[onishadowolf]

That is off the MSDS sheet for 440 stainless steel. I looked near the handle and on the blade it read 440 stainless steel.

What the sword is doing has no effect on me or my two friends, just my other roommates. I do that energy thing to every sword that stay near me for long periods. This one has been with me the longest, and I have tried different things with it. 
Wait may be that is my special talent, corrupting stuff with my energy.

[Moloch]

Yeah, sounds like you're a corrupter of objects. A good way to test this theory is to do an intense cleansing of the sword, and see if that stops what it's doing. If not, then you may have to speak to me in PM, so that I can get you in touch with another non-member who is much more knowledgeable of such things than I am.

[onishadowolf]

Ok, I will try that.
Uhhh....how do you cleanse?

[Whitedrake]

I agree with Muerte. In all forms of media sentient swords are usually bad news. However if this is a new entity and not a demon of some sort that has bonded to your blade, i would suggest that you try to communicate with your blade. A connection would produce a resonating effect that would amplify your own power.
This is all conjecture however.

hey i disagree the sentient sword in baldurs gate 2 was fantastic. granted it was a video game, but i would love a sword like that

[KubeSix]

I agree with Muerte. In all forms of media sentient swords are usually bad news. However if this is a new entity and not a demon of some sort that has bonded to your blade, i would suggest that you try to communicate with your blade. A connection would produce a resonating effect that would amplify your own power.
This is all conjecture however.

hey i disagree the sentient sword in baldurs gate 2 was fantastic. granted it was a video game, but i would love a sword like that

A sword that augments your powers and is even sentient... I'd gladly do that with my katana! I suck at energy manip., though... I've always had more luck with psychokinesis and empathy...

Oh... *raises hand* oni, I have a question!

What do you mean by "increased it's range"? And... if you don't mind... what kind of energy work was it? What did you do to make that happen? :3

[Moloch]

I agree with Muerte. In all forms of media sentient swords are usually bad news. However if this is a new entity and not a demon of some sort that has bonded to your blade, i would suggest that you try to communicate with your blade. A connection would produce a resonating effect that would amplify your own power.
This is all conjecture however.

hey i disagree the sentient sword in baldurs gate 2 was fantastic. granted it was a video game, but i would love a sword like that

If memory serves... the sword "Nightmare" in Soul Caliber/Soul Edge was also sentient, etc. That was one wicked sword! Though I did prefer Voldo... the things that character can do in that game are just creepy.

Also, I've been doing, or more precisely, ATTEMPTING to do some energy work with my wedding band. It is a Tungsten steel alloy, and as such, according to texts, is next to impossible to imbue with energy. I've been attempting to prove the texts wrong, and what I have found is that they are actually CORRECT! It IS next to impossible, and what little energy is imbued, is quickly shed back into the ether until it reaches its stable state. The amount of energy expended in the imbuing process relative to the amount imbued makes it utterly impractical. However, it does FOCUS energy quite well, and also helps to stabilize energy flow and frequency. In fact, it is so good for these things that I'm considering buying a second rin for my other hand, and a few other components for a necklace.

Oni, I suggest that you also incorporate some Tungsten or Tungsten steel alloy into your weapon somehow, or wear it as a ring on your sword hand to help you to control your sword.

[Levinthross]

uhhhh moloch please remind him to cleanse it with the power of a spirit because if he tried to expell foreighn energies with his own that would prove nothing and make it worse it sounds predominantly like the sword is catching fly off bits of your spellwork and thoughts like a egregore you didnt intentionally create you can try to sync yourself with the sword making a energy link between it and you allowing for you to reabsorb some of your altered energy which aand the sword to gather some newer purer energy from you.

[matthew321]

If you are curious what you did to your sword is called "cursing". It is the opposite of blessing an object. To test my theory and prove it, obtain a blessed object and have it be within a centimeter of your cursed object. It is not uncommon for there to be sparks. Make sure the blessed object is of equal strength or close. It is also fun to make them touch but be careful not to hurt yourself (or others) and try not to drain either one dry.

I agree with Muerte. In all forms of media sentient swords are usually bad news. However if this is a new entity and not a demon of some sort that has bonded to your blade, i would suggest that you try to communicate with your blade. A connection would produce a resonating effect that would amplify your own power.
This is all conjecture however.

hey i disagree the sentient sword in baldurs gate 2 was fantastic. granted it was a video game, but i would love a sword like that

If memory serves... the sword "Nightmare" in Soul Caliber/Soul Edge was also sentient, etc. That was one wicked sword! Though I did prefer Voldo... the things that character can do in that game are just creepy.

Also, I've been doing, or more precisely, ATTEMPTING to do some energy work with my wedding band. It is a Tungsten steel alloy, and as such, according to texts, is next to impossible to imbue with energy. I've been attempting to prove the texts wrong, and what I have found is that they are actually CORRECT! It IS next to impossible, and what little energy is imbued, is quickly shed back into the ether until it reaches its stable state. The amount of energy expended in the imbuing process relative to the amount imbued makes it utterly impractical. However, it does FOCUS energy quite well, and also helps to stabilize energy flow and frequency. In fact, it is so good for these things that I'm considering buying a second rin for my other hand, and a few other components for a necklace.

Oni, I suggest that you also incorporate some Tungsten or Tungsten steel alloy into your weapon somehow, or wear it as a ring on your sword hand to help you to control your sword.
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Soul Calibur and soul edge are awesome, a crystalline inhuman ice blade v'.s a fiery semi-organic eyeball of sharp pointy steel is quite a great way of creating contrast to the two similar yet opposing energies they posses.
However what is more interesting is the  inversion of the ideal that good came before evil, because the calibur was created from pieces of edge to destroy it. And the simple fact remains that in D&D it would be classified as lawful good  and soul edge is chaotic evil, hence introducing a third element, the character's alignment......... I'm not sure how relevant this part is to oni's problem so meh.

and you're saying that your tungsten band is like a pranic superconductor or something?

[onishadowolf]

Alright figured it out, I accidently binded a spirit to it. So I did two no-no's, corrupted something and binded something. So, I'm going to need to bring it to a temple.

[Carden]

i don't know why... but that made me laugh.

[onishadowolf]

i don't know why... but that made me laugh.

oh, and do you know now or do you still not know?

[Carden]

maybe because i've had similar problems and i can understand both the frustration and the humor in it.

[onishadowolf]

maybe because i've had similar problems and i can understand both the frustration and the humor in it.

Yeah I hear that, it is both.

[mswings]

This is a great thread. I am fascinated by your sword and its abilities. Not that I will do this, but can sentience be given to any type of metal or are some more receptive to being "brought to life" ?

I know you said you bound a spirit to it, is it aware that it has been caught? do you know what kind of spirit it is. I ask this because a friend of mine had a gentlemen come into her store with an interesting object wanting it cleansed, he had trapped something inside it and wanted it out and couldn't do it himself, only to find out later he was a bit of a nasty and was only testing his work to see if he had actually succeeded in capturing something so he could go out and capture something worse later to benefit and serve him....sorry

So is it an actual spirit?...if you don't mind my asking?