TOPIC: Arcane Recipe <=Artifact Creation Token

I'd bet if the effect was usable by multiple people, it would be a minor effect probably with a drawback. I also hope this doesn't allow unbalanced items, and I trust Jeff to keep it under control. Most of the coolness probably won't be extreme power but instead the coolness of having a one-of-a-kind item you design with your name on it - and listed in the token guide for posterity.

Hmmm...perhaps we should "soul bind" the item to its creator.  I forgot about you "resourceful" gamers and your lending out of tokens.  Yes...let's make the artifact only usable by the person whose name is on the token.

<br />Hmmm...perhaps we should "soul bind" the item to its creator.  I forgot about you "resourceful" gamers and your lending out of tokens.  Yes...let's make the artifact only usable by the person whose name is on the token.<br />

<br /><br />Make them usable on one run (of each type) per day or something . . . keep a log.

<br />Hmmm...perhaps we should "soul bind" the item to its creator.  I forgot about you "resourceful" gamers and your lending out of tokens.  Yes...let's make the artifact only usable by the person whose name is on the token.<br />

<br /><br />That reminds me of what Precedence used to do with some of their overpowered test cards (Babylon 5: Surprise; Tomb Raider: Lara Croft, Goddess; Wheel of Time: Insane Designer).  On the cards would be printed the caveat, "You may only play this card if your name appears in the game credits."<br />

<br />I have lots of Dwarven Steel and such.  I would like to be able to make combos just by using trade item tokens.  We are trading in all theses tokens and only a few of them will be used (perhaps, that is how it looks to me).<br />

<br /><br />I am working things in as I can.  Due to printing limitations, I can only do so many combos at a time each year.  <br /><br />Dave

Jeff, I think "soul-binding" the token so only the creator can use it is a great idea!<br />

hmm, i do like the soul-binding idea for the purpose of avoiding abuse, but i dont like the thought of the rarest/most unique, hardest to get, most expensive to acquire tokens that exist will lose most of their value as soon as you actually get them.  i would suggest the soul-binding be tracked (in the XP system?) and allow the owner to transfer the soul-bind/ownership to another player; just restrict the time the transfer can happen to keep them from being traded back and forth (ie. not during gencon or true realm, only between events would force trades to be effectively lasting/non-temporary).  not that i would expect these to get traded very often...but maybe someone will get one, then later find themselves in a sitation that they cannot attend gencon for the forseeable future and would like to let someone else use their super-awesome one-of-a-kind item.

<br />Jeff, I think "soul-binding" the token so only the creator can use it is a great idea!<br /><br />

<br /><br />As do I..... It prevents the DM from using it against you..... may have to re-think my position on this one

Allow folks to trade / sell the artifact tokens.  However every time an artifact token is equipped during startup have the volunteers write it in a log.  I think 1/day per type of adventure would be a good fuzzy rule*.  Let it be known that TD may limit the artifacts use.<br /><br />*You will have to allow for family members to share, or it may cause hurt feelings<br />• Husbands and wives<br />• Parents and children<br />• Siblings<br />• Groups that pool tokens<br /><br />

I like the idea of only having the creator ever be able to use it - it makes it really easy to verify - "Is the name on this token your name?"  I don't think True Dungeon wants to set up a log all the volunteers have to track for each of these items (and the number of them will grow each year) to see who is currently allowed to use them.  <br /><br />If someone wants to resell the Arcane Recipe token - that's legit - it doesn't become soul-bound until the artifact is created.  This should limit the creation of the unique Artifacts to people that plan on playing the artifact and plan on doing True Dungeon long-term - not a bad thing in my opinion.  =)

And if it soul-bound, that also will allow these artifacts to have a little more power...which is cool.  If the token can be passed around like a bag of Doritos then I would have to limit the power.<br /><br />

<br />And if it soul-bound, that also will allow these artifacts to have a little more power...which is cool.  If the token can be passed around like a bag of Doritos then I would have to limit the power.<br /><br /><br />

<br /> Clearly we can see that to Jeff..... Doritos are less cool than Artifacts