Moonblades | Forgotten Realms Lore (D&D Artifact)
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- We're examining the Elven Artifacts "Moonblades" which inherit abilities from the previous owners when they die. Thus becoming stronger the older they are.
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Hey! Just out of curiosity, where did you find that properties sheet regarding the Moonblade? the page I found only gave about 10 different properties.
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I mean, a Half-Elf Hexblade making a pact with a long forgotten Moonblade kinda writes itself
Thanks for the idea
@@BenDover-dk2sp I made this exact character except I'm a Levistus Tiefling, great fun and the story behind the blade + Amnesia means i'm discovering new things all the time.
Look good until you find out that pact of the blade and invocation linked to it don't work with artifact/sentient weapons. D&d 5e balance. But fine if you play other pacts.
@@takkik282 I am sure any reasonable DM will allow this, if the blade builds up it's power as the character levels up.
That is one handsome bladesinger
*cough* Jedi *cough*
Don't Elves reincarnate until they are forgiven by Corellon and are permitted to join his side. Dose that mean attuning a Moonblade is equivalent to sacrificing their afterlife?
This was exactly my question. Jorphdan, help! Lore confusion!
Elf souls are reincarnated. So each new elf born on Faerun is a soul that has been to Arvandor and returned.
There is a concept of Transcendence, where an elf is at the end of their life and Sehanine Moonbow has opened the door to allow the soul to return to Arvandor. Those that die of old age without experiencing Transcendence are believed to have been denied admission to Arvandor. Their soul just passes into the planes, never reincarnated.
Perhaps the moonblade is a way to ensure your spirit is not lost forever to the cosmos, or to simply stop reincarnating.
@@Jorphdan Given the ties of a Moonblade is to the family lineage, it is more akin to giving wholly of oneself to protect and empower the next generation of the family - there is that difficult process to attune to it as dedication to that ideal. In that case, the elf would not care what happened to them, so long as they can sacrifice his/her-self for their loved ones' security (it is a weapon afterall), or fulfill a deep sense of duty to the family that fostered everything about them.
Since the blades are tied to prestigious and ancient lineages, there could also be the selfish desire to not reincarnate to a lesser lineage but be bound to greatness for eternity.
@@Jorphdan So this might be a silly question but if every elf's soul is a reincarnation and some souls are "discarded" into the planes and thus never reborn, are the elves at one point going to "run out" of souls?
@@robertnixdorf6168 Could be though keep in mind Big C stockpiles some elf souls in Arvandor so he can send em were he expects trouble also if they ever get truly desperate they can always ask/take some blood from Big C since that is the source of elven souls.
Than you got the dark elves and no one really knows were they get their elf souls since they been banished and don't get soul reincarnation, at least not in the same way.
Don’t mind me, just building an entire character around trying to find a lost moonblade now
I've dropped 10 billion hints at my Dm about this, but he just won't take the bait.
I had a Moonblade on my moon elf swashbuckler rogue. I found a dormant one in an elven city laid waste by a necromancer some centuries prior and was deemed worthy by it. Was definitely one of the coolest things that ever happened to a character of mine. Really made me feel special in that campaign because it fit the character's arc really well.
Evermeet is a novel that has the creation of the moon blades. Highly recommended.
You forgot the coolest Moonblade out there. The Moonflower Moonblade, once held at one time by Aralyn Moonblade and her companion, former Lord of Waterdeep, Danilo Thann. It had the ability of Elf Shadow and, once allowed two people to attune to it, then that property was changed to being tied to the Syl Tel Quissar of the Forest of Tethyr, summoning the wielder to them when they were in great need. Great adventure book. Read Elf Shadow and Elfsong by Elaine Cunningham to learn more.
Currently reading the first book by Elaine Cunningham, Elfshadow. Just finished the part with her and Danilo cutting through a section of the Marsh of Chelimber.
Its also a good match for a Wood Elf Forge Cleric, who can seek out Moonblades (or Moon Touched swords for lower levels) that have been lost to time. Either they find one that finds them worthy, or they return it to the matching bloodline.
