Does the Radiance sword have the Transformative weapon property?

[Jader7777]

So according to Radiance's description it changes to the weapon of the Paladin that picks it up.

http://www.archivesofnethys.com/MagicArtifactsDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Radianc e

If a Paladin of Erastil picks it up does it become a bow immediately? Can it change back into a longsword? Does it work just like the Transformative weapon enchantment? Could it become a compound bow?

[Andre Roy]

It's a weird one. On one hand it states that Radiance becomes or change into the Paladin's God favored weapon (creating weird case with thrown or missile weapon). On the other hand it states it eventually becomes a Holy Avenger (which is a specific longsword).

Being an artifact, it seems like it would transform into the appropriate God's favored weapon and ultimately have the same property as a Holy Avenger for the Paladin.

Maybe it revert to a longsword upon the welders death.

[Dragonchess Player]

As it's written, Radiance changes into a single type of weapon based on its new wielder. It does not gain the ability to change into other types of weapons at will (or to even switch back and forth between longsword and that other type of weapon). Basically, it's a way to tailor the weapon to suit the wielder (making it more likely to be used), rather than forcing the wielder to use a specific weapon type ("But my paladin uses a [glaive/longbow/nodachi/etc.]; I don't want a longsword...").