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Nightblood is the intelligent artifact sword from Brandon Sanderson's novel, Warbreaker.
This is a difficult conversion, because Nightblood drains Breath from his wielders, and kills them when they have no Breath left (which under normal circumstances is harmless).
I know that Nightblood should have a very high Ego, as it can attract weak-willed creatures into picking it up and using it. And once drawn, even the strong-willed obey Nightblood's primary objective to destroy evil ("Evil" being a concept the sword doesn't understand and only guesses at), until they discard it.
Of course, Nightblood is very powerful. Against non-living enemies (and objects), it essentially casts Disintegrate. Against the living, it's pretty much Slay Living.
I'm just not sure what resource Nightblood can feed on.
HP doesn't work well, because wielding Nightblood doesn't make you more susceptible to dying from other wounds. Spell slots would kind of work...but I don't like that from a gamist perspective.
Petty Alchemy RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 16 |