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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 1986838" data-attributes="member: 14159">Here's a story like that from my game.  I was randomly generating treasure for an orc lair, and I came up with a +3 Merciful Greatsword (quite a find for a 8th level party).  I definitely equip the creatures with the treasure in their lair, if it's appropriate.  However, a Merciful sword was definitely out-of-style for some Orcs.  I figured they would try and use it when they found it, find out that it is magic, and then think it's cursed or defective because it doesn't really kill anything.  So they cast it into their hearth in disgust (fortunately, a +3 sword is pretty hard to damage with fire), and when the PC's cleared out the mess hall full of orcs and used the obligatory Detect Magic, they find that something is poking out of the ashes in the fireplace that detects.  Rooting around, it's greatsword with the symbol of Ilmater (God of Mercy) on it's hilt, a handle wrapped in red cords, prayers in Celestial inscribed up the blade, and the ends are strangely blunt and rounded.  They know something is up, so the party bard wonders if she has ever heard of anything like this, and rolls a 20+ on her Bardic Knowledge check.  So, I make up a bit of a story.  This is the sword Ilmater's Grace, forged by the Warrior-Priest Eltharis the Kind 300 years ago so that he wouldn't have to kill to protect his monastery from marauding orcs.  The sword was lost when his monastery was overrun by a band of rampaging orcs from the Stonelands (where the orc lair was) 250 years ago.  The PC's had a lot of fun with the story, and even though it was "only" a +3 Merciful Greatsword they remember and treasure Ilmater's Grace far more than any random magic item they have.</blockquote>

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