Unseelie Agent Theme and Hexblade

[glectin]

Mechanically how would the Unseelie Agent Themes Shadow-wrought weapon work with a hexblades pact weapon given you multiclassed sword mage and they were both light blades?

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

Hmmmmm. I think by RAW the shadow-wrought weapon and the hexblade pact weapon are entirely separate things, noting that the shadow-wrought weapon is manifested via a power, and the hexblade's pact weapon by a class feature. Note also the hexblade must have their implement in hand to manifest the pact weapon (which presumably is thus some sort of one-handed melee weapon, though its apparently entirely up to the player how it appears and what exact weapon it is). The shadow-wrought weapon can be ANY weapon at all. Now, as a swordmage MC you can make pretty much any blade into an implement. This means you could for instance manifest a light weapon as your shadow-wrought weapon (a dagger or short sword for instance) and then using it as an implement manifest your pact weapon (which you could then in turn use as an implement also). The upshot is you get a free magical implement/weapon that then translates into a magical hex blade, so its not a bad concept. In theory even without inherent bonus you can get free enhancement.

OTOH I don't think the Unseelie Agent powers are going to be super good choices. You might take one and use it with your shadow-wrought weapon to enhance an RBA, but it seems hardly worth the power swap.