Your Favorite Fantasy Weapon?

[Starwolf]

I got the idea for this thread from the thread on favorite Sci-Fi weapons started by Alhazred.

So what is your favorite fantasy weapon?

I'll start by throwing out the Tri-Sword used by Talon in "The Sword and the Sorceror".

It was a 3 bladed hand and a half sword that could cut through most anything, and the wielder could fire the two outer blades with enough force to skewer an armored man and pin him to a stone wall. It also held a hidden dagger in the pommel of the sword.

[Legiokot]

I like the 12 Swords from Fred Saberhagen's "The Books of Lost Swords" series... My favorites would be Coinspinner and The Mindblade.

[AmadanNaBriona]

I like the 12 Swords from Fred Saberhagen's "The Books of Lost Swords" series... My favorites would be Coinspinner and The Mindblade.
Yep, the 12 are cool.
I still think Sheildbreaker gets the best poem tho.

[Egyptoid]

Scimitar or Khopesh.

sorry ?! was that too obvious ?

[Bik Britelite]

Saberhagen, thats a name from my youth. :p

I guess my favorite fantasy weapon would be the one that is in/on my enemy and not in/on me. :thumbup:

[tgrandjean]

The Chainsword- First appeared in one of the Apr issues of Dragon. Created by a wizard with an incredible hatred of trees.

Chainsword- 1d12 +1/+3 vs Treants: on a 1, the chain snaps inflicting damage to the wielder.

[keithcurtis]

Excalibur


Keith "Gotta go with the classic" Curtis

[Old Man]

I liked Magicbane and Stormbringer, but if you really wanted to win the game you pretty much had to keep Excalibur around. Just too useful.

[shadowcat1313]

Excalibur or Durandal would be my first choices, not a big fan of Stormbringer

the original D&D boxed set had a fun typo in the magic sword abilities table,
one of the abilities was "Detect Meal"

it was supposed to be detect metal, but we took it from an ogre, and gave it to our Hobbit thief, who liked it a lot

[Curufea]

It's a tossup for me between the Glaive in Krull, and the Bone sword from Brotherhood of the Wolf.

[Killer Shrike]

I like the 12 Swords from Fred Saberhagen's "The Books of Lost Swords" series... My favorites would be Coinspinner and The Mindblade.
Yeah; my favorites are Coinspinner and Sightblinder. Ah, who am I kidding -- they're all my favorites except maybe Dragonslicer and Stonecutter.

[ChaosDrgn]

Greyswander, Corwin's sword from the Amber Series.

[BobGreenwade]

Call me a cheeseball if you want, but I do kinda like Xena's chakram.

But even that takes second place to the one true classic: Excalibur.

[Shadowpup]

Ice Flame, and Black Wand from the Vlad Taltos series.

The Heartbow.

Sting.

[prestidigitator]

Actually I rather like how Callandor from the Wheel of Time was done. Perhaps it is supposed to be Excalbur in a literary metaphoric sense, but anyway it is a pretty neat and in some ways unique twist. :)

And in a similar vein, the Sword of Truth (from the series of the same name) is an awesome construct.

[AmadanNaBriona]

Greyswander, Corwin's sword from the Amber Series.
Great call there...
I approve.

The Gae Bulga, Cuchulainn's spear that never misses and always kills its foe.

[Starwolf]

Mjolnir.... Wielded by.... :eg:

[JmOz]

Not Excalibur, but the sword of the stone (any who so pulls this sword from this stone shall be the rightful king of England)

[Blue Jogger]

Blackrazor, which of course was a ripoff of Stormbringer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormbringer).

It was a powerful sword that did extra damage, but you needed to keep feeding it or else you would be slowly drawn to find excuses to slake its thrist in combat. And if that didn't work, it would slowly feed on the caster. However, if it was quite sated, it would give you the dregs of the lifeforce stolen to keep you going.

Compared to everything else (in AD&D), it had an amazing history.

[Enforcer84]

Mjolnir
or
Stormbreaker


I tend to make fighters who use swords as those are cool And magic swords kick ****, but if I had my way I'd be laying the smack down with a returning engine of thrown smashy pulpy.

[Enforcer84]

This is one of my 'Wannabe' Mjolnirs.

