Bound Elemental Blade (3.5e Equipment)
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In the primal origins of the universe, when good and evil were newly formed concepts and the world was dominated by mysterious outsider beings, the creatures of the inner planes looked upon the chaos wrought in the world with a mix of horror and awe. It was some that looked upon one of the most powerful beings of that time, the prototype of what would eventually be called a Balor, and viewed these things as a shape to aspire to in order to have influence upon the world. So were "elemental fiends" born from a gestalt of like-minded creatures that mimicked, to a degree, the outer planes residents and specifically the balor. These fiends are now long past, but the gestalting technique they used to achieve their form had been recently unearthed. However instead of binding elementals together, the spellcasters of this age have bound elementals to other creatures in order to replicate some of their work. Naturally, by working off the designs of the elemental fiends the resulting creature begins to resemble something akin to an elemental balor. For this design, elementals are used to forge a sword hidden within one arm for the would-be host.
This type of graft is usually hidden, save for the veins of elemental energy running up the arm. The weapon can be drawn or sheathed as any weapon, appearing within the appropriate hand and unable to be disarmed, as it is part of the arm. The type of elemental bound alters the design and nature of the weapon. You are proficient with the weapon formed, which is usually a longsword but can be any one-handed simple or martial weapon. Choose from the following:
- Air: You form a translucent blade out of hardened air that acts like a longsword. The blade releases shockwaves of wind, allowing you to strike +5 ft away further than normal. However, you do not threaten out to that range.
- Earth: You form a thick and sturdy blade of rock and metal in the shape of a longsword. The blade deals damage 2d6 damage instead of 1d8, and can absorb the material properties of other materials with a touch, up to a value of 15,000 gp. For example, it can touch adamantine ore and become adamantine, up until it absorbs a new material.
- Fire: You form shining blade of radiant fire that acts like a longsword. The longsword deals fire damage, and you can sweep the blade as a standard action hitting three consecutive squares you threaten with the same attack roll. This counts as an area effect for the purpose of interacting with swarms.
- Water: You form flowing blade of water with a foaming white edge that acts like a longsword. The blade is unusually good at carving through hard materials, ignoring up to 10 points of hardness and 10 points of any material damage reduction.
This grafts augments one of the creature's arms.
Graft Flesh (Any), summon monster V; Price 15000 gp.
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