ear SPELLBLADE Looking at the palm of her hand, an elf mutters some words under her breath, Inan instant the symbol on her hand shines aright bie light 2s she aims her arm towards a pack Of goblins and conjures a line of lightning disintegrating her enemies. ‘Standing unarmed, a half looks towards his heavily armoured opponent. ‘Walking lowly at firs, he starts increasing his speed towards the goliath as he lifts his arm, In an instant a Tongsword appears in his ‘ight hand and a moment later both the weapon and the halfelf are gone. Confusion enters the foliath’s mind as.a blur approaches him and Unleashes multiple slashes. As the hall! reappears he sheathes his sword, looking over his shoulder at is fallen opponent. 'A group of adventurers surrounds a green skull that feems to be emitting asoft glow. Abuman Steps forward and places his left hand over the fbject. His companions look at him questioning While ne concentrates, trying to glimpse the Weave. ‘After a few moments, the ines on his hand stat to low and he opens his eyes. ‘Spellbades are arcane warriors combining swordsmanship with magic. Originally only Comprised of eves and halfelves, the ways of the Spellblade are now taught tothe races all across the ‘muliverse. Fast and agile, they deliver quick strikes to ther foes. Combined with a vast knowledge of the arcane and the ability to cast both devastating offensive spells and protective wards, they are a force tobe reckoned with, Rune oF Macic While most speliblades have some inherent magie afin, they require a special runic inseription to enhance their powers. Wielding a blade in their ‘dominant hand, their offhand i inseribed with an Arcane rune that provides the speliblade with ‘magical energies. enhancing their speleasting bles, These runes are often inseribed by the teacher ofthe spellblade during training. but may be inscribed by any arcane user. As the source of thei power, the inscription is naturally their weakness as well. Prepared enemies ‘ay target the spelblade’s offhand in an attempt to disable tt effectively getting rd of many oftheir ‘magical ables, Some spelblades may even hide their runes by wearing gloves. Luckily since the spellblades are quite rare, not many know te exploit this weakness. Art by Alberto Ribeiro