Earth Mover is a heavily enchanted War Maul (Bigger than a warhammer).
It consists of an enchanted gold/adamantium head inlaid with dark stones (onyx, black saphires, black opals, obsidian, etc) also on the sides and top of the head are runes inlaid with silver. On the left side is the dwarven rune for "Earth" on the top, a giantish rune for "Strength" and on the right side, an elvish rune for "Mountain". The shaft is about three feet long, made of some nearly black hardwood wrapped in the tanned hide of an Earth Dragon. There is a dragon leather thong (*is that the right word?*) at the end.

The hammer is a powerful bit o magic:

Cost Power
30 Earth Mover: Multipower, 60-point reserve, (60 Active Points); all slots OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1)
3u 1) Delving: Tunneling 10" through 10 DEF material, Fill In (60 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1)
1u 2) Earthen Walls: Entangle 6d6, 6 DEF (60 Active Points); Only To Form Barriers (-1), Increased Endurance Cost (x3 END; -1), OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1)
2u 3) Earthmoving: Telekinesis (40 STR) (60 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1), Only Versus Earth/Rock (-1/2)
1u 4) Earthwave: Running +12" (18" total) (24 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Side Effect only affects the environment near the character; Ground beneith the character's feet takes 2d6k ; -1/2)
1u 5) Hammer Smash: Hand-To-Hand Attack +4d6 (20 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1), Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2)
2u 6) Thrown Hammer: Energy Blast 8d6 (40 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1)
2u 7) Tremors: Energy Blast 6d6, Only Does Knockdown, No Knockback (+0), Personal Immunity (+1/4), Explosion (+1/2) (52 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1), No Range (-1/2), Only Affects Grounded Targets (-1/4)
Earth Mover's Power, all slots OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1)
1 1) Sense of Time: Absolute Time Sense (3 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1), Only Underground (-1/2)
1 2) Sense of Direction: Bump Of Direction (3 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1), Only Underground (-1/2)
2 3) Tunnel Vision: Nightvision (5 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1), Only Underground (-1/2)
2 4) Thin/Stale Air Tolerance: Life Support (Expanded Breathing: Breath Underground) (5 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1)
7 5) Enchanted Weapon: +3 with OCV, Only with Attacks and Maneuvers involving Earth Mover (+0) (15 Active Points); OAF Durable (Enchanted War Maul; -1)
Powers Cost: 55

Obviously these are Champions stats. for fantasy hero more limitations are required and I'd drop the Earthwave and Perhaps drop the entire MP to 45 active points.

[prestidigitator]

Not Excalibur, but the sword of the stone (any who so pulls this sword from this stone shall be the rightful king of England)
Err...sorry, but that is Excalibur. :)

[Basil]

I'd certainly say "Farmer Giles of Ham" is fantasy. AEgidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (aka Farmer Giles) had a blunderbuss, so it counts as a fantasy weapon. I think I'll take one of those, thank you very much. :eg:

[Egyptoid]

http://www.sysabend.org/champions/elliott/Shebanigan.GIF
THE SHEBANIGAN

It appears as a normal katana in a decorated scabbard. When the Shebanigan is drawn from it's scabbard, it twists into whatever form it chooses. Roll a D30 on the charts below to determine exactly what comes out. not all forms have powers, and some are not beneficial.

D30 SHEBANIGAN !
1-2 Asian Weapons
3-4 Exotic Weapons
5-6 High-End Puppets
7-13 High-End Tools
14-20 High-End Weapons
21-22 Musical Instruments
23-24 Regular Puppets
25-26 Regular Tools
27-28 Scottish Weapons
29-30 Traditional Weapons

Somehow the Shebanigan functions as a small pocket purgatory, and certain strange souls are kept captive in it, and their souls manifest as small people on the handle, much like a puppet. They speak, are usually intelligent, and cannot be put back into the scabbard without a payment. They have skills which may be useful to the wielder, but not always....

[Curufea]

Err...sorry, but that is Excalibur. :)
No, it isn't. Excalibur came from the lady in the lake.

[Korvar]

No, it isn't. Excalibur came from the lady in the lake.

Well yes, and/or no.

There are two "Arthur gets his sword" legends - the Sword In The Stone, and The Lady Of The Lake. Both legends have become associated with Excalibur.

Wikipedia, which can be trusted in all things :sneaky: has an article on the subject (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur#Caliburn_to_Excalibur).

