[Angie]

I was going through my old mudding notes tonight and found some related to a MUD that I now vaguely remember playing, where you could play as a weapon that other players would wield. Can't remember if it was set up as a guild, class or race. And for the life of me, I can't remember the name of the MUD. Does it ring any bells for anybody here?

Edit: Apparently it was a guild. That and some other things (like existence of a "wimpy" command) might suggest it was an LP MUD.

[KaVir]

In the original God Wars (and its derivatives), demons could shapechange into demonic swords and remain in that form for as long as they wished - you'd sometimes get stronger demons bullying weaker demons into serving them as weapons. The idea was inspired by Stormbringer (from the Elric novels) and Realm of Chaos (an RPG/wargaming publication for Warhammer), not another MUD. If any other MUD offers/offered the same feature, I'm not aware of it.

Note that 'wimpy' is a stock feature in Merc (probably in Diku as well).

[Angie]

It wasn't GW demons, I actually never played any Godwars (other than GW2, obviously).

It was a guild where you were a weapon and that was all you were, so you had to find a wielder in order to gain experience. So while it was original, it was a somewhat problematic concept and I would love to see (or hear, if somebody knows it) how it has developed.

This is one of the help files I had saved:

Commands available in group "artifacts":
artstat                  - -
artifacts                - List all present artifacts.
artiprompt               - Setup a default Artifact prompt.
attribute                - Set or show attributes.
bags                     - Display keeper's containers.
cast                     - Cast a combat-spell.
chat, lchat, turn, list, channel, set- 0
enchantment              - Instill an enchantment.
eq                       - Display keeper's equipment.
combat, kill             - Can't be used.
flee, quit               - Can't be done while in the world of men.
creator, say, map, scout, whisper, emote- Nothing special.
help                     - View help on guild-topics.
i, inventory             - Display inventory of carrier.
list                     - Display information about a weapon.
look, exa, examine, glance- See your surroundings or objects near you.
message                  - Set various messages.
morph                    - Morph to another form.
party                    - Various party-commands.
repair                   - Morph into a less damaged state.
sc, score                - Display your characteristics.
shape                    - Show the condition of a monster.
slip                     - Become slippery.
switch                   - Set or show switches.
guilds, skills, spells, train, list, cast, use, help, stop, state- 0
pretitle, title          - Set your title and pretitle.
wimpy                    - Set or view wimpy-level.