Record of Lodoss War and other Fantasy Anime Magic Items

[Jerr Conner]

I thought this would be interesting:

For Record of Lodoss War, what stats would certain items have if you created them?

Think about it, the Two Greatswords would have to be +5 weapons, +7 when held by a person of the right alignemnt.

For instance:

The Holy Sword of Valis +5

Becomes a + 7 two-handed sword when held by anyone of Good Alignment

The Demonsword Soul Crusher +5

+ 7 when held by a True Neutral or Chaotic Evil character
Casts domination on the weilder, causing them to turn against their party and values, permeneantly if save VS throw fails. No saving throws for anyone not True Neutral or Chaotic Evil.

A talking sword, much like Lilarcor, but only because a demon possesses it.

I can't think of anymore stats for the two weapons, but they're supposed to be equal in power, though they have different powers.

The reason why is because anyone who dual-weilds both swords cancels out the demon's domination of the Soul Crusher. (Hence, why Parn could hold both swords at once)

So I'm thinking either they're two-handed swords, or better yet, Bastard Swords because Bastard Swords can be dual-weilded.

Sucks that you can't dual-weild Two-Handed Swords...

The Scepter of Domination would be a wand that dominates, however the duration only lasts a full day. It'd have to have unlimited charges. (Plus, there's that can't have more than 5 monsters dealy)

Here's the full stories taken from http://www.meta-earth.com/lodoss/lwrpg_10.html

All the stories of the weapons and scepter:

Scepter of Domination
Without a doubt, the Scepter of Domination was the most powerful magic item created. It was forged by the gods at the beginning of time. Whatever god held the scepter was the ruler of the world and was king of the gods. When war broke out among the gods, the Scepter changed hands time and again. When the last of the gods died, the Scepter was all but lost. It was discovered again during the reign of the Kingdom of Kastuul, and was held by the Emperor himself. After Kastuul fell, the last of the sorcerers charged the Ancient Dragon Shooting Star as the guardian of the Scepter, for who would challenge Shooting Star, the mightiest of the dragons? For over five hundred years the scepter remained safely guarded in the volcanic Fire Dragon Mountain.

But in the battle to aquire the Scepter, the Secpter was lost to the destructive lava of Fire Dragon Mountain. And perhaps that is for the best.

Demon Sword Soul Crusher
The Demon Sword Soul Crusher was once a powerful greatsword wielded by Emperor Beld. From the time it was forged, Soul Crusher was an enchanted weapon of great power, stronger, deadlier, and more accurate then any other sword on Lodoss. Beld, one of the first Six Heroes, used his greatsword to kill the Demon King of Marmo. But the Demon's blood bathed the mighty sword, and the demonic creature's spirit was forever bound to the now darkened blade.

With the Demon's soul bound to it, Soul Crusher became extremely powerful. However, anyone who wields the sword must overpower the Demon, or the Demon will control him. Beld failed at this, and in essence, turned to darkness and became the new Emperor of Marmo. When Beld died and Ashram inherited the blade, he mastered the Demon, and thus, found himself in complete control the weapon, along with the entire army of Marmo.

It is not known how much damage Soul Crusher actually does, it appears to do at least 8DC physical damage on a direct impact, but the secondary effects are far worse. None who have been directly hit have survived. It is believed that Soul Crusher instantly kills and eradicates the target's soul. Indirect strikes have a far less effect, but are still very deadly indeed.

Soul Crusher is also the opposing sword of the Sword of Falis. When the two weapons get within 3D6 kilometer of each other (rolled random for each encounter), both swords glow and shimmer brightly (Soul Crusher glowing bright red). When in battle, the Opposing Swords will clash with great discharges of energy. Only one warrior, Parn, has ever held both weapons at the same time. When this occurs, the Demon is suppressed and the wielder has the power of both weapons at his disposal. Together, these counter-active blades create an impenetrable field of magical energy, capable of blasting through any barrier and may well be able to slay a god...

Holy Sword of Falis
The Holy Sword of Falis is a weapon of immense power. This greatsword was once held by King Fahn of Valis, and is heavily enchanted. The sword is said to have been "touched by the breath of Falis", though when this occurred is not know. What is know is that this sword is the opposing sword of the Demon Sword Soul Crusher. When the two weapons get within 3D6 kilometer of each other (rolled random for each encounter), both swords glow and shimmer brightly (the Sword of Falis glowing brilliant white).