[Hisho]

My Favorite Fantasy Weapon?

The Sword Of Light from Slayers the series, this family hairloom of Gourry Gabriev is nice because it is one of the most powerfull swords in this world.

On the other side, Excalibur is a nice choice.

A note on Stormbringer and Mournblade, even as I like the 3 basic stories about Elric and his Sword I have to say I do not want to wield one of these two nasties. I do not even want to be on the same planet as these two, nor the same dimension. Stormbringer is a monster and only brings death and destruction to his wielder... nah! nothing I have on my wishlist

Ok, Stormbringers sense of humour is to my liking... these last words made me go :rolleyes: -> :D -> :ugly: -> :eg:

Normal weapons... well, I would like to take a warhammer/shield combo or punching daggers with armguards

[prestidigitator]

No, it isn't. Excalibur came from the lady in the lake.
The legend often has Excalibur entrusted by the Lady of the Lake to Merlin; he places it in the, "stone" (which takes different forms in different versions of the story) by Merlin long before it is Arthur's time to rule in order to prove Arthur's heritage when the time comes.

-- Merlin (my given name) :)

[Enforcer84]

...the legends I read had the Sword in the Stone break and Arthur getting Excalibur from the Lady in the Lake as a replacement.

[Frenchman]

Scimitar or Khopesh.

sorry ?! was that too obvious ?

... the Bone sword from Brotherhood of the Wolf.

And Flails - I love flails

[Korvar]

...the legends I read had the Sword in the Stone break and Arthur getting Excalibur from the Lady in the Lake as a replacement.

See, originally, the Sword-in-the-Stone was the "canon" origin. Then, the "Lady in the Lake" origin came about.

The first attempt to rationalise this had the SitS origin as "Britain-2", and LitL as "Britain-1", in Geoffrey of Monmouth's lost classic, "Arthur in Two Britains". The Lancelot-1 vs. Lancelot-2 conflict in the later "Crisis in Britain-2" has been acknowledged as one of the greatest legendary fights ever by contemporary scholars.

But the medieval peasants allegedly found this "confusing", so Monmouth eventually wrote "Crisis in Infinite Britains", which combined the two legends in one - the SitS sword broken and replaced by the LitL. Unfortunately, that manuscript has been lost, and only the companion "History of the Kings of Britain" - written to explain the new continuity - survives.

This also explains the various different "Robin of Sherwood" legends.

[Ura-Maru]

Greyswander, Corwin's sword from the Amber Series.

More importantly, it's also the best weapon in Nethack.

Double damage, AND it's made of silver. And halucination resistance. And Archeologists can specialize in it. What more could you reasonably want?

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"Ulch, that meat was tainted!"

[SteelDoom]

Sword Chucks!!!!

[CrosshairCollie]

The Sword of Omens.

If you're gonna pick an overpowered Deus Ex Machina, go for the gusto and snap up the sword that does anything and everything. ;)

[Basil]

See, originally, the Sword-in-the-Stone was the "canon" origin. Then, the "Lady in the Lake" origin came about.

The first attempt to rationalise this had the SitS origin as "Britain-2", and LitL as "Britain-1", in Geoffrey of Monmouth's lost classic, "Arthur in Two Britains". The Lancelot-1 vs. Lancelot-2 conflict in the later "Crisis in Britain-2" has been acknowledged as one of the greatest legendary fights ever by contemporary scholars.

But the medieval peasants allegedly found this "confusing", so Monmouth eventually wrote "Crisis in Infinite Britains", which combined the two legends in one - the SitS sword broken and replaced by the LitL. Unfortunately, that manuscript has been lost, and only the companion "History of the Kings of Britain" - written to explain the new continuity - survives.

This also explains the various different "Robin of Sherwood" legends.
:rofl::lol:
Repped!
:lol::rofl:

[Basil]

So long as it isn't Kring the sword (The Colour of Magic). A talking sword is all well and good, unless it won't shut up!

[Black Omega]

Nice to see some love for the Vlad Taltos weapons.

Black Wand is my favorite, hands down. "Death in the form of a sword" indeed.

[Old Man]

The Sword of Omens.

If you're gonna pick an overpowered Deus Ex Machina, go for the gusto and snap up the sword that does anything and everything. ;)

Might as well throw in the Sun Sword, the Starsword, and He-Man's sword and complete the Hanna-Barbera armory.

