Quest artifact

A quest artifact is a special artifact that you retrieve from your role's quest nemesis. You need not even pick up your quest artifact to ascend, but you must somehow defeat your nemesis for the Bell of Opening, so you might as well pick it up.

Each quest artifact has a default alignment; your own quest artifact will be adjusted to your alignment. You can only pick up a quest artifact that you share a role and/or alignment with. You cannot wish for your own role's quest artifact. Also, don't wish for a cross-aligned quest artifact unless you intend to convert yourself.

Finally, each quest artifact has a few special effects. For example, The Orb of Fate not only invokes for a levelport, but it also halves any physical damage you receive. Since The Orb of Fate is also a crystal ball, you can also apply it to get the normal crystal ball search-for-a-glyph effect. See the entry for a particular artifact to find out all of its effects.

Role	Quest artifact	Base item type	Alignment	Carry effect	Apply effect	Invoke effect	Wield/Wear effect
Archeologist	The Orb of Detection	crystal ball	Lawful	magic resistance, telepathy, half spell damage	crystal ball selective object detection	Toggles invisibility
Barbarian	The Heart of Ahriman	luckstone	Neutral	stealth, luckstone		Toggles levitation
Caveman	The Sceptre of Might	mace	Lawful	magic resistance		Toggles conflict
Healer	The Staff of Aesculapius	quarterstaff	Neutral			Heal half HP damage, cures sickness; blindness; sliming	Hungerless regeneration, drain resistance
Knight	The Magic Mirror of Merlin	mirror	Lawful	magic resistance, telepathy, Knights do double damage with certain wands and spells.	gives random rumor, reflect gaze attacks
Monk	The Eyes of the Overworld	pair of lenses	Neutral	magic resistance		Enlightenment	astral vision; protects against the stunning and blinding effects of the Archon's gaze attack; overrides all blindness; prevents blindness from ravens, black naga, and cobras (like normal lenses.
Priest	The Mitre of Holiness	helm of brilliance	Lawful	fire resistance		Restores approximately half your lost power	half damage from undead and demons, helm of brilliance intelligence and wisdom boost
Ranger	The Longbow of Diana	bow	Chaotic	telepathy		Creates a small amount of arrows	reflection
Rogue	The Master Key of Thievery	skeleton key	Chaotic	warning, teleport control, half physical damage	gives random rumor, lock and unlock objects	Untrap doors and containers without fail
Samurai	The Tsurugi of Muramasa	tsurugi	Lawful	luckstone			bisection
Tourist	The Platinum Yendorian Express Card	credit card	Neutral	magic resistance, telepathy, half spell damage	unlock objects	Charges an item
Valkyrie	The Orb of Fate	crystal ball	Neutral	warning, half spell damage, half physical damage, luckstone	crystal ball selective object detection	Levelport
Wizard	The Eye of the Aethiopica	amulet of ESP	Neutral	magic resistance, faster energy regeneration, half spell damage		Branchport	telepathy

Slash'EM

Role	Quest artifact	Base item type	Alignment	Invoke effect
Flame Mage	The Candle of Eternal Flame	magic candle	Neutral	Summon a fire elemental
Ice Mage	The Storm Whistle	magic whistle	Lawful	Summon a water elemental
Necromancer	The Great Dagger of Glaurgnaa	great dagger	Chaotic	Energy boost
Undead Slayer	The Stake of Van Helsing	wooden stake	Lawful
Yeoman	The Crown of Saint Edward	helm of telepathy	Lawful

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