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Fragarach and the Swords of Answering
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Thurbane said:
Its alignment wasn't mentioned, but seeing as Thrommel gives it to one of the PCs as a gift (as a reward for finding Fragarach for him), it seems unlikely to be evil. Unless Thrommel was very confused, that is. Which is possible: he was rather groggy.
The "original" Fragarach, Thrommel's own sword identified elsewhere as the Answerer, is listed as CG in the module, but as Thrommel is a paladin that seems likely to be a typo.
If I can indulge in a flight of fancy, maybe Fragarach the Answerer was found by Kelanen in the same tomb in Pelion that Orcus later found the Last Word in. Alien gods are supposed to have created that place, after all, and the name Fragarach is supposed to mean Final Word.
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dagger
Adventurer
From the Unearthed Arcana:
"Sword, Broad, “Final Word” Type is a very rare item -only nine of
these blades are known to exist. Each is patterned after the legendary
broadsword Fragarach (which means “final word” in the tongue of
the ancient Oeridians). Each of these weapons is thought to have a
differing alignment, but in all other respects each is alike. If a creature
of an alignment different from that of the sword attempts to wield it in
battle, the weapon has no bonuses. In the hands of a creature of like
alignment, the sword becomes a + 3 blade which always strikes last
in any round, but which will strike unerringly and do damage to any opponent
that struck at the wielder earlier in the same round, regardless
of whether the opponent(s) successfully hit the wielder, up to the
wielder’s allowable number of attacks per round. (Of course, since
the weapon is a + 3 blade, opponents immune to weapons of less
than + 4 value will not be harmed.) Each of these swords has a gem of
10,000 gp value set in its pommel, and each gem is different in type
from all the others. Each sword also bears an identifying name; the
nine appellations are “Answerer,” “Back-talker,” “Concluder,” “Lastquip,”
“Rebutter,” “Replier,” “Retorter,” “Scather,” and “Squelcher.”"
"Sword, Broad, “Final Word” Type is a very rare item -only nine of
these blades are known to exist. Each is patterned after the legendary
broadsword Fragarach (which means “final word” in the tongue of
the ancient Oeridians). Each of these weapons is thought to have a
differing alignment, but in all other respects each is alike. If a creature
of an alignment different from that of the sword attempts to wield it in
battle, the weapon has no bonuses. In the hands of a creature of like
alignment, the sword becomes a + 3 blade which always strikes last
in any round, but which will strike unerringly and do damage to any opponent
that struck at the wielder earlier in the same round, regardless
of whether the opponent(s) successfully hit the wielder, up to the
wielder’s allowable number of attacks per round. (Of course, since
the weapon is a + 3 blade, opponents immune to weapons of less
than + 4 value will not be harmed.) Each of these swords has a gem of
10,000 gp value set in its pommel, and each gem is different in type
from all the others. Each sword also bears an identifying name; the
nine appellations are “Answerer,” “Back-talker,” “Concluder,” “Lastquip,”
“Rebutter,” “Replier,” “Retorter,” “Scather,” and “Squelcher.”"
victorysaber
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When I first heard of Fragarach (in the Temple of Elemental Evil CRPG), I honestly thought it was a pun on "frag", "Frag"arach.
Oops.
Oops.
cignus_pfaccari
First Post
victorysaber said:
Hey, I thought it was a corruption of "Fraggle Rock."
Brad
Evilhalfling
Adventurer
Thurbane said:
yeah Thurbane had the better list
Im mean comon' Last-quip is a LN blade? Please.
Jason Zehnder
First Post
From "Critical Threats, Dantalion Dark Champion of the Sword Lord". Dungeon. TSR (106): 52–53. Jan 2004.
