Sword
From Titannica
A sword is a weapon, consisting of a long blade attached to a hilt.
The blade of a sword can be straight or curved, edged or serrated. Its hilt always consists of a handle used to grip the weapon, but frequently also incorporates a pommel attached to the bottom and a cross-guard where the hilt meets the blade.
Its size is really what decisively distinguishes a sword from a dagger, but among and between swords sizes can also vary, ranging from easily handled shortswords to greatswords requiring two hands and great strength to wield.
Swords tend to be wielded only by humanoid creatures in battle. The variegated gallery of beasts, monsters and animals in Titan possess their own natural weapons and may, in any case, not have the appendages necessary to use a sword.
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[edit] Magic Swords
Sometimes a sword can be the subject of an enchantment, or be crafted from a special substance that endows the weapon with magical properties. There are many magical swords throughout Titan, some of great renown.
[edit] Magic Swords in the Gamebooks
The very first Fighting Fantasy gamebooks included basic rules for magic swords in the skill section of the standard rules at the beginning of each book. A Magic Sword typically gave the player 2 skill points, though not necessarily over and above their Initial skill score.[1]
As the Fighting Fantasy series progressed, the rules involving magic swords expanded to the point where a magic sword could have many impacts - increasing skill, dealing more stamina damage, inflicting some kind of special damage, or even, if it is cursed, having a detrimental effect on its user.
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[edit] References
- ↑ The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - p.14
