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Legendary Artifacts from Norse Mythology & Where to Find Them!

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Legendary Artifacts From & Where To Find Them!

Norse Mythology is filled with tales of thrilling adventures, glorious battles, dangerous creatures and most importantly: powerful magical artifacts. Are these just fables, or are these in fact real objects that exist somewhere out there in the world?

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https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/print/H1rModajtV?dialog=true 1/7 4/13/2019 The Homebrewery - NaturalCrit Legendary Artifacts From Norse Mythology & Where To Find Them orse Mythology is filled with tales of Credit thrilling adventures, glorious battles, dangerous creatures and powerful magical Written by https://twitter.com/artofkarthik/ artifacts. Are these just tales, or are they in Art by fact referring to actual events that have https://www.redbubble.com/people/artkarthik/works/38332230- transpired and real magical artifacts that norse-mythology-heimdall exist somewhere out there in the world? Document designed with N https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com This guide will take you on a journey of wonder, bringing you face to face with 6 legends, as you set out to create your Inspired by the storyline of the D&D adventure - Storm own legend! King's Thunder as well as various tales from Norse Mythology 1. Bride For A Frost Giant In the heart of a floating iceberg in the Sea of Moving Ice, is The seas surrounding this iceberg are fraught with terrors the castle of a powerful Frost Giant Jarl. Rumors have spread of the depths. 10 Merrows and their pet Giant Octopus are that this Frost Giant Jarl has somehow managed to steal a hunting in these waters for easy prey. The iceberg castle itself powerful weapon from an elven kingdom and has demanded is swarming with 10 Frost Giants, 4 Winter Wolves, 12 the king's daughter as his bride in return for the weapon. And Yetis, and 20 Tribal Warriors. upon receiving the daughter, he has decided to keep both as The Frost Giant Jarl always keeps on his person his reward. and has left the uncooperative "Freya" hanging in a golden A less known fact is that the weapon in question is in fact cage in his private chambers. the legendary warhammer known as Mjolnir, and the King's When confronting the Frost Giant Jarl, if the adventurers daughter was 's daughter Freya (Priest) from . are able to get him to drop his weapon in a contested An even lesser known fact, is that the daughter sent as strength check, Freja/ retrieves it and transforms back ransom is actually Odin's son Thor himself in disguise, into a divine form, smiting the Frost Giant Jarl as well as the weakened from the loss of his weapon, and polymorphed into entire iceberg into the bottom of the sea in his unbridled fury. a female form to fool the Frost Giant Jarl. Before departing for Asgard, in a gesture of gratitude, Thor splits off a portion of his hammer's power and leaves it behind for the adventurers to use.

Mjolnir When you hit an enemy, whether melee or ranged, it Weapon (Warhammer), Legendary Artifact (Requires deals 2d8 bludgeoning damage and 1d8 thunder Attunement), requires proficiency in religion damage.

When the famous dwarven brother Brock and Properties of Mjolnir were challenged by to prove their skill in smithing Mjolnir has 10 charges. While holding it, you can use against the , they forged three great an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast artifacts, the last and most powerful of which was the one of the following spells from it (Save DC 18): mighty warhammer Mjolnir, specifically designed for the god Thor. Thunderous Smite (1 charge) Shatter (2 Charges) The wielder of Mjolnir becomes the Champion of the Lightning Bolt (3 charges) god Thor and automatically gains proficiency in Call Lightning (4 charges) Athletics and in the use of warhammers. Destructive Wave (5 charges) Mjolnir regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, with this magic weapon. Mjolnir disappears forever. It has the thrown property with a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet. Immediately after the ranged attack or at your command, the weapon flies baSampleck to your hand. file

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2 https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/print/H1rModajtV?dialog=true 2/7 4/13/2019 The Homebrewery - NaturalCrit 2. The Penance of Charity Adventurers visiting a temple of the Order of the Gauntlet in D10 / Request a small town are encouraged by the local Priest to take up a 1 The temple priest requests for donations for the traditional ritual known as the Penance of Charity. upkeep of the temple Anyone taking up this penance must adhere to a strict vow: "For the next 24 hours, if anyone approaches me with a 2 Beggars both young and old, in sickness or injury, request I can fulfil, I shall take it upon myself to see it fulfilled requesting alms (Commoners) to the best of my abilities, taking nothing in return." 3 A young girl asks for help retriving her cat that is What the priest does not reveal is that this tradition was stuck in a tree started by the townsfolk to fool gullible adventureres into 4 A young boy has lost his ball in a well in which a taking up the penance, and take advantage of their generosity. Giant Frog lives As a result, from the moment anyone takes up the penance, they are barraged with a variety of requests. 5 A merchant requests for help retrieving his cart stolen by 6 Bandits in a nearby forest However, what the priest does not know, is that the Gods are indeed watching, and waiting to reward someone who 6 A noble requests aid in delivering a letter to a noble fulfils the penance in both letter and spirit. house in a nearby town, but all travelers on the way The requests all start small but start growing until in the are being waylaid by a pack of 10 Goblins end, one last beggar approaches. He is an old man with one 7 A farmer is looking for help finding his lost Mule who eye bandaged, covered in scars and injuries, leaning heavily has run away because he beat her too much on his walking stick. He demands a large sum of gold, one 8 A baker trying to find the thief stealing her freshly exactly matching how much gold the penance-taker (or the baked bread each morning (it's a Quickling who loves entire adventuring group) possesses. If the group does not the taste of fresh bread!) have that much gold, he may also demand other precious 9 A local museum looking for a donation of magical items in their possession, including magical artifacts. If this items to display, in hopes of attracting more visitors final request is fulfilled, he commends them for their generosity, lends them his walking stick, and vanishes before 10 The beggar who is secretly Odin himself in disguise, looking to test the penance-takers one last time their eyes. The humble walking stick transforms into a golden with a blazing head.

