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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corvidae" data-source="post: 2950106" data-attributes="member: 29891">Starwind, sword of the elvesThis is but the first of the powerful weapons devised using clay_more's weapons crafting system.Long ago, almost too long to remember, even for the memories of the elves, the sword did not hang in the hall of crafting, but rather on the belt of one of the greatest of the noble houses.  Here is the story of Starrora Starwind in the common tongue.The heads of the noble houses commisioned the greatest elven smith to ever live Ashra Earthsteel to create a sword for use against the enemies of the elves.  Remember, this was at a time, when men were like the sons of gods, and their enemies equivalent to the most powerful dragons of our age.  Ashra was no ordinary smith, but given powers by the very god of smithing, to create and forge items that would endure for ages.  In this ashra took his greatest achievements, to create items that would be used as models for the rest of the elven race.  Gates and thrones, crowns and chests, Ashra fashioned, and none could match his skill.  So it was to this smith that the heads of the elven houses commisioned a weapon, a weapon that would use the skills of the elves, and bring low the enemies of the elven people.  For 50 years Ashra worked, laboring with blade after blade, discarding batch after batch of Cloudsilver as too weak.  He studied for hours before each hammer blow, making each blow a work of art in itself.  Ashra himself prayed to the gods of the elves and the god of smiths to imbue the alabaster that he worked into the frame with their protection and their power.  And finally, it was finished, the blade that would be worthy of the greatest of elves.  So Ashra presented it to a noble woman, in fact, the one that Ashra was meant to marry.  Inuee Brightstar was to carry starwind, the weapon of elfdom.  Ashra gave it to her as a dowry, claiming, rightfully so, that she was the greatest warrior the elves knew, and so was the only worthy weilder of the sword.  However, before the wedding of these two paragons of elfdom, Inuee was called to deliver an elven village from an attack by an ancient dragon.  Inuee rushed forth to battle, confident in the power of her, and in the power of her new blade.  However, things did not work as planned.  Trading blows Inuee and the dragon were at a stand still, until the fateful moment, the dragon struck with all of its might, and the blade snapped.  Inuee lay in a pool of blood, broken by the dragons blow.  Ashra came upon her body, and believing that he had somehow forged a weakness into the blade fell upon the cracked sword, killing himself.  The other smiths took the blade reverently and hung it in the hall of crafting, as a sign to all smiths for all time what their work can do.  It can bring life back to the elven people, or be the destruction of goodness.  Starwind-Cloud silverElf epic craftsmanshipGem socketImbued AlabasterBloodstoneThe wielder of starwind gains a +2 to their dexterity score when wielding starwindThe wielder uses their dexterity score rather than their strength score for determining their attack bonusEach successful strike deals +1d6 electricity damageThe wielder gains a +2 bonus to dexterity while wielding starwind (from the alabaster)The wielder gains a +4 bonus to initiative while wielding starwindWhen the wielder deals damage to a living opponent, the wielder heals 2 points of damageThe weapon also contains these flaws in its current formCracked- the weapon suffers a -4 to attack rolls and deals damage as a weapon two sizes smaller.Intelligent- Ashra's spirit now possesses the blade fighting anyone who trys to wield it.  The weapon has the scores Int 21, Wis 6, Cha 18.  The  blade is slightly insane due to the extreme circumstances that it became intelligent and the guilt involved.   Ashra now believes that the blade is irreperably flawed, and is one of the least worthy of elven weapons, even to exist.  He will only allow an elf to weild it if the elf promises to destroy the blade.  The blade originally cost15 gp for a longsword300 gp for adding masterwork36,000 for the imbued alabaster25,000 for the bloodstone10,000 for the cloudsilverfor a total of 71,315 gpand has the current delays to crafting time+400% for elf epic craftsmanship+100% for cloudsilver+100% for gemsocketsfor a total of +600% crafting timeThe DC is 14 for a longsword+8 for elf epic craftsmanship+3 for gemsockets+4 for cloudsilverfor a total of 29A smith with the same skills against the same DC as the original would be needed to repair the crack and it would take half of the original crafting time.  It would take 18 days of work and beating a DC of 29In addition to this, one would have to convince the spirit of Ashra that the sword is not worthless and deserves to be restored.  They would also have to come up with 1 lb of cloudsilver.   Adventure hooks-  An elf noble wants to take starwind from the hall of crafting and house it in his personal collection. Doing so however, would mean stealing from the elven hall of crafting, so he must find someway, or someone to do the deed for him.  One of the aspiring young smiths in the hall of crafting noticed something while studying starwind.  The young smith noticed a small black mark, near the crack, somehow, the blade had been sabotaged, and the cracking had nothing to do with Ashra's handiwork. However, none of the other elf smiths believe himAn elf noble family discovers that one of their ancestors left record in his diary of sabotaging the elf blade in order to be rid of Inuee, his greatest rival.  The family is now divided over whether they should come clean with their ancestors actions, or destroy the blade and be rid of the stain on their honor.Although Ashra and Inuee did not get married, their families blood was mixed in a wedding at a much later date.  Now the final descendent of that line has learned of Starwind, and wishes to wield the blade and fulfill his family's destiny.  But to do so, the blade must be repaired.Hope you enjoyJohn</blockquote>

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