| Aerovenax |
I'm currently building a Chaotic Good Shaman with the Bones spirit, and am hoping someone can clarify an issue with the Spirit Ability. At 11th level, the Bones Spirit ability Touch of the Grave gains "any weapon that the shaman wields is treated as an Unholy weapon."
The Unholy magic weapon ability includes the clause "It bestows one permanent negative level on any good creature attempting to wield it."
This reads as though a Good-aligned Bones Shaman would be punished for his alignment, which seems very poorly designed. Bones Shamans deal in negative energy and necromancy, yes, but they are not by nature Evil.
Additionally, this would create a paradox at 11th level where my Bones Shaman would pick up a weapon, rendering it Unholy, thereby inflicting a negative level upon himself, dropping back to 10, and causing the weapon to no longer be Unholy, causing his level to rise back to 11, etc. etc.
Can anyone share some insight on this?