I am playing a level 20 one-shot and I made a Battle Master Drow. The DM gave me a Moonblade (corrupted of course) with 8 runes. Its sole purpose was to slay non Drow
Arilyn's moonblade was quite deadly.⚔
So a "One for All" blade? With cool quirks?
so a human commoner Deku met the "elven" paladin All Might and become a blade singer with a smite too strong for his body?
Gaspar Díaz YES
@@Wreckur4203 I would totally tack on some kind of over-channeling ability on the Moonblade, where they can do the equivalent of a Smite or maximize the damage of a spell, but it causes problems for the wielder.
How dare you.
You’re not wrong, but still... how dare.
Cursed Moonblade deals 8d6 electric damage to wielder? My Air Elemental Savant True Neutral Cleric (immunity electricity) would say, “yes, please!”
I’ll just fly around and stabby stab or touch bad peeps on the shoulder as the blade tries to shock me for the 8d6/round.
Thank you, Jorphan! Moonblades are pretty amazing. I may have to include them in a campaign. Sentient swords are just too cool and this really has a deep lore. Love it!
Hahah the Ted cameo was priceless! Awesome video. I have only glanced over moon blade lore before. I had no idea there was so much potential for story with these items!
Best cameo!
Nerd Immersion I forget you guys play a campaign together so it really came as a surprise 😆
My Drow PC has actually come upon two pieces of a Moonblade and is set to repair and wield it once he is level 18.
My DM homebrewed a moon blade so it has a sun blade, kind of like a dark saber. Absolutely beautiful. It glows, is finesse, throws & returns, & ignores resistances. It also changes color with my mood, which is badass since I’m an Eladrin. LOVE IT
I played a character who was a Hawksong who also had a Moonblade lost and it was part of the campaign to find and attune to it.
Another thing to do is to have the moonblade attune to a player but not unlock it's abilities beyond the +1 to hit and damage, and have a side quest to unlock it's other runes by traveling to various elven temples across the land. Depending on the temples they go to different powers can be unlocked, and some of the temples will have guardians who require a task to earn entry.
There was also Arilyn’s Moonblade
A Moonblade experiment from a Lich would be fun.
Currently playing a High-Elf Bladesinger with a Moonblade (+3, Finesse, acts as Ring of Spell Storing). It's one of the best items for defining a character build and that entire character's backstory, and given that it doesn't "turn on" until you prove yourself worthy you can inherit it at level 1 without breaking the game. "My Father and my Father's Father could not wield it, but I will." It's cliché, but it works, and there can be some fun in not knowing how strong it will eventually be.
Meanwhile, I'm level 9 still with a non magic Rapier 😂
@@Jk-zv6tz I see you’ve meet my DM also!!
I don't intend to specifically drop this into my game to steal it back and kill a player, but I'm not gonna say there isn't a high probability of that happening now 🤣
Hmm, this is a really interesting idea for a character that does happen to die during a campaign while atuned to the moonblade. They could continue roll playing as the sentient sword in the possession of another player/NPC... I like it!
I'm actually making a Druid themed moonblade for a Druid in the party I'm DMing. I'm thinking of letting it use their spellcasting modifier for attacks and damage, counting as a spellcasting focus, a ring of spell storing, and maybe have an innate druid spell or two is what it'll end up doing. OP? Yes. Easy to get and find? No. They have to go through a whole story-arc in order to find this thing.
Great Idea. A series on the history of magical weapons. Give lore, but also gives ideas for weapons, npcs, backstories, and world building. Keep it up!
*Pelinal Whitestrake shrieking in the distance*
Darkmoon: Why do I hear boss music?
I was toying with the idea if a jedi, i mean gish, but settled in my head for 8lvl EK 9lvl Celestial Warlock and the whatever. Heal, force push, shield, exp retreat, suggestion and a shadow saber.
Fantastic! I have a woodelf bard that follows elistrae in the campain I run. Sounds like an item perfect for her! Thanks again Jorphdan!
