Of course not lol. The CMS I usually use stores it as HTML in the database, so I have a go-to HTML sanitization plugin with a tag whitelist. I wish it used markdown or something similar under the hood instead, but it is what it is.

You’d save it to the database in the same field as the rest of the text. You don’t store the positions or anything like that - you’d store the text with HTML and have the front end render it as expected.

For instance, the database could have the following text:

Hello <strong>World</strong>

And the front end just renders HTML.

Alternatively, you could store Markdown syntax if you’re hesitant to allow HTML.

EDIT: as always, if you store raw HTML, don’t forget to sanitize it.

BG3 is based on the DnD 5e system, with some homebrew rules. Items have different tiers of rarity. While there may only be one in existence in this game, it’s not a unique item in Torril at large in the context of the Forgotten Realms.

I’m not saying that your idea is wrong. It makes sense in the context of this specific game. I’m just pointing out why it is how it is right now.