Not sure if this is right place to post.

Yesterday, as I was flipping through HP #7, I came across the talk Hermione and Harry have with Phineaus Niggaleaus (Sp?). Phineaus states that goblin metal only absorbs things that make it stronger. Based on this, couldn't the sword of Gryffindor be turned into some sort of super weapon if it absorbed enough things?

 

Don't see why not. Mind you, if it's now as deadly as Basilisk venom a scratch will kill you, so as far as swords go, I'd say that's as good as it gets.

 

I would think it best if it gradually gets stronger, during the course of the story this is idea is incorporated into. It would be bordering on Super!Harry (presumably, Harry wields it), but that might be hard considering that it probably gained a lot of power during its tenure as Gryffindor's sword.

 

However, since as enchantments, wards etc weaken over time, I think that whatever power the sword absorbed during the times Gryffindor wielded would have bled off while the sword stood for display in Hogwarts.

I don't remember exactly but where did Harry stab the Basilisk? If it was just a minor prick, then the sword's power was responsible for slaying a basilisk.

Plus it's not like a 12 year old has the strength to cut through basilisk hide.

 

As the Basilisk bites Harry in the arm, he stabs it through the room of it's mouth and into it's brain. No minor knick killed it.

 

Ah... That detail escaped me. True, then perhaps there was no power left in the sword at the time Harry used it.

 

Hmm, makes you wonder what a nuke made out of goblin metal would be like... Or even a dirty bomb. Absorb a bit of basilisk venom, or some other strong toxin, into a piece of metal and blow it up. Voilà! One instant-death poison linked to an explosion . Actually, this gives me an idea...

 

I had a mental image of the sword absorbing a transfiguration spell attempting to change something into a tank. Now THAT would be one hell of a super-weapon.

 

Hmm...I wonder what would happen if you dipped some Goblin Metal in Phoenix tears? Would it absorb the healing properties?

That would make a cool magical artifact.

In fact, maybe that's what Helga Hufflepuff's cup was. We're told it has many magical properties. What if it's made of Goblin Metal and dipped in Pheonix tears? Anyone who drinks from the cup from then on is healed to the extent that Pheonix tears can heal something.

A nice idea.

Carrying on this idea, what would happen if you dipped Gryfindor's sword in Phoenix tears? A sword that heals any wound that it causes? Could be useful for faking your own death.

 

Be good for Halloween...stick a sword through your body, it constantly heals the damage thats being done with it there, down a pain killing potion and dawn some bloody rags and hey presto, a good costume...

 

Sounds like the Holy Grail to be honest, though I expect the metal would absorb it since phoenix tears are a magically powerful substance.

Aekiel

 

I see a potential for immortality. Have a cup fashioned out of Goblin metal, sink it into the Elixir of life and then that cup could grant you immortality without having to make the Elixir out of a Philosopher's stone.

 

Oh god, this opens up a can of worms to the entire super!Harry genre...

Instant kill sword and an instant heal cup. Combined with a tiara (yeh...have to transfigure that) that grants immeasurable wisdom and Slytherin's ring/bring back dead people stone.

Add the staff of Merlin and off you go.

 

This could be a good starting point though: somebody uses the sword, and by and buy the sword gains magical potency until it finally becomes self-aware. The sword starts to control whoever wields it at the time then.

Granted, the evil gadget idea is old too, but in good hands, I think, it could be turned into a decent mystery/suspence story.

 

...What's with the signage. We've all got eyeballs. We can see who's posting. >_>

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I don't think it's terribly likely for a sword to absorb healing powahs. It would totally defeat the purpose of using it as an offensive/defensive weapon... Unless it was just for show.

 

Or you could make it such that Phoenix tears are able to hurt some creatures too, like Vampires or Dementors.

 

if it could absorb spells, then the sword would get really overpowered. Think about it, if the sword absorbed the AK, then anyone that gets hit will either die from the curse or basilisk venom.

Personally, I would just get a new goblin metal sword and shoot a crucio and dip it in phoenix tears. A sword that tortures and then heals the wound anyone?

 

For the win.

Actually, this gives me lots of good torture methods to use - get some shrapnel ...goblin crafted shrapnel. Hit it with a crucio, fidelus, phoenix tears and anti-summoning, and then insert into Malfoy's lung. Heal the exterior wound and presto, perpetually pierced lung.

 

STFU, I've signed every post I've made since I first joined the forum, I'm not gonna stop now.

Also, goblin metal bullets >XD. God that would own so much.

Aekiel