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<blockquote data-quote="nameless" data-source="post: 11246" data-attributes="member: 1543">This didn't result in total party annihilation (yet), but was far more boneheaded than I thought possible.We were playing an L5R game, and around the local village, farms had been catching fire at night. By chance, we found the cause was some demonic-looking thing wielding a glowing red sword (L5R is as low-magic as they come). The first thing it does is cast some combination mirror-image and invisibility spell. I knew it was an invisibility spell because my character had an opponent use it on him in the previous session. Anyways, my berserker got a lucky roll and felled the thing in one mighty blow.The body disintegrated, but the sword remained. Someone lit a torch, and I suspected it was a Shadowlands (read, evil) artifact. I made my roll with flying colors, and realized it was the Bloodsword Hate. I was the only player who knew what a bloodsword was, and the only character to do the same. They are major evil artifacts with a special purpose and the intelligence to carry it out. This one desired hate and caused it in everyone around. I explained to the other people that this was a powerful evil artifact, far more powerful than any mortal, let alone one of us. If I haven't imprinted the gravity of the situation, this thing is about as powerfil and evil as the One Ring.While discussing what to do about it, the guy who lit the torch says, &quot;I pick it up.&quot;-nameless</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nameless, post: 11246, member: 1543"] This didn't result in total party annihilation (yet), but was far more boneheaded than I thought possible. We were playing an L5R game, and around the local village, farms had been catching fire at night. By chance, we found the cause was some demonic-looking thing wielding a glowing red sword (L5R is as low-magic as they come). The first thing it does is cast some combination mirror-image and invisibility spell. I knew it was an invisibility spell because my character had an opponent use it on him in the previous session. Anyways, my berserker got a lucky roll and felled the thing in one mighty blow. The body disintegrated, but the sword remained. Someone lit a torch, and I suspected it was a Shadowlands (read, evil) artifact. I made my roll with flying colors, and realized it was the Bloodsword Hate. I was the only player who knew what a bloodsword was, and the only character to do the same. They are major evil artifacts with a special purpose and the intelligence to carry it out. This one desired hate and caused it in everyone around. I explained to the other people that this was a powerful evil artifact, far more powerful than any mortal, let alone one of us. If I haven't imprinted the gravity of the situation, this thing is about as powerfil and evil as the One Ring. While discussing what to do about it, the guy who lit the torch says, "I pick it up." -nameless [/QUOTE]

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