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<blockquote data-quote="Shrapp Hamnier" data-source="post: 6986091" data-attributes="member: 6814107">Ah, yes, I think I meant to make it &quot;very rare&quot;. But that's part of what I'm looking for, how to ballance it so it makes sense. Do I need to dim it down a bit to make it a suitable &quot;very rare&quot; item?I say the runes are on the guard of the hilt, which depending on the style can be a very wide strip of metal either draping over the fingers or as a bowl cupping the hand (the pic show some very simple designs, but every rune marked blade needs to be beautiful, and the fact that it has souls in it implies that it probably wasnt made with beauty in mind). I was trying to move away from the comon, as it seems like the runes are almost always on the blade of a wide bladed sword or dagger. Also, i initially designed this for a bard, and again didnt want to be cliche by giving him an instrument or a whip or something (also, he picked up the weapon in the room of a guy who is obsessed with ancient cultures and was researching runic items, so it pretty much NEEDED to involve runes somehow). I thought a rapier would fit better, part because of proficiencies, but also because it could be used more like a baton as it guides the posession if the bard (or anyone esle) wants to be a bit more flamboyant or mocking or whatever.[ATTACH]79691[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shrapp Hamnier, post: 6986091, member: 6814107"] Ah, yes, I think I meant to make it "very rare". But that's part of what I'm looking for, how to ballance it so it makes sense. Do I need to dim it down a bit to make it a suitable "very rare" item? I say the runes are on the guard of the hilt, which depending on the style can be a very wide strip of metal either draping over the fingers or as a bowl cupping the hand (the pic show some very simple designs, but every rune marked blade needs to be beautiful, and the fact that it has souls in it implies that it probably wasnt made with beauty in mind). I was trying to move away from the comon, as it seems like the runes are almost always on the blade of a wide bladed sword or dagger. Also, i initially designed this for a bard, and again didnt want to be cliche by giving him an instrument or a whip or something (also, he picked up the weapon in the room of a guy who is obsessed with ancient cultures and was researching runic items, so it pretty much NEEDED to involve runes somehow). I thought a rapier would fit better, part because of proficiencies, but also because it could be used more like a baton as it guides the posession if the bard (or anyone esle) wants to be a bit more flamboyant or mocking or whatever. [ATTACH=CONFIG]79691._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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