Vorpal Sword Greatsword Legendary Dmg 209
Requires Attunement You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. In addition, the weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage. When you attack a creature that has at least one head with this weapon and roll a 20 on the attack roll, you cut off one of the creature's heads.
Vorpal Sword Greatsword Legendary Dmg 209 9
'Vorpal sword' and 'vorpal blade' are phrases in Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky', which have been taken up in several other media. Carroll never provided a definition of what it really meant.[1] The term has been adopted by the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, where 'vorpal' blades have the ability to decapitate opponents on lucky strikes.[2]
Context and definition[edit]
Carroll published Through the Looking-Glass in 1871. Near the beginning, Alice discovers and reads the poem 'Jabberwocky', which Humpty Dumpty later attempts to explain, to her increasing consternation. One of the poem's several nonsense adjectives, 'vorpal' is twice used to describe the sword a young hero employs to slay the poem's titular monster:[1]
He took his vorpal sword in hand,
longtime the manxsome foe he sought
So rested he by the Tum-Tum Tree
And stood awhile in thought.
And later,
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
As with much of the poem's vocabulary, the reader is left to guess at the meaning of 'vorpal' from the context. As befits the sword in a heroic ballad, 'vorpal' is frequently assumed to mean deadly or sharp. Carroll himself explained that many of the poem's words were portmanteau words playfully combining existing words from English, such that 'frumious' meant 'fuming and furious', 'mimsy' meant 'flimsy and miserable' and 'slithy' meant 'lithe and slimy'. Carroll seems never to have supplied meaning for 'vorpal', at one point writing, 'I am afraid I can't explain 'vorpal blade' for you—nor yet 'tulgey wood'',[3] although Alexander L. Taylor notes (in his Carroll biography The White Knight) that 'vorpal' can be formed by taking letters alternately from 'verbal' and 'gospel'.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ abGardner, Martin, ed. (1971) [1960]. The Annotated Alice. New York: The World Publishing Company. p. 153.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- ^'SRD:Vorpal - D&D Wiki'. www.dandwiki.com. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ^Graham, Eleanor (1981). Lewis Carroll and the Writing of Through The Looking Glass, Introduction to Through The Looking Glass in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland/Through The Looking Glass. Puffin Books.
- ^Taylor, Alexander (1952). The White Knight. Oliver & Boyd.
| Vorpal weapon | |
|---|---|
| (Magic item) | |
| Aura | Necromancy and transmutation (strong) |
| Caster Level | 18 |
| Type | Magic weapon |
| Slot | Weapon |
| Source: Classic Treasures Revisited, pg(s). 52-57 | |
A vorpal weapon is a magicslashing weapon imbued with the power to cleave a target's head from its shoulders when the wielder scores a particularly accurate hit, causing instant death. Creatures with no discernible heads and most mindless undead are unaffected by this, however.[1]
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It is said that vorpal weapons were originally created as a means of killing jabberwocks; in any event, the beasts have a healthy fear of such weapons.[2]
The vorpal quality is arguably the most powerful ability a weapon can have. It is certainly the most difficult and time-consuming to create of all the weapon enhancements. As a result, such items are extremely rare, and anyone who owns one should be treated with caution.[3]
On Golarion
Attitudes toward vorpal weapons vary. Elves claim to find them inelegant, while the random nature of the beheadings is often of interest to gnomes. There have never been any reports of goblins wielding vorpal dogslicers, but that is presumably due to a lack of magical talent rather than any moral scruples on the part of the goblins.
The Aldori swordlords do not allow their use in duels, and the Eagle Knights of Andoran use them only as a last resort. However, worshippers of Sarenrae praise them as the most merciful of weapons; indeed the most legendary of the Qadiran dervishes are said to use fiery, razor-sharp scimitars with the vorpal quality.
In the Lands of the Linnorm Kings, those who slay a linnorm demonstrate their worthiness to rule. Sometimes, this feat is achieved with the aid of a vorpal weapon. A few of the Ulfen are starting to regard this use of vorpal weapons as cheating.
Priests of Urgathoa use vorpal scythes in a ritual known as the Reaping. Followers of Gorum view vorpal greatswords as holy relics, and often seek to recover those in the possession of heretics.[4]
Known vorpal weapons
References
- ↑Jason Bulmahnet al. (2009). Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook (1E), p. 472. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-150-3
- ↑Wolfgang Bauret al. (2010). Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2 (First Edition), p. 168-9. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-268-5
- ↑Brian Cortijo. (2010). Vorpal Sword. Classic Treasures Revisited, p. 53. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-220-3
- ↑Brian Cortijo. (2010). Vorpal Sword. Classic Treasures Revisited, p. 56. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-220-3