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Swords Nitpick
Mal_Luck:
Wouldn't that be the antithesis of the swords themselves? Most media I can think of portrays the spear as an evil weapon wielded by evil people (unless your using it for an evil person :P ). The Spear of Longinus is an interesting idea though, wouldn't surprise me if it made an appearance in a future book.
In a D&D game I actually included the swords, though I just called them The Knights of the Sword. Basically instead of nails, the swords all had a piece of the blade of a single sword wielded by former hero/ascended god. The Fourth Sword, the Sword of Hate, was made from the scrap metal left over from the forging of the three swords and therefore "hated" the Knights of the Sword. I had a proper name for it like the other swords, but can't remember how I spelled it.
KnightFerrous:
I honestly never saw why it was portrayed as evil by that logic the nails that held Him to the cross would be evil as well. Though i can see the spear being a powerful artifact of good or evil depending on who held it as it is imbued with the blood of the divine.
Mal_Luck:
--- Quote from: KnightFerrous on April 21, 2010, 12:58:26 AM ---I honestly never saw why it was portrayed as evil by that logic the nails that held Him to the cross would be evil as well. Though i can see the spear being a powerful artifact of good or evil depending on who held it as it is imbued with the blood of the divine.
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I concede that point, more my media colored knowledge of the Spear. But the nails only held him, while the spear actually killed him (or not, I won't pretend to be a expert on the Bible). But still, were I to GM a game with it... the spear would probably be a weapon of darkness, but that's more my familiarity with the spear.
KnightFerrous:
The spear did kill him, but only because the nails were taking too long and the sun was going down so they had to return to their homes for the Sabbath. But to me that is like saying "No officer I didn't kill him, i just held his arms so the other guy could kill him."
But to each their own
Mal_Luck:
A small change in topic...
I'm actually more curious as to why Fidelacchius and Esperacchius had to be reworked into their current incarnations (katana and saber). Has Jim ever commented on this?
In the back of my head my thinking would be if the sword was unmade it would have to be reworked... but that's more a guess.
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