Strolen's Citadel: Quest - What Makes a Weapon Magic

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Quest - What Makes a Weapon Magic

What Makes a Weapon magic?

And for that matter, what makes any item magic?

What imbues our swords with supernatural cleaving abilities?

Who allows our maces to smash through stone?

Why do our spears hum with bloodlust?

Where does one find this wondrous font of MAGIC?

How exactly are these weapons created?

Well? Now we will find out! We invite you to join Strolen's Winter Quest! Each entry will be awarded an additional 10XP!

The winners will be chosen in the first weeks of the coming New Year. Be the first 'winner' of 2008! For easy reference and further detail see the What Makes a Weapon Magic submission by one of our esteemed authors, MichaelJotneSlayer. Good Luck to All!

Quest Winners

	Name	Title	Type	XP
	Kassil	Nightfall by: Kassil Most weapons of legend are made in the days of legend; Nightfall is an exception, birthed in violence and vengeance.	Items Ranged Weapons Cursed	465^xp
	Dozus	The Celestial Gavel by: Dozus "O Victorious Maul, send down your fury! O Hammer of Justice, bring Dalraaen's law! O Weapon of Righteousness, cast out the unlawful!" - Magistrate Archivinus Kelstori, Ode to the Gavel With the patronage of Dalraaen, this heavenly mace is the focus of the Magisterium's strongest order. Its darker roots, however, are hidden even to its wielders, and its very existance threatens the world.	Items Melee Weapons Magical	320^xp

Official Submissions 7

Name	Title	Type	XP
valadaar	Elvish Songblades by: valadaar A wonderous weapon bearing the power and grace of the elvish people...	Items Melee Weapons Magical	205
CaptainPenguin	The Fatal Sword by: CaptainPenguin This blade is one of the fabled Fatal Swords of antiquity, the metal of the blade folded one-million times.	Items Melee Weapons Combat	205
epsilon	Serivemn by: epsilon Like magic Methnik's sword passed through that of his foes....All too late, the blade was at his neck, it burnt, stinging like acid, it slivered through skin and muscle. Methnik crumpled to his knees, then to the floor, his eyes greyed over and he heard faint words, maybe those of his foe? 'Your last lesson in this life. Your teacher? A Serivemn'	Items Melee Weapons Combat	100
Scrasamax	Spirit of the Steel by: Scrasamax A methodology for the magic behind the magic weapon.	Systems Mystical General	190
Siren no Orakio	Legacy of Hatred by: Siren no Orakio An otherwise simple spear, the dread blade of Hatred brings rot and decay to all it strikes, be it armour, body, or soul.	Items Melee Weapons Villanous	215
manfred	Winter's Talons by: manfred The wicked claw of the Hollow Woods, you would be wise to avoid their feared archers...	Items Ranged Weapons Magical	180
Cheka Man	Sigil Swords by: Cheka Man The famed Sigil Swords were a great help to the naval forces of those who served Big Red, and their magic would only serve their owners, much to the anger of the Admirals of the De Madden Company.	Items Melee Weapons Magical	170

Quest Submissions 3

Name	Title	Type	XP
Strolen	Sidjir Towers by: Strolen Sid and Jir were childhood friends growing up in the same town on the ocean. Both creative geniuses, both with the need to be better than the other. Many will tell you that this friendship created their genius while others realized, in hindsight, that it spelled the lands doom.	Locations Fortification Any	205^xp
Darkornyx	Fo Derarer Agger by: Darkornyx Fo Derarer Agger / The Conqueror Armor	Items Armor Heroic	120^xp
Moonlake	Shuang Gu Jian (Double Branched Sword) by: Moonlake A legendary weapon for my Dragon Empire setting, inspired by an actual weapon that existed in Chinese history	Items Melee Weapons Combat	125^xp