two truths and a lie

[masculinitea]

Two Truths And A Lie

amnesia edition

Present your character with three statements about themselves, two of which are correct. Other characters can see the statements and take a stab. Which ones are true? Let's find out together! Statements may instead be about the world they came from, or their creator if you want to get meta. Choosing one statement may or may not result in any explanation. Another three may appear after they are resolved. Or not! I'm not a cop.

[Code's from here.]

Comments

[hasapoint]

1. Need cannot be broken by normal means, nor can time or water dull her edge.

2. In the hands of the unworthy, Need will prevent wounds from healing, cause spells to misfire, and bring ruin.

3. It is written of Need-

Hang on, this isn't in keeping with the mood of the rest of these at all! Don't give me this portentous nonsense.

...

1. Need died a virgin, or at least, Need never had a man of her own, though she might have liked one.

2. Need made one of her "daughters" get menaced with a frying pan.

3. When Need made weapons they were all very fancy, the hilts bedecked with precious metals and gemstones.

That's better. A bit. Terrible thing to do to a sword though...

[hellonspectacles]

...How does one 'get menaced with a frying pan'?

[hasapoint]

I'm going to assume someone threatened to hit her with one but for all I know she had a delicate constitution and feared the oil splatter.

['Had', huh? Need's presuming this daughter has since died.]

[hellonspectacles]

Sounds like she should stay away from kitchens, either way.

[hasapoint]

On the contrary, she should face the fear. And the risk, a frying pan isn't such a fearsome weapon all things considered.

[thinkfirst]

There's really nothing wrong with a fancy weapon, as long as it still works, right? Perhaps number 2 is the lie?

[hasapoint]

There's plenty wrong with a gilded weapon if it's not just for fancy dress or an artistic piece. Some noble's show-sword, there to look good, not for fighting with.

Gold's heavy. Throws the weight off if you don't design it from the start, and it makes for a garbage grip, you want something that yields and that you can replace every now and then. And how are the gems staying afixed, and are they something that can survive blood? It's both adhesive and corrosive, you know, and a terrible lot of work to clean out of something elaborate. If you're felled or parted from it, anyone who wants cash can pop them out and chisel the gold off, it's soft enough that that's easy, and good on them.

[Begrudgingly:] But wealthy merchants and nobles will fork over a lot more for an art piece than for an honest weapon.

[Need's sword is constantly described as being very plain and battered-looking and she's a little affronted that the blades she sold to weaponsbrokers always ended up refitted for resale to the rich. But all the official art, including by the author's husband, is of it as having a gemstone with a lyre-piece, two hilt rings, and decorative lacquered crescent quillions, which begs the question, what counts as plain in Velgarth?]

[thinkfirst]

So then, a gilded weapon is a weapon that has a low probability of being effective, making it somewhat of a waste of time.

[ The problem is that Flynn could talk about this stuff all day, and so the game lies currently forgotten. ]

Would it be an interesting problem to work on, to make a sword that suited the decorative needs of its noble commissioner but also functioned as an excellent weapon? I agree that most decoration is silly, but... it would be a fascinating problem to solve.

...or a frustrating one, depending.