I'd never heard if Starym before, I can absolutely use that. I am a little sad at no mention of Arilyn Moonblade though, she's one of my favorites and I wish WotC would use her for something.
I’ve been waiting for this one!
I was supposed to play in a campaign where my Valenar Elf was going to get one in the form of a double-bladed scimitar... sadly the game dissolved before that could happen
In the campaign I'm playing in my high elf rogue arcane trickster was taken from their parents as a baby and raised as a thief and during the campaign during some shopping in a thrift shop kinda place she was buying what looked like a nice longsword when it recognised her, now she is on a journey to prove herself to the sword as its the only link to her family she has and hopefully find out what happened to them possibly even finding any still living family as she is only a little past 100 so parents could still easily be alive
I made a high elf arcane cleric who is in search of his family's lost moonblade. I wrote a prophecy and i cant wait to find a group to play him and fan the character out with my DM
Playing a Moon Elf who wants to recover his family’s Moonblade from Myth Drannor after a certain archmage throwed a flying city in the middle f the city.
In a campaign I’m in, my Moon-Elf Bladesinger discovers the secrets of forging a moonblade. He’s going to construct it early on, and eventually it will reveal its full power (as he learns its “True Name”).
In the hilt, he used his father’s moonstone arcane focus. The sentience is just residual magical knowledge from the focus. It’s going to start with the Radiant minor property, and a +1.
At its max power, the blade will have: +3 to attack and damage rolls, +2d6 slashing, crits on 19/20, vorpal, weapon bond, Radiant/Beacon/the ability to flash brightly.
My character’s mission is to forge this blade, and unlock its destined abilities, and then seek vengeance against a dark power that destroyed Evermeet.
My half-elf rogue is discovering their paternal lineage and about to multiclass into wizard to be a bladesinger like their father. I hope they discover a family moonblade (something I hinted at to my DM).
Aside from Eldritch Knights or melee Bards, you could also give a Moonblade to an Archfey or Celestial Warlock as their pact weapon. I would definitely appreciate a finesse longsword and extra spell usage. Maybe throw on the Key (unlock stuff) and Guardian (+2 initiative) properties for funsies. Elven Keyblade wielders ftw!! XD
Great idea! 😄
You forgot Bladesingers and Hexblade Warlocks
I would like to see a series focused on gods of faerunian phanteon complete with a timeline of relationships. BTW awesome work, i just binged your videos in 2 days.
Does this count
Forgotten Realms Pantheon: th-cam.com/play/PLJqE7QBvDyc-8EjJ59IcQC_weaD_TWdXr.html
My favourtie magic item.
I created one of these for one of my Eladrin Elf. They're so awesome.
I have a cod piece made of moonstone (+3 thrusting motion & illuminates 10' radius for 1 round/per thrust).
My level 5 half-elf ranger just got a moonblade that was forged for him specifically. I got to narrate the swords appearance so I made it a rapier and incorporated a unicorns horn as the handle (I didn't kill it, it was dead when I got there) right now it's just a +2 rapier but I wouldn't be surprised if my dm added some other minor property to it.
I love its design in 5e.
The way I changed the blade for my own setting where shape-shifting sentient swords are commonplace (someone watched too much Bleach) is that a regular blade lives in its user's mind/soul as a separately operating but closely connected entity. When the user takes up a nameless sword, that spirit inside their mind slowly turns it into their weapon.
Moonblades are the exact opposite. They slowly turn their user into an extension of themselves, where the freedom of the user is dependent on how nice the sword is.
Worse yet, there are specialized dolls that, when stabbed through with a moonblade, will turn into the blade's ideal host. At least what the blade thinks is ideal for them.
THANK YOU ! I have been looking for a back story to the blade held by an Arch Faye of the unsealy Court ( The Leanansidhe), it shall be a shattered piece of a moonblade and the Hexblade Paladin that service it will be feeding it magic with each enchanted weapon he picks up.
That puts a new spin on the name of the setting of Eye of the Beholder 2: The Temple of Darkmoon.
