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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Swords tend to be the best magic weapons in the game, depending on edition. In 5E, for example, there are 15 Legendary weapons that are swords (not counting certain legendary tier magic weapons that can be made from any weapon), which is more than twice as many as any other type of weapon. On top of that, the majority of those swords are found in the Dungeon Master's Guide and Basic Rules, meaning that they're easily accessible by all players whereas most of the other Legendary magic weapons are from supplement books or modules. The same goes for Artifacts: there are three longswords that are artifacts, where there are no more than one for any non-sword weapon.
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* Averted in [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]]; there are plenty of powerful magical swords, such as Fragarach and Caladbolg, but Cu Chulainn's spear [[BladeOnAStick Gae Bolge]] is the most enduringly famous weapon in the mythos.
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* Averted in [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]]; there are plenty of powerful magical swords, such as Fragarach and Caladbolg, but Cu Chulainn's spear [[BladeOnAStick Gae Bolge]] Bolge is the most enduringly famous weapon in the mythos.
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* Excalibur in Myth/ArthurianLegend.
** How Almighty is a sword that breaks during the first war it's used in?
** Also, the scabbard was mightier than the sword.
** While Caliburn made a lot more sense, back when Arthur was the leader of a band of warriors, not a king with a bunch of knights, Excalibur ends up being mostly symbolic. Pulling it from the stone (a common theme throughout the stories, lots of knights pull swords out of stones) represents him being King by Divine Right, and being handed the new sword by the Lady of the Lake... is mostly included to make the two versions coexist, but fits in with Merlin's arc. Point is, most combat from Malory on has knights fighting with lances, halberds, and other more knightly weapons, and Arthur not actually using the sword too often (he is King, not a knight).
*** {{Excalibur|InTheStone}}, the sword (plus scabbard) that King Arthur got from the Lady of the Lake, never breaks. It's the sword that he pulls from the stone (often called Caliburn) that breaks by itself because King Arthur is about to use it against the code of chivalry.
* Averted in [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]]; while there are plenty of powerful magical swords, such as Fragarach and Caladbolg, Cu Chulainn's spear [[BladeOnAStick Gae Bolge]] is probably the most enduringly famous weapon in the mythos.
** How Almighty is a sword that breaks during the first war it's used in?
** Also, the scabbard was mightier than the sword.
** While Caliburn made a lot more sense, back when Arthur was the leader of a band of warriors, not a king with a bunch of knights, Excalibur ends up being mostly symbolic. Pulling it from the stone (a common theme throughout the stories, lots of knights pull swords out of stones) represents him being King by Divine Right, and being handed the new sword by the Lady of the Lake... is mostly included to make the two versions coexist, but fits in with Merlin's arc. Point is, most combat from Malory on has knights fighting with lances, halberds, and other more knightly weapons, and Arthur not actually using the sword too often (he is King, not a knight).
*** {{Excalibur|InTheStone}}, the sword (plus scabbard) that King Arthur got from the Lady of the Lake, never breaks. It's the sword that he pulls from the stone (often called Caliburn) that breaks by itself because King Arthur is about to use it against the code of chivalry.
* Averted in [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]]; while there are plenty of powerful magical swords, such as Fragarach and Caladbolg, Cu Chulainn's spear [[BladeOnAStick Gae Bolge]] is probably the most enduringly famous weapon in the mythos.
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* Excalibur [[ExcaliburInTheStone Excalibur]] in Myth/ArthurianLegend.
** How AlmightyMyth/ArthurianLegend, regardless of what Malory actually wrote [[note]]Malory's Arthur rarely fought at all, and his knights used plenty of non-sword weapons[[/note]], is a [[MandelaEffect considered this trope by many]]; an unbeatable, sacred sword that breaks during symbolizes the first war it's used in?
** Also, the scabbard was mightier than the sword.
** WhileCamelot dream. There's also Caliburn made a lot more sense, back when Arthur was the leader of a band of warriors, not a king with a bunch of knights, Excalibur ends up being mostly symbolic. Pulling it from the stone (a common theme throughout the stories, lots of knights pull swords out of stones) represents him being King by Divine Right, and being handed the new sword by the Lady of the Lake... is mostly included to make the two versions coexist, but fits in with Merlin's arc. Point is, most combat from Malory on has knights fighting with lances, halberds, and other more knightly weapons, and Arthur not actually using the sword too often (he is King, not a knight).
