Nithingr
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A cursed grey sword - Nithingr
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Stats
Superior quality grey sword: Power 3, add 2, slow, VA 1, long. 1 balance die.
The curse
Whenever Nithingr is used to kill, the player selects one friendly relationship, any affiliation or any positive reputation. It is corrupted: A relationship becomes hateful, affiliation is replaced by a relevant "exile"-styled reputation, a reputation is twisted into negative one.
If the character has none of the above, GM is free to assign any NPC as a hated relationship to the character.
Alternatively, some other PC can opt to take a belief about hating the cursed character.
The corrupted social ties are permanent, but can be repaired through normal means after getting rid of Nithingr. There is always at least a stretched reason for every corruption; they don't happen without diegetic explanation.
Wielded by
- A troll who claimed a kingdom, became a king and consequently drove almost every other troll away.
- Warrior wife of a loser - Brunhildr Svarthundsdottir, who slaughtered the aforemention troll king with the help of Dead ruler's heroic son - Halvard Thorvaldsson, an unwitting troll and five other warriors.
Etymology
Nithingr means a man devoid of all honour, better off dead.