Ok Jorphdan I think its save to hide my secret here. In my Ebberon home game, the warforge Artifice/Blade singer will be from a secret group of cannith bladesmiths who use blades powered by Siberys dragonshards.o or moonstones now.
Definitely a cool relic to ponder.
Omg I love the old school beholder from colossal miniatures
Thank you Xander! He's part of September's release!
I'm hoping to find a moodblade for my half elf swashbuckler hexblade.
Could you continue to do lore on each of the legendary magic items, including the Staff of the Magi?
I'll see what info I can come up with. 😁
A Paladin serving Eiliestraee equipped with a Moonblade would be most welcome in my campaign party, even though my character serves another deity; he IS on the side of good though.
My plan for a moon blade is that it gains runes each time the character goes up a heroic teir but has one rune active all ready
I can see adventurers going on a quest to find a Moonblade, discover it’s corrupted, and can decide to keep going or purify it. If they purify it the power set changes and it can be normally attuned again. The blade also turns good and may have certain characteristics the DM chooses. I can see a half elf with the soul of an elven hero claiming the blade they once held in a life forgotten.
How about a video on the Oathbow?
Hi :) I *never* comment on youtube videos, but I've been binging yours today, and I really appreciate them
I'm commenting because I'm wondering if you would consider doing a common-knowledge summary video for beginning characters. Because all this lore is really cool, and it's great to have it summarized, but it's such a mind-boggling amount of info that no non-historian character can be expected to know at the start of their career (though I assume your work is mainly aimed at DMs)
So would you consider condensing what you've learned so far into a common-knowledge video? Maybe tier-ing it by in-game education level?
Thanks for the videos
They're keeping me from doom-binging the news :)
That sounds like a cool idea, but common knowledge would be different for different regions of Faerun. Different races such as Dwarves, Elves, or Humans would all have varying levels of local knowledge.
Because it is really up to the DM and the player running the game I think I should leave it to those two! If your DM drops something on you and says your characters knows about it, well I'm just a google search away if there was a video done on that topic! If not make it up, make the forgotten realms your realms :)
Nice
Now I need to create a moonblade for my campaign
Not sure if it’s just the books, but in Evermeet Island of elves, which covers the history of them being created, it’ll kill anyone unworthy of it. By Elaine Cunningham, highly recommended the book, or audiobook was excellent.
nice vid
My party found the cursed moonblade an i made a long ass quest for them to timetravel through generations to cure it of the hatred of non elfs
Good reward for bringing in all 10 monster heads.
i love your videos...i just wanted to as if we have any onfo on King's Blade, wielded by the Ruler of Evermeet how it looked what stats abilities it had etc....ty
He did Radcliffe bad there 😂. I think I’ve seen that blade singer somewhere... I heard he’s a successful merchant... hmm...
The most successful!
A friends pc got a Moonblade in 2e. It was homebrewed by our DM and incredibly and ridicoulously powerful. It was chaotic neutral (sometimes evil). +5 /+6 vs orcs and drow with lots of spell like abilities. My pc had a holy avenger sword. (Crusader). One time we were dominated and we fought each other. Both swords clashed together. Both swords were intelligent and tried to control each other. We almost beat the crap out of ourselves. Though we almost killed each other, it was an epic fight.
The Moonblades were attunable only by ELVES, half elves were deemed unworthy by the blades' *soul* (Arylin Moonblade was the exception due to the circumstances) Sun elves demanded moonblades and most were struck dead as they were all deemed unworthy. if the moonblade senses you have a dark side and are the last of your line the blade "dies" as the high magic used to power the moonblades stops working and all you are left with is a masterwork elven sword. a few moonblades were corrupted by greedy Sun Elves and are *evil moonblades.
Well, remember the Moonblades are a moon elven creation, and moonelves are less arrogant. They are only “We surely are better than you, we won’t tell you where are our cities but we can at least talk and have some fun”
Hex 1 Swords Bard X works well if you want to be a mage but also adept frontline sword user with HUGE AC. What are people's suggestions for more gish strength? Pure Paladin isn't bad. Pure Hexblade?
