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Give Ancient Anguish a try. . Throughout its 22 year history it has had a "describe all" policy, resulting in an immersive text experience. Its fully free to play, new users are welcome. Its also an international mud, so there are many folks who are not native english speakers.

I will let our bastard swords speak for themselves. These are the descriptions of those I could find. Note that some of them may change description as they are used, manipulated, enchanted, and so forth. Our bastard swords are not alone in having rich descriptions.



A long bladed bastard sword. The handle is perfectly proportioned for use with one and a half-hands. The blade glows with an eerie radiance, flickering like the flame of a candle, yet somehow infinitely more subtle

This weapon is very large, and heavy. Its metal is a dark grey, and looks a little clumsy to hold. The size of it tells you that it could do alot of damage if wielded by someone well trained.

The bright metal shines in the light causing a glowing aura to surround this elven weapon. The hilt bears a design of two golden dragons intertwined in battle. Though the size of this weapon is great, it is surprisingly light.

The bright metal of its long, slightly curved blade shining in the light causes a glowing aura to surround this elven weapon. The hilt bears a design of two golden dragons intertwined in battle.

This is a large sword. It looks razor sharp and cuts the air as it moves.

This bastard sword has a long hilt that makes it suitable to be wielded in one or two hands.

This is a bastard sword forged from silver.

This is a bastard sword forged from iron. It looks somewhat heavy.

The bright metal shines in the light, causing a glowing aura to surround this elven weapon. The hilt bears a design of two golden dragons intertwined in battle. Curving slowly from hilt to tip, the blade narrows towards the middle of its length, and widens again at the tip into a cruel-looking barb.

This weapon is very large, and heavy. The metal is a dark grey, and it looks a little clumsy to hold. The size of it tells you that it could do a lot of damage if wielded by someone well-trained.

A large bastard sword.

This is the Starblade. It is an ancient sword with five spaces in its hilt. The sword seems like it was crafted by a master forger from an unknown metal ages ago. There seems to be an inscription written on the base of the sword.

This was once a gleaming bastard sword, but age has dulled it's edge and covered most of the blade in rust.

This sword is made of steel, and quite long. It glistens slightly, because the blade is extremely shiny. It looks like you could wield it in either one or two hands.

Drin's sword is well made. Its condition is too good for it to have seen battle.

This sword has none of the hallmarks a finely forged weapon such as this deserves. No inscriptions or filigree illuminate this sword, only a double blood groove which runs a third of the length of the blade from the crossguard. Overall it seems to be an excellent weapon with which to slay one's enemies.

This is a long, heavy sword, intended for use with both hands. The owner has taken good care of it, as it has recently been sharpened. The hilt is tightly wrapped with soft leather, making this weapon very comfortable to hold.