Artifacts of the Ages: Rings
A fantasy d20 System sourcebook by JD Wiker and Gary Astleford.
Eighty Pages of Power!
Magic rings in d20 System games are often temporary tools. A player character gets a ring of protection, uses it for a few levels, then sells it off when a better one comes along. But wouldn't you like your character to have truly important artifacts like you find in novels?
Artifacts of the Ages: Rings gives player characters a reason to hang on to their arcane jewelry. The legendary rings, gems, and jewlery found in this book are powerful enough to be useful at high levels, but they start as minor magic items, and gain in power as the campaign progresses, so the GM can introduce them to his campaign while the characters are still low-level. These artifacts increase in power as the possessors advance in level.
The artifacts in Rings, offer minor powers to any wearer, but grant their better abilities to those wearers who take one of the scion classes. The wearer unlocks new abilities of the item by advancing in its associated prestige class. In short, the prestige classes reward the player for keeping a magic item.
Artifacts of the Ages: Rings, the third PDF in the Artifacts of the Ages Series, shows you how to ensure that magic items in your campaign have the possibility to be the treasured possession of a lifetime for the right character.
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Cover Images
- Front (PDF), illo by Clarence Harrison (122KB JPG)
- Front (Print), illo by Clarence Harrison (58KB JPG)
Free Samples from the Artifacts of the Ages Series
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The Mind Scion, additional rules for psionic scions and their legendary weapons (622KB Zipped PDF)
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Mother's Venom, a legendary weapon from AotA:S&S (514KB Zipped PDF)
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Gamaliel, Keeper of the White Blade, a legendary weapon from AotA:LW (514KB Zipped PDF)
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Nyctophobos, a legendary weapon from SoOF and AotA:S&S (349KB Zipped PDF)
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Samadhi, the Staff of Transfiguration, a legendary weapon from AotA:S&S (523KB Zipped PDF)
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Ruanaidh, a free battle scion (452KB Zipped PDF)
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Zehir, the Poison Ring, a legendary ring from AotA:R (375KB Zipped PDF)
- A page of art development sketches from AotA:Rings
- A page of art development sketches from AotA:LW
Creation Rules
Online Discussion
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Discussion Boards (through ezBoard) and IRC Chatroom
Reviews for the Artifacts of the Ages Series
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The Specs
An 80-page PDF for players and GMs, available from RPGNow.com for only US$10.00.
Written by JD Wiker (Star Wars Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Swords of Our Fathers), Gary Astleford (Thieves' Quarter), and with additional design by Rich Redman (d20 Modern Roleplaying Game, Dungeon Master's Guide 3.5). Art by Pete Schlough. Edited by Rich Redman with Marc Schmalz. Layout and design by Marc Schmalz. Cover Design by Jefferson Dunlap and Marc Schmalz. Cover Art by Clarence Harrison.
Requires the use of the Dungeons & Dragons®, Third Edition Core Books, published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This product utilizes updated material from the v.3.5 revision.
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