[Rage]

Nice to see some love for the Vlad Taltos weapons.

Black Wand is my favorite, hands down. "Death in the form of a sword" indeed.
I liked seeing the lady teldra being formed. Now that was the coolest weapon forging story ever.

[Vondy]

Wolvesbane from Blue Moon Rising. It was creepy.

[Markdoc]

So long as it isn't Kring the sword (The Colour of Magic). A talking sword is all well and good, unless it won't shut up!


Our GM took a tip from this. My starting character (Fonographix the bard) joined a more experienced adventurer (Hengeist the Paladin) as his trusty sidekick and he gave me magcal flaming sword.

me: "Gosh! Just starting my adventuring career and already I have a phat magic sword!"

It was actually a cool weapon, but I soon found out why I got it. It *would*not* shut up. Not long after, we encountered 4 trolls, and since we were in a hurry to go somewhere else, we simply tried to sneak round them. Hah - fat chance. As soon as the sword worked out what was going on...

"Hey! What are you doing? Those are trolls. I'm a flame sword. I was MADE to kill trolls. You can't pass this up! HEY TROLLS!! WE'RE OVER HERE!! WE'RE GONNA KICK YOUR BUTTS...etc"

We did survive (barely) but afterwards I had a talk with my prized magic sword along the lines of "Hey, flamesword. How'd you like to spend the next couple of centuries at the bottom of a deep cold lake?"

It was an irritating presence, but I have to admit it was one of my favourite fantasy weapons. :D


cheers, Mark

[sbarron]

I realize its probably too widely known now to be really kewl, but I always really liked the sound of "Glamdring, the Foe-Hammer."

[Shadowpup]

I realize its probably too widely known now to be really kewl, but I always really liked the sound of "Glamdring, the Foe-Hammer."

Nothing wrong with that, I said I like Sting...

[Cancer]

The Holy Hand Grenade.

[Curufea]

..of Antioch
:)

[Ura-Maru]

Nothing wrong with that, I said I like Sting...


By the way . . .

I don't know if I mentioned this . . .

but . . .

"I WILL KILL HIM!!"

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Oh, wait. The other thing.

[Curufea]

The Emperor's own blade? Or the poison needle on the hip.
Either way, they are no match for a Crysknife.

Peter "Keeper of obscure scifi movie/book trivia and stealer of Keith's schtick for this one line" Cobcroft

[Shadowpup]

The Emperor's own blade? Or the poison needle on the hip.
Either way, they are no match for a Crysknife.


ooh....good one. Not exactly fantasy but good one.

Shadow "He has a knife in his arm." pup

[Ura-Maru]

Hey, they show up in Nethack, they can legally be described as fantasy. :)


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+3 to hit, and d10 damage! I am become the Healer of death!

[Thia Halmades]

I was going to point this out but someone beat me to it. Excalibur is an idea, more than anything else. That's why Arthur has two of them (the first he draws from the Stone, the second he gets from the Lady of the Lake) but when he gets the second no mention is made of the first, both of which mark him as the King of the Britons. That's what Excalibur was really about. I took a class on it. :D I took... a lot of classes on it. So.

Eh... favorite fantasy weapons. Yearm.

Holy Avenger, +2 Longsword, +5 in the hands of a Paladin, Dispel Magic 1/day I think in the old school version. Yes. I never once had a Paladin with one of these. Pity.

The Agiel was insanely nasty, and most certainly qualifies as a "weapon." Albeit a non-traditional one (Sword of Truth series).

*ponders* Most of the good ones I liked I either created myself or made interesting elsewhere. I don't read much fantasy anymore, so other than the blades from LotR, I'm not up on my possible options. I remember the Agiel extremely well because I think my ex-fiance wished she had one, but that's about it.

[Lord Liaden]

Might as well throw in the Sun Sword, the Starsword, and He-Man's sword and complete the Hanna-Barbera armory.

IIRC, none of these were from Hannah-Barbera series. The Sun Sword was from Thundarr the Barbarian (by Ruby-Spears), the Starsword and its other half the Power Sword were from Blackstar, while He-Man was of course from Masters of the Universe (both series by Filmation). Can't remember who did the Sword of Omens and Thundercats, though.

