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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 6371918" data-attributes="member: 1165">My first thought was to let them &quot;absorb&quot; magic weapons, but I also had an idea from Saga Frontiers. In that settings, &quot;vampires&quot; can create mystic weapons that absorb abilities from enemies they defeat. Usually it's boring stuff like more hit points or more damage, but sometimes you get an interesting buff like shooting energy bolts, or the like. &quot;Blue magic&quot; doesn't work well in D&amp;D as what you face isn't predictable enough, but I could certainly picture a soulknife getting abilities from fighting an opponent who had a magic weapon, until the next time that happens. The DM could control the abilities by controlling what magic items villains use.As for Dark Sun, defiling is still &quot;evil&quot; (though 4e has virtually no alignment-influenced rules) but there's little pressure to use it. It's more of a social mechanic; if someone sees you defile, expect the Veiled Alliance to come after you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 6371918, member: 1165"] My first thought was to let them "absorb" magic weapons, but I also had an idea from Saga Frontiers. In that settings, "vampires" can create mystic weapons that absorb abilities from enemies they defeat. Usually it's boring stuff like more hit points or more damage, but sometimes you get an interesting buff like shooting energy bolts, or the like. "Blue magic" doesn't work well in D&D as what you face isn't predictable enough, but I could certainly picture a soulknife getting abilities from fighting an opponent who had a magic weapon, until the next time that happens. The DM could control the abilities by controlling what magic items villains use. As for Dark Sun, defiling is still "evil" (though 4e has virtually no alignment-influenced rules) but there's little pressure to use it. It's more of a social mechanic; if someone sees you defile, expect the Veiled Alliance to come after you. [/QUOTE]

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