| Rasmus Nielsen |
So, I've had trouble understanding how these two interact, while I realize that at a glance the two have no compatability issues, I am having trouble seeing how a Bladebound could for instance make the Black Blade his Bonded item, since while it states that the weapon starts out as masterwork, and a magic weapon "counts" as Masterwork, it also later states, that if you lose the weapon or it's destroyed, it loses all enchantments, and starts out as a normal masterwork weapon.
That aside, the Arcane Bond feature, would not be able to pick the Black Blade, as the Black Blade is an intelligent magic item, which have different rules than normal magical items, but even then, the Black Blade is *not* a Masterwork item, *period* it may "count" as one, but it is not a Masterwork item, which the rules states that it *must* be when you aqquire the Bonded Item.
Now, I can understand that that doesn't mean that the Bladebound and Soul Forger couldn't have a Black Blade, AND a Bonded Weapon as well, though, even then, would a Bonded Weapon not *count* as a Familiar of some kind? Isn't the intent of the Black Blade, that the Black Blade be the most important thing, as in, it'd not want you to have a Mount, or an Animal Companion either, or is the Black Blade only tied to *Familiars* (Witches, Wizards, specifically those called Familiars?) And, as far as I can understand, you cannot improve and upgrade Black Blades, due to them being intelligent items, and progressing as "creatures" do...all in all, I'm slightly confused by how exactly they work together, by the rules, both as written and intended.