Weapon of the Gods?

[toxicspirit]

I have seen a few people mentioning the use of the Cleric's Weapon of the Gods Power in combination with an Archer/Ranger and his bow. Please correct me if I am wrong, but from my reading of the Power, it is limited to melee weapons only, and therefore would not work in this manner.

Daily Divine, Radiant, Weapon
Minor Action Melee touch
Target: One held weapon

Am I missing something?

 

[ravenight]

isn't that the range needed to imbue the touched weapon?

 

[Norhg]

Melee Touch Target: Held Weapon

You need to touch the weapon you want to use the prayer on.

 

[toxicspirit]

Fair enough. I've only really read the Martial Powers in any detail, and they seem to be quite specific when listing melee and ranged, so I figured that all Powers followed that same logic.

 

[Zurai]

Melee Touch Target: Held Weapon

You need to touch the weapon you want to use the prayer on.

This. The range doesn't tell you anything about what kind of weapon it's used on. It just tells you how close the target has to be. The target line is what tells you what it can target; in this case, any weapon. Including your fists or a chair, if you so desired.

 

[Prestidigitalis]

Melee Touch Target: Held Weapon

You need to touch the weapon you want to use the prayer on.

I was assuming, until I read this thread, that Held Weapon meant Held by the caster. Could it be held by another character instead?

This could be an important distinction if it's used in combat to power up another character's weapon. If the caster actually has to hold it, then actions will be consumed by transferring it from the owner to the caster and then back again.

It's fun to jump start stale threads!

 

[DracoSuave]

Melee touch -does- include adjacent squares.

 

[Prestidigitalis]

Melee touch -does- include adjacent squares.

Yes, but I'm focusing on the Target description, not the Range description. What does "Held Weapon" mean in this case? Held by whom? Does the Target description effectively add an additional condition to the Range?

 

[Black Knight Irios]

Target: One held weapon

Nowhere it is said who has to hold the weapon, as long as your targeted weapon is held by anyone and within range the spell works.

 

[James McMurray]

It depends on your level of rules lawyering. If all you care about is literal interpretation, the weapon could be held by anyone or anything. If you want to follow the rules as the designers intended them, the flavor text ("Your weapon glows with divine radiance, enhancing your attacks") seems pretty clear.