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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 6642855" data-attributes="member: 2012">Okay, so the personal issue is semi-resolved for the next month of so, but it will still be in the back of my mind. It's been weighing on me heaviliy and I'm been throwing myself into CRPGs as a distraction. Played a lot of Fable II and Reckoning, and some of Age of Wonders II (today), as well as tons of an open source game called FreeOrion. I guess I needed a break from being a DM. I was checking this game and the one on The Piazza almost every day. It was becoming like work, which is never fun.My hope is to post something before Sunday. We'll see. I have physio on Thursday, so hopefully my pain will be a lot less.Blackrat 's Bardic Knowledge roll... the DC is high, but not for all aspects of the sword and its history. I rolled a 22 for his check. <a href="http://identicalsoftware.com/coco/dicesessionview.php?id=871#34283" target="_blank">1d20+10=22</a>For [MENTION=27761]Blackrat[/MENTION]:[sblock]That will tell him a bit more about the sword. First of all, he knows it historical name, Cruel Justice. The elves call it Nwalkagurtha, which is not an exact translation. The weapon was created by humans but it is part of a group of weapons known as the Star Arms. It's metal fell from the sky, and it might have been more than just a celestial meteor. It may have been divine, although some tales about the Star Arms call them curses on those who wield them. They are drawn to each other and will do almost anything to be brought together, even if blood must be shed.Cruel Justice is definitely intelligent and has a strong willpower. Stories tell of its desire to force justice on those who it believes are guilty. The stories don't mention much about how that guilt was determined. The sword simply sensed it and pushed its wielder to act. Lorien doubts very much that it would let a chaotic mind weild it and doing so might be harmful. The blade is a weapon of order, but it likely cares nothing for morality. How it came to be in this place is beyond what Lorien knows. That would require a lot of research.Feel free to embellish a historical story within the guidelines of what I've written. Note that Harqual has had a lot of wars and petty warlords and many of them were human (or half-human). The Black Wars were an intense time period, and if the sword is that old (Lorien isn't sure), Cruel Justice might have played a key role in the annals of lore along the Eastern Shores.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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