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* '''Inverted''': ArtifactOfHope

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* '''Inverted''': ArtifactOfHope'''Inverted''': The [[ArtifactOfHope Holy Lance of Hanna]] gives its user [[HolyBurnsEvil divine protection from all evil]].
** Bill's Rake, [[ShapedLikeItself the rake of a guy named Bill]], was bought at the hardware store yesterday and has no enchantments, evil or otherwise.
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* '''Parodied''': Anyone who puts on the [[{{Immortality}} Immortalitrousers]], a legendary pair of pants sewn together by an ancient race of tailors using golden cotton stolen from the gods, is granted eternal life at the expense of [[KillEmAll everyone and everything else in the universe]].

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* '''Parodied''': Anyone who puts on the [[{{Immortality}} Immortalitrousers]], a legendary pair of pants sewn together by an ancient race of tailors using golden cotton stolen from the gods, is granted eternal life at the expense of [[KillEmAll everyone and everything else in the universe]].universe.
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** The [[DarkIsNotEvil Umbral Shawl]] looks like a frayed cloak with creepy eye patterns on it. Anyone who drapes themselves in it is immediately knocked unconscious... [[RestingRecovery and then awakens later to find their wounds and/or sickness cured]].
** The Abyssal Blade, an incredibly powerful magic sword, has possessed everyone who has ever tried to wield it. This is actually a defense mechanism to prevent wicked people from using its powers for evil. When a farmer desperate to save their village finds the blade, it willingly cooperates.

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** The [[DarkIsNotEvil Umbral Shawl]] Shawl looks like a frayed cloak with creepy eye patterns on it. Anyone who drapes themselves in it is immediately knocked unconscious... [[RestingRecovery and then awakens later to find their wounds and/or sickness cured]].
** The Abyssal Blade, an incredibly powerful magic sword, has possessed everyone who has ever tried to wield it. [[DarkIsNotEvil This is actually a defense mechanism to prevent wicked people from using its powers for evil.evil]]. When a farmer desperate to save their village finds the blade, it willingly cooperates.
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** The Abyssal Blade, an incredibly powerful magic sword, has possessed everyone who has ever tried to wield it. This is actually a defense mechanism to prevent wicked people from using its powers for evil. When a farmer desperate to save their village finds the blade, it willingly cooperates.
* '''Double Subverted''': [[OmnicidalManiac The Worldbreaker]] performs a ritual to break the will of the Abyssal Blade, turning it into a weapon that fills its wielder and anyone near them with hatred for all life.
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** The Umbral Shawl looks like a frayed cloak with creepy eye patterns on it. Anyone who drapes themselves in it is immediately knocked unconscious... [[RestingRecovery and then awakens later to find their wounds and/or sickness cured]]. To drive the point home further, [[EvilOverlord Lord Myser]] finds himself unable to use it because [[DarkIsNotEvil the spirit within the Shawl refuses to nourish those with malice in their hearts]].

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** The [[DarkIsNotEvil Umbral Shawl Shawl]] looks like a frayed cloak with creepy eye patterns on it. Anyone who drapes themselves in it is immediately knocked unconscious... [[RestingRecovery and then awakens later to find their wounds and/or sickness cured]]. To drive the point home further, [[EvilOverlord Lord Myser]] finds himself unable to use it because [[DarkIsNotEvil the spirit within the Shawl refuses to nourish those with malice in their hearts]].



* '''Invoked''': Lord Myser never misses an opportunity to build up the reputation of his Doom Aegis, [[BoringButPractical which is just a really heavy shield painted black]].

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* '''Invoked''': [[EvilOverlord Lord Myser Myser]] never misses an opportunity to build up the reputation of his Doom Aegis, [[BoringButPractical which is just a really heavy shield painted black]].

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* '''Subverted''': At first glance, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Box of Infinite Pain]] seems like a bad thing, but the box itself isn't evil--[[NothingIsScarier what's inside it is]].

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At first glance, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Box of Infinite Pain]] seems like a bad thing, but the box itself isn't evil--[[NothingIsScarier what's inside it is]]. is]].
** The Umbral Shawl looks like a frayed cloak with creepy eye patterns on it. Anyone who drapes themselves in it is immediately knocked unconscious... [[RestingRecovery and then awakens later to find their wounds and/or sickness cured]]. To drive the point home further, [[EvilOverlord Lord Myser]] finds himself unable to use it because [[DarkIsNotEvil the spirit within the Shawl refuses to nourish those with malice in their hearts]].



* '''Invoked''': [[EvilOverlord Lord Myser]] never misses an opportunity to build up the reputation of his Doom Aegis, [[BoringButPractical which is just a really heavy shield painted black]].

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* '''Invoked''': [[EvilOverlord Lord Myser]] Myser never misses an opportunity to build up the reputation of his Doom Aegis, [[BoringButPractical which is just a really heavy shield painted black]].

