The recently released Artifacts & Legends book contains the major relic: Saint Cuthbert's Mace, an artifact dating back all the way to the beginning of D&D and now introduced into Pathfinder.
However, while the mace itself isn't really all that spectacular (in fact, you could probably recreate it using the normal rules for magic item creation, save for the dimension traveling part, probably), what REALLY got me interested in the relic was the different events associated with it's use. A couple that I find particularly interesting are:
• Appeared under the bed of the shepherd Pol, who carried
it into battle to dethrone the King of Many Crowns.
• Dug up by Horner, the dog of Prince Anlost, who resisted the legions of the Archdevil Moloch, delaying his world’s conquest by diabolical armies by 3 centuries.
• Employed by the child hero Ouphineil to destroy the Salvation Machine.
• Served as a replacement for the Nightlock, barring the way of the choker hordes of the Undermaw for 4 months while the original ward could be repaired.
• Flung by Quinizhal Zhihita to shatter the teeth of the giant protean Zolo of Hungry Shapes when he nearly consumed the Elysian realm of Silvermists.
I'd totally love to hear the whole story behind Ouphineil and whatever the hell the Salvation Machine is, and you can't deny that a dog using the mace to fend off a diabolical army for three centuries isn't completely awesome. Is there any chance we could get some more information about these really amazing events or is hoping for more info just a pipe dream?
I'm dotting this one for future reference.
I preferred St. Cuthbert wielding a cudgel.
Wasn't there an old Dungeon adventure where you had to travel to London to get the mace for something in Greyhawk?
I'd prefer to think the dog wielded it :D
Yes. You had to pretend you were actors in a play or movie since people parading around in full armor wasn't normal. It was on display in a British Museum in the weapons section.
Gygax's campaigns regularly veered into tech realms. Mordenkained frequently made trips to the Starship Warden in Metamorphosis Alpha, the forerunner to Gamma World. Murlynd the paladin-wizard demigod got six shooters from Boot Hill, etc.
==Aelryinth
