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<blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 5313102" data-attributes="member: 1129">Inspired in party by the wish list topic and my blog of many moons ago speaking about the Blade Itself, I noted:&quot;This is better,&quot; said Logen. It was a simple, solid-looking sword, in a scabbard of weathered brown leathers. &quot;Oh yes indeed. Much, much better. That blade is the work of Kanedias, the Master Maker himself.&quot;...&quot;Consider it a gift. My thanks for your good manners. (pg. 151-152)The idea of a character getting a powerful weapon as a gift is often frowned upon in many games. After all, if they didn't earn it, what good is it? But if you look at some famous examples, like King Arthur, pulling the sword from the stone didn't exactly require the squire to go and do battle. Peter Morwood wrote a series, The Book of Years, that started off with the Horselord. The main character there is given a gift of a fine sword whose blade has to be continuously refitted to new hilts as the old ones wear away, the Widowmaker. If you don't like the idea of powerful weapons and items just happening to be in a monsters lair, go the opposite route. Have these items become gifts to those that the ones already in power wish to befriend. Have them become gifts that are 'fated' to be used by the character. After all, owning a nifty magical weapon and mastering it are not quite one and the same as the Sword Bearer by Glen Cook finds out. Opinions?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JoeGKushner, post: 5313102, member: 1129"] Inspired in party by the wish list topic and my blog of many moons ago speaking about the Blade Itself, I noted: "This is better," said Logen. It was a simple, solid-looking sword, in a scabbard of weathered brown leathers. "Oh yes indeed. Much, much better. That blade is the work of Kanedias, the Master Maker himself."..."Consider it a gift. My thanks for your good manners. (pg. 151-152) The idea of a character getting a powerful weapon as a gift is often frowned upon in many games. After all, if they didn't earn it, what good is it? But if you look at some famous examples, like King Arthur, pulling the sword from the stone didn't exactly require the squire to go and do battle. Peter Morwood wrote a series, The Book of Years, that started off with the Horselord. The main character there is given a gift of a fine sword whose blade has to be continuously refitted to new hilts as the old ones wear away, the Widowmaker. If you don't like the idea of powerful weapons and items just happening to be in a monsters lair, go the opposite route. Have these items become gifts to those that the ones already in power wish to befriend. Have them become gifts that are 'fated' to be used by the character. After all, owning a nifty magical weapon and mastering it are not quite one and the same as the Sword Bearer by Glen Cook finds out. Opinions? [/QUOTE]

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