In the book, the Crystal Shard, there is an entire chapter (chap. 11) dedicated to the dwarf, Bruenor, making a very rare (or perhaps even legendary) weapon called Aegis Fang.

Does anyone know off the top of their head any other novels (specifically forgotten realms or other books set in the D&D multiverse) that describe in detail someone making a very rare / legendary weapon?  My resident lore-master who's read at least 100 of the forgotten realms novels is drawing a blank.

thanks

No, sorry. You might want to check out the "creating magical items" section in XGtE though.

I'm pretty sure that's left out on purpose.  Most of the old 2e spells you could use for that are conspicuously absent in 5e.

not looking for rules, looking for lore. (changed the word 'books' to 'novels' to clarify)

I don't recall them making anything but there was a three volume series, I think, that started with The Sword of Shanara.  Another book was the Elfstones of Shanara.  I don't recall the other one.

There was also a book by some dude named Tolkien where some elf made a sword.

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I don't recall them making anything but there was a three volume series, I think, that started with The Sword of Shanara.  Another book was the Elfstones of Shanara.  I don't recall the other one.

There was also a book by some dude named Tolkien where some elf made a sword.

 thanks, read those about 30 years ago i think....was looking for D&D lore though - edited my original post to further clarify.

I think 3rd party authors of WotC lore are leery about making defined histories of legendary weapons and may be purposely leaving it to speculation. It gives some leeway to content creators to play around in the setting's history.

If you're looking for themes about the creation of legendary weapons, the common theme is something fantastic or ironic is involved.

I like leaning toward ironic: A wand that's a branch of an ancient tree and the tree is immune to all damage, which begs the question of how the wand was acquired. Armor that makes the wearer immune to all fire damage was forged from fire-immune materials in a cold flame and can only be destroyed by cold flame - a damage type that doesn't exist in D&D as cold damage is not the same thing. An small orb that grants at-will Clairvoyance being an eye of a demigod child who was blind since birth, which begs a whole bunch of uncomfortable questions.

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I think 3rd party authors of WotC lore are leery about making defined histories of legendary weapons and may be purposely leaving it to speculation. It gives some leeway to content creators to play around in the setting's history.

If you're looking for themes about the creation of legendary weapons, the common theme is something fantastic or ironic is involved.

I like leaning toward ironic: A wand that's a branch of an ancient tree and the tree is immune to all damage, which begs the question of how the wand was acquired. Armor that makes the wearer immune to all fire damage was forged from fire-immune materials in a cold flame and can only be destroyed by cold flame - a damage type that doesn't exist in D&D as cold damage is not the same thing. An small orb that grants at-will Clairvoyance being an eye of a demigod child who was blind since birth, which begs a whole bunch of uncomfortable questions.

 thanks, i'm looking for specific examples in official forgotten realms, dragonlance, etc books.