I tend to like my fantasy high-powered, so weapons of that caliber naturally attract me. Stormbringer probably ranks as my favorite, not just for power but for all the wonderful story complications that arise from it. (I agree that I wouldn't want to own it, though.) :angst: The Marvel comic version of Mjolnir holds the place in my heart as coolest magical weapon ever. :love: And while its underlying premise is more science fictional, the trappings of C.J. Cherryh's "Morgaine" series much more resemble fantasy. On that basis I have to give place of honor to her terrible sword Changeling.

BTW Michael Surbrook has HERO writeups for a number of legendary/fictional weapons, including several mentioned on this thread, on his website, here (http://surbrook.devermore.net/herosource/enchantedweapons.html).

[AlHazred]

I still like the idea of my dimensional-nomad swordsman character in a high-powered game, who fought with a lightsaber in one hand, and Stormbringer in the other. :D

Actually, the Sommerswerd from the Lone Wolf adventure gamebooks was cool in a number of ways. And it wasn't even the most lethal weapon you could find, but it was the most mythic.

[DEFCON Clown]

Both of my favorite weapons come from the Chronicles of Amber.
I love Frakir, Merlin's semi-sentient strangling cord and his father's sword, Greyswandir.

[Shadowpup]

The Blade Cuisinart

[Bik Britelite]

Well I have to admit I am amazed that I haven't seen any references to the sword from Highlander. It may not be my favorite weapon, but the movie holds a special place in my heart, as I imagine it does in many others.

Going along with "un-named" fantasy weapons, the greatsword that Rutger Hower uses in Ladyhawk is also another favorite, but again, its more the movie and all the parts together that make it cool. (Fresian horse, armor, repeating crossbow, Michelle Pfeiffer :love:)

[Old Man]

Which Highlander sword--the katana, MacLeod's original claymore, or the Kurgan's suitcase greatsword?

If we want to go into mundane swords, then both Conan's father's sword and the Atlantean sword he found in the crypt must qualify.

[Shadowpup]

The Spear from Dragonslayer.

[lapsedgamer]

Does anyone remember that cheesys 80s fantasy movie The Sword and the Sorcerer? The hero had a sword with three blades mounted in parallel, and he could launch two of them like missiles. Not a favorite just a little nostalgia for the true cheese of the 80s.

[Starwolf]

Does anyone remember that cheesys 80s fantasy movie The Sword and the Sorcerer? The hero had a sword with three blades mounted in parallel, and he could launch two of them like missiles. Not a favorite just a little nostalgia for the true cheese of the 80s.

That's the one I was talking about when I started this thread.

Another good one was the Sword of Turin from "The Beastmaster".

[Curufea]

Speaking of dimensions - there's Uther Doul's really nifty "Possibility Sword" from The Scar

[AmadanNaBriona]

Gotta give some props to the Hand of Kwll and the Eye of Rhynn as well.
Corum has always been one of my favorite Eternal Champions

[Old Man]

The Subtle Knife is another interesting one, though perhaps not for combat ability.

[Basil]

The glass dagger from What Good Is a Glass Dagger was quite interesting, though not a combat weapon. ;)

[csyphrett]

The thundercats were done by Rankin Bass, the same people who brought Frosty the Snowman to life.

I liked all their weapons even if the Sword of Omens was over the top.

"I'm stuck in a well. Get help, Sword of Omens."
CES

[Curufea]

The glass dagger from What Good Is a Glass Dagger was quite interesting, though not a combat weapon. ;)
However, the glass daggers in Snowcrash were...

[Bik Britelite]

However, the glass daggers in Snowcrash were...


:rofl: That was the first thing I thought about too! Dantana (sp?) BADDDDD! :eek:


Which Highlander sword--the katana, MacLeod's original claymore, or the Kurgan's suitcase greatsword?

I was thinking the Katana, but the Kurgans was neat as well.

[Shadowpup]

However, the glass daggers in Snowcrash were...

heehee...i made one of those in my glass class.

[Bik Britelite]

heehee...i made one of those in my glass class.


But was the edge one molecule thick? :think:

[Shadowpup]

But was the edge one molecule thick? :think:

Glass is supposedly able to have the sharpest edge out of all real cutting surfaces.

I thought only gold was able to hold together at one molecule thickness. Gold makes for a crappy blade.