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often conflated with Excalibur.
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pendragon}}'', many types of weapon can be used, but swords are explicitly the only one that don't break if their wielder rolls a fumble. And if they clash with a non-sword weapon that's dealing ''exactly'' the same amount of damage, the non-sword weapon will break.
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pendragon}}'', many types of weapon can be used, but swords are explicitly the only one that don't break if their wielder rolls a fumble. And if they clash with a non-sword weapon that's dealing ''exactly'' the same amount of damage, the non-sword weapon will break.
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** While Caliburn made a lot more sense, back when Arthur was the leader of a band of warriors, not a king with a bunch of knights, Excalibur ends up being mostly symbolic. Pulling it from the stone (a common theme throughout the stories, lots of knights pull swords out of stones) represents him being King by Divine Right, and being handed the new sword by the Lady of the Lake... is mostly included to make the two versions coexist, but fits in with Merlin's arch. Point is, most combat from Malory on has knights fighting with lances, halberds, and other more knightly weapons, and Arthur not actually using the sword to often (he is King, not a knight).
*** {{Excalibur|InTheStone}}, the sword (plus scabbard) King Arthur got from the Lady of the Lake never breaks. It's the sword he pulls from the stone (often called Caliburn) that breaks by itself because King Arthur is about to use it against the code of chivalry.
* Averted in [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]]; while their are plenty of powerful magical swords, such as Fragarach and Caladbolg, Cu Chulainn's spear [[BladeOnAStick Gae Bolge]] is probably the most enduringly famous weapon in the mythos.
*** {{Excalibur|InTheStone}}, the sword (plus scabbard) King Arthur got from the Lady of the Lake never breaks. It's the sword he pulls from the stone (often called Caliburn) that breaks by itself because King Arthur is about to use it against the code of chivalry.
* Averted in [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]]; while their are plenty of powerful magical swords, such as Fragarach and Caladbolg, Cu Chulainn's spear [[BladeOnAStick Gae Bolge]] is probably the most enduringly famous weapon in the mythos.
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** While Caliburn made a lot more sense, back when Arthur was the leader of a band of warriors, not a king with a bunch of knights, Excalibur ends up being mostly symbolic. Pulling it from the stone (a common theme throughout the stories, lots of knights pull swords out of stones) represents him being King by Divine Right, and being handed the new sword by the Lady of the Lake... is mostly included to make the two versions coexist, but fits in with Merlin's arch. arc. Point is, most combat from Malory on has knights fighting with lances, halberds, and other more knightly weapons, and Arthur not actually using the sword to too often (he is King, not a knight).
*** {{Excalibur|InTheStone}}, the sword (plus scabbard) that King Arthur got from the Lady of theLake Lake, never breaks. It's the sword that he pulls from the stone (often called Caliburn) that breaks by itself because King Arthur is about to use it against the code of chivalry.
* Averted in [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]]; whiletheir there are plenty of powerful magical swords, such as Fragarach and Caladbolg, Cu Chulainn's spear [[BladeOnAStick Gae Bolge]] is probably the most enduringly famous weapon in the mythos.
*** {{Excalibur|InTheStone}}, the sword (plus scabbard) that King Arthur got from the Lady of the
* Averted in [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth]]; while
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This is mainly due to the GoodWeaponEvilWeapon principle making it the norm to have the InfinityPlusOneSword or the swordly MacGuffin be in the hands of the Hero, ([[HeroesPreferSwords because straight-edged longswords are considered heroic weapons]], [[{{Troperiffic}} and everybody likes to see the best stuff in heroic hands]]), so the end result is that all Infinity Plus One weapons must be swords.
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This is mainly due to the GoodWeaponEvilWeapon principle making it the norm to have the InfinityPlusOneSword or the swordly MacGuffin be in the hands of the Hero, Hero ([[HeroesPreferSwords because straight-edged longswords are considered heroic weapons]], [[{{Troperiffic}} and everybody likes to see the best stuff in heroic hands]]), so the end result is that all Infinity Plus One weapons must be swords.
