Final Word (Magic Sword)

Final Word swords are very rare items—only nine of these blades are known to exist. Each is patterned after the legendary broad sword Fragarach (which means "final word" in the tongue of the ancient Oeridians). Each of these weapons is thought to have a differing alignment, but in all other respects each is alike. If a creature of an alignment different from that of the sword attempts to wield it in battle, the weapon has no bonuses. In the hands of a creature of like alignment, the sword becomes a blade +3 that always strikes last in any round, but which will strike unerringly and do damage to any opponent that struck at the wielder earlier in the same round, regardless of whether the opponent successfully hit the wielder, up to the wielder's available number of attacks per round. (Of course, since the weapon is a blade +3, opponents immune to weapons of less than +4 value cannot be harmed.)
Each of these swords has a gem of 10,000 gp value set in its pommel, and each gem is different in type from all the others. Each sword also bears a name; the nine appellations are Answerer, Backtalker, Concluder, Lastquip, Rebutter, Replier, Retorter, Scather, and Squelcher.
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