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==Artifacts and Manses==

Artifacts and Manses have special rules.

Artifacts are Qualities which represent the ownership of one or more powerful magical items. In order to use an Artifact it must be attuned, which means it must be purchased as a Quality and the owner must commit motes of essence to power the artifact. If the owner of the artifact cannot or will not purchase the artifact as a Quality the attunement is only temporary and flawed, the user must commit twice as many motes to the artifact and the attunement will only last for one scene. 

The attunement cost depends on the power of the artifact but the standard cost is 1/2 the MOD of the artifact. The Five Magical Materials exist but the differences between them are not significant enough to warrant different rules in PDQ. 

Artifact Powers: Many artifacts grant abilities that are otherwise impossible for humans (such as flight) or the constant effects of charms. The higher the artifact's rating the more power it usually has. Artifact weapons are usually, but not always, Power Attack qualities along with one or two other features. Artifact Armor is usually Armor-Like.

Manses and hearthstones: If a character selects ownership of a Manse as a quality then he gains several benefits. First, he has access to the Manse itself, while within the manse his essence regeneration is multiplied by the MOD of the Manse (so a Master [+6] Manse grants 18 motes per hour while in complete relaxation). Even if the owner is exerting himself the manse provides regeneration equal to MOD every hour. In addition the Manse produces a Hearthstone which, when worn next to the skin or socketed into an attuned artifact adds the Manse's MOD to the owner's essence regeneration. If the owner is exerting himself then the recovery is 1/2 MOD per hour. If the owner does not already have an artifact, the Manse Quality provides a minor artifact with 0 attunement cost which has no purpose beyond containing the hearthstone. In addition, most hearthstones provide minor additional benefits related to the aspect of the manse (note, these benefits should be minor, hearthstones like the stone of invulnerability, simply don't exist normally or should be bought as a seperate artifact).