Demonic Artifact Power Levels
(Scale of evil influence and destructive power)
Artifact Category Power Level Description Typical Bearer
Defiled Artifact 0–1 Objects with mild curses or remnants of demonic energy (e.g., dagger that never rusts but causes nightmares). Beginning Cultists / Demon Servants
Corrupted Artifact 2–3 Drains life or soul from the user to grant power (e.g., axe that bleeds eternally, armor that drains vitality). Necromancers / Fallen Knights
Artifact of Doom 4–5 Summons lesser creatures or distorts local reality (e.g., black flame that consumes souls, mirror that opens portals to the Abyss). Lesser Demons / Cult Leaders
Artifact of Ruin 6–7 Causes small-scale catastrophes (poisoning rivers, spreading plagues). Can imprison souls or break divine oaths. Fallen Archangels / Intermediate Demons
Infernal Artifact 8–9 Able to defy lesser gods (e.g. chains that seal deities, grimoire that summons an army of demons). Demon Lords / Gods of Destruction
Abyssal Artifact 10 Can destroy realms or corrupt divine domains (e.g. Scepter of Extinction, which erases the name of a race from existence). Archdemons / Primordial Chaos Gods
Void Artifact 10+ Corrupts reality itself, creating zones of anti-creation (e.g. Eye of Azathoth, which undoes magical laws). Primordial Chaos Entities / Demonic False Gods
Battle Modifiers for Demonic Artifacts
Blood Price: Using a demonic artifact requires sacrifice (life, soul, or sanity). The more powerful, the greater the cost.
Domain of Corruption: In areas that have already been desecrated (e.g., ruined cities, violated temples), your power increases by 50%.
Holy Weakness: Demonic artifacts suffer -20% effectiveness in consecrated lands or against those with divine domains (Light, Purity).
How to Obtain Demonic Artifacts
Pacts with the Abyss: Demons grant artifacts in exchange for eternal servitude or mass sacrifices.
Plundering Unholy Tombs: Searching for relics in the ruins of cursed civilizations (with risk of possession).
Infernal Forge: Using the souls of innocents and blasphemous materials (e.g., the bones of a corrupted saint) to create weapons.
Examples of Artifacts
Blade of the Decapitated King (Level 5): Causes wounds that never heal, but requires an assassination per full moon.
Necklace of a Thousand Voices (Level 7): Allows you to summon the spirits of past victims to torment your enemies.
Eclipse Portal (Level 10): Opens a path to the heart of Hell, but drains the life from everything within a 10km radius.