Version 4.00
(1996)
Editor: Christopher A. Brooks (Phantos)
Original Editor: Gian Luca Sacco
Prologue
Well, here it is, version 4.00 of The Gallery Of Magical Blades. The main change is that of authors - I've taken over for Mr. Sacco. Other changes include a few more blades (I have many more which need to be entered, but I didn't have the time to do so before I decided to release this version) and a slightly different format. The only changes that I have made to any of the blades within are of spelling, punctuation, grammatical, and format. Please read this prologue in it's entirety before continuing as it contains information that is not only useful, but that I deem vital.
Copyright and Distribution
All of the magical weapons within this document are deemed to be copyrighted by the respective authors. These blades may be used only for personal use (ie: within your role-playing group), and you may freely distribute copies of their work only in it's entirety, as long as no fee is charged (unless the fee is for other materials, such as; diskettes, CD's, paper, ink, connect times, etc., and that this fee does not exceed a reasonable amount). The author's name/e-mail address should be
given below the title of the magical weapon, if it is known. This file may be also distributed, but must be done so in it's entirety, and may not be uploaded to resources such as MPGN Network's ADND directory (ftp.mpgn.com) that contain restrictions on future uploads. You may not claim these weapons as having been created by yourself.
Last on the lists of copyright details is that this document has been searched for weapons that may have been published
under other commercial volumes (such as TSR Inc.'s Dungeon Master Guide). If I have missed in removing these weapons will you please tell me so that they can be removed in future editions of this document. The following is a list of words which are registered trademarks of TSR Inc.;
AD&D, Advanced D&D, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Adventure Vision, Al-Qadim, Battlesystem, D&D, Dark
Sun, DM, Dragon, Dragon Strike, Dragonlance, Dungeon Master, Dungeon, Dungeons & Dragons, Endless Quest, Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Monstrous Compendium, Polyhedron, Ravenloft, RPGA, Spelljammer, TSR, TSR Hobbies, World of Greyhawk
They are used in this work without permission, but this should not be regarded as an attempt to challenge their rights. I'd appreciate it if someone could e-mail the one's that I've forgotten to include, as I'm sure I've missed a few.
Contributors
My thanks goes to mainly to Mr. Sacco who published the original three versions of this document, and is responsible for the majority of blades listed within. I would also like to thank the following people (listed first alphabetically by name, then by e-mail address if name is unknown) for their contributions to this, and previous editions of The Gallery Of Magical Blades.
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Disclaimers
I have not yet been able to work my way through the entire volume to generalize gender. The descriptions may say either he or she. I hope to have this changed for the next version. Also, if there is any references to yards, feet, and meters, I hope to have this changed to the standard English version (yards and feet - even though the metric version is superior by far).
One last thing, even though I'm the editor, I'm not perfect. I may have missed formatting, spelling, or grammatical
mistakes, so please e-mail me if you find any. This will help to ensure that all future editions of this document to be
better.
Submissions
As every magazine/book/digest needs an author(s), this one does as well. Submissions are always welcome, and have very little change of not being publicized (this would only happen if not enough information was given). The more submissions made, the better The Gallery Of Magical Blades will be. To submit, just send me an e-mail with your magical blade, our name, and your e-mail address. I may write you back to clarify some things, but unless noted otherwise, the blade will be entered into the next edition of The Gallery Of Magical Blades. If, at any time, you wish to have your weapon removed from The Gallery Of Magical Blades, just tell me, and it will not appear in the next version. I hope to have an online submission section on my home page (URL = http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~aa499/Profile.html) done for the next version.
Terminology
As The Gallery Of Magical Blades was originally developed for use with the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game systems, some of the blades may be in a format which only conforms to 1st Edition rules, and may be hard to change to fit other Role Playing games. I don't know any differences between first edition and 2nd when it comes to magical weapons, so I can not format them all for 2nd edition (Sorry, I never played 1st edition - just basic and 2nd Edition).
All of the weapons are arranged by catagory. There is a catagory for each type of blade (if present), and two special catagories - on for the Twelve Swords, and one for the Hellblades. These were put in their own catagories to simplify useing some of their special abilities, as they may refer to multiple swords with similarities.
Many of the weapons in here talk about ego, and alignment for intelligent weapons. You should consult TSR Inc.'s Dungeon Master Guide for more information on how to use these in your campaign.
If a sword has a [1] or a [2] beside it's name, there is a sword with the same name either in this publication, or a TSR
publication. They may or may not be of the same strength.
Famous Last Words
When you pick a magical weapon for your campaign, either as treasure or challenge for the player's, please use your
common sense. If you feel that you must roll to determine the weapon randomly, do so before the battle begins. I've played in adventure where we (as characters) defeated a bunch of goblins, opened up the treasure chest behind them, and watched the DM roll randomly on the charts. I now had a Vorpal Sword.
Also, when picking weapons from this document for your campaign, read them over fully, and consider them. Think of what not only the monsters could do with them, but what the players could do with them as well. Some of the weapons in here are by far unrealistic even for a fantasy game, and should be classed as one of a kind artifacts, perhaps even weapons of the gods themselves.
Oh ya, don't forget to have fun too!
Christopher A. Brooks (Phantos) - Editor
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