Magus Black Blade; Energy Attunement and (e. g.) Shock


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If my blade spends a point from the its arcane pool to change the damage type from weapon damage to electrical, and I spend a point from my arcane pool to add the Shock property to the weapon, do those effects stack?

(Of course, this assumes that the blade is willing to spend a point from its arcane pool.)

Scarab Sages

Yes. One ability converts existing damage, the other adds additional damage.

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Artanthos wrote:
Yes. One ability converts existing damage, the other adds additional damage.

Yay. This could be a good way to put the hurt on constructs - especially combined with 5d6 Shocking Grasp.

Scarab Sages

It is useful, but the blade has a very small pool.

I have mostly used it while fighting mummies.

Grand Lodge

It is really for when you NEED to do damage. IE, something that is vulnerable to a type of damage, or has DR and ER like mad, that is where force and sonic come it. Force is also good to taking out those pesky incorporeals.

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Of course - using the Black Blade's arcane pool is usually an act of desperation, reserved for the times when the magus needs to "go nova". A BBEG with some sort of energy vulnerability would be a good target for this sort of shenanigan.

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