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:[Man and woman are in a (presumed) weapon store talking to the salesman (who is wearing a hat and is bearded)
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:[Man and woman are in a (presumed) weapon store talking to the salesman (who is wearing a hat and is bearded)]
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:[Salesman holds up a sword]
 
:[Salesman]: This sword was forged from a fallen star. Antimony impurities make the blade surpassingly ''brittle'' and ''weak''.
 
:[Salesman]: This sword was forged from a fallen star. Antimony impurities make the blade surpassingly ''brittle'' and ''weak''.
  
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:[Salesman hold up a dagger instead]
 
:[Salesman]: And this dagger is made of metal from a far-off kingdom. It glows blue.
 
:[Salesman]: And this dagger is made of metal from a far-off kingdom. It glows blue.
 
:[Customer]: When orcs are near?
 
:[Customer]: When orcs are near?

Revision as of 05:47, 28 September 2012

Metallurgy
This exotic blade was wrought from a different fallen star. The meteorite was a carbonaceous chondrite, so it's basically a lump of gravel glued into the shape of a sword. A SPACE sword!
Title text: This exotic blade was wrought from a different fallen star. The meteorite was a carbonaceous chondrite, so it's basically a lump of gravel glued into the shape of a sword. A SPACE sword!

Transcript

[Man and woman are in a (presumed) weapon store talking to the salesman (who is wearing a hat and is bearded)]
[Salesman holds up a sword]
[Salesman]: This sword was forged from a fallen star. Antimony impurities make the blade surpassingly brittle and weak.
[Salesman hold up a dagger instead]
[Salesman]: And this dagger is made of metal from a far-off kingdom. It glows blue.
[Customer]: When orcs are near?
[Salesman]: No, always. Radiation from the Actinium content.
[Female Customer]: ...Does it have eldritch powers?
[Salesman]: It gives the wearer +2 to cancer risk.
[Male Customer]: I think we should find another shop.

Explanation

The comic explains how weapons really would behave if they were created out of the unusual materials.

In stories using unusual materials for weapons traditionally make the weapons better and most importantly, cooler.