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Sword of Truth Stuff
Sword of Truth Stuff
possiblities…
Option 1
I've taken over running a shared world campaign with a high
level group and an artifact that was hinted to have more
powers that might be discovered later.
The PCs are strong, have high stats, and a ton of items.
Now the paladin wants to use his share of loot (25,000 gp) to
go on a religious vision quest or whatnot to see what new
powers he can discover in the Sword of Truth instead of
spending his money on things like improving his amulet of
natural armor another plus or two which he feels would be
effective (he has a 30 AC already) but role-playing wise
boring. He said he will be happy with whatever he discovers
even though he is not choosing it, etc.
Yes, grossly powerful, but he still does less damage than the
PC dwarf fighter cleric when that PC gets going large and in
charge.
Bonus on Spot
Arcane Sight
Option 2
Ummm... OK, here's a go at more completeness;
For those without Unearthed Arcana, this will not make much
sense, and I can't explain fully what the Battle Scion is (CoC
and all that).
Sword of Truth
Forged long ago by wizards of tremendous power, the Sword
of Truth is a longsword gifted to special individual every
generation by the First Wizard. The Seeker is charged with
upholding justice and as such is not beholden to any power
political or otherwise, save the Truth.
Requirements Anybody can pick up and wield the Sword of
Truth as a +2 Keen Longsword with the Fueled by Anger and
The Price special abilities (see below). A Seeker (Battle
Scion) who wields the Sword of Truth gains additional special
abilities if he meets the following criteria.
Base Attack Bonus: +6
Skills Sense Motive 6 ranks
Feats: Iron Will, Power Attack
However, only a True Seeker can gain more than three levels
of this PrC. A True Seeker must also meet these criteria;
Alignment: any good
Skills Sense Motive 10 ranks
Feats Skill Emphasis: Sense Motive, Track
Attributes
Hardness/Hit Points: 12/25
Caster Level: 17th
Value: To anyone other than the Seeker, the Sword of Truth
appears to be worth as much as a Medium +2 Keen
Longsword (market price 18,325 gp).
Special Abilities: The Sword of Truth grants a number of
special abilities to its wielder, depending on on the
character's class level in the Seeker (battle scion) prestige
class.
Battle Scion
Level Ability
- Fury of Justice, Intent, The Price
1st: Righteousness
2nd: +3 Enhancement
3rd: Sunder Spell
4th*: The White Blade
5th*: Greater Fury of Justice
6th*: +4 Enhancement
7th*: Channel the Predessesors
8th*: Reflect Spell
9th*: Swordless Seeker
10th*: +5 Enhancement
Supreme Fury of Justice
Intent: (Ex) The Sword of Truth will only harm a living thing
that the wielder perceives to be an enemy. If used to strike a
creature that the wielder believes to be innocent, the
damage from any strike is reduced to 0.
The White Blade (Ex) A true Seeker learns how to forgive any
one for their crimes, no matter how heinous or wrong. The
Seeker can fill his soul with the small amount of goodness
that exists within a single target and slay them without
suffering from the effects of The Price. The White Blade also
ignores the Intent special property; a true Seeker can kill
anyone.
Reflect Spell (Su) Any spell cast at the Seeker that fails to
overcome the SR from Sunder Spell is also reflected back at
the caster as if affected by Spell Turning
Yeah, the thing that made me think of this was when Richard
"saves" Kahlen and kills with the sword the first time. The
image of him putting
Everything.
He.
Had.
into that sword stroke.... <shrug> A PrC's gotta have some
prereq feats, what would you suggest in it's place?
Originally posted by LordChronos
...and the Swordless Seeker ability. Also add in some sort of
sense direction to the wpn, and when you are close enough
(say 30') you know exaclty where the sword is reguardless of
senses. Almost like an extra sense.
It's been awhile since I've read any of the books, but doesn't
Richard use the abilities of the former Seekers at one point
when he doesn't actually have the sword on him? Says
something to the effect of, "I am the True Seeker, I don't
need the sword" ? And was his bond with the sword a virtue
of the Sword of Truth or was it another of Richard's
ubermench twinky abilities?
It's been awhile since I've read any of the books, but doesn't
Richard use the abilities of the former Seekers at one point
when he doesn't actually have the sword on him? Says
something to the effect of, "I am the True Seeker, I don't
need the sword" ? And was his bond with the sword a virtue
of the Sword of Truth or was it another of Richard's
ubermench twinky abilities?
"When he took his hands away, he could still feel the magic
within him. He had to leave the sword, but he still had the
magic; he was the true Seeker."