The opposite of plot armor. The plot sword is a plot device where, the main character or group is killed off for plot reasons (as opposed to plot armor which protects the protagonist(s)
The chraracters in Rogue One got annihilated by the Plot Sword
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A character being killed in an anticlimactic way because the plot demands it. The polar opposite of plot armor, where a character survives despite all odds because the plot demands it. Also known as dropped a bridge on him.
Person 1: How did a horde of rotting corpses manage to take out an army of heavily armed soldiers?
Person 2: I dunno? Plot sword?