If you are proficient with shortswords or longswords, you are proficient with the sun blade. While the blade exists, this magic Longsword has the Finesse property. While grasping the hilt, you can use a Bonus Action to cause a blade of pure radiance to spring into existence, or make the blade disappear. This item appears to be a Longsword hilt. Modifiers: Melee Attacks +2, Melee Damage +2.They are both sentient while the normal Sun Blade found in the Taboo Temple is not. Both of these swords are mere iterations of the raw Sun Blade as they have some additional properties. Interestingly, both of these swords have a blade out of pure light energy, opposed to the original Sunsword. Also it appears in the remake of the Ravenloft module, Curse of Strahd in 2016. The Sun Blade appears in Out of Abyss (2015) as a sentient sword called the Dawnbringer. On this island there is a temple and in this temple in a random crypt lies the Sun Blade. And on that lake is another island, the Taboo Island. It so appears that on the Isle of Dread, there is a lake. In 2007, in Dragon Magazine #145 the adventure City of Broken Idols advances the adventure path Savage Tide for 3rd edition D&D. It took 18 years after its first appearance to be used in a published Greyhawk adventure. While now the Sun Blade is an established magical weapon, it wasnРІР‚в„ўt used in any 2nd edition adventure (to my knowledge). Brief Appearance in Greyhawk Adventure Path The first time together they appeared in the Encyclopedia Magica Volume 4 of 1995. In this book, there was no Sunsword but only the Sun Blade with slightly different mechanics. After that the Sun Blade under its name appeared in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition Dungeon MasterРІР‚в„ўs Guide in 1989. It was a sword with a crystal glass blade and one could argue it was a different sword back then. The Sun BladeРІР‚в„ўs first iteration was in I6 Ravenloft (1983) for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. We will look at the history of this magical item and the different ways you could craft it in your campaign in 5th edition. Especially, clerics who worship the god of sun, Pelor for Greyhawk and Lathander for the Forgotten Realms, it is the weapon to find or craft. While not as old as the infamous Vorpal Sword, it is still a great weapon for any campaign. The Sun Blade is one of the iconic weapons in Dungeons & Dragons.

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