Awakened artifacts

[FDru]

Is there a more detailed explanation of how this works somewhere?

Like what kind of spells can be applied, what is the chance to cast, is it only based on attacks (or manual attacks), etc?

[Sweeshes]

Hi FDru,

When you awaken an artifact, it adds a "20% to cast [a named, fixed spell] on attack" property to an item, in addition to its existing properties. They do not need to be manually-selected attacks to trigger the spell's usage.

The 20% cannot be reforged.

The spell that you get is randomly selected at the time of awakening. It seems to pull from a list of most, if not all, possible spell gems. You can replace the spell for the cost of a second mallet of awakening.

There are other items and traits in-game that can interact with awakened spells specifically.

I hope that helps!

[Vagrant]

Another note: Awakened spells can proc anytime the text "(creature) attacks!" shows up, which means they get drastically more useful on things that have multiple attacks somehow; the Valkyrie Scout, for example, which attacks any creature that strikes its allies, is an excellent candidate, as is Lord Zantai, a Nix Heartseeker, a War Golem, and basically every Centaur in the game.

Alternatively, once you get a full party's artifacts Awakened, Panic Attack becomes disgustingly effective (and by the same token, you should be very careful about what you cast Sabotage on in a Tavern Brawl).