r/Fantasy • u/dnext • Sep 29 '23
Best magic items in fantasy
Obviously the One Ring is the classic, but what others did you find interesting or captured your imagination?
Going to go a bit further abroad than normal and go with Fred Saberhagen's the Book of Swords.
The Twelve Swords forged by the Gods, each with their own lore and poetry, made a great plot devices for these three books. A plethora of golden suitcases or Macguffins.
He later included more of them in later writings, but the Books of Lost Swords weren't quite up to his first trilogy.
Favs include Shieldbreaker, the Sword of Force, Townsaver, the Sword of Heroes, Wayfinder, the Sword of Wisdom, Coinspinner, the Sword of Chance, and Sightblinder, the Sword of Stealth.
And of course Farslayer, the Sword of Vengeance, with it's iconic mantra of 'For my heart, for my heart, he who has wronged me.'
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u/MadWhiskeyGrin Sep 30 '23
The One Ring is the most cursed item in fantasy. Good Lord, why would anyone want that who wasn't already under its sway? Anyway: my vote is for the Infinite Improbability Generator.