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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 127877" data-attributes="member: 2020">I most certainly did, Mr Draco.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  By the way, ever wonder why the Sword of Kas gave the Union of Oerth that 100 PL?  Here's why.  It acts as a massively powerful negative energy cannon, with unlimited use.  A single blast from it will rocket miles through the atmosphere without losing any of it's virulence.  It will kill everything over an area of 100 feet in diameter with each hit.  Living things, including humans, will wither into blackened husks instantly (no saving throw), and the ground will become as sterile as Terra's moon.  Armor and defensive spells are no protection, except for a few powerful 9th level defensive spells, and 10th level magic.  Red Steel also is not a protection (it will be destroyed by the hit), and high tech defenses are not effective.  Repeated hits of negative energy will eviscerate soil, turning it to deadly negative vapors, while rock will blacken, crumble, and slump into black goo.  Given an entire day to do it, the Sword of Kas, firing once per round (10 times per 2nd edition round) could reduce a mountain the size of Mount Everest to a pile of black goo.  The Sword of Kas is evil, of course, and prefers evil users, and likes to be used to commit evil acts.  If the user is not evil, he is welcome to use the Sword of Kas anyways.  But if the Sword of Kas is used by a good person for noble and good purposes, it has this tendency to become enraged and misfire when used by that person (you know, the way a gun misfires and kills the person firing it?)  The Sword of Kas remains unharmed, sitting in the black goo that used to be it's good and noble wielder.  Oh yes, I almost forget - the Sword of Kas will cut through any known armor or magical defenses.  Trying to parry it with a weapon, even one of + 5 enchantment, tends to leave the parrier with a broken (permanently destroyed) weapon.</blockquote>

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