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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nevvur" data-source="post: 7371330" data-attributes="member: 6783882">In the game where I'm a player, I've got a paladin. Party fought a death knight, after which my PC examined his sword and determined that it was a corrupted holy avenger. Got the notion to redeem it. Been working on that since level 13, we're 15 now. The blade is intelligent and basically addicted to evil, and going cold turkey left it weak. My PC convinced it to stop causing necrotic damage after a "social" scene (quotes because I'm not sure it's social to talk with your weapons) and persuasion check. Restored the +3 bonus by defeating a powerful demon and reminding the blade of its purpose. Not sure yet what it'll take to restore the aura and radiant damage. Still, assuming my PC doesn't start down the path of evil, the sword's prospects are good. I suspect it'll be a full blown Holy Avenger just in time for the campaign's epic finale. I'm glad the DM is handling it this way. It would've felt cheap and dirty to get a Holy Avenger in a random treasure horde or otherwise simply handed to me. As a DM, I don't really distribute legendary items/artifacts. I've given out some items that are borderline, but they've been mostly utility/plot device. For instance, one PC recently acquired a magical book that can record his thoughts/mental images perfectly, and which can easily but irrevocably erase old records to make room for new ones as needed. Little does he know the book is sentient and can write onto itself, and has been doing so for centuries, backing up all its contents in an Ithkuil-like language printed in microscopic characters imperceptible to the naked eye. It effectively contains several libraries worth of information, and can recall any of it instantly for its owner.But that isn't going to happen anytime soon. Like my paladin and the Holy Avenger, the PC is going to have to work to gain the item's trust and cooperation. No easy task for the new owner of the book, as I asked the player for suggestions as to its personality, and he suggested Orpheus from Venture Bros.</blockquote>

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