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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarauderX" data-source="post: 1342832" data-attributes="member: 9990">I haven't read all of the way through Arcana Unearthed, so the weapon bonding seems a bit weird to me.  I'm not sure if getting the bonded weapon would be an advantage over other classes, as the PrC works against two-weapon fighters or those that would change weapons for different circumstances (i.e. bond to a greatsword, then decide to switch to a flail to gain the trip advantage).  A sundered weapon would render the class much weaker, as alertness, domain spells, evasion, etc. are lost until the ceremony is performed again (at the expense of another 2500 XP - ouch).  Or throw in a pickpocket to steal the weapon/familiar then sunder it.Now instead of sunder, use the much easier disarm to render this class weaker.  Throw a buffed(Bull's Str) barbarian at this PrC and have him yank the weapon from the weaker weapon kin's hands, and instantly the kin has lost all of those nice abilities.  The weapon kin will spend time groping after her weapon than fighting.  It's a constant weakness that doesn't go away, as the weapon kin keeps sinking ability points into Int to keep up with the smart weapon, and if out-smarted the weapon becomes a curse instead of an aid.  The base damage of the weapon stays the same, and only the bonuses add any advantage to using it in combat.  I suppose it would be good if you picked to bond to a ranged weapon, as it won't be used in melee except in extreme cases.  It would be a good PrC for a ranged character that won't be wading into melee where it might be broken by accident (1's do happen...), but with only the meager spell advantage of domains, the PrC won't be an advantage for casters.  IMO, an archer fighter or ranger could look to this PrC for flavor, but with the necessity to have a broad range of abilities could be too limiting.  All in all it's a nice PrC for flavor, but unless the weapon can be used to close the special combat gaps of disarm and sunder it will be weak.  Hope that was frank enough for you! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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