Funny swords

[Rexenm]

I have funny swords, in my prose. There is one like a hooked needle, and a sword whose hilt matches the blade. I have been thinking about it and it might seem too wearisome, and if it seems nondescript, to have usual dirks and claymores, so I don’t want to be flamboyant?

The magic system matches the sword, so I’m thinking generic styles dampen the magic?

Have you seen funny swords, and do you have any?

 

[A. E. Lowan]

We have what we call "named objects." The first few we introduce are indeed swords - for example, this below is Keeper, which cannot strike a mortal blow but can entrap even the strongest of beings - but very quickly we expand on that. Our faerie knight bears Agmundr, the Gift of Terror. It's a six-shooter that fires enchanted bullets capable of killing any sidhe, no matter how ancient, and its rig grants the wearer the full speed and strength of the mightiest of princes. One of those princes bears Grief, a two-bladed war axe. It's slain thousands.

Some objects can speak, others either can't or don't want to, like our sword Courage. She lay silent for an eternity, waiting for her Hero to come. Some you can't shut up. We have just brought out Peace of Mind, a semi-automatic pistol created by the dwarves. He is aggressively male, extremely chatty, can make any shot lethal no matter where it hits, and can shoot around corners. His specialty is color commentary. His bearer isn't sure what he did to piss off the Dwarven King, but it must have been a doozy.

We have Kindness and Compassion, twin sets of surgical tools. Gorgeous and gifted with blades that never dull, edges that never harbor bacteria, and are not able to be lost.

And then there's Brenna Brauth, which is an actual punchline. It's an eight-slice toaster covered in gorgeous dwarves runes it's powered by a pair of little salamanders, Hallí and Gunna, who work for snacks. They prefer hot chips.

And we also have the more expected kind. Splendid the Bow of Queens. Sorrow born by King Ceallach and named for his wife, Deidre of the Sorrows. The great axes Regal and Intrepid. The pronged hammer Terror.

So, in answer to your question, yeah. We've got a couple.

 

[pmmg]

Silly and funny are not really in my vocabulary. I dont have anything in the story meant to just be silly for the sake of it.

I do have one character using a sword he knows is inferior, but that is due to his wanting to feel more connected to his god.

That sword above certainly looks like it could do something fatal.


If I go back to my D&D days, there were probably some. One I recall was an unedged sword that could magically cut wood like butter. I recall the player who had it used in many very imaginative ways. More than one would expect from a non-fighting weapon.