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* In ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'', when Ember becomes chief of her tribe at a rather young age, she's worried that she's not good enough to lead (as most of her tribe is hundreds of years older than she is). One of the reasons she's worried is because she can't use a sword all that well, because the sword is "a chief's weapon". While indeed all chiefs in recent memory have used swords, her tribemates have to remind her that one of their legendary former chiefs is called Two-Spear.
** The books otherwise play it straight, because the best weapon in the series (New Moon) ''is'' a sword, the hidden troll stash of "ultimate equipment" contains nothing but swords (and armor), and all of the [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority tribal leaders]] that use a weapon, have a sword (e.g. Cutter, Grohmul Djun, Kahvi) if they use a weapon in the first place. Except Ember.
** The books otherwise play it straight, because the best weapon in the series (New Moon) ''is'' a sword, the hidden troll stash of "ultimate equipment" contains nothing but swords (and armor), and all of the [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority tribal leaders]] that use a weapon, have a sword (e.g. Cutter, Grohmul Djun, Kahvi) if they use a weapon in the first place. Except Ember.
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* In ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'', when Ember becomes chief of her tribe at a rather young age, she's worried that she's not good enough to lead (as most of her tribe is hundreds of years older than she is). One of the reasons she's worried is because she can't use a sword all that well, because the sword is "a chief's weapon". While indeed all chiefs in recent memory have used swords, her tribemates have to remind her that one of their legendary former chiefs is called Two-Spear.
**Two-Spear. The books otherwise play it straight, because the best weapon in the series (New Moon) ''is'' a sword, the hidden troll stash of "ultimate equipment" contains nothing but swords (and armor), and all of the [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership tribal leaders]] that use a weapon, have a sword (e.g. Cutter, Grohmul Djun, Kahvi) if they use a weapon in the first place. Except Ember.
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* In Creator/HamumuSoftware's ''VideoGame/KidMystic'', the Armageddon Sword is the strongest weapon you can get despite the fact the main character's WeaponOfChoice is a staff that shoots fireballs.
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* In Creator/HamumuSoftware's ''VideoGame/KidMystic'', the Armageddon Sword is the strongest weapon you can get despite the fact the main character's WeaponOfChoice weapon is a staff that shoots fireballs.
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* In pretty much every game in the ''Franchise/{{Shining|Series}}'' series, the weapon with the most attack power is ''always'' a sword and only the hero (provided [[PrestigeClass he's promoted to his Hero class]]) may wield it.
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* Surprisingly averted in ''Literature/TheDwarves'', which has several viewpoint characters be quite disdainful of swords and has an ''Axe'' [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement of Plot Advancement]]. Then again, said characters ''are'' [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame generic fantasy dwarves]].
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* In ''ElfQuest'', when Ember becomes chief of her tribe at a rather young age, she's worried that she's not good enough to lead (as most of her tribe is hundreds of years older than she is). One of the reasons she's worried is because she can't use a sword all that well, because the sword is "a chief's weapon". While indeed all chiefs in recent memory have used swords, her tribemates have to remind her that one of their legendary former chiefs is called Two-Spear.
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* In ''ElfQuest'', ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'', when Ember becomes chief of her tribe at a rather young age, she's worried that she's not good enough to lead (as most of her tribe is hundreds of years older than she is). One of the reasons she's worried is because she can't use a sword all that well, because the sword is "a chief's weapon". While indeed all chiefs in recent memory have used swords, her tribemates have to remind her that one of their legendary former chiefs is called Two-Spear.Two-Spear.
** The books otherwise play it straight, because the best weapon in the series (New Moon) ''is'' a sword, the hidden troll stash of "ultimate equipment" contains nothing but swords (and armor), and all of the [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority tribal leaders]] that use a weapon, have a sword (e.g. Cutter, Grohmul Djun, Kahvi) if they use a weapon in the first place. Except Ember.
