Sword of Oaths (The Harrowing)

[Fumihasa]

Reading "The Harrowing" to get ready to run it and I noticed something on the record sheet that is only mentioned twice in the book. I tried googling and searching on the Paizo site but I can not seem to find any stats for what I am assuming is a "named" magical weapon. Does anyone know what exactly the Sword of Oaths is (other then a +2 short sword)? Thanks in advance!

[Dragnmoon]

Fumihasa wrote:

Reading "The Harrowing" to get ready to run it and I noticed something on the record sheet that is only mentioned twice in the book. I tried googling and searching on the Paizo site but I can not seem to find any stats for what I am assuming is a "named" magical weapon. Does anyone know what exactly the Sword of Oaths is (other then a +2 short sword)? Thanks in advance!

That is all it is,a +2 short sword.

Other then that is how it is listed in the module, though you don't buy it broken, you can tell by the price, 8310 gp, 10 gp(short sword) + 300 (masterwork) + 8000 gp (+2 enhancement).

[Fumihasa]

Dragnmoon wrote:

Fumihasa wrote:

Reading "The Harrowing" to get ready to run it and I noticed something on the record sheet that is only mentioned twice in the book. I tried googling and searching on the Paizo site but I can not seem to find any stats for what I am assuming is a "named" magical weapon. Does anyone know what exactly the Sword of Oaths is (other then a +2 short sword)? Thanks in advance!

That is all it is,a +2 short sword.

Other then that is how it is listed in the module, though you don't buy it broken, you can tell by the price, 8310 gp, 10 gp(short sword) + 300 (masterwork) + 8000 gp (+2 enhancement).

I was thinking the price was a typo, wouldn't be the first I've seen on a record sheet.

[artmarks7]

Yes, it is only listed as a +2 short sword with the broken condition and you are given no other information other than where the other half of the weapon is. So in the end the group can leave the module with both halves of a broken named weapon that functions as a +2 short sword when BROKEN.

It's a seed for imaginative groups to use if they want. I got a whole side quest for reforging the blade correctly and creating a unique item for the group out of it. No simple mending would properly re-enchant the special properties of the blade beyond the simple +2 short sword, but with a quest it became a item worthy of a name. I even enjoyed throwing in an immortal so I could imply this was a thing of dreams made real by the belief of those thousands that still tell stories of that sword.

I'd be interested to know if anyone else who played this module used that seed as something more than a broken +2 short sword. I used it as a sword of kings, intelligent and lawful but just empathic, with the power of geas for any that swore on it and grants Shield Other to those under geas if within 30'. I required an oath from the swearer and the blade holder, made the blade unbreakable unless the wielder broke his oath to those under geas. I figured it was good tale for the rabbit prince's chaotic nature to break the sword when he attempted to become king after his father, and a useful sword for kings and my players who really liked keeping NPCs around.

[Luke_Parry]

Well, the author had the following to say about the Sword of Oaths:

Crystal Frasier wrote:

Hmmm... that part about finding the other half of his sword wasn't in my original draft. The behind-the-scenes, totally non-canon explaination of Brambleson's sword is from an old Varisian fable about why rabbits are timid and never trusting what you hold most dear to someone else's care. Brambleson was once the only timid rabbit in Golarion, in a time when all other rabbits were soldiers of the gods, with their gnashing claws and powerful legs. But when a creature attacked that no rabbit's claws could pierce and whose voice filled their hearts with such terror that no creature could face it a second time. Brambleson (who had been too afraid to face the beast), schemed and convinced the other rabbits to loan him their courage, swearing to return it the moment after he faced down the beast. The rabbits forged his oaths into a sword the rabbit prince needed to slay the beast, so he couldn't abandon them.

But Brambleson decided he liked feeling brave, and so when it came to face the beast, rather than attack it's soft underbelly, he leaped up and swung at it's shell., shattering his sword and his oaths along with it. He has not bothered to return the rabbits' courage, and instead gallivants across the world having adventures.

So, the "other piece" of Brambleson's sword is actually a dozen or more broken pieces lost to the annals of story time. If you could find them and put the sword back together, the rabbit prince would be forced to return his ill-gotten bravado to Golarion's rabbits and once again become a sniveling coward (essentially a standard rabbit).

Brambleson's Broken Sword of Oaths was (in the original draft) just a medium-sized +2 short sword (it did not have the broken condition; broken is just part of the name). If it were reforged, it would probably become a +2 abberation-bane bastard sword.

I hope that helps :-)