Switch Rod of Seven parts for another artifact

[hanexs]

Hi, I am loathe to put the piece of the rod in my campaign, we have played with it before...

I want to swap it for something else, but I don't want to change it too much. I particularly like the idea that if the players give it to Tenser, then he will craft them personal items, so I am looking for an artifact that makes this likely. I also would like it to be an artifact of legend (that players know of...)

Any suggestions?

[UltimaGabe]

hanexs wrote:

Hi, I am loathe to put the piece of the rod in my campaign, we have played with it before...

I want to swap it for something else, but I don't want to change it too much. I particularly like the idea that if the players give it to Tenser, then he will craft them personal items, so I am looking for an artifact that makes this likely. I also would like it to be an artifact of legend (that players know of...)

Any suggestions?

Perhaps one of the orbs of dragonkind? By the time the PCs get to Tenser, they will have beaten the only dragon they know of (Ilthane), but they still might not want to give it up.

[Tatterdemalion]

UltimaGabe wrote:

...Perhaps one of the orbs of dragonkind? By the time the PCs get to Tenser, they will have beaten the only dragon they know of (Ilthane), but they still might not want to give it up...

I think this misses the point (and history) of the artifact. It is not supposed to be a weapon against dragons, but rather against Chaos. The artifact is fundamental to the Wind Dukes' conflict, not the players' :)

I'd say any artifact/relic which can be credibly and strongly associated with Law would be an appropriate substitute.

Regards,

Jack

[Delfedd]

Not a good Idea, the rod is supposed to help the players defeat Kyuss with its heal. Now, all you need to do is take something that the characters will have heard of, change the theme of the whispering carn, to have the item instead of the rod, and put in an object with the ability to heal.
I suggest making it look cool, so the players can recognise it from tapestries and such.

Oh yeah, immediately after Ilthane, there is ilthanes brood, Lashonna, the dragons that attack the library, and Dragotha.

[BOZ]

invent a new item that does the same thing. maybe a set of rings of Law.

[grodog]

Something else to consider is that Tenser offers the PCs a price for the piece of the Rod of Seven Parts based on the fact that is a multi-part item: without the other pieces, the single piece of the rod is far less useful than a single-item/complete artifact (in particular since that piece of the Rod won't point toward another one).

Knowing that, I think that one of the smallest Orbs of Dragonkind is probably comparable, as would be one or more Teeth of Dahlver-Nar. The other multi-part artifacts and relics are probably too powerful on their own (Hand/Eye of Vecna, Regalia of Might, etc.).

[Jonathan Drain]

How about the Axe of the Dwarvish Lords?

Or, if your players have had the Rod of Seven Parts before, they might appreciate the cameo by the old item!