Thunder God Blade (3.5e Equipment)

Thunder God Blade
''This silver man-sized blade has a sleek curve with a tip which fans out into a broad diamond shape. It's mirror-polished surface has a blood channel engraved with traces of black adamantine and a hilt of ivory and steel with sharpened pommel. When held aloft the clouds seem to gather overhead, and distant thunder rumbles at your command.''

This +1 axiomatic shocking jovarPH is a dangerous weapon on its own, but it is imbued with the divine lightning of the heavens. As a standard action it can call down a bolt of lightning as if using call lightning storm, including the damage increase in storms but only out to Close range (25 ft. + 5 ft/two levels). You can call an unlimited amount of bolts, but only once every 1d4 rounds. The saving throw is 10 + 1/2 HD + your attack modifier (usually Strength). If you score a critical hit with the weapon, the cooldown time automatically resets allowing you to call lightning again.

If used in a smite attack (such as with paladin) it automatically deploys a lightning bolt as part of the attack onto the attacked creature, regardless of the smite attack hits or misses. This has no cooldown and may be used even when recovering from using the lightning bolt manually.

While wielding this weapon you act as a lightning rod to safely conduct electricity away. At your choosing if any electricity effect which goes within 30 feet of you, you can make a special dispel check as an immediate action with your BAB + the weapon's enhancement + d20 against 11 + the caster level of the effect. If successfully dispelled you absorb the electrical attack into your blade and may immediately bring down a lightning bolt as if using call lightning storm, with no subsequent cooldown effect.

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, call lightning storm.

Cost to Create: 18,000, 1440 EXP, 36 days.