Soulknife Multiple Throw ability

[DreamChaser]

Because they are EVIL!!!

Seriously, that isn´t the first or the worst case of sloppy wording (in the XPH or WotC books in general). And they did not ´errata´ it in the BBoard, but those were answers to e-mails from users that were then posted.

So...then...its not official?

 

[Someone]

No, the D&D police won´t chase you.

 

[DreamChaser]

No, the D&D police won´t chase you.

good. 'cause I already have a bunch of outstanding tickets from them. sheesh! don't they ever let up.

overall, i think that the mindblade ability could have been written better. making it equivalent to various existing swords was handy but makes for the "what type of damage does it do" issue. if you can shape it however you want, why is it piercing as a short blade and slashing as a long blade? having it stay shaped doesn't break the class (it would take an awful lot more to break the soulknife) but it doesn't IMO reflect the wording of the ability.

If this were the houserule forum, I would begin to suggest alternate descriptions for the mind blade ability but it's not.

DC

 

[Dr_Rictus]

if you can shape it however you want, why is it piercing as a short blade and slashing as a long blade?
DC

Because you can't shape it however you want. You can shape it like a shortsword, longsword, or bastard sword.

This doesn't "raise" the question of what kind of damage the blade does. Quite the contrary. It answers that question.