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I was wondering then, can i sell my blackblade and create another one using the rules of bonded objects? Would the sold one stop being a bonded blackblade (following the bonded object rules) or would it continue to be an intelligent not very cooperative weapon (according to the black blade rules)?

Well, this seems like a deliberate attempt to game the system. I know that I and at least one of the GMs I've had wouldn't stand for this. Something I noticed is that the bonded item rules say you can replace your bonded item after a week if it has been lost or destroyed, not if it was sold. The same is true for a Black Blade except it just says destroyed. Either way, replacing it costs 200gp per level (minimum level 3), and it might be kind of hard to find someone to buy it off you for that price in the first place.

I think some of the wording in this thread is a little iffy, so I'm going to have to ask two questions of my own about these arcanist-style Black Blades:
1) Can an arcanist put permanent enhancements on her Black Blade in the same way that a wizard can put permanent enhancements on her bonded objects?
2) Can an arcanist spend points from her arcane reservoir to temporarily boost her Black Blade in the same way a Magus can use her arcane pool to do the same?
I don't really expect the answer to both questions to be yes, but I'm hoping at least one of them is, or I'll have to spring for the Arcane Weapon exploit.

I've been looking to create a Blade Adept arcanist, but I'm not entirely certain how Blade Adepts are meant to put magical abilities on their swords. The way I see it, there are three interpretations of those rules:

1) This FAQ states that a Bladebound Magus can't use Craft Magic Arms and Armor to add magic abilities to their Black Blade, and are instead meant to use their Arcane Pool class ability to temporarily boost their weapon's power. Therefore, a Blade Adept must seek out other means of boosting their weapon's power, such as the Arcane Weapon arcane exploit, or the spell Magic Weapon.

2) A Blade Adept's blade "advances as a black blade using ... points from [the arcanist's] arcane reservoir in place of the magus’s arcane pool." This means that a Blade Adept should be able to use their Arcane Reservoir to temporarily boost the Black Blade in the exact same way that a Bladebound can use their Arcane Pool class ability, despite the rules on the Arcane Reservoir class ability saying nothing of the sort.

3) A Blade Adept's Sword Bond ability "works like a wizard’s arcane bond ability save that the blade adept must bond to a one-handed piercing or slashing melee weapon." A wizard's arcane bond ability allows the wizard to work on their bonded object as though they had the appropriate item creation feat, meaning that a Blade Adept should be able to place magic effects on their blade as though they had Craft Magic Arms and Armor, even if they don't.

These are, of course, very different answers to the same question, and I'm entirely unable to determine which one is right. My GM has enough on his plate right now and would likely defer to anyone who can properly back up their viewpoint. Can someone more familiar with this archetype help me out here?

EDIT: Whoops, this is the wrong forum. This should be in Pathfinder RPG. Sorry about that: silly me.