Hmm. What are your thoughts on a Human with Elven lineage being attuned to a Moonblade, like one thought lost or forever dormant due to it being believed that the lineage died out, but Fate lets said Human encounter the Moonblade?
I can already imagine some shenanigans like having to deal with some Elves who see that as blasphemy, or maybe whoever had the Moonblade before it woke up wants it back. Seems like random repeat encounters that could work for an adventuring party without becoming "Chosen One-y".
Never heard of Darkmoon other than the old EoB2 game. Couldn’t have maybe touched on Arylin Moonblades sword????
Moonblades are created from a high magic ritual and they were not created by moon elves, but because during the claiming ceremony, it was the moon elves who were found worthy while the gold elves were found wanting and perished.
"While over 300 blades were created for all the
clans of elves, 180 moon elves survived the First Claiming Ceremony, and dozens of once-proud gold elf clans saw their heirs die, judged unworthy by the blades. Thus, this is why the swords are moonblades, for the moon elves that bore them." Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves, page 23.
The Starym Moonblade was made for the gold elf Starym clan and corrupted by Moander in order to let it be drawn in the claiming ceremony. After the gold elf Starym clan left Myth Drannor, the moon elf Straym clan, which was an offshoot of the gold elf Straym clan, returned to Myth Drannor years later and reclaimed the families position.
Two moonblades have their powers detailed, Arilyn's Moonblade and the Straym Moonblade. Four more moonblades are listed, but their powers are not detailed: Thoerl, moonblade of House Silverspear, Zaor's moonblade that decided who should be king (called the king's blade by some), the Craulnober moonblade, and Xan's moonblade which does have a few details about its abilities.
Finally someone who actually knows the lore. So often I see these videos and they use D&D book lore and not the original from the books. The only thing I would add to this description is a high elf mage sacrificed himself during the original spell. His wisdom is what partially determines who is worth of the blades.
@@TorilAthtar Thank you.
Though it wasn't a spell that created the moonblades, but a high magic ritual (lalyshae'Seldar'Wihylos/ Sacraments of Seldarine Blessing) that was of massive cooperation and involvement:
"An aged elf, the Grand Mage Ethlando at Elven Court linked all the rituals, and High Magic
flowed across Toril, binding all the elven High Mages in solemn ceremony. Each elven civilization at that time created at least 25 moonblades for their clans, both noble elder Houses to commoner clans alike. In Arcorars northern glades, 100 were created for the combined nobles and clans of that great forest's three realms."
I couldn't find a source that indicates Ethlando perished during the high magic ritual that created the moonblades, perhaps you were thinking of the Mythanthor who created the mythal for Myth Drannor and merged with it? Or was this stated perhaps in one of the novels? Information on Ethlando is really scarce. I did find this regarding how moonblades measure one's worth:
"Known to all of the wielders of the moonblades, these magical blades were testing the moral fortitude of their wielders to
help the Elven Court and the elves of all the realms determine the most worthy ruler among all the elder elven clans. The moonblades provided power to the worthy in their successes and death to those inharmonious to the betterment of the Tel'Quessir."
Though, death has been nerfed by WotC in the latest edition and they added some sort of ceremony to the claiming that is not part of the lore, but such has been the tenure of WotC rewriting lore and canon.
"The Grand Mage also set a magic in play within the moonblades that they would all pulse with magic to signal when
the time came to find the King Blade among them: When the
blades number a score and four, they shall ring out the time
for the Ascension Ceremony. The one clan and one clan heir chosen worthiest by the moonblades shall unify the elves in their truest homeland, where the heir shall rule over all."
Only the Straym moonblade works differently as it was corrupted with aid of Moander in order to let the first gold elf Starym draw the blade without being judged unworthy. It is also the only moonblade that steal a portion of the owner's essence to power the blade, normal moonblades do not.
2nd edition tends to be the best source for specific settings that existed in that edition as there was so much material that was printed compared to the rather anemic production of specific campaign setting material in the last two editions.
