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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mojobacca" data-source="post: 6721574" data-attributes="member: 70849">I have seen several posts on various forums about the ability to call upon a magic weapon that was transformed into a warlock's pact weapon, but can't find anything official.PHB states this about the Pact of the Blade:"You can use your action to create a pact weapon in your empty hand. You can choose the form that this melee weapon takes each time you create it (see chapter 5 for weapon options). You are proficient with it while you wield it. This weapon counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.Your pact weapon disappears if it is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also disappears if you use this feature again, if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die.You can transform one magic weapon into your pact weapon by performing a special ritual while you hold the weapon. You perform the ritual over the course of 1 hour, which can be done during a short rest. You can then dismiss the weapon, shunting it into an extradimensional space, and it appears whenever you create your pact weapon thereafter. You can't affect an artifact or a sentient weapon in this way. The weapon ceases being your pact weapon if you die, if you perform the 1 hour ritual on a different weapon, or if you use a 1 hour ritual to break your bond to it. The weapon appears at your feet if it is in the extradimensional space when the bond breaks."I have seen arguments stating that Magic Weapons that become Pact Weapons can only be summoned as the Magic Weapon's base form.  And these arguments are supported by the section of the third paragraph that says, "You can then dismiss the weapon, shunting it into an extradimensional space, and it appears whenever you create your pact weapon thereafter." And this argument can be seen as a valid one if you feel that the pronoun "it" is referencing the Magic Weapon.  I, however, believe that the pronoun "it" refers to the "weapon" at the start of the sentence which could be either Magic Weapon or Pact Weapon.There is also the first part of that same paragraph that states, "You can transform one magic weapon into your pact blade..."  This, to me at least, implies that the Magic Weapon is changed into the Pact Weapon, since that is what “transform” means.  It does not state that "You can bind..." or "You can substitute..."  If the Magic Weapon does indeed BECOME the Pact Weapon, then the Warlock's ability to change the form of the Pact Weapon should remain intact.I admit that my thoughts do lean towards the latter on this topic, but I'm willing to stand corrected if there is an official ruling somewhere.  If there is one, where could I find it?</blockquote>

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