Paladin's sword

[trentonjoe]

I play a character who recently decided to become a paladin. Here are my problems:

1) I just found a cool new sword it is a +2 scimitar of speed. Unfortuneatly it is +4 vs lawful creatures (kinda throw back to 2E days). Could I use a sword that was anti-law? Is that an alignment problem?

2) I am also a wizard with the craft magic arms and armor feat. WOuld it be possible to REMOVE the +4 vs lawful creatures from the sword?

I have my own ideas but I am looking for others.

Thanks!

 

[sty]

I´m not sure, but...

Well, I´m not sure about this +4 against law, but here is the description of a pure Chaotic wepon:

Chaotic

A chaotic weapon is chaotically aligned and infused with the power of chaos. It deals +2d6 points of bonus chaotic damage against all of lawful alignment. It bestows one negative level on any lawful creature attempting to wield it. The negative level remains as long as the weapon is in hand and disappears when the weapon is no longer wielded. This negative level never results in actual level loss, but it cannot be overcome in any way (including restoration spells) while the weapon is wielded. Bows, crossbows, and slings so enchanted bestow the chaotic power upon their ammunition.

Caster Level: 7th; Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, chaos hammer, creator must be chaotic; Market Price: +2 bonus.

 

[Tewligan]

1) I just found a cool new sword it is a +2 scimitar of speed. Unfortuneatly it is +4 vs lawful creatures (kinda throw back to 2E days). Could I use a sword that was anti-law? Is that an alignment problem?

Would your paladin use a sword that was anti-good?

 

[Metalsmith]

Re: Re: Paladin's sword

Would your paladin use a sword that was anti-good?

If it was a simple +2 Scimitar +4 vs Lawful no I wouldn't.
I WOULD use a +2 Scimitar of Speed +4 VS Lawfull! It's a Scimitar of Speed! Are you nutz? You can still use the speed option, If you're holding it, its unlikely anyone else will be hitting you with it anytime soon, and It's a Scimitar of Speed! Think of all the Lawfull Evil people who will be quaking in their boots.

Metalsmith

 

[Bagpuss]

Re: Re: Paladin's sword

Would your paladin use a sword that was anti-good?

Do you think a paladin would be as happy to work in a party with a Lawful Evil character as he would a Chaotic Good one?

As it is the weapon is not in itself Chaotic, and it can still be used to aid the cause of the Paladin's god without any harm or foul, even if it was +4 vs Good (a paladin shouldn't be hitting any good people anyway *grin*).

Now if the weapon was intelligent and Chaotic then there might be a problem.

 

[kreynolds]

2) I am also a wizard with the craft magic arms and armor feat. WOuld it be possible to REMOVE the +4 vs lawful creatures from the sword?

No.

 

[AuraSeer]

Re: Re: Paladin's sword

AFAIK the core rules do not include any way to remove a single power from a magic item. If you have access to very powerful magic, you could subject the sword to Mordenkainen's Disjunction, but that would remove all of its powers, not just the one you dislike.

 

[kreynolds]

Re: Re: Re: Paladin's sword

If you have access to very powerful magic, you could subject the sword to Mordenkainen's Disjunction, but that would remove all of its powers, not just the one you dislike.

Unless your DM is one of those freaky people that lets you target specific spells with Dispel Magic, in which case their absolutely, completely, disgustingly, and utterly flawed logic would force them to allow the same specific spell targeting method with Mordenkainen's Disjunction.

 

[Dr. Zoom]

I play a character who recently decided to become a paladin. Here are my problems:

1) I just found a cool new sword it is a +2 scimitar of speed. Unfortuneatly it is +4 vs lawful creatures (kinda throw back to 2E days). Could I use a sword that was anti-law? Is that an alignment problem?

Since the scimitar is not Chaotic nor intelligent and aligned, I would not consider it a problem for a paladin. Actually, it sounds like your paladin found a great weapon to use against devils.

2) I am also a wizard with the craft magic arms and armor feat. WOuld it be possible to REMOVE the +4 vs lawful creatures from the sword?

Not without removing the remaining magic with it.

 

[Dr. Zoom]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Paladin's sword

Unless your DM is one of those freaky people that lets you target specific spells with Dispel Magic, in which case their absolutely, completely, disgustingly, and utterly flawed logic would force them to allow the same specific spell targeting method with Mordenkainen's Disjunction.

You don't have to target anything with this spell. It simply affects everything in a 30-foot-radius burst except what the caster is carrying or touching. Permanent magic items get a Will save to avoid the disjunction (their own or their wielder's, whichever is better).