Bless Weapon: Making Evil Work for You [Archive] - Wizards Community

Bless Weapon: Making Evil Work for You [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
horndgod
02-03-04, 03:30 PM I was reading over the Bless Weapon description and I noticed this
The weapon also becomes good...(This effect overrides and suppresses any other alignment the weapon might have.)

The practical upshot of this is that it's okay for your paladin to wield the ultra-evil intelligent weapon of the Dark God, as long as he casts Bless Weapon first. BTW, no save, no SR. :angel:
Zappa
02-03-04, 04:39 PM Blessed marrow-crushing, vile damage, life draining sword?
Vorpal Warhammer
02-03-04, 04:43 PM It overrides the alignment, but it doesn't say anything about removing the enchantment altogether. A paladin wielding a blessed unholy bastard sword would still take the negative level, but the sword would defeat good DR.
Caelic
02-03-04, 05:02 PM This can also take some of the sting out of evilly aligned weapons being used against you...particularly if you have DR/evil.
horndgod
02-03-04, 05:08 PM No, causing vile damage is still an evil act, even if the sword is now good. Weapon enchantments are separate from the alignment of a weapon. Even the enchantments of holy and unholy are separate from the alignment of the weapon, although the creator has to be a certain alignment.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
horndgod 02-03-04, 03:30 PM	I was reading over the Bless Weapon description and I noticed this The weapon also becomes good...(This effect overrides and suppresses any other alignment the weapon might have.) The practical upshot of this is that it's okay for your paladin to wield the ultra-evil intelligent weapon of the Dark God, as long as he casts Bless Weapon first. BTW, no save, no SR. :angel:
Zappa 02-03-04, 04:39 PM	Blessed marrow-crushing, vile damage, life draining sword?
Vorpal Warhammer 02-03-04, 04:43 PM	It overrides the alignment, but it doesn't say anything about removing the enchantment altogether. A paladin wielding a blessed unholy bastard sword would still take the negative level, but the sword would defeat good DR.
Caelic 02-03-04, 05:02 PM	This can also take some of the sting out of evilly aligned weapons being used against you...particularly if you have DR/evil.
horndgod 02-03-04, 05:08 PM	No, causing vile damage is still an evil act, even if the sword is now good. Weapon enchantments are separate from the alignment of a weapon. Even the enchantments of holy and unholy are separate from the alignment of the weapon, although the creator has to be a certain alignment.