Bogsrune
Bogsrune, a blight opon the magical world as it slowly drians the power out of the wizards it comes into contact with while giving all magical weapons a significent boost in power.
Full Item Description
Bogsrune a translucent gem of darkness and despair. all who have set eyes upon it have basked in its power and fallen in there greed. a host of the purest evil has been forced to dwell within the hart of this magnificent prison. To gaze upon this shroud of darkness is to be ensnared in it magical bonds forever.
Only to be place on a weapon (as the creators saw this as an extension of power) this gem will automatically mold itself with any magical weapon that it comes into contact with. unlike the power drain a mortal will experience when holding this gem, a weapon will lose some of its power while the remaining powers will be greatly increased.
History
A small clan of exiled elves from the shadow realm, known only to themselves as the death mages created this artifact with the hope of controlling all dark magic.
Wizards lured to the artifact with the promise of false power have their own power slowly drained. Foolishly they clung to the gem trying to find some salvation of their powers lost.
The death mages fought over who the combined power should go too until the tension created a civil war. The remaining elves could no longer control the power of the gem and it slowly drained them of their magical powers in ill they were forced to dispose of it.
The messenger to the gods who found the gem and knew its power attempted to take it and use the power himself but he alone was not strong enough. The gods looked down and saw this grew worried because if something had the power to drain their messenger it could accumulate enough magic to one day pose a threat to them. The gods did not know its weakness therefore did not know how to destroy it, cast it to the farthest corner of the plains and buried it in the deepest lair the could find hoping that no one would ever find it and be able to unlock its power to use against them.
Now it lies under a shroud of mystery as a gem that only the most powerful beings could control but as more and more wizards that succumbed to its power the stronger it grew until no one could control it and it was lost to all the realms.
Magic/Cursed Properties
This gem feeds off of dark magic and the only thing it fears is direct sunlight as that forces it to slowly release its power.
To the light wizard Bogsrune looks like a normal stone and nothing of value. to the dark wizard Bogsrune gives small amounts of power to lead them to a false since of security but slowly it drains the magical power out of its holder and adds it to its own stock hold of abilities.
It waits for a dark wizard with enough power to control it and take charge of all the realms.
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Well, its got a grain of potential goodness, but look around the site zekna. We like a bit more detail, a bit more sumthin' sumthin' to make it stand out.
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I know that I'm not really one to talk, but one thing I would like to see is a name for the clan of dark elves.
Updated: more detail still working on it though
Well capital letters really, um you have a little bit of grammar and a few spelling problems well to my eyes. And it could with just that little uphfm! you know what i mean
Updated: now with caps
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Updated: detail will be workin on it all night long
Updated: more and more i put yet to the end i draw no closer i know it needs spelling
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Updated: more history and spelling done
Since you are working on this, let me give you some help.
I want you to read this OUTLOUD to yourself. You will find many of the awkward phrases.
Add an extra lines between the paragraphs or when you put in a line return, it makes the post easier to read.
Go find a word processing program like WORD
Copy the submission and paste it into a WORD DOC
Run Spell Check. Run Grammar check too!
Copy and Paste it back
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REPEAT Spell and Grammar check process.
So lets run through some other things.
Bogsrune a translucent gem of darkness and despair. all who have set eyes upon it have basked in its power and fallen in theretheir greed. a host of the purest Evil has been forced to dwell within the heart of this magnificent prison. And how do people who look at it get this information? This is the physical description of the piece
To gaze upon this shroud of darkness is to be ensnared in it magical bonds forever. Very poetic this last line, not really expressed in the write up.
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Only to be place on a weapon (as the creators saw this as an extension of power) this gem will automatically mold itself with any magical weapon that it comes into contact with.
This sentence makes absolutely no sense. Try breaking it down into two or three of them.
unlike the power drain a mortal will experience when holding this gem, a weapon will lose some of its power while the remaining powers will be greatly increased. In no place in the write up to this point have you mentioned a power drain occuring to people holding it OR listed what happened if people did. Might want to loose this section until the Magic/Cursed Properties section.
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History
A small clan of exiled elves from the shadow realm, known only to themselves as the death mages So what do other people call them? They call themselves Death Mages! created this artifact with the hope of controlling all dark magic. What did they do to make the item? Were they successful? Did anyone try to stop them? Why aren't they in control of all Dark Magic. Hey, wait. They are Death Mages, don't they already control Dark Magic? These are questions people are going to want answered.
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Wizards lured to the artifact with the promise of false power have their own power slowly drained. Foolishly they clung to the gem trying to find some salvation of their powers lost. Why is this here? Is this history? Did the Elven Death Mages bring these wizards here?
The death mages fought over who the combined power should go too until the tension created a civil war. Weren't they already fighting? They were fighting and then they had a civil war... maybe you should explain how they were fighting before.The remaining elves Good Elves? Death Mage Elves? The two guys in the bathroom? could no longer control the power of the gem and it slowly drained them of their magical powers.End Here
in ill they were forced to dispose of it. What the heck is this?
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The messenger to the gods who found the gem and knew its power attempted to take it and use the power himself but he alone was not strong enough. Three sentances crammed into one. AND where did this messenger of the Gods come from?
The gods looked down and saw this grew worried because if something had the power to drain their messenger it could accumulate enough magic to one day pose a threat to them. The gods did not know (its)why its?weakness Make new sentence therefor did not know how to destroy it, cast it to the farthest corner of the plains and buried it in the deepest lair the could find hoping that no one would ever find it and be able to unlock its power to use against them. Make this about four sentences
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Now it lies under a shroud of mystery as a gem that only the most powerful beings could control. But, as more and more wizards that succumbed to its power of course we have to ask, if it is so well hidden, how did any wizards find it to succumb to its power? the stronger it will grow until no one can control it.End
and it was lost to all the realms. What is this part about?
Magic/Cursed Properties
This gem feeds off of dark magic So this is only a threat to Dark/ Evil mages? And the Good Guys are using this item why? and the only thing it fears is direct sunlight as that forces it to slowly release its power. And the Gods could not figure out that if they left it out on a mountain top, exposed to the sun, it would be powerless? Or the Sun God could not destory it?
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To the light wizard Bogsrune looks like a normal stone and nothing of value. This should be in the description section above.
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to the dark wizard Bogsrune gives small amounts of power to lead them to a false since of security but slowly it drains the magical power out of its holder and adds it to its own stockhold of abilitys. Badly phrased. And it gives them power.. yet takes it away? And nobody notices this? After my bonus power was taken away, I would toss this thing like yesterdays trash. Is it addictive? Is there some consequence for not using it?
It waits for a dark wizard with enough power to control it and take charge of all the realms. Which nobody can do it seems, as it grants power then takes it away. How would one control it anyways... you haven't mentioned any one being able to control it or the process of control.
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You are doing an awesome job improving on this zekna!
You really should implement MoonHunter's suggestions - they are good.
If you need a word processor, OpenOffice is a good free one.
Well, I still suggest following MH's suggestions on this one. Until then I have to leave this as a 2.0. The idea is there but needs more work.