A flame tongue was a rare type of magical sword with a burning blade.[1][3][4][5]
Powers[]
After the Year of Shadows, 1358 DR, these were treated as plain +1 swords.[1] However, these swords were further enhanced against certain creatures: regenerating creatures (like trolls and lycanthropes); avians, flammable creatures, and cold-using creatures (like ice toads, white dragons, winter wolves, and yeti); and especially the undead.[1][2]
After the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR, these were treated as +1 flaming burst longswords.[3][4] Once a day, the sword could be used to launch a ray of fire up to 30 feet (9 meters).[3][4]
Upon utterance of its command word, a flame tongue would erupt into flames, radiating a bright light. The arcane fire would remain until commanded to stop, or unless the blade was dropped or sheathed.[1][5]
The flames could easily burn paper, parchment, dry wood, and webs, and ignite oils.[1]
Creation[]
These blades were created with the use of the scorching ray and either the flame blade, flame strike or fireball spells.[3]
Notable Flame Tongues[]
- Angurvadal: These were a set of longswords forged by the great Rashemi smith, Raegik Hammerhold. The secret of their creation was lost when Raegik and his apprentice died in a battle with some Red Wizards of Thay.[6]
- Burning Earth: This mysterious sword, unique in design, was said to have dated back to an age before the desert of Anauroch was dry.[2]
- Flameheart: A unique flame tongue that was wielded by Gwaeron Windstrom.[7]
- Lawflame: The sword-of-state for the city of Daggerford[8][9][10]
- Lion's Sword: The Tethyrian sword of state was crafted by a dwarven smith, and enchanted as a flame tongue by King Alemander I, in the year 1122 DR.[11]
Notable Owners[]
- Movanic devas commonly wielded two-handed swords with flame tongue enchantments.[12]
- Ras Nsi: A bara of Ubtao who turned to worshiping Dendar, wielded a greatsword flame tongue in the late 15th century DR.[13]
- Ricardo, the Prince-elect of the city-state of Colletro of the Blade Kingdoms wielded his flame tongue blade in his final battle of Year of the Falling Moon, 1217 DR.[14]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle • Out of the Abyss
- Novels
- The Council of Blades
- Video Games
- Descent to Undermountain • Baldur's Gate • Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation
- Card Games
- AD&D Trading Cards
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 slade et al (November 1995). Encyclopedia Magica Volume IV. (TSR, Inc.), p. 1369. ISBN 0-7869-0289-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 BioWare (December 1998). Designed by James Ohlen. Baldur's Gate. Black Isle Studios.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (September 2000). Dungeon Master's Guide 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 188. ISBN 978-0786915514.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 226, 227. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (2014). Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 170. ISBN 978-0786965622.
- ↑ BioWare (June 2002). Designed by Brent Knowles, James Ohlen. Neverwinter Nights. Atari.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 27. ISBN 978-0786906574.
- ↑ slade, et al. (April 1996). “Daggerford”. In James Butler ed. The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier (TSR, Inc.), p. 13. ISBN 0-7869-0391-0.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, et al. (August 2013). Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 135. ISBN 978-0786965311.
- ↑ Tito Leati, Matthew Sernett and Chris Sims (February 2014). Scourge of the Sword Coast. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 14.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Three: Erlkazar & Folk of Intrigue”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 27. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ Allen Varney, ed. (June 1994). Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix. (TSR, Inc.), p. 7. ISBN 978-1560768623.
- ↑ BKOM Studios (2017). Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation.
- ↑ Pauli Kidd (November 1996). The Council of Blades. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 10, p. 187. ISBN 978-0786905317.