@@craigtucker1290 A friend of mine loves the The Starym name and is a pretty big elf player. Often times he gets his info from very old source books 2nd edition stuff and such. Mine is purely from the novel. So we often have slightly different knowledge.
According to him the Rulers blade which I have heard it called more often than the Kings blade is held by the Srinshee. In one of the books he heard she went to claim it to stop the fighting between the gold elves over who should wield it. When the blade accepted her they all casted powerful killing spells at her. She had tears in her eyes as the spells were reflected back at the casters.
From what i have read myself she seems to be the most powerful elf in existence. I think it is one of ed greenwood books "not a pure eleminster book" She helped fend off some shadow fell wizards from the netheril era from stealing something like the weave or part of it. I can't remember exactly but it was one of those kinda fights were everyone if just trying not to die while the wizards of titanic magic slug it out.
@@TorilAthtar Your friend is mistaken for the Ruler's blade is not a moonblade, it is an elfblade of which there are only three for the kingdom of Cormanthyr. The other two are the Artblade and the Warblade. The ruler's Blade is quite powerful in the fact that it has three selu'kiira as part of its construction that allows the wielder to perform high magic rituals without being a high mage or even a wizard.
The King's Blade was decided among the surviving moonblades. The King's Blade is Zaor Moonflower's moonblade that existed at the same time as the Ruler's Blade was held by Colonel Eltargrim, though at that time it was just a moonblade because the choosing of the most worthy to lead the elves had not yet been triggered by the moonblades. When Eltargrim passed, the Ruler's Blade was left to what most believed to be his daughter's future rule, but she was assassinated in a manner that defied any resurrection efforts. That left the the rulership of Cormathyr and Myth Drannor contested and this is what happened with those trying to claim the Ruler's Blade:
"Over the next four days and nights, each of the noble Houses
sent at least one heir to the Tower to touch the blade and gain its power. No feet touched the stairs of the Rule Towers interior, and it was not the barring by the armathors that kept the stairs clear. All the elves flew to the Tower in full regalia and honors, and one by one the result was the same. The elves, no matter how penitent or honorable they seemed to themselves, reached for the elfblade and were found wanting. The gold arc of light that crackled along the blade flared into fiery life, crawled down the blade to engulf each elf, and consumed the body utterly in arcane fire, ending the elfs life in a bolt of eldritch flame that blasted skyward to explode high above the Tower, signaling yet another failure. By the dawn of the sixth day, a noble from each of the 24 different gold elf Houses had been consumed by the Claiming Ceremony, and their Houses wept. Even in grief and in this time of trial, conspiracies abounded."
It got worse before it got better with the rule towers destruction:
"To this day, none know who
unleashed the killing magic within the Rule Tower, only that the Tower exploded in arcane fury at dusk and none walked away. Under the thrall of their own hubris, the children of Cormanthyr, rather than risk the fate of rule by a non-elf, sundered the first and purest symbol of their fair city. Though few were surprised, the explosion affected none of the High Mages or the elfblade within the Ceremony Sphere, which still floated serenely and silently above the chaos. Despite the discord below, six more elves had tried and failed to become Coronal that day, though these elves were bold commoners, servants who sought to reclaim sense and peace while their masters warred. In all, 40 elves had tried, and the People had failed on two fronts that day."
The Srrinshee has a complicated history of being both elf and human, baelnorn, wizard and high mage:
"In her time, she has been so many things: the Lady Oluevaera
Estelda, CorSelutaar (Grand Mage of the High Mages of Cormanthyr), leader of Srinshinnar (and thus her commonly known title), savior of Yrlaphons Survivors, the Wardnorn of the Vault of Ages, tutor of the Armathora, and (her current status) High Court Mage of Myth Drannor."
