the material used

Stun Serpent - Any Jade - Telgar
Bracelet that can produce blasts of power with which to stun or injure an opponent

Styling Pin - Blue Jade - Falcon
Pin that restyles your hair in a single turn

Sweet Net - Any - Seiraryu
Very fine net that can filter water of all its impurities

Talisman Weaves - Any - Telgar
Talisman that provides an enhanced version of the magic material bonuses used in its making

Ten-Thousand Bead Robe - Jade - Ikselam
Clothing made of thousands of tiny beads that can look like any clothing needed; can turn hard and provide soak

The Perfected Stoneworker's Tools - White Jade - bobthepariah
Set of stoneworking tools with jade heads that add dice to the user's stonemasonry pool

The Satchel of Perfect Benison - None - MelWong
Healer's bag that contains many medical tools that grant a +2 bonus to virtually any medicine roll

Stormchaser Compass - FrivYeti - A compass that points towards gathering storms.

Transcriber - Green Jade - Dorchadas
Box that prints out what the user says onto paper

Transport Jars - None - Odin
When something is placed in one jar, 10 motes may be spent to automatically send it to the other

Unimetric Compass - Jade and Starmetal - Quendalon
Compass that will point towards the nearest Metropolis or Patropolis, but only works in Autochthonia

War Horns - Any - Seraph
Battle horns that have various effects dependent on material

Whispering Earrings - Any - Ikselam
Earrings that enable two people who both wear one to communicate with each other within five miles

Wind-Jade Earring - Blue Jade - Quendalon
Earring that can whisper translations to unknown languages into the wearer's ear

Window Lens - Blue Jade - Odin
Disc that, when placed against a wall, allows the user to see through as if there was a small window

Woodhome Defender - None - Miedvied
Seed that, when thrown on the ground, sprouts into a warrior

Level 2

Assassin's Veil - None - Odin
Mutes sounds and adds bonuses to stealth rolls

Band of Prowess - None - Telgar
Band that can be used with a hearthstone and can raise a physical attribute by the hearthstone's level

Blast Staff - Jade - Telgar
Staves that can be used to make blasts of elemental energy and also as foci for elemental charms

Blindcloths - Any - Seraph
Cloths that allow blind people to see through them; their power and effects vary by the material used

Caskets of Firedust Conversion ~ None ~ Shataina
Powered by trapped demons or elementals, these caskets enchant firedust so that it's no longer aspected towards Fire, but a different Element instead, changing the effect of the enchanted dust when it explodes from a firewand.

Champion's Belt - Orichalcum - Ikselam
Belt that increases wearer's strength and stamina by 1 each and increases natural soak by 2L/2B

Champion's Wreath - Orichalcum - Ikselam
Circlet that provides an automatic success on Valor rolls and +3 dice bonus in Performance and Presence rolls

Charm-Stabilizing Web - All - Haren
Web of magical materials and gems that gives the power to make a scene-long charm last all day; cannot be shut off by choice

Communication Orbs - None - Telgar
Orb that can send a visual and auditory message to any other orb within 500 miles

Compass of the Maidens - Starmetal - Odin
Compass that will point towards anyone as long as you have something of theirs as a focus

Dead Man's Gambit - Soulsteel - Ashande
Deck of soulsteel cards that has various powers; each can be thrown as weapons

Door Key - Orichalcum and Starmetal - Panache
A key that allows you to return home post-haste.

<b> The Essence-Leeching Collar - FrivYeti - When you really need to keep an Exalt locked up...

Flow Map - None - Telgar
Map that can detect and show the user where any essence is being burned in the area

Froststrider Boots - None - EndlessChase
Boots that freeze water or earth beneath them

Geomantic Greaves- Variable -Useful legwear that draws on the power of inset hearthstones to enhance movement.

Ghost Repelling Chime - Any - Falcon
A chime that drives out the unquiet dead. Ding!

Goggles of Mile Sight - White Jade - FluffySquirrel
Goggles that allow the user to see up to a mile away

Hailstorm Sheath - Black & Blue Jade - Moxiane
Adds the power of ice to the javelins held in it.

