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Rat Razor
+1 Lawful Shortsword
Sword smells Skaven within 100’
Sword detects Invisible 1/day, by sense of smell.
Wielder is convinced Skaven exist, and can convince others of the truth of this unfounded rumour.
Int 6, communicates with Inarticulate Urges, Moans and Groans
Forged by dwarfs, with a pommel shaped like a gear and basket hilt guard, this stout triangle blade of tarnished silver was forged during the Forgotten Vermin War of the preceding century.
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Dagger: Lawful, +1, Int 8, urges to enforce the law, death dealer to warriors (Fort save DC 1d20+10 or instant death), light at will (20'). An unnamed dagger used to overthrow a tyrant long ago.

Longsword: Chaotic, +1, Int 7, urges to punish interlopers and those who interfere and to slay lawful dragons. +1d4 dmg vs lawful creatures, 20' darkness, strength +4.
Barbspite: A sword forged by the hags of Drearmore to aid a fanatical and corrupted hero in his self-destructive quest.

Longsword: Neutral, +1, Int 5, urges to live alone as a warrior hermit, +1 critical range vs clerics, speak thieves (druid) cant.
Sword of the old ways: Hammered by druids to resist the new faiths, the sword of the old ways drives the wielder to withdraw deeper into the wilds to avoid the encroach of foreign civilization.
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Dagger: Lawful, +2, 12 Int, Empathical drives wielder to punish murderers and slay chaotic creatures. Unerring throw vs Serpents, +1 dmg vs men, detect magic (1/day), detect water (1d8x10'), Thunder Blade, Supreme willpower. Blade of Sph't: Created by the underground dwellers of Shokassam to mercilessly hunt down the cult of snakemen that was hiding in the desert and raiding, torturing and sacrificing their people. The hero used the thunderous booming of the dagger to draw out their avatar - an enormous cobra.

Two-handed sword: Lawful, +1, Int 5, Locate Object (2/day).

Longsword: Chaotic, +3, Int 12, speaks and telepathically drives wielder to punishes interlopers and those who interfere and to build a monument to Chaos from the rubble of civilization. The sword grants an unreasoning hatred vs wizards, berserker fury vs dragons, banishment vs dragons and a beacon of fury vs earth elementals. The sword has the power to Detect Traps (2d4x10'), Regenerator, +4 Strength, Turn Invisible, Resistance to Fire, Un-dead Touch.

Dagger: Chaotic, +1, Int 6, urges to dominate all others and slay lawful creatures. Light (20').
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Sword Magic is so rad!
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If those are the results Sword Magic can produce I am totally in. This could be easily expanded to include bows, halbreds, axes and the like. In fact I would love to see some homemade waraxe/warhammer tables.
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Those are, in order, the first random swords I rolled up. Each one is cool, which bodes well for the system. But to be honest, I see this all as being mostly inspiration. There are no rules for magic armour or other types of magic weapons in the book, but you should be inspired to design your own after reading the tables given for swords. Isn't that basically how the Dungeon Alphabet worked? Reading the tables inspired further creation.
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Galadrin wrote:Those are, in order, the first random swords I rolled up. Each one is cool, which bodes well for the system. But to be honest, I see this all as being mostly inspiration. There are no rules for magic armour or other types of magic weapons in the book, but you should be inspired to design your own after reading the tables given for swords. Isn't that basically how the Dungeon Alphabet worked? Reading the tables inspired further creation.
Oh I get it. The thing with me - DCC is not really aimed at guys like me. This will be my first time DM'ing a old school system. I have been a player of old school fantasy/DnD but never a DM. That is why I would like to see some sample tables before I come up with my own.
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Zdanman wrote:This could be easily expanded to include bows, halbreds, axes and the like. In fact I would love to see some homemade waraxe/warhammer tables.
Sword Magic can be applied to any weapon with a bit of tweaking. My group came upon a Spear +1 in an OSR adventure. I usually ignore it, but I felt it was time to give someone a magic weapon, and it fit the character who found "a rusty, but elaborately designed spear blade with a fairly new but crudely made haft". Upon further research (an a few rolls on the Sword Magic tables) it's discovered that is the spear of some forgotten king who wanted to build the greatest cities and despised thieves. The blade was made from the weapon of a notorious guild boss, and it has the power to find stolen treasure (Locate Object.)
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Zdanman wrote:Oh I get it. The thing with me - DCC is not really aimed at guys like me. This will be my first time DM'ing a old school system. I have been a player of old school fantasy/DnD but never a DM. That is why I would like to see some sample tables before I come up with my own.
Since conversion from other old-school games in this case is easy, maybe you should check out some of the tables from retroclones like Swords & Wizardry, OSRIC or Labyrinth Lord. But don't forget, that magic items are very rare in DCC RPG, and all of them is unique. You can use the sword magic table to make up other magic weapons, or even armour.
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Sword Magic can be cast on any weapon, but with a -1 caster check penalty, -2 if the cater is not proficient in the weapon. That's right from the spell. Other wise, yeah, right in the book players are encouraged to mine other games for inspiration on magic items. Remember, though, every item has a story, even if thePCs don't know it right away.
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reverenddak wrote:The blade was made from the weapon of a notorious guild boss, and it has the power to find stolen treasure (Locate Object.)
Nice, Rev. That is totally fun.

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