# A magical item of godly proportions and might that has been passed through the millenia to the descendants and ancestors of such as Joan of Arc and other women of once thought mythic stature.

# Item is usable ONLY by women.

# Appears most often as a bracelet when mundane and converts to a gauntlet with a retractable sword/dirk from the central knuckle at times of action. At highest use, has the capability to plate the wielder in heavy armor.

# Item has many still unknown abilities... however based upon what is known by the mythic feats of previous wielders, the witchblade enables the wielder access to superior combat abilities, clairvoyance of certain events, a degree of enhanced health, and a minor manipulation of temporal currents (the wielder of the 'blade' exists in ALL times, not just one).

# The item is one of a kind and an artifact that is highly sought after, even by men who wish to control a chosen wielder,

# Disadvantages are many: the 'blade' is sentient and has throughout history chosen to abandon its wielder, usually at the most inopportune of times (Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake, as you recall); the 'blade' is much sought and being the bane of certain other artifacts is often pit against the servants of the shadow directly (the blade wielder will always be hunted by the forces of darkness, for should the blade fall to them, they may reap there devastation upon the mortal realms unchecked)

What do I think I would do to make this item:

# some kind of object prog that will have a chance of transing a number of mobiles (Darkness specific) to the wielder and forcing them to attack the wielder... not sure of what kind of event can trigger that. Also make them nonaggressive so that they attack the WIELDER above all else on the force. Likely some kind of purge or no flee attachment to ensure that the wielder cannot or doesnt leave such mobs behind for others.

# Item is a high end artifact, will need to be one of a kind and applicable and acceptable powers and abilities for a mortal to use... and make it in contention for others to want to slay the user to get it. It has powers as a weapon (sword) and as a gauntlet, but it mainly deals with armor and enhancement of fighting abilities with itself as a sword especially

# A minor area to house the 'blade' in the first place. Perhaps a Darkness stronghold or crypt with a guardian... story of the blade and a trace of the lineage that has wielded it in the past (preferably to include all current and future player wielders too for the sake of game continuity and dynamic presentation and damn niftiness).

# perhaps create some oprog inflictions to play on the sentient side of the object... ie if the wielder is sex changed they may be struck down by the blade, if the wielder has wisdom that falls below X value then the blade will trans itself back to the crypt (abandonment), if the wielder flees too much then the blade will do X, etc.

Don't know, likely too hard but still like to write it out for the sound of it... snicker.

(Originally posted 7/1/2002 Recovered from Livejournal)