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====Artifacts and Equipment====

An artifact spell, once learned, is always in the possession of the mage or artificer. However, carrying many artifacts can become cumbersome to one that does not specialize in their use and many choose to store them in extra-dimensional space or in the malleable form of flowstone or quicksilver sculpting steel to be called upon when needed. First, each artifact requires a certain amount of Mana just to activate (and summon in some of the larger cases). Most artifacts are not picky about what kind of Mana and only require a certain amount. Some may require even more Mana to generate an effect even after being activated. Once an artifact has been activated, it draws upon your Focus to maintain just as any other persistent effect does. Losing or releasing focus upon the artifact deactivates it, causes it to lose any charges it may have generated, and banishes it if it was summoned.

Equipment is the same as any other artifact, requiring Mana for activation. Once a piece of equipment is activated it must be attuned to it's wielder through the expenditure of more Mana. A powerful magic sword that you keep physically on your person can be used at any time, but it will only function as a mundane weapon like any other meager tool unless you activate and attune it. A character can be equipped with many weapons at once, holding one in each hand or briefly banishing and recalling them as needed. Their effects, as well as their focus consumption, are cumulative. A character may also have many armors simultaneously. Even though two armors may both classically be thought of being redundant, the mage or artificer can often reshape them into functionally identical pieces (For example a character might wear Argentum Armor as a breast plate and reshape Magebane Armor as  a helmet and gauntlet while also wearing Lightning Greaves). Up to four armors may be worn simultaneously.