A songblade was an enchanted sword that could serve the role of a musical instrument when wielded in battle by a bard.[1][2][4]
As of the late 15th century DR, the term "songblade" was sometimes used in places like Neverwinter to refer to a bard who specialized in swordfighting, often with a flamboyant or swashbuckling flair.[5]
Description[]
While generally rapiers,[1][2] songblades could be any kind of light or heavy blade.[3] Intricate and magical patterns scored into the weapon created sweet, musical sounds as the blade moved through the air.[1][2]
Powers[]
Songblades were magically sharp and strong weapons with which bards could perform their music,[1][2] and thus use as implements for their spellcasting.[4][3] Many also granted additional powers, such as magically enriching musical performances, providing bards with a deeper well of magical power,[1][2] or unleashing loud sounds that could daze foes or rend their armor.[3]
Because the blades required the movement of air across the blade to produce their music, songblades lost most of their utility in environments without air (such as under water or in a vacuum).[1][2]
Types of Songblades[]
Detail of a songblade hilt.
- Harsh songblade, which had the power to unleash a wailing note that stunned a bard's foes.[3][6][7]
- Piercing songblade, which had the power to release a sound that could pierce through armor.[3][8]
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Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Jesse Decker (January 2005). Complete Adventurer. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 130. ISBN ISBN 0-7869-3651-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, Jeff Quick, and James Wyatt (March 2003). Arms and Equipment Guide 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 117. ISBN 978-0-7869-2649-7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Jeremy Crawford, Mike Mearls, James Wyatt (March 2009). Player's Handbook 2. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 204. ISBN 0-7869-5016-4.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jeremy Crawford, Mike Mearls, James Wyatt (March 2009). Player's Handbook 2. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 67. ISBN 0-7869-5016-4.
- ↑ Cryptic Studios (June 2013). Neverwinter. Perfect World Entertainment.
- ↑ Claire Hoffman, Keith Hoffman (October 2009). Out of Hatred (WATE1-6). Living Forgotten Realms (RPGA), p. 38.
- ↑ Pat Smith (July 2010). The Hand of Darkness (TYMA2-2). Living Forgotten Realms (RPGA), p. 36.
- ↑ M. Sean Molley (August 2010). Tyranny's Bitter Frost (SPEC2-2 P2). Living Forgotten Realms (RPGA), p. 32.