*insert-name-here* |
Only by FM fiat which would be required for this thing to even e ist. I would say no, it's a weapon equivalent to a brass knuckles or a cestus.
A Magus black blade cannot be a monk's unarmed strike, period, unless your DM just decides it can.
you just rendered this entire thread useless. thank you very much.
*insert-name-here* |
the double chicken saber and the nine ring broadsword (from UC) are both 1-handed slashing weapons that monks can use, and therefore flurry with.
And Temple sword, which i think i like better, but i like to stick with my unarmed strike for all occasions except for making ranged attacks. bladebound (unless i can get a black blade UAS) is just not for my character.
Archaeik |
Can your Blackblade be made of a special material?
I don't see why not... but you're unlikely to adamantine approved at character level 3. Obviously there are other choices (at that level), but if you're asking about adamantine, I hope this is some multiclass build you've discussed with your DM.
Waltz |
mdt wrote:Why does this remind me of the thread where someone wanted RAW that let him have his monk chop off his hands and replace them with enchantable clockwork hands?THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT!
What you're looking for is something along the lines self-forged PrC from Eberron.
thoynan |
So what about all those prosthesis' in skull and shackles and inner sea pirates? Would that count? What about a Empty hand monk changing the damage type on his improvised weapon... can he have an improvised intelligent blade... a bucket? Perhaps a metal plate... a large book?
What if I wanted a spellslinger 1/Black blade magus 3 and have a gun sword? Can the black blade effect the gun part, or is the gun unintelligent, but the blade (since it functions a cane sword) is?
thoynan |
Also, what's the biggest 1 hander you can get? A scizore for martial weapons is a d10, then there's bastard swords or great aztec clubs for 1 handed exotic d10s.
Oh, and what about a phalanx fighter 3/blade bound magus 3, can his black blade be a pole arm? Or is the consensus that 'after market' weapon group changes don't count? Such as slashing UAs via hamalatsu, boar, or tiger? Or titan maulers using large rope gauntlets, or large daggers (since a large light is a medium slashing, and the titan mauler reduces the penalties). Jotun grip does not work, since it's just "wield two hander one haned -2", but phanlanx fighting says if you use a shield, a pole arm is a one handed weapon.
Empty hand monk won't work, as it's 1 round swift actions to change damage, same for the Cad's 'razor sharp chair leg' ability. Which sucks since a talking table leg you beat folks with is a great role play oppertunity.
Grick |
blahpers wrote:Technically, a scorpion whip can be a black blade, as was discussed in a recent thread.Instantly in love with the imagery this evokes.
A chain of obsidion-like shards of black steel, all thin and small in the middle, larger and cruelly jagged at the tip.
Only if you use the AA version of Scorpion Whip. The UC version is light.
I pointed out the differences (with Dev quotes!) here and there's a FAQ thread here.
Peyote |
I think the goal here is that it's supposed to be a one handed sword or wedge weapon (axe). But technicalities also allow gardening tools and whips as well.
Also I believe that a black blade cannot be a an axe musket since while it technically counts as a battleaxe it is still a two-handed firearm. Also the Axehead and the Musket are two separate weapons technically.
Nazard |
I would say that the specification of one-handed slashing weapon was done on purpose to prevent a character combining the Bladebound and Staff Magus archetypes to best effect. Using the Quarterstaff Master feat, the staff magus treats a quarterstaff as a one-handed weapon, so if the specification of slashing wasn't there, there would be nothing to prevent the staff magus' staff from being a black "blade". Similarly, a staff magus can only use simple weapons, and there are no one-handed slashing simple weapons. Again, that seems very deliberate.