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[Xvareon]

I'm editing a map called Destiny Battle, a once-popular RPG mod/game for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Players pick one Hero (character) and cooperate with other players to defend the city of Vern from the armies of the evil wizard Adomach.

I came into editing this at a point where it was still woefully unfinished, however, so there aren't nearly as many Level 2 Artifact-class items, or even Level 2 Epic items as there should be. The Level 1 items list is all done already. What I need are cool ideas for artifacts or other powerful items to flesh things out, and perhaps get a head start on Level 3 items while I'm at it (which was never done to begin with).

Examples of some existing items here:

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Longsword
Uncommon (Lv 2) - Gives the hero +5 damage.

A sturdy blade forged with three feet of solid steel.

Chronoegg
Epic (Lv 2) - A peculiar egg that wields the mists of time.  When broken, freezes time for everyone but the user, allowing them to move and act freely.  Lasts 15 seconds.

Scholars believe chronoeggs are all that remain after a comet burns out.

Mana Battery
Epic (Lv 2) - A magitechnology-based power source capable of generating immense amounts of energy. Increases maximum mana by 300 when carried.

The overall shape of this object suggests that it was once set in something as a power source. If you could find a magitechnology apparatus to connect it to, you might just find out.

Golem Set (2 Piece Set)
- Drained Metal Golem
- Mana Battery

Robe of Blood
Artifact (Lv 1) - The bearer of this nasty robe gains 100 HP, as well as +3 HP/sec regeneration.  In addition, when used it drains 50% of the wearer's current life and deals it as damage to nearby enemy units.  This ability can be activated once every 3 minutes.

This robe was worn by a vampire whose appetite was insatiable.  He had this robe crafted so that he would never go hungry again.

Elixir of Heroes
Artifact (Lv 2) - Drinking this potion increases all the hero's stats by +40 for 5 minutes.

Drinking a mere drop of this exceedingly rare and miraculous potion is enough to invigorate the user for an entire day. Taking the whole bottle empowers them with the courage, skill, and strength to challenge even a greater dragon.

Paraselene
Artifact (Lv 2) - The wearer of this glimmering platemail set receives +12 armor, and 10% magic and spell damage reduction. Can be activated to make the hero invulnerable for 4 seconds. This effect can be activated once every 20 seconds.

Forged with extremely valuable Truesilver, and enchanted by the religious Order of Paraselene, this armor set grants its wearer the sovereign inviolability of the Moon itself.

Yggdra's Holy Blade
Artifact (Lv 2)  - The divine sword Gran Centurio, used by Princess Yggdra in the Holy War. Imbues its bearer with the powers of heaven, increasing damage by 15, and causing killing blows to redeem the spirits of the fallen, returning them as Avenging Spirits to fight for you.

The inscription on the blade reads: "We'll never fight alone".

I can provide more examples as needed, or answer any questions you may have.

[Nirur Torir]

Destiny Battle was one of my favorites, but I think I only managed to get to the end once.

Ideas:
Summon a phoenix-blessed warrior. Single use. Low damage, high HP, has reincarnate on a delay of 1-2 minutes, but with no cooldown. It has a 'suicide' flame burst which deals damage based on its current HP.

A time-travel mind-control device. Single use. the player permanently gains a small squad of monsters from the next wave, at his current position. (Duplicate them, not remove them. Removal without gaining XP is no fun :p)

A powerful magic mirror that briefly clones the hero. Costs half the hero's current mana, which is given to the duplicate. The duplicate loses 5-10 mana per second and poofs when dry. Cool-down such that it can be used once per wave (I like the idea that it can either be used when a wave starts, for a longer effect, or as more of an emergency measure, presumably when the hero is already low on mana.)

A temporal manipulator. Single use. Freezes and renders invulnerable half the enemy waves for 30 seconds.

[Xvareon]

... I honestly did not expect to find another person on here who knows Destiny Battle. Wow. Maybe I'll see you on Battle.net sometime and we can play, Nirur Torir? I'm Setokaiva on there.

Ah, yeah, I forgot to point out that this game is wave-based. Enemies come in groups down 4 'lanes', and all of them must be defeated to progress to the next level and set of enemies. Bosses come every 5-6 rounds or so. A couple Hero abilities are specific to waves, most notably Inversion, which returns all enemies back to their starting positions at the end of the map.

Phoenix warrior... mmm, I like it. That time-traveling mind-control idea is also really impressive, thanks! Also the mirror, I'm definitely gonna remember that. I already have the Chronoegg for "temporal manipulator", though, even if it doesn't actually render them invulnerable.