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Secret Weapon
Aura: conjuration, enchantment, transmutation
CL: ?
Slot: none
Price: ?
Weight: varies
Description:
The Secret Weapon resembles the hilt of a sword, a piece of wood wrapped in leather and chased with silver wire. When activated, it transforms into a masterwork weapon of the wielder's choice and grants the wielder proficiency in the use of that weapon. The wielder does not retain the weapon proficiency while not using the Secret Weapon (unless, of course, he has the proficiency anyway). The item can be used as a weapon for 10 rounds per day. These rounds do not need to be consecutive.
The Secret weapon does not bypass DR/magic or DR/material. It can bypass DR/(damage type) if it is used as the proper type of weapon.
Construction Requirements:
Craft Wondrous Item, Bestow Weapon Proficiency, Masterwork Transformation, Minor Creation
What spells should the construction require? What should the caster level be? What about the price?
I do not want this to be excessively powerful, mostly a way to sneak around with a weapon. Automatic proficiency in any weapon could be pretty powerful, which is why the weapon is not enchanted and why it lasts only 10 rounds per day.
Am I just reinventing the wheel here? Does such an item already exist?
This seems a little weak... maybe a a couple thousand max...
Basically a limited +1 version of a transformative weapon with a magically granted proficiency... Six thousand? Seven?
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The question is what spell to use. From a formulaic standpoint, you're looking at this:
(A(SL*CL*2000) + .75*B(SL*CL*2000) + .5*C(SL*CL*2000))/(5/Uses)
So lets say we built it with the following...
Bestow Weapon Prof + +1 Enhancement + Summon Weapon. This would change the base formula to:
(A(SL*CL*2000) + .75*B(SL*CL*2000) + .5*C(Enhancement^2*2000))/(5/Uses)
((2*3*2000) + .75*(1*1*2000) + .5*(1^2*2000))/(5/1)
(12,000 + 1,500 + 1000)/5
2,9000 gp
The weapon looks like this
Aura: conjuration
CL: 3
Slot: hand
Price: 2,900 gp
Weight: varies
Description:
The Secret Weapon resembles the hilt of a sword, a piece of wood wrapped in leather and chased with silver wire. When activated, it transforms into a +1 weapon of the wielder's choice and grants the wielder proficiency in the use of that weapon while he is wielding it. The item can be used as a weapon for 10 rounds per day. These rounds do not need to be consecutive.
Construction Requirements:
Craft Wondrous Item, Bestow Weapon Proficiency, Summon Weapon
EDIT I've done some heavy editing here :) It is considered to be one use since a level one use of the spell summon weapon lasts 10 rounds.
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The question is what spell to use. From a formulaic standpoint, you're looking at this:
(A(SL*CL*2000) + .75*B(SL*CL*2000) + .5*C(SL*CL*2000))/(5/Uses)
So lets say we built it with the following...
Bestow Weapon Prof + +1 Enhancement + Summon Weapon. This would change the base formula to:
(A(SL*CL*2000) + .75*B(SL*CL*2000) + .5*C(Enhancement^2*2000))/(5/Uses)((2*3*2000) + .75*(1*1*2000) + .5*(1^2*2000))/(5/1)
(12,000 + 1,500 + 1000)/5
2,9000 gp
The weapon looks like this
** spoiler omitted **
EDIT I've done some heavy editing here :) It is considered to be one use since a level one use of the spell summon weapon lasts 10 rounds.
Where is the Summon Weapon spell? I thought it must exist, but the closest I could find was Summon Instrument.