The Artifacts’ Awakening

Created by The Monster Directive

The Artifacts' Awakening is a collection of 44 sentient magic items to use in your next ttrpg campaign. They're meant to be rewards your party will love or hate. After all, a self-righteous hat that whispers so into their ear constantly may become annoying. A sword that insists that it's their friend, all the while trying to kill them. Some may even become their friends and makes the decision when the time comes to upgrade impossibly hard.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Rewards Sent!
about 1 year ago – Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 06:33:52 PM

Hey everyone!

Today is the day! Phew, it took me a couple of days longer than I’d hoped but it all came through in the end.

You should all be getting an email from Backerkit which leads to your downloads of the project and any of the addons you selected if you did.

Not everyone has completed the survey but I'll keep an eye on them and distribute them as they are completed!

Thank you all again for your patience and support!

- The Monster Directive

Surveys Sent, Finally!
about 1 year ago – Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 04:37:28 AM

Hey all,

This is a short update to let you know that surveys have been sent out from Backerkit. A fair bit later than I had planned but delivery is still on schedule so as long as the survey is complete you'll get access to your rewards once they're ready.

If you have any questions or problems, please let me know!

Thanks

- The Monster Directive

Weekly Update!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 02:46:28 PM

Hey everyone!

Since a week has passed, I'd update you on where the project is sitting.

The writing is complete!

That means it's time to review it all to ensure I haven't doubled anything up or missed writing anything. After that begins the process of putting it all into the publishing format. As for the surveys, I intended to get them sent earlier than now, but it has yet to happen, so now writing is done, I'll turn my attention briefly to getting those out.

Everything is going as planned, so I'm looking at delivering next week on schedule!

Thank you all again for your support.

- The Monster Directive

An Amazing Finish!
about 1 year ago – Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 06:14:23 PM

Thank you everyone!

Thanks to you all, we hit the second stretch goal just before the campaign ended!

What that means is each item is going to have corresponding 5e stats added to their description. I’ll admit I haven’t decided what stats beyond those you’d generally find within an item, but something appropriate which, as a GM, you can use, such as Persuasion will most likely be at your disposal.

Timeline time!

As is usual, let’s go with two weeks from now, maybe an additional day or two, but roughly around then, you’ll expect to get the email with it all available. As far as surveys go, I’ll send them out in the next few days. Due to the way Backerkit works, these will most likely be optional questions that help to drive the direction of what I produce.

Thanks to everyone again for your support!

- The Monster Directive

3 Days to Go!
about 1 year ago – Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 03:45:33 PM

Hey everyone! Sorry for such a late update!

Thank you to everyone who has backed the project; your support is incredible

Only three days left to go on the campaign, and so far, we have 44 items with varying personalities. As usual, once funding hit, writing began, but I've decided to go back through and add a Motivation and Background section for each (thank you, Maladax, for your comment, which encouraged this).

This way, you'll have a bit more to go off if your players ask those difficult questions (which they always seem to do).

Once the campaign finishes I'll go over the expected timeline that it'll be in your hands.

Thanks to everyone again!

The countdown to the end begins…

- The Monster Directive