Blinding Barrage Question

[godfear]

p271, it specifically states "If you're using a projectile weapon to make a close/area attack, you need one piece of amunition for each target" and explains the same for thrown weapons.

Beautiful. Thanks, yo. : )

 

[Spatula]

Hm, so if you're using a magic shuriken or dagger, you can only use its bonus against one target when using the Blinding Barrage power? Since you'd be using other knives to make the other attacks.

 

[NMcCoy]

Why even add that caveat? It says the weapon returns as a free action "once the attack is resolved." As soon as you roll to hit, and roll damage if you do hit, the weapon's back.

Whoops! You're right. I misread, thought it was the end of the turn. Even better.

 

[bjorn2bwild]

Hm, so if you're using a magic shuriken or dagger, you can only use its bonus against one target when using the Blinding Barrage power? Since you'd be using other knives to make the other attacks.

Well, all magic throwing weapons have the returning property, and Mouseferatu's point that the weapon returns after the attack is resolved is a valid point.

So, either we have a situation where whatever was being tossed at the target flies back and forth between your hand and the targets several times...

OR

the weapon "poofs" back into your hand after a successful hit

OR

you throw the object and it spins off of several targets in one large arc

OR

however else you might want to say it works.

I think the intent here was to not penalize thrown weapon styled characters, who are clearly disadvantaged vs ammo using weapon characters in 3.x.

 

[NMcCoy]

...OR

however else you might want to say it works.

"Just as your years of training have caused your hands to blur with the intense speed with which you throw your daggers, so the magic imbued in the blade causes the weapon itself to blur into a blinding shockwave of steel..."