"During much of the Coronal Eltargrims rule, she was a
baelnorn, guardian of the Coronals most precious treasures, and teacher to many of the Courts mages. However, shortly
before the Opening, she was inexplicably restored to life and
youth (though rumors persist that the Lady of Mysteries, the human goddess Mystra, had a hand in this); within a few
mere decades, she stood among the other mythal-casters as a
fresh-faced (but still agedly wise) elven maid of only 200 winters! She now walks Myth Drannor as an adult, her lustrous sapphire-blue hair nearly two feet longer than her own height and her ivory-skinned beauty in a fullness unseen in more than a millennia."
She can also handle the Ruler's blade without harm, is a 30th level mage and high mage with an intelligence of 25 and a wisdom of 24.
@@craigtucker1290 Hmm I must of misspoken what he told me since what you wrote out sounds a lot more like what he told me than what my memory recalls if that makes sense. Or what he told me got mixed up with something else in his head. Its cool to see someone actually quote it from the source material. I would do that more often but scouring through my book collection would be a bit daunting at this point. I'll look for you in future videos on these types of things. Thanks for the lesson.
Unsure if I'll be able to get this into a campaign, having one on hold where I have two half-elves where I want to reward one with a moonblade
problem is, they're both chaotic good
so what could I do? Shatter the moonblade! Then I can have a whole sub-plot of Restoring this moonblade, the souls inside chaotic and shattered, their wills now needing to be guided by one as erratic and flowing as they've become.
and I can also possibly have a whole other thing going where the shards of the moonblade can be reforged into other blades with the same chaotic force.
but my favourite thing would be to have one of the players find a hilt; the hilt of a moonblade. One of them manages to attune to this magical item; it is a disparate sentience and learning its name will let them wield it as the Blade itself springs forth anew from the hilt! The moonblade now acts as a Sun Blade with Force instead of Radiance!
well its also Tied to a specific bloodline
@@wolves600 true, the OG plan was to have one of the characters' father be the previous wielder
But also the blade is entirely able to choose if none would otherwise wield it
Remember the Moonblades are haunted by their last user, so it’s possible to the spirit to make an exception.
No Arilyn? 😢
A half grey elf half aasimar paladin would be great for a moon blade.
>See a video about Moonblades >Get hype >No Arylin. My face when.
Me as a dwarf be like: FUCKING KNIFE EARED TOOTHPICKER!!!
Dude this is the Excalibur from 7 deadly sins lol
Gee House!
So....on of the other players in a campaign im in gave me a moonblade. Mind you at the time I just thought it was a +1 longsword with an extra 2d6 radiant damage bonus. An upgrade to my +1 longswird that broke in that session. Also mind you that player character is a special one. Basically he's a kind of demi God that traveled through multiple timeliness and realities (the dm allowed it) and in one timeline he killed a whole town of elves just to steal a moon blade in which he thought was garbage so he placed all the souls of the elves in the village into the moonblade and put it in his pocket dimension in which it sat for over 100 years until one day in this campaign he gave it to me....I'm a variant human. Though I never actually used it yet in my character sheet the dm said it has a 2d6 and also when I put it close to my ear u can hear the screaming of elves. So idk if I'm already attuned or if it's still sentient but now I'm determined to fix this cursed magical blade.
played a human thief who stole one of these. Damn thing bitched about it all the time. It never let me get a nights rest after I played a part in conquering the Elven kingdom it was from.
Want!
No Mention of Arilyn Moonblade? Her name is the name of the sword?!
Gotta say I much prefer Artemis Entreri’s jewelled / vampiric dagger that only stole the soul (and life force) of the blade’s victims, instead of just my own soul as the owner…
Anyone else kept Xan from Baldur’s Gate 1 in the party only for his Moonblade? Coolest weapon for the most depressing mage ever.
A good primer, but your lore section is definitely incomplete. I am not sure if that was intentional on your part. But I did appreciate you delving into the lore of the Starym Moonblade, Darkmoon. Maybe you can do another video on the rest of the lore some other time.
Great, now I'm wanting to brew up a good "lich" undead elven bladesinger......jedi. and it modified the moonblade to be its phalactory.
Excellent!
@@Jorphdan well after doing some research on bealnorn (undead elves like liches)
Said elf would kinda be giving up its life for a higher purpose for the greater good. Apon death, soul goes to the moonblade but the body is filled with devine energy and that person lives on being the head of house guardian. Etc etc.
