Sunday, February 27, 2022

Cook/Marsh Expert: Intelligent Swords

The section in the D&D Expert Rulebook on intelligent swords was derived from a similar section in OD&D vol. 2 "Monsters & Treasure", based upon Dave Arneson's treatment of magic swords in the original Blackmoor campaign.*


Illustration by Bill Willingham, from the AD&D 1e Fiend Folio.

Magical swords, including Excalibur and other "Super Swords" were mentioned in Chainmail (1971) and figure prominently in real world myth and legend.

*for more on intelligent swords as described in the First Fantasy Campaign, see earlier blog posts Magic Swords & Matrix and Matrix.

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