[Bik Britelite]

Glass is supposedly able to have the sharpest edge out of all real cutting surfaces.

I thought only gold was able to hold together at one molecule thickness. Gold makes for a crappy blade.



The hell if I know. :D I just thought that the book said his knives were that thin, hence the sharpness. But it was a LONG time ago when I read that book. I think I was in college back then.

[Curufea]

BTW, I heard recently that glass is NOT a liquid. Which really modified how I viewed it. There are many example of ancient glass that has NOT flowed down. The few examples where the base is thicker have been exceptions of bad glass creation/blowing.

Anyhow, the daggers in Snowcrash were armoured glass, or one of the stronger than normal glasses.

[AlHazred]

Let's not forget Terminus Est from the New Urth series by Gene Wolf. Sure, it's an executioner's sword, but it's still an interesting weapon, and has the coolest tagline of any sword I've read about.

[CDad]

Lots of great ideas for magical weapons!

For mundane weapons, I had a dwarf that carried a Pick/Hammer, AP on one side, +1 STUN on the other. Whack 'em with the handle for N damage. Dang, I miss playing FH.

[Twilight]

I have to say, Excalibur and Durandal would definetly have to top the list.

The sword Albion from the Robin in Sherwood series of the early to mid nineties was pretty good too. Had an interesting look with the runes on the blade and you gotta love a sword that punishes people for trying to use it against you.

[Ockham's Spoon]

For mundane weapons, the sword is classic of course, but I have also always had a love of chain weapons like the kusari; in the hands of a skilled weilder they are so versatile, so graceful.

For pop-culture weapon (and I know this is horribly cheesy) but as a kid I loved that magic bow that the ranger had in that Saturday morning D&D cartoon; easy to carry, don't have to string it, never runs out of arrows, what every archer wants.

For magic weapons I have used in gaming, my favorites have been:

Spectral Darts: 1d6 RKA NND Does BDY AoE Line, 6 charges. Just throw it and it keeps going right through every opponent in its flight path.

Assassin Gloves: 1½d6 HKA, Invisible Power Effects, 0 END, with +2 Levels to any action using hands.

Living Kusari: 1d6+1 HKA, 5 Shot Autofire, 0 END, with 4" Stretching and +3 Levels. Here the Autofire allows the weilder to do impressive Sweep manuevers without the DCV penalty.

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"The most powerful weapon on the planet is a rear view mirror?" - Tom Servo from Cave Dwellers

[Roland]

Durendal, obviously.

[Hisho]

I finaly found a fantasy weapon I want,

Lula the sword form Dave the Babarian... I so love her sarcasm :D

oh and I wonder why has nobody mentioned the famous artifact with a lot of pop-culture reference

The Lance of Longinus, after all, if they are right about this piece you can't loose if you possess this thing. (Ok, somewhere else, I don't remember where I have read that it also brings some kind of bad luck with it)

[Curufea]

Possibly an irresistable urge to stab messiahs whenever you come across them?
:)

[lapsedgamer]

That's the one I was talking about when I started this thread.

Another good one was the Sword of Turin from "The Beastmaster".
You were. Sorry, I didn't look far back enough into the thread. I'm surprised anyone else remembered that movie. Along with Hawk the Slayer and The Beastmaster, it holds a special place in the history of cheese cinema.

[CDad]

You were. Sorry, I didn't look far back enough into the thread. I'm surprised anyone else remebered that movie. Along with Hawk the Slayer and The Beastmaster, it holds a special place in the history of cheese cinema.

Don't forget Ator, with the giant spider (with visible strings). All I can say is ugh (and that I didn't pay for the ticket).

[Hisho]

Possibly an irresistable urge to stab messiahs whenever you come across them?
:)

:D If I remeber it most of the people who ended up having the lance in their possesion ended up dead, most often as a martyr.

Longinus himself was cured of blindness, became christian and then suffered by the hands of some cruel king or landlord, this guy after killing Longinus also became christian and as far as I remember suffered a similar fate.

(the only problem I have with this story is the fact that in this case Longinus was a blind legionear that stabed jesus in the side. Well, so the roman army had some blind people in their ranks, mhm... :rolleyes: Ok, this could always be a metaphor so, whatever.)

I can't remember where I read these informations so I can't say it is the true story of the lance (as far as you can speak about the truth in the case of myths)

[Rage]

I always loved Snaga of Druss the legend fame, and, while we're at it, Waylanders double cross bow.