Head of Distant Mimicry - Any - Ikselam
Bust of a person that, when activated, allows the user to talk to that person wherever they are

Horn of Silent Mist - Blue Jade - Malikai
Blue jade horn that can generate fog

Jade Eyes - Any Jade - EndlessChase
Replacement jade eye that grants bonuses depending on that type of jade is used

Jade Manacles - White Jade - Odin
Manacles that can be 'grounded', making the prisoner's essence literally drain out into the earth

Lesser forge-hand gauntlets - Any - StalkerofShadows
Gauntlets that can work the 5MM (Ala Craftsmen Need no Tools) as well as being useful weapons.

Living Rope - None - Ikselam
A rope that can animate and do whatever the wielder wishes, including be used as a weapon

Maiden's Fanciful Sitar - Jade - TheMyriadOfShades
Sitar that celebrates love, making love songs easier to perform on it

Map of Avian Reconaissance - None - Ikselam
Map that, when folded into a paper bird, takes off and will map the surrounding area

Mask of the Masquerade - Soulsteel - BrilliantRain
Mask that grants the wearer greater presence

The Onyx Bands - FrivYeti - Soul-limiting armbands and eyepatch.

Quill of Bone Dust - Soulsteel - Haren
Quill that grants its owner the ability to write any language remembered in the underworld

Recording Rod - Moonsilver - Telgar
Rod that can make an image of everything within 50 yards that can then be zoomed in and out of later

Ring of Form Sliding - Moonsilver - EndlessChase
Reduces the cost of a Lunar shifting into other animal forms

Ronin's Sake Jug - None - DarkPhoenix
An ornate jug, useful to more than just the alcoholic.

Spectacles of Venus - N/A - Moxiane
A pair of glasses that make any woman wearing them highly desireable

Spell Stone - Any - Eldmar
Allows a sorcerer to temporarily store an Emerald Circle spell.

Steel Dragon Sash - Orichalcum - Ikselam
Sash that, when activated for a scene, makes attacks have a harder time hitting

Tears of Ahriman - None - Haren
Potion that can grant mortals an essence of 2 and some limited traits of Exalts

Titan's Girdle - None - TheMyriadOfShades
Belt that adds directly to Strength, and allows great feats of strength using the Athletics skill

Truthseeker - None - Odin
Piece of black fur that elicits the truth from people by causing pain when they lie

The Wave's Discourse - None - OhJames
Oath that gives it's beneficiary the power of the Sea.

Level 3

Ambient Essence Alarm - Jade - TheMyriadOfShades
Sets up a barrier that alarms when an essence user passes it

Badge of Living Virtue - Jade - Haren
Badge that can grant a ghost the power to stay in creation as long as it chooses

Black Iron Coffin - Soulsteel - Haren
Summonable / banishable coffin that Abyssals can use to rest in and respire

Blindcloths - Any - Seraph
Cloths that allow blind people to see through them; power and effects vary by material

Blood Rose Ring - Any - Haren
Ring that produces a strange poison, making its wielder appear more charismatic as well as other effects

Boots of the Blissful Wanderer - Starmetal - TheMyriadOfShades
Boots that assure that the wearer will not be bothered while on a journey

Bracer of the Loyal Blood - Jade - Seraph
Bracer that grants social bonuses to Dragon-Bloods, and helps win the loyalty and respect of other Dragon-Blooded

Celestial Eyes - Orichalcum or Moonsilver - EndlessChase
Replacement eyes made of Orichalcum or Moonsilver; grant various forms of supernatural sight

Celestial Hairsticks - Any - Caelene
Celestial versions of the jade hairsticks found in the Exalted comics.