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* '''Inverted''': The Holy Lance of Hanna gives its user [[HolyBurnsEvil divine protection from all evil]].
** Bill's Rake, [[ShapedLikeItself the rake of a guy named Bill]], was bought at the hardware store yesterday and has no enchantments, evil or otherwise.

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* '''Inverted''': The Holy Lance of Hanna gives its user [[HolyBurnsEvil divine protection from all evil]].
** Bill's Rake, [[ShapedLikeItself the rake of a guy named Bill]], was bought at the hardware store yesterday and has no enchantments, evil or otherwise.
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''Unless we act now, one day the [[ArtifactOfDoom main page]] will destroy us all.''

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''Unless ''"Unless we act now, one day the [[ArtifactOfDoom main page]] will destroy us all.'' "''
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'''Basic Trope''': A powerful evil artifact that often has negative effects on the user and its surroundings.

* '''Straight''': The Eye of Tollew, [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver a large, blood-red ruby on a black chain]], gives its user the power to divine the truth [[CastFromHP at the cost of their health]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Gormaggh's Spear is so [[MakeThemRot rotten]] it causes its user [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie to turn into a living corpse just by touching it]].
* '''Downplayed''': The Iron Crown of Pride [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism makes its wearer into an insufferable git]], but only while being worn, and the only major side effect is a stiff neck from carrying its weight.
* '''Justified''': In forging the Whelp's Dagger, dark wizards [[PoweredByAForsakenChild committed unspeakable atrocities on the innocent]] to imbue the materials with the very [[MadeOfEvil essence of evil itself]], a force powerful enough to [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil convert whoever uses it to the cause]].
* '''Inverted''': The Holy Lance of Hanna gives its user [[HolyBurnsEvil divine protection from all evil]].
** Bill's Rake, [[ShapedLikeItself the rake of a guy named Bill]], was bought at the hardware store yesterday and has no enchantments, evil or otherwise.
* '''Subverted''': At first glance, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Box of Infinite Pain]] seems like a bad thing, but the box itself isn't evil--[[NothingIsScarier what's inside it is]].
* '''Parodied''': Anyone who puts on the [[{{Immortality}} Immortalitrousers]], a legendary pair of pants sewn together by an ancient race of tailors using golden cotton stolen from the gods, is granted eternal life at the expense of [[KillEmAll everyone and everything else in the universe]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': [[LivingWeapon Sunlings]] grow in all kinds of soil, which means they emit [[LightIsGood sweet light and warmth]] in [[{{Arcadia}} The Endless Fields]] and [[DarkIsEvil darkness]] and [[EvilIsDeathlyCold cold]] in [[{{Mordor}} Lurgh's Bog]].
* '''Averted''': The Chalice of [[TheGoodKing King Calcus]], while very old, is not evil in the slightest.
* '''Enforced''': [[GoodIsImpotent Dark magic is more powerful than white magic]], which results in the creation and persistence of more evil artifacts than good ones.
* '''Lampshaded''': The Prism of Pyrus, [[ObviouslyEvil with its tarnished metal sides and dark, foggy glass]], doesn't make a good impression on anyone.
* '''Invoked''': [[EvilOverlord Lord Myser]] never misses an opportunity to build up the reputation of his Doom Aegis, [[BoringButPractical which is just a really heavy shield painted black]].
* '''Exploited''': [[AntiHero Orsk the Guileful]] uses a [[CastFromLifespan side-effect]] of the Deathless Veil [[ThanatosGambit to reach the underworld and find his beloved]].
* '''Defied''': Despite being forged for the foulest purposes in a costly and lengthy ritual, the Flying Hook of Ob is totally useless both [[CoolButImpractical as a weapon]] and as a [[MinionWithAnFInEvil repository of evil]], since all it wants to do is catch fish.
* '''Discussed''': Scholars of magic often consult [[GreatBigBookOfEverything the Tome of Asking Many Questions]] as to why artifacts tend to be evil.
* '''Conversed''': The {{Backstory}} of the Unstoppable Chariot of Terror [[ChekhovsClassroom contains a clue to how it can be defeated]].
* '''Implied''': The Hairpin of Fate tends to show up at the site of some pretty nasty tragedies.
* '''Deconstructed''': [[StupidEvil Evil and stability don't often mix]], which is why the [[NukeEm Atomic Golem]] wiped itself out [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters along with its creators]].
** So many evil artifacts were once created that most old objects are destroyed sight-unseen, resulting in the loss of harmless treasures from several extinct civilizations.
* '''Reconstructed''': A few evil artifacts manage to survive because [[WhatIsEvil their negative qualities can be framed as positives]], allowing them to [[TheCorruptor influence many users]] [[KnightTemplar for the worse]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist over the centuries]].

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''Unless we act now, one day the [[ArtifactOfDoom main page]] will destroy us all.''
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