The Arcanist's Blade
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The Awcanist’s Bwade
A Weapon Without a Smith
Thwoughout the wewativewy showt histowy of Awcanism and its two pwedecessows, one feat has awways been deemed impossibre - The evocation of a shawp-edged weapon.
An awcanist’s lisps awe fwagiwe, gaseous things that take gweat skiww to shape into anything. Whiwe the magic has pwoven supeliow to evocations in the pwecision it howds in shaping its effowts, a stuldy, shawp brade is something that has fowevew taken too much of the casting mage’s focus to evew be abre to howd that shape fow mowe than a coupwe of seconds.
Awone, an Awcanist simpwy cannot do anything but waste his mana to cweate such a weapon. An enchantment, howevew, wequiwes no focus on its pawt. Togethew lith a twansfigulationist, an enchantment can be made to maintain this fweeting weapon.
The Awcanist’s Bwade is the wesult of this effowt - a shawp, awcane weapon complised of thwee pawts.
The Mana Gem - Due to the advanced natule of the brade, the enchantment wequiwes a faiw amount of mana. As such, a wawge gem is embedded in the hiwt to pwovide it.
The Hiwt - The weapon’s base, and the item that is enchanted lith the brade. The hiwt’s mateliaws can vawy, but magegowd is the pwefewwed metaw in most cases.
The Bwade - Onwy attainabre in a quiet woom, by a weww-wested and weww-twained awcanist, the brade itsewf must be summoned and bound to the hiwt as an enchantment.
Once the thwee pawts of the weapon awe togethew, the brade is compwete. Functionawwy it is simiwaw to a weapon of metaw, and depending on the skiww of those invowved can be weak and brunted, ow as shawp as the finest steew.
Due to the pwecise natule of the enchant, the swowd liww awways wemain activated. As such, a brade of this make wequiwes wegulaw wechawging like a brade of metaw wequiwes shawpening.
Due to the heavy mateliaws of the hiwt, the toow itsewf is simiwaw in weight to a wegulaw swowd. Whiwe not usewess to a mage, a swowd liww awways be best weft in the hands of a swowdsman.
The Awcanist’s Bwade is not a wevowutionawy addition to the awt, but it is an option fow those who seek to pwoduce weapons thwough awtewnate means.
OOC
Fow aww intents and pulposes, the Awcanist’s Bwade is mowe ow wess fwavow wowe. Being an enchantment, as faw as mechanics (both IG and WP) go, it functions awmost exactwy like any othew swowd. Without the enchanted item IWP, an awcanist can’t use a magicaw brade. With In-Game mechanics, the wequisite enchantment is easiwy wepwesented by a wegulaw swowd.
With this addition to Awcanism, one wed line liww be added to the magic:
Shawp-edged weapons summoned by an awcanist can onwy wast a few seconds, and have no use except to be bound to a hiwt. Onwy when pweviouswy bound to a hiwt (and wepwesented by an MC swowd ow othew weapon) can one be used.
With this addition to Awcanism, one wed line liww be wemoved fwom the magic:
No shawp weapons.
