HOMM3 Unusable Artifact?

[BJ]

I'm fairly new to HOMM3. I just defeated a hero and got his artifact
(or artefact). It gives +6 to all attributes. I can carry but not
"install"
it on my hero. Can some heroes not use some artifacts? Or do I just
carry it
and not "install" it? When I pick it, nothing lights up to show me
where to put it on the hero.

Also, I think you can disassemble some artifacts. What's this about?

BJ

[Marcin Nowak]

Andy <au...@yahoo.com> writes:

> The reason you can't equip it, is because it still takes up the number
> of slots as the individual artifacts that made it. So if you have a
> sword in your hand already, and the combo artifact includes a sword,
> you won't be able to equip it until you remove your sword.
>
> Best thing to do, is remove everything, equip the combo, then put back
> what you can

Which HOMM3 extension has such artefacts?
Marcin

[Jonathan]

Or it might not even be equipable. Items like the ore cart and endless bag
of gold sit in a heroes 4 backpack slots. Similarly there statue peice
artifacts that only work in the backpack while you're in a town :)

"Andy" <au...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On 22 Feb 2002 07:15:11 -0800, bry...@truman.edu (BJ) wrote:
>

[Ed Driscoll]

What artificact is this? I haven't played the HOMM3 expansions yet, but I
don't remember any artifact that requires more than one slot or that can't
be used by any hero. I do remember an artifact that gave +6 to all attribs
[and what an artifact it was!], but it was just a helmet and was equipped as
simply as any other helmet.

"BJ" <bry...@truman.edu> wrote in message
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[The Qurqirish Dragon]

Combination artifacts were introduced in the Shadow of Death expansion, and in
the patches for RoE and AB that came out with the expansion. Later patches
removed them from RoE and AB, because of code that didn't work right-
specifically, there was a phantom inventory slot, and you couldn't take them
apart again.

The +6 to all stats artifact, however, is not a combination artifact. However,
the Armor of the Damned and Power of the Dragon Father are combination
artifacts that lock out the sword slot..
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[The Qurqirish Dragon]

>What artificact is this? I haven't played the HOMM3 expansions yet, but I
>don't remember any artifact that requires more than one slot or that can't
>be used by any hero. I do remember an artifact that gave +6 to all attribs
>[and what an artifact it was!], but it was just a helmet and was equipped as
>simply as any other helmet.
>

The +6 artifact is the Helm of Heavenly Enlightenment. I think in another reply
I said it was a sword, but the Sword of Judgement is only +5 to all stats.

Now the Angelic Alliance (which uses 6 slots- sword, armor, helm, boots,
necklace, and shield) gives +21 to all stats, eliminates all morale penalties
for mixing good and neutral troops (castle, rampart, tower, stronghold,
fortress, conflux), AND casts expert prayer before your first turn every
battle.

[The Qurqirish Dragon]

>Or it might not even be equipable. Items like the ore cart and endless bag
>of gold sit in a heroes 4 backpack slots. Similarly there statue peice
>artifacts that only work in the backpack while you're in a town :)
>

The endless artifacts and the statue pieces need to be equiped in your
"miscellaneous" artifact slots to work. These are the 4 slots (5 in Shadow of
Death) on the left-side of the paper doll, where medals, orbs, &c. are
equipped.

[BJ]

The artifact is Power of the Dragon Father which gives +6 to all
attributes.
I found out that my cleric Cuthbert can use it but not my knight
Orrin. With
Cuthbert is locks out other items that normally can be "worn". I am
playing Heroes 3 Complete but I think the scenario Divided Loyalties
was in the original HOMM3.

I guess the artifact must be peculiar to particular hero types. I
don't know whether the enemy hero that I stole it off of got through
the grail or not.

BJ

"Ed Driscoll" <ejd...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<u7d5do3...@corp.supernews.com>...

[The Qurqirish Dragon]

>The artifact is Power of the Dragon Father which gives +6 to all
>attributes.
>I found out that my cleric Cuthbert can use it but not my knight
>Orrin. With
>Cuthbert is locks out other items that normally can be "worn". I am
>playing Heroes 3 Complete but I think the scenario Divided Loyalties
>was in the original HOMM3.
>
>I guess the artifact must be peculiar to particular hero types. I
>don't know whether the enemy hero that I stole it off of got through
>the grail or not.

The Power of the Dragon Father is equipped on the body, but you must have *9*
slots available to equip it- head, neck, body, feet, both rings, sword, shield,
and cloak. If any one of those slots, other than the body slot, is occupied,
then you cannot equip it. If the body slot is the only one occupied, then you
can swap the two.
It should actually give +16 to all stats (the combo artifact gives +6, but the
pieces that make it up give an additional +10), and make all your troops immune
to all magic, except level 5 spells.