Cloak of Radiant Majesty - Any - TheMyriadOfShades
Cloak that defies the owner's identity in terms of negative repercussions, and has extra bonuses related to the magic material

Cloud Fence - None - Ikselam
Fence that prevents clouds from entering an area, protecting it from storms and even typhoons

Craftman's Talent Bracers - Orichalcum - Seiraryu
Bracers that grant four dice in any Craft skill

Gem of the Fair Heart ~ None ~ Shataina
Forged from the heart of a Fair noble, this gem links the attuned more strongly to her emotions and causes her to find more value in what's important to her. (Converts Virtue channels into successes; refills Willpower)

Geomantic Regalia-Variable -Inspirational jewelry that provides additional bonuses based on inset hearthstones.

Five-Dragon Barding - Jade - Telgar
Barding that protects the rider's horse from normal damage and elemental damage

Harmonic Disruptor - Starmetal - Ambisinister
Device which temporarily disrupts a foe's attunement to his artitfacts.

Healing Sun Palm - Orichalcum - Telgar
Disk that can be used to heal people with the expenditure of essence

Hearthstone Supercharger - None - BrilliantRain
For getting more out of your hearthstone

Hundred Ravens Wings - Moonsilver - Dorchadas
Allows wearer to transform into a flock of ravens, or boosts a Lunar's Thousand Forms as One power

Hush Stone - Soulsteel - EndlessChase
Small stone that grants powers of quiet to its wearer, who can swallow it and become totally silent

Jiula's Voice - Orichalcum - FrivYeti - A violin that resonates with its players' emotions.

Labyrinth Focus - Soulsteel - Dorchadas
Version of an elemental lens that boosts Abyssal charms

Magical Materials Detector - None - StalkerofShadows
Device capable of detecting range, amount and type of magical material deposit, as well as crafted items.

Malleable Steel - Orichalcum - Doorman
Coin that can hold an entire armory's worth of weapons elsewhere

The Mask of Blue Death - Soulsteel - BrilliantRain
Wearer of the mask can breathe out deadly poison onto his weapons

Mountain Prison Shackles - White Jade - Telgar
Shackles that stop the prisoner from using essence by doing unsoakable damage to them

Necklace of Dreams - White Jade - Telgar
Neck ring that makes the prisoner inside it fall asleep

Ninefold Brotherhood Sari - Jade - Translucidity
Device that focuses an anima banner, making phantom images that enable easier dodging and attacks

Orb of Obtenebration - Soulsteel - Seiraryu
Orb that absorbs light, blinding and weakening people and weakening the armour of enemies

Spellspire Scepter - All - Darloth
Scepter of sorcerous power, allows casting of one spell with bonuses, Terrestrial Circle.

The Skull of Twelve Blasphemies - None - Ashande
Sidereal skull corrupted by the Deathlords into speaking prophecy; devours the essence of the wielder for power

Tools of the Blessed Release - Orichalcum and Soulsteel - Panache
Tools with the power to unmake Soulsteel.

Level 4

Blindcloths - Any - Seraph
Cloths that allow blind people to see through them; power and effects vary on the material used

Broadcast Pads - Any - Telgar
Manse-based device that allows the user to send a hologram of himself long distances

Caraptid-class Wingboat - Jade and steel - Moxiane
Dragonfly-patterned flying vehicle, available in peace and war varieties

Claw - Moonsilver - [{Seraph]]
Can turn into weapons, tools, and even long range tentacles that can manipulate items

Cloak of Concealing Night - None - Haren
Hides the flows of an Exalt's essence from those who can see such; also doubles the anima theshold

Crop-Infusing Essence Web - Any - Moxiane
Aids in the growing of crops and healing the land; cloth made from said crops gains special qualities

Dryad's Caress - Green Jade - DarkPhoenix
A simple looking Green Jade bracelet, invaluable to any medic.

Fate Wire - Orichalcum - Eldmar
This device protects Solars from Sidereal Astrology.

Gauntlets of the Shielded Sun - Orichalcum - EndlessChase
Gauntlets that provide writing aid; can write utterly inviolate contracts between people

Greaves of Silent Stars - Orichalcum - EndlessChase
Make no sound, speed up the wearer, and grant extra balance

The Lightrider - Moonsilver - Miedvied
Skateboard / hoverboard that offers many benefits

Luna's Many Faced Fury - Moonsilver - Fifth
Can change into any armour, weapon -- anything; can enter a rage and do more damage, at a cost.

