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| Wenin |
Posted - 15 Dec 2010 : 17:47:24
I seem to recall a spell that can be cast upon a weapon, allowing for a spell to be stored into the weapon. I'm not talking about the Spell Store bonus you can add to a weapon. I'm not sure if it allows for a different spell to be stored, or it is the spell itself that is stored into the weapon.
I'm searching and coming up blank on results.
Essentially, I'm wanting to give a PC a weapon that has a deadly spell stored within it, without having the weapon itself be a Weapon of Spell Storing. |
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| Wenin |
Posted - 08 Jan 2011 : 20:04:04
I was thinking to have the weapon store a one use Vampiric Touch. I wanted to have an NPC imbue the blade of a PC, hence why I wasn't really willing to give the PC a weapon with spell storing, but still wanted it for an assassination he was to accomplish.
So I just wanted a one use spell storing placed on a blade that didn't have that property.
The thing is the game session I was to use it for has already occurred.
I had really thought there was such a spell. |
| Diffan |
Posted - 08 Jan 2011 : 16:50:54
Why not have the sword have a wand chamber in the hilt, as seen in Dungeonscape (or Cityscape, I can't remember ATM). There are a couple of variables that we need to know to help you out:
- What spell do you wish to be channeled? The level of the spell, etc..
- Who's the sword intended for? If it's a PC with arcane spellcasting abilities such as a Duskblade, Hexblade, or some Ftr/Wiz or Ftr/Sor mix?
- How often do you want the spell to last or be used? And do you want this property to be renewable such as per day or finite such as charges?
Some answers here will definitly help us find solutions to the question at hand. |
| The Simbul |
Posted - 08 Jan 2011 : 07:22:21
There are spells in 3E era that allow you to temporarily add magical properties to an ordinary weapon, such as bane with the bladebane spell and keen with the keen edge spell. The disadvantage being that it is temporary and requires a spell slot and spellcasting ability, the advantage being no cost in crafting and that it does not take away "space" for other permanent properties on the weapon.
Using those as an example I would just create a spell that temporarily gives the weapon the spell storing ability. Probably a spell of 4th or 5th level, and having a duration of either:
A) 1 minute/level and able to store and unleash different spells throughout the duration as allowed by the weapon ability.
B) 10 minutes/level but the duration ending once the stored spell is discharged. |
| Gavinfoxx |
Posted - 16 Dec 2010 : 00:53:23
I'd ask this one on mythweavers, giantitp, or brilliantgameologists... |
| crazedventurers |
Posted - 16 Dec 2010 : 00:21:33
See Dragon Issue 200 "The Whistling Skeleton" by Ed for a spelltouch spell,the pertinant bit is below
You can also use the Gem Magic Feat to achieve similar results, I would rule that as long as the weapon has a gem in it somewhere then it works :)
Cheers
Damian
This spell, cast on a nonliving item,
allows another spell (priestly or wizardly
magic of third level or less) cast
on it in the following round to remain
dormant until the item touches
a target creature. The caster of the
spelltouch can specify what race and
sex, or type (undead, summoned,
living, avian, etc.) of creature will
trigger or be affected by the second
spell. |
| Ayrik |
Posted - 15 Dec 2010 : 23:32:23
There's a few 2E spells that do what you describe, Wenin, but they all require the weapon is a wizard's staff. |
| Alystra Illianniis |
Posted - 15 Dec 2010 : 18:05:13
The duskblade class in 3.5 allows a PC to cast spells through their weapon, and I think there was a PrC that did something similar, but I can't think of any spells off-hand that do that. It might have been in the old Complete Wizard's Compendium. |
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