The Sword of Sharpness (Espada del Filo Cortante) is an enchanted longsword shown on a stone altar, its blade bathed in light. It can sever limbs on an exceptional blow. It is one of the blades codified in the ancient arcane tradition, whose edge gives off a glow as a sign of latent power.

Context

  • It can be found as treasure in the Ravenloft Novices gesta (campaign-cycle).
  • Magic weapons of this caliber appear on altars and in crypts in Barrowmaze, and adventurers set out from the base village of Helix to recover such objects.
  • The First Level of Hell is a reference for infernal forging of supernatural blades.
  • Strahd is the lord of the domain that guards relics and weapons of power in Valachhan.