Archive | August 27, 2023
What’s the Story With Your…?
Swords and horses…
Knights have them. Knights love them. Knights won’t stop talking about them. Don’t be left out when your knight friends bring up their swords and horses. Here are 20 bits of lore for your sword and horse.
And be sure to name them!
Your sword was…
- Forged from meteoric steel.
- A gift from the Fey Realm.
- Forged from the dreams of a holy hermit.
- Forged in a burning lake of fire.
- Forged with a hatred for some creature.
- Once owned by a legendary ancient hero.
- Retrieved from a slain dragon’s hoard.
- Forged with a hatred for the sword of another knight.
- Forged to love its owner and will shatter rather than see them suffer a killing blow.
- Once a piece of a celestial/infernal machine.
- Used to bind a dragon or elemental’s soul.
- Forged so sharp it cuts steel like it was paper.
- Pulled from an ancient giant’s skull.
- Once used by an ancestor who saved the kingdom.
- Forged to always return to its owner’s hand.
- Forged in a furnace powered by an elemental.
- Forged from a sliver of solid moonlight.
- Forged as a gift to your family by the reclusive grimfolk.
- Forged so sharp it can cut through stone.
- Won by an ancestor from another knight’s ancestor.
Your horse is…
- Descended from the wind.
- Descended from a shapeshifting fey, angel, or demon.
- Descended from a herd raised on human flesh.
- Smart enough to understand human speech.
- Able to turn itself and its rider invisible once a day.
- Actually some other creature trapped in horse form.
- Descended from sea foam and can walk on water.
- So shiny and lustrous it glows in the dark.
- Made from carved stone.
- Descended from the herd of the sun and doesn’t need food or water.
- Can walk on moonbeams.
- Will always return to you when called for.
- Fearless.
- Able to balance an walk along a roof peak or rope.
- Always able to find acceptable food and water for you.
- Able to teleport up to 30’ once per day.
- Able to leap over buildings and trees.
- Able to fly. It has wings.
- A cousin. Magic was involved. It’s weird.
- Blessed and can find healing herbs when needed.
You can download a free PDF of these lists on my itch page.
It’s likely these and future D20 generators will get compiled into a zine of some kind, probably one based on Orlando Furioso. Stay tuned!
