Spell Level(s): Paladin 1, Cleric(Moon, Sun) 1
Innate Level: 1
School: Transmutation
Descriptor(s): Weapon Enchantment
Component(s): Verbal, Somatic
Range: Touch
Area of Effect / Target: Creature or Melee Weapon
Duration: 2 minutes per level
Additional Counter Spells: None
Save(s): None
Spell Resistance: No
Description: You empower the touched melee weapon with some effects depending on the source of the Bless Weapon. You can target another creature to enchant its worn melee weapon. When targeting a dual-wielding character, if the primary weapon is already blessed, the off-hand weapon will be blessed instead. Non-restricted weapon enchantment.
Paladin Spell Book
- Enhancement Bonus (Attack and Damage):
- Caster Level 1 -10: +1
- Caster Level 11-15: +2
- Caster Level 16-20: +3
- Caster Level 21-25: +4
- Caster Level 26-30: +5
- Caster Level 1+: +2d6 divine damage vs. undead
- Caster Level 13+: +2d6 damage vs. outsider
- Caster Level 13+: +2d6 damage vs. dragon
Cleric Spell Book (Moon Domain):
- Caster Level 1+: +2d6 magic damage vs. undead
- Damage Bonus (Shapechanger):
- Caster Level 1+: +2d6 magic damage vs. shapechanger
Cleric Spell Book (Sun Domain):
- Caster Level 1+: +1d8 positive damage vs. undead
- Caster Level 1+: +1d8 fire damage
- Note: This damage bonus replaces any temporary essence
Stacking Rules:
- Bless weapon's vs. undead damage will be either +1d8 positive OR +2d6 magical depending on the time of day
- Bless weapon's other bonus damage (+1d8 fire and +2d6 vs shapeshifter) will still apply
- Enhancement bonus only applies when it is cast from Paladin spellbook. Cleric levels will not count towards enhancement bonus scaling.
- +2d6 Divine dmg vs. undead from Paladin spellbook and 1 of the Damage vs. Undead from Sun OR Moon Domain will stack
Notes
- Not restricted.
- When bless weapon is cast on crossbow bolts, it adds a temporary blessed bolt item property (also known as "on-hit: slay rakshasa"), which will instantly kill any rakshasa hit by the bolts.
- Properly effects vampire player characters.
- Stacking:
- An existing attack bonus (temporary or permanent) will be replaced by the attack bonus component from this spell if it is greater.
- An existing damage bonus will be replaced by the damage bonus component from this spell if it is both matching and greater, there are noted exception above.
- Restricted weapon enchantments cannot be used with magical weapons, weapons with any property, or stacked with each other.
- Non-restricted weapon enchantments can be used freely in any weapon and stacked with one another; even on Restricted weapon enchantments.
- Players commonly seek out bronze weapons (which have no properties) to have blank weapons to be able to apply Restricted weapon enchantments first, and then cast additional Non-restricted enchantments.
- Casting a weapon enchantment on a target with an invalid main hand weapon (due to the weapon already being enchanted or possessing magical properties) will attempt to apply the weapon enchantment to the offhand.
- Additionally, the weapon enchantments Bless Weapon, Darkfire, Elemental Weapon, Greater Magic Weapon, and Keen Edge spells cast from items such as scrolls and wands will:
- Use the Caster Level of the item for the Duration of the spell.
- Use the Character Level of the item user for the Effects of the spell.
- Bless Weapon exceptions:
- Will grant +2d6 damage vs. dragons if the user of the scroll is level 18 or higher. The CL of the scroll is still level 17 and Enhancement bonus is capped at +3.
- Note: It is possible to achieve +4 enhancement with Loremaster scroll + levels (17 CL scroll + 5 levels from LM = 22 CL scroll), but still requires the base character level to be at least 21 for the effects.
- Examples - A Character of various levels using a Greater Magic Weapon Scroll (Caster Level 15)
- A level 30 Character will have a duration of 5 hours (15 Caster Level/3 hours) and an enhancement bonus of +5 ((Character Level +3)/4 - capped at +5).
- A level 15 Character will have a duration of 5 hours (15 Caster Level/3 hours) and an enhancement bonus of +4 ((Character Level +3)/4).
- A level 5 Character will have a duration of 5 hours (15 Caster Level/3 hours) and an enhancement bonus of +2 ((Character Level +3)/4)
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