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Author: Arivne

Jul 7th 2013 at 12:50:40 AM

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* ''Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain''. In the first book ''The Book of Three'', when Taran tries to use the sword Dyrnwyn it blasts him because he isn't noble enough. In the last novel ''The High King'' Arawn steals it. At the end of the novel Taran (who has grown in nobility throughout the series) finally manages to draw Dyrnwyn and uses it to destroy [[spoiler:Arawn's Cauldron-Born undead troops]] and even to kill [[spoiler:Arawn himself]].

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** Early editions had magical Rings of Elemental Command for each element (Earth, Air, Fire and Water). Each ring acted as a lesser ring (Earth = Feather Falling, Air = Invisibility, Fire = Fire Resistance, Water = Water Walking) until a special condition was met (e.g. killing an elemental of the ring's type). Once the condition was met the ring would gain its full powers.
** ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine #120 had Rings of Parelemental and Quasi-Elemental Command, which worked the same way except each Ring was based on one of the Para-Elemental planes (Smoke, Ice, Ooze and Magma) or Quasi-Elemental planes (Ash, Dust, Lightning, Mineral, Radiance, Salt, Steam, and Vacuum) instead.