** The books otherwise play it straight, because the best weapon in the series (New Moon) ''is'' a sword, the hidden troll stash of "ultimate equipment" contains nothing but swords (and armor), and all of the [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority tribal leaders]] that use a weapon, have a sword (e.g. Cutter, Grohmul Djun, Kahvi) if they use a weapon in the first place. Except Ember.
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* ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' tries hard at averting all kinds of CRPG tropes and cliches, and for most of the game you won't see any swords at all. But the strongest weapon (Celestial Fire) is a sword.
* ''VideoGame/EyeOfTheBeholder'' has only a handful of +5 weapons (the strongest enchantment) in the first game, and the only one you're likely to find without a guidebook is a sword named Severious. The second game has no +5 weapons and only a single +4 weapon, which is a sword named Talon. The third game has only a single +5 weapon, which again is a sword named Dhauzimmer.
* ''VideoGame/EyeOfTheBeholder'' has only a handful of +5 weapons (the strongest enchantment) in the first game, and the only one you're likely to find without a guidebook is a sword named Severious. The second game has no +5 weapons and only a single +4 weapon, which is a sword named Talon. The third game has only a single +5 weapon, which again is a sword named Dhauzimmer.
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* In Season 2 of the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', guess what weapon is the symbol of the Immortal who originally defeated Shendu? Go on, guess! Hint: [[spoiler:It's the same kind of weapon that, when properly ensorcelled, Jackie used to both exorcize the demon from Valmont, and re-banish him to another dimension.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' treats the Sword of Omens as one such weapon. The EvilWeapon the Sword of Omens was forged to fight against is also a sword, namely the Sword of Plundaar.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' treats the Sword of Omens as one such weapon. The EvilWeapon the Sword of Omens was forged to fight against is also a sword, namely the Sword of Plundaar.
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* In Season 2 ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the strongest weapon around is the ancestral weapon of the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', guess what weapon Greenhilt family (a +5 Weapon of Legacy), which is the symbol of the Immortal who originally defeated Shendu? Go on, guess! Hint: [[spoiler:It's the same kind of weapon that, when properly ensorcelled, Jackie used to both exorcize the demon from Valmont, and re-banish him to another dimension.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' treats the Sword of Omens as one such weapon. The EvilWeapon the Sword of Omens was forged to fight against is also(predictably) a sword, namely the Sword of Plundaar.sword.
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** Notably, one of the main characters (Kaladin) prefers a spear; and his weapon is superior to the Shardblades [[spoiler:because it is a live spren (Sylphrena) whereas the Shardblades are ''dead'' spren.]]
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* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': The ten Heralds of the Almighty wielded the ten Honorblades, swords [[ForgedByTheGods crafted by Honor from his own divine essence]] and bestowing the power of Surgebinding on their bearers. As a result of this, despite being {{MorphWeapon}}s which could technically assume any form, the Shardblades wielded by the Knights Radiant defaulted to becoming swords. This in turn meant that long after both Heralds and Radiants disappeared the sword remained the exclusive weapon of the lighteyed nobility.
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See also KatanasAreJustBetter for when it applies to, well, [[CaptainObvious katanas]]. Related to RockBeatsLaser, with the sword being the rock.
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* ''VideoGame/FableI'': The Sword of Aeons is the original weapon of [[spoiler:the EldritchAbomination Jack of Blades]], long since sealed away. Jack of Blades claims that he will burn the entire realm of Albion when its power is unlocked, but GameplayAndStorySegregation sets in if the Hero claims the Sword instead: it's not even the strongest weapon in the game.
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* The Literature/SwordOfTruth. Besides being an AbsurdlySharpSword, it's unbreakable, can under certain circumstances confer the skills of previous wielders on the current wielder, can act as a bit of a MoralityPet, and is also [[spoiler:the counter to Chainfire and the key to Orden]].
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* The Literature/SwordOfTruth. Besides being an AbsurdlySharpSword, AbsurdlySharpBlade, it's unbreakable, can under certain circumstances confer the skills of previous wielders on the current wielder, can act as a bit of a MoralityPet, and is also [[spoiler:the counter to Chainfire and the key to Orden]].
