June gaming element challenge – The Crownblade of Ameth Tren

Item Type: Artifact

This artifact was created over ten thousand years ago by the legendary Dwarven bladesmith Amos the Red and the elven High Mage Trellian Silvermorn and was bound to the now-lost kingdom of Amath Tren.  The blade was carried by every King and Queen Regnant of the realm until its fall almost two thousand years ago.  Legend says that when the time is right, the Crownblade will call the next ruler of Amath Tren and the reclamation and resurrection of the kingdom will begin.

The weapon itself is a longsword crafted of high-quality steel enchanted to prevent weathering or rusting of the blade and its trappings.  The hilt is poured of rose and white gold with a pattern of the moon and starts along the cross-guard.  The grip is wrapped with silver-gray sharkskin and wired in white gold.  A cabochon of polished labradorite caps the pommel. Other enchantments on the blade include a binding to the kingdom of Amath Tren, a binding to the royal bloodline of Amath Tren, and the ability to call a storm of ball lightning in the form of small stars once per day.  The storm will last 2d10 minutes and must be channeled throughout in order to be maintained.  The damage of the ball lightning scales based on the overall skill of the blade’s wielder.

Neato late Roman reconstruction links…

Haven’t updated in a while, but I thought I’d post a couple links here that came down the Arthurnet list that I happened to check out–pretty neat stuff!

http://www.comitatus.net/index.html – Reconstruction of late Roman army encampments, battles, and the like, complete with resources…

http://www.durolitum.co.uk/index.html – Reenactment group in England.  Both of these organizations appear to be British, actually.  Why do the Brits always have such neat stuff?  I mean, really!

Might have to put a Late Roman/early medieval costume on the list…might indeed….