Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
EN Publishing
Where Would You Put the Six Blades of Srasama? [SPOILERS]
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="SanjMerchant" data-source="post: 7825799" data-attributes="member: 6860001"><p>I guess that leaves enough ambiguity that you'd be well within your rights as a DM to say that one, the other, neither, or both are originals wielded by Srasama.</p><p></p><p>Their Pathfinder incarnations are as follows:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">First Blade of Srasama: +1 flaming transformative mithral longsword, with a few fairly niche bonus powers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Asrabey's Sword: +3 flaming longsword, with a "special" that's basically a stronger version of transformative (as I read it, normal transformative can't give you reach like Asrabey's sword can).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cula's Sword: +2 transformative native outsider bane longsword, plus some fire resistance</li> </ul><p>So (at least in Pathfinder) the only one officially and explicitly labeled as one of Srasama's swords is actually the <em>weakest</em> of the three!</p><p></p><p>It's only the Third Blade of Srasama that really stands above the others (+5 defending guardian igniting merciful transformative mithral longsword, plus a few small niche bonuses)</p><p></p><p>Since the Third Blade is the one you can get via the memory event (if you even think to grab it <em>and</em> you pass the check necessary to hold onto it as the memory fades), you could take this as evidence the power of the blades has faded over time. So while the Third Blade is what it was like immediately after Srasama died, the other three are what they're like after five hundred years, with the magic that created them slowly fading and decaying over that time.</p><p></p><p>As for why Cula's might be Tiefling-bane even if it was a blade of Srasama, Srasama's last act was literally to create the tieflings as a big old f-you to the Clergymen who set her up in the first place. Seems plausible that, in her dying moment, some of that rage and hatred imprinted itself on the swords which were, in some sense, part of her (they did spring into existence as part of the Sacrament, after all).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SanjMerchant, post: 7825799, member: 6860001"] I guess that leaves enough ambiguity that you'd be well within your rights as a DM to say that one, the other, neither, or both are originals wielded by Srasama. Their Pathfinder incarnations are as follows: [LIST] [*]First Blade of Srasama: +1 flaming transformative mithral longsword, with a few fairly niche bonus powers [*]Asrabey's Sword: +3 flaming longsword, with a "special" that's basically a stronger version of transformative (as I read it, normal transformative can't give you reach like Asrabey's sword can). [*]Cula's Sword: +2 transformative native outsider bane longsword, plus some fire resistance [/LIST] So (at least in Pathfinder) the only one officially and explicitly labeled as one of Srasama's swords is actually the [I]weakest[/I] of the three! It's only the Third Blade of Srasama that really stands above the others (+5 defending guardian igniting merciful transformative mithral longsword, plus a few small niche bonuses) Since the Third Blade is the one you can get via the memory event (if you even think to grab it [I]and[/I] you pass the check necessary to hold onto it as the memory fades), you could take this as evidence the power of the blades has faded over time. So while the Third Blade is what it was like immediately after Srasama died, the other three are what they're like after five hundred years, with the magic that created them slowly fading and decaying over that time. As for why Cula's might be Tiefling-bane even if it was a blade of Srasama, Srasama's last act was literally to create the tieflings as a big old f-you to the Clergymen who set her up in the first place. Seems plausible that, in her dying moment, some of that rage and hatred imprinted itself on the swords which were, in some sense, part of her (they did spring into existence as part of the Sacrament, after all). [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
EN Publishing
Where Would You Put the Six Blades of Srasama? [SPOILERS]
Top