#magic swords

[oldschoolfrp]

"Don't let it bother you. Lots of fighters have swords that are smarter than they are." (Will McLean, Best of Dragon Magazine Vol V, May 1986; reprinted from Dragon 50, June 1981) In OD&D all magic swords were intelligent and had unique personalities defined by their alignment and ego ratings, and sometimes had their own magical mental powers. AD&D changed this to 25% of magic swords, while the rest simply gave bonuses or the occasional special ability like other magic weapons.

[zolanort]

Did an art collaboration with a five year old who likes magic swords as much as I do, very pleased with the results.

He got upset about how he couldn’t stay in the lines and that maybe the colors were wrong, and I told him that he was still learning and that it was ok to not to be perfect. Then I told him that people use funny colors and even go outside of the lines on purpose sometimes and showed him a picture from the Jujutsu Kaisen outro and everything was ok again.

Anyway I decided that applies to me and you too. It’s ok to not get it right the first time or the hundredth time. Something imperfect is better than not trying at all, and the experience you gain from aiming higher than your current ability will add up over time. Plus maybe you’re on to something with the bright green sword.

[forestcrittervillains]

You know I keep that mfin' thang on me

[leifandthorn]

Leif & Thorn Q&A #185-187

[suntwistdoodles]

“One might argue it was folly to maintain the ranger corps of a city state with the remnants of its forests relegated to the arboretums of the elves upon the wealthy peak, but the urban rangers of Spirecrest still traverse a savage jungle; one made of marble and gold.”

[bel-luppi]

2020's Swordtember prompts Strong + electric and Wings.

[prinnay]

Vorpal Blade + Lucid Blade

[overheard-at-star-command]

hhhHHHHHEERE IT IS! THE WIP I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR OVER A YEAR!!!!!

Frontier of Fear

Mira Nova finds herself stranded in the wilds of a strange planet, where she encounters a young boy and the terrifying monster hunting him. To survive, they must ally themselves with a pirate who has every incentive to betray them…

Content warnings: blood, violence, battle scenes, slavery, alcohol use

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[elwynten]

Welf

[oldschoolfrp]

Looking further at the magic treasure tables in the 1979 AD&D DMG, we see that 25% of magic swords are supposed to be intelligent and have additional special abilities. One thing that stands out from a modern perspective: result "00" tell us that only 1% of all magic swords (1 in 25 of the intelligent swords) have the option of using telepathy. Other intelligent swords that can communicate directly have "speech." This implies that the entire party, and NPCs and monsters in the area, will hear some swords speaking out loud. Today many DMs play all intelligent weapons as speaking telepathically to the wielder while the rest of the party only sees that one character is beginning to act oddly.

Note all intelligent swords add 1-3 "primary abilities" from another table, all designed for treasure hunting and dungeon exploration:

(Keep in mind AD&D's 1" = 10' in the dungeon or 10 yards in the wilderness.)

The rare "Extraordinary Power" can make a magic sword into something akin to a legendary artifact, when combined with 3 primary abilities and whatever base abilities the sword initially had from Table III.G:

The sword rules continue for another page with tables and clarifications for alignment, languages, ego, personality conflicts with the wielder, and those extremely rare "Special Purpose" swords mentioned on the Extraordinary Powers table which are driven to defeat a specific class of enemy and are enchanted with yet another random magic power used only for that goal.

[happyleech]

Ah yes. Magic Swords from popular movie/game The Legend of the War on Stars. My favourite character is Lonk Skyrunner, who's yours?

[forestcrittervillains]

You ever just look at a landscape photo and think Yeah. This is a good place for a climactic duel.

[leifandthorn]

...I promise, this is not foreshadowing for a specific Leif & Thorn AU in which Leif is a Ceannic-born knight who trained as a heartsword-wielder. (Yet.)

I just felt like coming up with a cool design for Leif's heart-saber.

[katherinehillierillustration]

More #swordtember2022 drawings! These ones r slightly less belated

I’m following the prompts by Faith Schaffer

Also obvi ‘Snake’ got three concept drawings because snakes r very cool.

And yes I suppose the Mirror sword is only good for jabbing people with its pointy end.

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[desolationlesbian]

still the funniest plot point in all of pmmm that Homura Akemi is a 14 year old magical girl who realized that her sparkly transformation sequence did not come with a cutesy custom weapon like everyone else's so she just went online and googled "how to build a bomb"

[foragedmoonlight]

Excalibur’s Geode № 32