Blessed Weapon?

[Aluvial]

When you cast magic weapon it says that for good clerics the weapon is considered blessed. What exactly does that mean? Where did you find that information?

Aluvial

 

[CRGreathouse]

When you cast magic weapon it says that for good clerics the weapon is considered blessed. What exactly does that mean? Where did you find that information?

Just what it says - it has special effects on certain creatures; the MM.

 

[Aluvial]

Umm, yeah, exactly what does it do? You found this in the MM? Where? Is the effect against all evils?

A little more help please.

Aluvial

 

[CRGreathouse]

Umm, yeah, exactly what does it do? You found this in the MM? Where? Is the effect against all evils?

It does not apply to all evil creatures, only the ones with an ability refering to blessed in their description. For example, many demons can't regenerate damage from blessed weapons.

See the SRD for specifics.

http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/srd.html

 

[Staffan]

The most classic example of a creature with a vulnerability to blessed weapons is the Rakshasa, who is instantly slain if hit with a blessed crossbow bolt.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

For the bless weapon spell...

All critical rolls against evil foes are automatically successful (so every threat is a critical hit). The weapon negates the damage reduction of evil creatures and is capable of striking evil incorporeal creatures as if it had a +1 enhancement bonus

Any weapon that has bless weapon cast on it, or that has magic weapon cast on it by a good cleric, is also blessed, as below.

Now, for a blessed weapon:

For instance, the gelugon and pit fiend do not regenerate against damage inflicted by a blessed weapon.

The rakshasha, as noted by another member.

There are others, but off-hand, I can't recall these other monsters.

The special ability against certain monsters varies by monster. The MM was written after the PHB, so this is one reason why those abilities aren't listed. Also, they knew more monsters would be published later.

You can't cast bless on a weapon, but you can cast bless weapon on a weapon, and you can also cast magic weapon on a weapon, so it's considered blessed. These are all different things.

Much confusion could have been avoided if bless weapon was given another name.

 

[Aluvial]

Is that the max criticals or something like that?

 

[Aluvial]

Ahh, I see all threats against evil creatures are considered criticals. I don't see how you make the jump between the two spells though.

Aluvial

 

[Zaruthustran]

Now, as for blessed. See the paladin spell bless weapon. When a good cleric casts magic weapon, it gains all the benefits of bless weapon. Also note that it has absolutely positively nothing to do with the bless spell. Much confusion could have been avoided if bless weapon was given another name.

Truly you speak. About the confusion, anyway.

If a good cleric casts magic weapon on a weapon, the weapon gets the benefits of magic weapon and is considered blessed. However, it does NOT gain the benefits of the Paladin's Bless Weapon spell.

Here's the description of Bless Weapon from the SRD:
"All critical rolls against evil foes are automatically successful (so every threat is a critical hit). The weapon negates the damage reduction of evil creatures and is capable of striking evil incorporeal creatures as if it had a +1 enhancement bonus. Also, the weapon is considered blessed, which means it has special effects on certain creatures. Individual arrows or bolts can be transmuted, but affected projectile weapons (such as bows) don't confer the benefit to the projectiles they shoot."

The bold emphasis calls out the fact that there's a big difference between a weapon that's "considered blessed" and a weapon that's under the effect of the spell Bless Weapon.

To be explicit: Magic Weapon cast by a Good cleric does not confer auto-confirmed crits or damage reduction negation.

-z

 

[Dr. Zoom]

Thus Spoke Zaruthustran.