[Manic Typist]

Sword Chucks!!!!

Stabbity death ensues!

[Zeropoint]

It may not be my absolute favorite, but Yukito Kishiro's manga Aqua Knight introduces . . .

Originally posted by Tagmec, Knight of Parca
Muertogara--the iron claw of the dead.
. . .
The sword of Parca will cut any metal forged in the world of the living. And if you drive that blade into the ground and call my name . . . a gate to Parca shall open and I will bring my army of the dead to your aid. However, the gate can be opened but once every hundred days.

The weapon appears as a shortsword made of a single piece of metal. The blade is very thick (about an inch!) and quite wide, polished to a bright finish. The crossguard and grip seem black and corroded, with the crossguard looking vaguely like the silhouette of a skull with bony fingers protruding sideways, with the grip continuing the skeletal motif.

The sword has the ability to change shape, although this only happens once in the story, and it maintains the general "look", remaining quite recognizable as the same weapon.

It does indeed have the ability to cut through any mortal metal, and at one point when dropped, embeds itself point-first six or more inches into a stone floor.

Zeropoint

[Old Man]

Don't forget Ator, with the giant spider (with visible strings). All I can say is ugh (and that I didn't pay for the ticket).

So for cheese we have:

Ator
Hawk the Slayer
The Beastmaster
The Barbarian Brothers
Legend (with Tom Cruise™!!)

Did I miss any?

Oh, and has anyone mentioned the indestructible sword Green Destiny yet?

[Shadowpup]

I ashamed that I cannot recall the names of the weapons from George RR Martin's books. Except Ice.

[Old Man]

Ice, which eventually became Oathkeeper, its twin Widow's Wail, Jon's sword Longclaw, Stannis' lightsaber Lightbringer, Needle, and the one wielded by one of the Ironborn kings in AFFC whose name I can't remember.

[Basil]

It does indeed have the ability to cut through any mortal metal, and at one point when dropped, embeds itself point-first six or more inches into a stone floor.

Zeropoint
Sounds something like Carrot's sword from Men at Arms. Now there's a weapon worth having!

[Old Man]

There's always He-Man's sword, which was incapable of actually cutting anything but worked very well as a shield and lightning rod.

[Zeropoint]

Oh, and Muertogara doesn't seem to weigh nearly as much as it ought to based on its volume.

Actually, that seems to be a common property of fantasy weapons. Cloud's Buster Sword, for instance, would be too heavy to swing around even if it were foamed aluminum.

[Shadowpup]

Mica's Barstool.

[Markdoc]

Oh, and Muertogara doesn't seem to weigh nearly as much as it ought to based on its volume.

Actually, that seems to be a common property of fantasy weapons. Cloud's Buster Sword, for instance, would be too heavy to swing around even if it were foamed aluminum.

Oh that's easy - magic weapons don't take the STR min limitation. Thus they can be outrageously huge - and also much more dangerous than conventional weapons, since you get to add all the STR you have.

Cheers, Mark

[Curufea]

It becomes even more ludicrous if you watch Advent Children.
Just treat that as "all the named characters have so much experience that they are superheroes"

[DangerousDan]

I got the idea for this thread from the thread on favorite Sci-Fi weapons started by Alhazred.

So what is your favorite fantasy weapon?

I'll start by throwing out the Tri-Sword used by Talon in "The Sword and the Sorceror".

It was a 3 bladed hand and a half sword that could cut through most anything, and the wielder could fire the two outer blades with enough force to skewer an armored man and pin him to a stone wall. It also held a hidden dagger in the pommel of the sword.

Among my favorites: Death's sword in Terry Pratchet's Diskworld series.

In a previous game, I allowed PCs to have at one time or another, one Oblivion grenade (when it goes off: a 300 foot diameter hemisphere disappears), and a knife forged by a weaponsmith god, which could cut through anything, but still did an ordinary amount of damage to NPCs.

btw: there is a scene in the "Sword and the Sorcerer" in which a galvanized steel highway guardrail is visible behind Talon's horse.

[Erkenfresh]

Ice, which eventually became Oathkeeper, its twin Widow's Wail, Jon's sword Longclaw, Stannis' lightsaber Lightbringer, Needle, and the one wielded by one of the Ironborn kings in AFFC whose name I can't remember.

