Six Unique Swords for Troika
One of the many unique mechanisms for Troika! is its method for resolving damage. After hitting an enemy, you roll on the 1d6 table for your weapon to determine how much damage you deal. The advantage of this method is that it gives each weapon a unique damage curve. The end result is that each weapon is very flavorful—it’s a great mechanism.
This is definitely not what the damage table was meant for, but I thought it would be fun to make some magical weapons that take advantage of this mechanism, putting some special events that could take place when you roll on the damage table. It's also a good excuse to make some terrible art in Paint.
1.The Thorn of the Rose-Dragon
Although this blade appears wooden, it is the deadly sharp blade made from the hip of a Rose-Dragon and fashioned into a sword with intricate organic carving and scrolling. The Rose-Dragon itself does this work, usually shrivelling up and dying when the sword is complete as part of its reproductive cycle.
2.Wainoe Scant’s Seven-Fold Sword
Wainoe Scant, beloved father of the field of mathmology, once received a vision in which it was revealed to him that the true name of eternity had been encoded in the book “93 Gross-out Jokes You Can Tell Your Friends.” Most of Wainoe’s life’s work was devoted to interpretation of that text, with the extremely important Field of Intersphere Topology being one result of this work. The rest was mostly hogwash.
This sword was only theoretical in Wainoe’s time, but one of Wainoe’s followers was able to make a real version later. Its blade is made of the prismatic ether in which the spheres float and exists in seven places at once. Its hilt is inlaid with silver and solid Einsteinium in an intricate mathematical pattern. Etched on the side of the blade is joke number 43 of the sacred book “Q: What do you call it when your parents yell at you so hard that they vomit? A: A puke rebuke!”
3. The Hammered Flute
When the legendary flutist Ferdinand Semberger wrote a melody criticizing King Oswald of the House of Oswald, King Oswald had the flutist hung and had his flute hammered into uselessness. A band of Semberger’s followers retrieved the hammered flute and had it fashioned into a fine sword with holes that echo the sound of a flute when swung.
4. The Sword of Prophecy
Looking at it, you could hardly believe that this dull, rusted sword, barely able to cut a blade of grass, is one of the most powerful swords in existence. The less said about its turbulent history, the better—since, who knows, if you say her name, she may come back. The sword was passed from owner to owner through the winding path of history, until the sword found itself in the umbrella rack of an unremarkable bookseller.
The sword grants its wielder the ability to cast True Seeing. Some say that, with the appropriate sacrifice, this sword can cast Zed...
5. Furred Foil
Dog breeding is the fashion amongst the nobles of the old city, accelerated by the mad techniques of Aloya Grace. Dogs with three heads, dogs with coats bred to look like the night sky, dogs with mouths full of curled teeth. One such breed is the furred foil, a dog with a long, wickedly sharp snout. While this animal does need to be fed and cared for, it is an excellent tracker.
6. Bartleby
Like all swords from Chromious III, Bartleby is installed with artificial intelligence so that it can track its target, maximize damage, access Wikipedia, etc. After long centuries, this sword's AI has gone quite mad. If given a request, such as “attack that guy,” Bartleby usually responds "I would prefer not to."
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