Re: MEPBM Artifact Powers

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 16:40:36 +0000

In article <2u7gdj$pbd@news.doit.wisc.edu>,
Samuel Freeman <freeman@cae.wisc.edu> wrote:
>I have some questions about secondary powers of certain artifacts.  Some secondary
>powers are "latent" (bonus vs. dragons), and some give the holder access to
>certain lost spells.  Now I've hear of Tarondor using the Ring of Axardil
>(access to Teleport spell) to teleport around Middle Earth.  Can other
>secondary powers be used by non-mages?  For example, can a pure commander use
>Durin's Axe to summon hordes?  If so, is the # summoned dependent on the
>command rank or what?  Also, if the artifact gives a character access to a
>spell, but the artifact is later transfered or lost, will the character still
>have access to that spell?  For example, could a curses squad be made from one
>artifact with access to Spirit Mastery (one mage gets it, learns curses, then
>passes it to another mage, and repeat)?
>
>Sam
>freeman@cae.wisc.edu

I don't know about several of these questions, but I do know that once a
character learns a spell, they can pass on the artificat and still retain
the spell.  Yes, curses squads are easy to create once the right artifact
is found.

References

MEPBM Artifact Powers
freeman@cae.wisc.edu (Samuel Freeman)
Tue, 21 Jun 1994 19:52:19 +0000