Seeds of the Builder - All - Ikselam
Seed that, when planted, will tunnel underground and eventually sprout back out as a fully formed building

Spellspire Scepter - All - Darloth
Scepter of sorcerous power, allows casting of one spell with bonuses, Celestial Circle.

Spirit-Focusing Regalia - Any - TheMyriadOfShades
Set of regalia that doubles permanent essence for the effect of charms

Stepping Stones - None - Ikselam
When a stone is stepped on, the user will be teleported to the next nearest stepping stone

Visor of Evening Majesty - Orichalcum - EndlessChase
Visor that has its own essence pool and boosts the sorcerous capabilities of its wearer, particularly Solar Circle

Whimsical Creation - All - Telgar
Bracelet that grants an extra pool of 30 essence for use with casting spells

World-Affirming Melody Box - Jade - TheMyriadOfShades
Music box that makes spending essence more expensive while it is played; can also temporarily turn back the Wyld

Level 5

Anvil from the Smokeless Forge - Jade - bobthepariah
Can work metal and stone alike; greatly improves user's Craft skill

Black Dog's Relics - Soulsteel - Odin
Set of items crafted from a dead thief that each have various properties, including sending people to sleep and hiding from other people

Child's Play - None - Telgar
First Age toy that can wrap the user in tangible illusion, making them appear to be something else

Compass of the Heart's True Desire - Starmetal - Ikselam
Will point to the one thing that will lead to the user's complete happiness

Essence Disturbing Cube - Orichalcum - CrownedSun
Can draw in essence from everyone in an area; used by the Wyld Hunt

Guardian of Brass and Gold - All - Dorchadas
Sentient automaton created in the First Age; now very intelligent

Palm Gem of the Inquisitor - Soulsteel - StalkerofShadows
Gauntlet that allows complete domination over a victim's mind

Pannikin of Calefaction - None - Telgar
Small pot that, when liquid is placed inside it, can affect all similar liquid (for example, boil an enemy's blood)

Pyre of Rebirth - Red Jade - Telgar
Causes pain and suffering, but can heal derangements, Limit points, and restore limbs

Ring of Master Yun - None - Miedvied
Grants immunity to aging and powerful bonuses to all dice rolls; ring is fickle and will pass itself on to new wearers

Scarab of Unparalelled Health - Orichalcum - Ikselam
Greatly improves user's healing powers; user becomes immune to disease and has some resistance to poison

Spellspire Scepter - All - Darloth
Scepter of sorcerous power, allows casting of one spell with bonuses, Solar Circle.

The Omni-Pack - All - KittenyKat
A unique and powerful backpack concealing a wide array of functions.

Voice of Victory - None - Telgar
Giant horn that can cause damage to those close by, and also greatly bolster allied troops

Void Crossing Support Module - All - ArabianNinja
A case that allows correspondance between worlds for Alchemicals

Level N/A

Brogdinian Headress of Crafter's Excellence - None - Grypph
Set of metal pieces that, together, provide huge crafting bonuses

Dream Orb - Soulsteel - Telgar
Lets the user talk to the malfeans

Key of Twilight - None - Darzoni
Set of nine chimes that have the power to destroy the world

Living Record - None - Enchantress
More of a plot device but a relic of the Primordial Autochthon that could contain the secrets of Exaltation.

The Strategenesis - All - Wordman
A plot device involving a large number of people in the greatest game.

Well of Souls - Soulsteel - Moxiane
Mirror that is a link from creation to the underworld; allows communication with the dead, and even reincarnation

Worldstone - None - Telgar
Stone that, with enough sacrifices, can create an entire world in elsewhere

Variable Level

Beast-Quelling Choker - Gossamer - DarkheartOne
Collars that lessen behemoth attunement costs

Wire of Infinite Precision - None - Raindoll
Joke artifact meant to demonstrate a flaw in the ArtifactCreationErrata