Gungnir Properties of Weapon (Spear), Legendary Artifact (Requires When you activate this weapon (as a bonus action), its Attunement) raw power destroys all armor and shielding devices you are wearing, absorbing its pieces to make itself When the Sons of Ivaldi were challenged by Loki to stronger, leaving you with a base AC of 10 and giving prove their skill in smithing against the famous you 2 points of exhaustion. dwarven brother Brock and Sindri, they forged three great artifacts, one of which was the powerful golden The benefit of this sacrifice however, is that it spear Gungnir, specifically designed for the god Odin. transforms the spear into an unerring missile. As an action, you can hurl it at any target you can see (with no distance penalty). The spear ignores the target’s AC, To receive this weapon, one must complete a Penance dealing 5d8 piercing damage + 15d8 radiant damage. of Charity. There is no attack roll required for this weapon and no Gungnir is a one-time use weapon. Once used, it saving throw can defend from it. returns to the divine realm of Asgard. Sample file

LEGENDARY ARTEFACTS FROM NORSE MYTHOLOGY https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/print/H1rModajtV?dialog=true 3/7 3 4/13/2019 The Homebrewery - NaturalCrit 3. The Third Eye In the heart of a forest lies a glade with lush green trees and a Many creatures sought out this eye for their own nefarious small pond. This glade represents the last spot of unspoiled purposes, but found it first and swallowed it. The nature in this wilderness. The singular resident of this glade magical power of this artifact transformed Sleipnir to look is a unique horse-like aberration with three eyes, a twisting like a Unicorn and manifested as a third eye upon his brow. horn atop his head, eight legs and a beautiful white coat of However, all is not at peace in this glade. A Mindflayer fur. Lich(VGtM) and his company of 8 Duergar are hunting This creature is in fact the legendary Sleipnir, the great Sleipnir for this artifact. mount of the god Odin, hiding in this isolated glade to protect If the Lich and his company are defeated, Sleipnir thanks the singular treasure that he guards. the adventurers for their aid and leaves its third eye behind in When Odin hung upside down on the great world tree their care. He then bounds away into the forest, never to be Yggdrassil and sacrificed his right eye in exchange for seen again. knowledge, a portion of this magic was imprinted upon this lost eye as well.

Eye of Odin Properties of the Eye of Odin Wondrous Item, Legendary Artifact (Requires The Eye has 8 charges to cast one of the following Attunement) spells (Save DC18): This artifact is the right eye of the God Odin, sacrificed Clairvoyance (2 charges) when hanging upside-down from the world tree Contact Other Plane (3 charges) Yggdrassil, in exchange for knowledge of the future. It Disintegrate (4 charges) is a white orb covered in blue arcane , with a Dominate Monster (5 charges) single glowing blue circle in the place of an iris. Foresight (6 charges) To attune to the Eye of Odin, you must gouge out your The Eye regains 1d4+4 expended charges at dawn. own right eye and place the artifact in the empty Each time you cast a spell from the Eye, there is a 5% socket. If the eye is ever removed, you die. chance that your soul will be claimed to join the halls of . You gain Truesight, and you can use an action to see through walls.

4. The Great Wolf When the monstrous wolf wrought chaos upon the Many years later, a group of adventurers are called upon to heavenly realms, the gods sought to chain up the trouble- stop a cult with 8 Cultists and one Archmage who is maker. attempting to summon an aspect of the monstrous wolf to But soon they realized that no chain created thus far could fight on their behalf. Little does the cult realize that the wolf contain the invincible beast. After two failed attempts, the is on nobody's side except his own, and laughingly devours dwarves forged an impossibly tough chain known as , the cultists a few at a time. made of six mythical ingredients: the sound of a cat's feet, the Upon defeat, the great wolf regurgitates the intact stump of roots of a mountain, a bear's sinews, a woman's beard, a fish's a rune-covered right hand. breath, and a bird's spittle. Legends say that these six things no longer exist today because of their use in making this chain. The gods attempted to goad the mighty Fenrir into being chained once again, challenging him to break out of this new shackle. Suspicious of this new chain, Fenrir demanded that one of the gods place their hand in his jaws as a sign of good faith. Tyr, the god of justice, bravest of the brave, stepped forward and volunteered to place his hand within Fenrir's gaping maw. Once the shackle was in place, no amount of struggle by the grSampleeat wolf could break the chains. In his anger and file frustration, he bit off Tyr's hand and swallowed it whole.

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