On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, KYER, JEFFREY wrote:
> Sword testers used the bodies of executed criminals. There is some
> mention of Damascene blades being tempered with slaves but I think
> that's Crusader propaganda =)
>
> I like the idea of taking a weapon for a test-whack on a trollkin
> though!
Was that not the Sword of Sharpness ritual in RQ? Heat the sword (Fireblade)
and draw blood from an enemy (trollkin)?
A permanent +1 edge, I would say.
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Henrix