Armblade of the Sword Archon

[Scharlata]

Celestial Greetings!

If Argos the Threefold Blind, a good cleric of the Sun goddess, cast the sanctified spell Celestial Aspect (BoED, p. 93) upon himself and transformd one of his arms into a blade that functions as a +1 flaming (or holy) longsword, would his attack(s) be penalized for not having the appropriate weapon proficiency? Could he apply any other feat related to melee combat with a longsword to his celestial longsword arm?

Edited: [...] what do all the other angels think?

Kind regards

 

[Scharlata]

[...] Edited: [...] what do all the other angels think?

No angels around? Or are the celestials ever so quiet?

Note to myself: Never ask closed questions and never anticipate an answer.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I hope you will accept answers from an abyssal...

I'd say that as the arm reshapes into it, you wouldn't need to be proficient with it. It's an extension of your limb (quite literally). But I would allow it to count as a longsword for feats and the like.

 

[Scharlata]

I hope you will accept answers from an abyssal...[...]

Of course

Well, that's a start....

Kind regards

 

[AuraSeer]

When a spell effect duplicates a weapon that only the caster can use, I generally assume that the caster is automatically proficient with its use. (However, that bonus proficiency is only good with the spell effect; he can't pick up an actual longsword in his other hand and expect to use it.)

For any spell that creates a physical weapon that can be dropped or given away, I do require proficiency. If a caster in that case can't use the weapon himself, he can hand it off to another party member.