About weapon (blade) names
Blades get their character from small choices, an engraved "symbol of the owner's house" on one result and the blunt creed that "decorations don't make you fight better" on another. These details turn loot table swords into heirlooms with implied owners, which matters when a player asks where a weapon came from. Pair an ornament line with an edge line for a full item card.
How weapon (blade) names are built
This describes a bladed weapon, not a name. Seven templates cover the blade's shape and material and grip, an extra blade note, the cross-guard, the cross-guard ornament on each side, the pommel, the blade's surface and engravings, then the weapon's use and reputation. They draw from 24 trait banks, including a 31-entry cross-guard-ornament pool, a 27-entry engraving-remark pool and a 22-entry grip-wrap pool. Roll the lines and one sword or blade assembles part by part.
Turn the steel to the light and the blade reads fairly stripped. The arms of its owner's house ride the metal. You would sooner not greet this margin, much less the fist driving it.
feature: surface + reputation + traits: surface plus engraving details
the surface line sets engravings and the weapon's fearsome reputation
Closing off the hilt, the pommel sits rather wide, branded with everyday cut glass, a badge that settles nothing in either direction.
feature: pommel + traits: pommel shape plus treatment and decoration
the pommel line sets shape and decoration, here an everyday read
Reared around one boring spear-head anchors a wall for its bearer to shelter behind while shredding all comers to tatters.
feature: use + traits: use note plus capability
the use line states what the blade is good for in a fight
Naming notes
The build runs from the cutting edge inward: blade, then cross-guard and its side ornaments, then pommel, finishing with engravings and a line on what the weapon is meant for. The reputation banks carry attitude, from a commonly made weapon to a blade you would not want to meet in battle, which sets whether it reads as mass-produced or a named relic. Each line is independent, so keep an engraved house symbol while re-rolling the pommel. Use it as a stat-block flavour line or a prop description in fiction.
Questions about weapon (blade) names
- Does this generate weapon names or descriptions?
- Descriptions. Each pull returns prose about one part of a bladed weapon, the blade, cross-guard, pommel, engravings or use, so you build a full weapon by rolling the parts.
- How do I describe one complete blade?
- Roll once per part and read in order: blade and grip, cross-guard and its ornaments, pommel, surface engravings, then use. The independent lines combine into one weapon.
- Can I tell whether a weapon is common or a relic?
- Yes. The reputation clauses range from a commonly made weapon to one you would not want to meet in battle, so re-roll the surface and use lines until the prestige matches the weapon you want.