Artifact of Doom: Difference between revisions

** The Book of Darkness is an interesting case, in that the only reason it's an Artifact of Doom is that it's malfunctioning. As it originally was, it was a harmless book meant to store knowledge of magic from all over the universe.

** Fans also like to joke that [[Magitek|Raising]] [[Empathic Weapon|Heart]] is one of these. Especially in doujins, she and Nanoha are prone to unleashing big pink beams of <s> death and destruction</s> love and friendship anytime, anywhere, on anybody.

* ''[[Ann Cassandra]]'': the [[Mask of Power|Cassandra Mask]]. The mask's power lets its user warp the future to cause more disasters {{spoiler|in exchange for becoming the mask's puppet and eventually dying. The mask then compels the nearest person to pick it up and use it.}}

* The Dark Bring in ''[[Rave Master]]'', which grant the user different powers while slowly corrupting them. Special mention goes to the Sinclaire, which are especially corruptive.

* Kyle in ''[[Becka Rangers Nemo Thunder|Becka Rangers: Nemo Thunder]]'' goes [[Ax Crazy]] the very second he touches the Jellyfish Staff. Even after they fix the staff so it won't make him completely evil, it ''still'' makes him a [[Sociopathic Hero]] [[Clothes Make the Maniac|when he's morphed]].

* In ''[[With Strings Attached]]'' we have Blackfire, the Hunter's [[BFS]], even though the Hunter doesn't think it's evil. He is disabused of that notion eventually.

 

 

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** Blackstone fortresses qualify, but [[Up to Eleven|is it a surprise that the artifact in question is a spaceship?]]

** On a slightly less grand scale than the Blackstone Fortresses, there are a number of brand new ones introduced in the ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' RPGs from FFG: the Halo Devices. Mysterious, but probably non-human in origin, these things ''can'' make the bearer immortal, but you wind up [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|unsane and inhuman]]. On the upside, that which does not kill you makes you stronger, and that which does kill you doesn't make you dead. You simply end up with {{spoiler|a mind completely unlike any human, including the insane worshippers of the Chaos Gods, and a body that slowly mutates into a vaguely insectoid monstrous form. And it doesn't work if you are psychic, or a Chaos worshipper.}} And "killing" the bearer, just hurries it along. Needless to say, these are rare, highly illegal, and are worth more than ''star systems''.

** The Egg from ''[[SaGa Frontier 2]]''.

* The Silver Armlet from ''[[Beyond Oasis]]''

* Phazon from the ''[[Metroid]] Prime'' series. The Space Pirates (and, in the third game, {{spoiler|[[The Federation]]}}) seem to think it's just a nifty [[Applied Phlebotinum]] that gives them lots of power. It is, however, strongly implied that Phazon has its own sentience and desires to spread and corrupt everything.

** {{spoiler|[[The Federation]]}} knows about the corrupting effects of Phazon. {{spoiler|That's why they hire Samus to help them get rid of it all}}. They just like the extra power it gives in the short term.