Would make for a interesting in a way that it's a good guy and views the players as the villains. Depending on the actions the players take and things. Great rp value
for sure! Would be an interesting transition for a character in the 11+ levels.
@@Jorphdan omg. Lol a moonblade that is cursed. Only attunes to female elves. The current soul in the moonblade wants to permitently stay in the blade. Currpts the weilder to the point that apon death they come back as banshees.
Thank you Aj and the mighty gluestick. Lol
@@Jorphdan wow I'm firing ideas off left and right. And I've only had 2 cups of coffee. Lmao
Or a good aligned Noble Starym could try to redeem the blade by purging the evil. Perhaps by bathing the blade in holy pools dedicated to the Selderine from the prime material, to the fey wild, and finally in Arvandor itself. Perhaps the Gods will only permit the blade to enter the pool upon completion of holy quests that further to unite the elves and seal alliances with humans, dwarves, halflings, and gnomes. Perhaps even work towards bringing the dark elves back into the light.
What about Elaith the Serpent and his Moon Blade?
So if someone attunes to the moonblade and later on the wielder becomes corrupt later in life what happens? Does the weapon un-attune or does the wielder die?
First session of a "pirate" campaign I say pirate becouse its purely ocean based
And our dm describes a moonblade on display at a weapon shop, so naturally my half-elf rogue stole it
think it would be ok to reskin this as a staff for a monk?
so One for all in DnD
Not like Mjolnir, You mean like a Green Lanterns Ring!
So you can really on get one if your parents are dead? Damn, I kinda had a nice backstory too.
My dream weapon over a holy avenger for a half elf pally
So Excalibur from Seven Deadly Sins season 2 is a Human Moonblade?
My character is a level 6 moon elf 😊.
En Taro Storm-Fangs
Is there a limit on the # of runes?
Its Mjölner
Not Molder
And no you can not use it if you are "worthy" it is restricted to Tor and only him. it has been that way for the last 10,000 years (earliest recording) and still is.
*me having a revenant*
Interesting.
Is that the Stonecutters episode? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Who keeps the Martians under wraps? We doo~~~
Just saying sounds like the Excalibur blade from sds
Is there a 5e version of this type of blade? Trying to figure out if my artificer can make one that does more than just shine.
Yes there is and it's just called Moonblade, which is not to be confused with the Moontouched Sword. The latter one is just a magical sword without any other properties
@@SlemTurnThePowerOn I found it. I was confusing it with the moon touched blade
You know, I don't think an Artificer one would do more than just shine. Moonblades draws most of its magical power from the runes. The runes themselves appear on the blade after the elf dies and it absorbs their souls.
You'd likely need a Necromancer if you were going to make your own. And be ok with stealing elf souls to power the magic.
@@greglong7170 sounds fun. Lol #murderhobo
@@heavenburnt9055 Yeah, it could make for an interesting campaign. You'd definitely need to be playing an evil character to go that route and you would likely need to be in an evil campaign as I don't picture good aligned teammates being ok with it.
I only make mention of it because there is more to a Moonblade than simply having your Artifcer duplicate its magical effects. Any weapon can have those stats. The Sunblade you get in Curse of Strahd is nothing more than a sun sword. What makes it the Sunblade is the history and the fact that the blade used to be his brother's sword and it used to have a crystal blade that was destroyed. Same applies here. It's a Moonblade due to the history and the fact that it is powered by Elven souls.
So if you wanted a Moonblade you would need to do more than duplicate its effects. You'd either need to convince the GM to give you one or go on a mad quest with your Necromancer bff to steal elven souls and lock them into the sword. Not claiming one path is better than the other. Both can be fun. Just that you're gonna need to do more than copy its stats to make it a Moonblade. I've had PCs in the past that would 100% be down for sticking elf souls into a sword. And you could always have an epic showdown between you and an elf with his Moonblade that he inherited through the ages. See who has the better Moonblade.