King Fahn was the wielder of the Sword of Falis for over thirty years. When Beld killed him, the sword was give to Princess Fianna, heiress to the Kingdom of Valis. Fianna later gave the weapon to Parn to help him in his quest to rescue Deedlit and save Lodoss. After the battle against Ashram and Wagnard, Parn returned with the Sword of Falis. The weapon is now under heavy guard in the Castle Roid, by an elite group of knights called the Knights of the Holy Sword.

It is not know how much damage the Holy Sword of Valis can inflict, as it was never actually seen killing anyone. Likely, it can do upwards of 8 to 10DC damage. It may also have other properties such as Turn Undead, and may generate a protective field (Greater Spell Shield, Magic Force Field, etc.).

[Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs]

Originally posted by Jerr Conner: Sucks that you can't dual-weild Two-Handed Swords...

You CAN dual-weild Two-Handed Swords, but you have to have 4 arms.

I never liked Lodoss too much, because it had way too much plot, not enough action, and not much ever really happened except every 15 or so episodes. However, i doubt anyone else even knows what Lodoss IS, which is supported by the lack of posts for the last few days.

So i guess you're on your own. You can always go to TeamBG and create your items, but i think that changing the saving throws and to hit bonus by alignment will be incredibly difficult, since it requires both the creation of custom items and some serious scripting. Good luck. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Jerr Conner]

Originally posted by Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs: quote: Originally posted by Jerr Conner: Sucks that you can't dual-weild Two-Handed Swords...

You CAN dual-weild Two-Handed Swords, but you have to have 4 arms.

I never liked Lodoss too much, because it had way too much plot, not enough action, and not much ever really happened except every 15 or so episodes. However, i doubt anyone else even knows what Lodoss IS, which is supported by the lack of posts for the last few days.

So i guess you're on your own. You can always go to TeamBG and create your items, but i think that changing the saving throws and to hit bonus by alignment will be incredibly difficult, since it requires both the creation of custom items and some serious scripting. Good luck. [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Did you see the TV series, or the OAV? I heard the OAV is only 13 episodes long...

I've only seen part of the TV series.

Although the plot is the reason why I like Lodoss. Action is well and good, but it eventually gets boring...anyway I can't really create anything. I already tried the whole TeamBG item thing, and I could not get it to work.

So can you think of any other anime weapons?

The only other few I can think of are on Slayers and Ruin Explorers.

Slayers would have that nifty Light Sword, although I don't know what it'd do.

Ruin Explorers has the Sword of Zarbas, which I think would be able to cast 1 Sunray per day, and 3 Holy Smites a day. It even almost looks like the Daystar Sword. It'd be one of the 3 items used to gain the ultimate power.

Basically, all three would have to be equipped to give you a whole lot of bonuses that would make you almost indestructible. That, or all three would have to be forged together to make an item that would do the same. (Almost indestructible, but not quite)

There'd be the Mirror of Truth, which acts as an amulet that increases your charisma, as well as many other spell addons for you protection.

Then there's the Proof of Royalty, which when summoned, acts as a real medium sheild +4 with plenty of protection bonuses until you rest, upon which it'll be a statue again but can still be used to summon the shield.

[ 05-15-2002, 04:47 PM: Message edited by: Jerr Conner ]

[Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs]

if you were able to edit, you could make the equivalent of a Gundam with proper weapons and the Big Metal Unit from ToB.

You might be able to make that sword/gun-thing from Final Fantasy.

The biggest problem is that most Anime abilities are innate, and do not rely on items, so it would be tricky to make your characters have them. I would just stick to good other stuff. I have already made the One Ring, a Tome of Locksmithing (so that non-mages and non-thieves have some option of door-opening other than bashing them, and thieves can increase their Open Locks skill), the Dart of Cyric +5 (no +4 or better darts in the whole game, but everything else is), and am currently working on the Hammer of Kharas from Dragonlance, as well as the Dragonlances themselves.

If you really want something, give me a description and i can make it for you. if the TeamBG stuff doesn't work for you, though, you can't get a description. just let me know and i'll email it to you.