"Maximilian Wilson" <wilson.max at gmail.com> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 04/10/06 09:59 AM To Dragaera <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject Re: Vlad "bred" to carry out a specific assassination? >On 4/10/06, Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > >[Food for thought acknowledged and snipped] > >> Sethra are all wielders of Great Weapons in the service of Verra. Kieron's >> Greatsword is nearly as good as a Great Weapon in the way that ancient >> heroic swords tend to be > >I thought it was just a sword, desired by Sethra the Younger for its >propaganda value. Well, yes, it's only a sword--sort of the way the Mona Lisa is only a painting. (Rather than a +12 painting of Psionic Vision or something.) So it's "only a sword"... Of the greatest possible cultural and historic significance for the Dragaeran Empire. But it isn't a "Great Weapon". (I might point out, however, that this does not guarantee that it is in no way magical.) I believe this is really the gist of Scott's point. Majikjon