Sam Tarly's dad owns Heartsbane. Beyond that, I can't remember any of the other named weapons in Martin's books. Oathkeeper is my favorite and Brienne knows how to handle it. "I should have used the magic sword".

And of course any sword wielded by Jaime is probably the best until he puts it down. ;) (Before the Bloody Mummers incident at least).

[Intrope]

The krill of Loric, from the Covenant Chronicles. Which is somewhat amusing, since in 6 books (it wasn't in the first volume) we've never know what the krill actually is for, or what it actually does.

[JmOz]

A couple from my game

Dagger of the Magi, a fairly common (Ok very common) magic weapon that is 1d6 HKA, may be thrown, having one qualifies as a DF (easily concealed), not that impressive right? Well the sorcerers in the world love them for it's secondary power +2 to spellcasting

Alchemy darts: Imagine a dart with a syringe as it's body, alchemest can fill it with any kind of potion then throw and inject it into an enemy...

[steph]

sting (bilbo and frodo sword)
stef

[LordGhee]

The Blood Guard.

[SirWilliam]

I always liked Blazetongue, Bar, and Red Pilgrim from the Coramonde series.

[prestidigitator]

D&D's Sunblades actually hold a certain amount of endearment and nostalgia for me for some reason....

[AmadanNaBriona]

Gram, Sword of the Volsungs.
Broken by Gungdnir, spear of Odin
Inherited by Sigurd
Reforged by Regin the cunning
the Bane of Fafnir

[Basil]

Among my favorites: Death's sword in Terry Pratchet's Diskworld series.
I don't remember Death ever having a sword, though I could be wrong.

He's better known for his scythe. Which is a heck of a weapon--cuts candle flames (not the wick, the flame) and slices words in half.

Yeah, that'd be a neat weapon---once you learned to deal with such a clumsy thing. Having used a scythe (to cut grass, not hit people) I can tell you it is very clumsy, and takes a lot of practice to use it.

[LordGhee]

What happen to Gram?

[Curufea]

The sword was for Kings. It appeared in Mort.

[AmadanNaBriona]

What happen to Gram?
Well, without my full reference library to check I can't be sure, but the version of the story of the Volsungs I have handy desn't mention Gram again by name after Sigurd uses it to strike his murderer in twain. Presumably, it was accorded a place of honor among his wargear when he was burned at his funeral.

[AmadanNaBriona]

The sword was for Kings. It appeared in Mort.
It also played a prominent role in the Hogfather, as part of Mr Teatime's contingincy plan to kill Death.

[Vanguard00]

Late to the party, of course, but some of my faves:

Excalibur
Elb, the Heartbow
Stormbringer
Anduril
Sting
From AD&D, the magic hammer "Dwarven Thrower" (always a fondness for some reason)
Just about any of the weapons from the old D&D cartoon. Those were tres cool.

[Wilfred_Death]

King Monkey's Staff from the Book and series "Monkey",
Which was apparently an Iron Short Stave
With something like : "This Stave weighs 5000 pounds" written on the side...

Not really Fantasy but:
Vash The Stampede's gun that was part of his arm... drilled a hole in the moon....

Itto Ogami's BabyCart .....

Waylanders' over and under CrossBow.

Ulysses' / Odysseus' Strength Modified Bow.......

The Possessed Tank from "Those who Hunt Elves"

The Disintegrator Gun From "Angry Beavers" ....
'You sure you know how to use a disentegrator gun?', 'Yeh' - Holds By barrel and uses as a large club...

Any of the various forms of 'The Black Sword' ie Strombringer and et al.
from Moorcock's Eternal Champion series..

Jon Shannow's Revolvers....

The Sentient hunting Balls from the Phantasm Series.

........

[Vanguard00]

Waylanders' over and under CrossBow.

Yeah, me too.

I knew there was a crossbow in there somewhere. I just couldn't remember where.

[Enforcer84]

If any of you have ever played Valkyrie Profile (yea Thia, I'm looking at you)
Many great weapons are in that game, and one of the cool(or agrivating) things is that some of the most effective weapons were not indestructible. I don't know how many times I rebooted the damn game because Arngrim's Dragon Slayer broke...

But a nice sword from that game was the demon blade Levantine.