abyssalbrews

Gaoler

Added 2023-07-20 15:00:31 +0000 UTC

Greetings adventurers!

The world can be a scary place at times, not due to monsters but due to the people that inhabit it. Some of the worst types you could ever come across are locked away and forgotten in long lost dungeons where they were left to rot. One individual had a different idea though. He felt that for some, they were too dangerous to be allowed to exist on the same plane as the rest of us. He set forth to make a deal. A sword that could lock away the worst the world had to offer in exchange for a lifetime of service locking away enemies of the being he made the deal with. Little did he realize he too would pay the price.

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Design notes from Matthew:

Yeah this one is a bit wild. It’s certainly powerful and we acknowledge that. There’s just something about the idea of locking someone away in perpetuity that is so final and interesting yet terrifying at the same time. That said, the idea of this actually started with Pokemon of all things. The ability to call something forth to do your bidding for a time before locking it back away. Yep, that’s about all it came down to when we were generating the idea. I wish I could say it was more complex than that, but it definitely wasn’t.

I originally went with an overly complex name for this sword, but realized quite quickly that it’s way better to give something an ominous and mysterious short name that it is to be overly flowery in my language. There is a lot going on with this sword already so I didn’t need to complicate it even more with a big name.

The personality and replacement of the default personality came about late in the development cycle. Fernando had sketched in these cuffs that hung from the crossguard and I instantly had the idea to add a curse to this thing. It just seemed right with all the power present in it that it should have a scary downside associated as well. No revives is a pretty scary downside in the end.

We’re moving toward our last item of the month now that this is out. We have another paired Drudgework construct coming along with it. This one will definitely make you the talk of the town while you get around. We’re so excited to get it into your hands!

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