Sword of Kas~~
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Sword of Kas: There is recorded this additional
information regarding the
lich, Vecna: ”When Vecna grew in power
he appointed a most evil and
ruthless lieutenant to serve as his bodyguard
and right hand. This henchman
was the lord, Kas, and for him Vecna found
a weapon of potency, a
long and thin flatchet of dull gray metal;
a sword of unsurpassed hardness
with sharp point, keen edges, and magical
properties. For a long, long
time Kas faithfully served the lich,
but as his power grew, so did his hubris,
for his Sword was constantly urging him
on, saying that Kas was now
greater than Vecna himself, and with the
might of the Sword to aid and
direct him, Kas could rule in Vecna’s stead.
Legend says that the
destruction of Vecna was by Kas and his
Sword, but at the same time
Vecna wrought his rebellious lieutenant’s
doom, and the world was made
brighter thereby.”
The Sword of Kas
Although the powers and effects of the Sword
are only hinted at, there can
be little doubt that Kas became the most
renowned swordsman of his age
because of it. It is a +6 defender, doing
double damage against a11
creatures which are from a plane other
than the Prime Material (but only
normal damage when on any plane other than
the Prime Material). This
short sword is highly evil and chaotic
in alignment, and with its 15 intelligence
and 19 ego, i t will certainly attempt
to control whomever takes i t as
| 6 x I | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| 6 x II | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** |
| 1 x III | *** | |||||
| 2 x IV | **** | **** | ||||
| 1 x VI | ****** |
Notes:
Author:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tewligan
(Blinks) Wow. That was a
big damn post.
Gary, to get this back on the, y'know, Q&A theme, here's something that Edena's novella made me think of...
Which, if any, of the really big bad guys of D&D fame started life as actual PC's? For example, was Acererak ever an actual character who was eventually judged by the DM to be too much for a PC? What about Vecna and Kas? I seem to recall (and I could EASILY be wrong) that Kas got his name from Tim Kask - did you and Tim ever have a throw down in which he got a couple of lucky hits that left your wizard with one less hand and eye, and the whole thing passed into infamy?
None, unless you count Obmi
the DWarf as a big bad guy.
My players surely did,hated him thoroughly, aways did their utmost to finish
him off.
When Brian BLume was bent
on devising a load of artifacts he made up such items as that of Kas and
Gax for Tim and me.
Inspired thus, I ccreated the Iron FLask of Tourney the Merciless in honor
of sone Ernie and his evil PC, Erac's Cousin.
The fact is that none of the DMs that were influential in regards to TSR's creative output ever had very high-level PCs in their campaigns, thus neither those figures nor the NPCs opposing them were of such notable prowess.
Cheers,
Gary
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