Gorfnod
2018-05-29, 08:13 PM
I have a player who will soon be starting a Bladebound, Kensai Magus and for his "Black Blade" will be using a whip.
Unbeknowst to the player his whip is in fact a Rod of Wonder that was transformed into an intelligent whip.
(One of the player's previous characters was an avid Rod Wonder user and the new character will be inheriting the "whip". This will be discussed with the player before anything is put in place but I'm positive he will love it.)
I have tables created from my previous game of level appropriate effects for a Rod of Wonder all the way from level 3 - level 20 so I'm not worried about him having standard Rod of Wonder abilities at level 3 but my question to the Playground is this.
What would you use for the Whip's Rod Power activiation?
I have contemplated allowing it to simply act as a normal Rod with a whip coming out but that seems a little "normal". If I went with this I was thinking of adding a Magus Arcana that allows for Rod Activation as part of spell combat.
I also thought that maybe instead of doubling damage on a crit, it instead activated a random power.
I guess it could also replace an existing ability of the Bladebound archetype or the Black Blade itself.
Any additional thoughts or is this just too crazy?
Unbeknowst to the player his whip is in fact a Rod of Wonder that was transformed into an intelligent whip.
(One of the player's previous characters was an avid Rod Wonder user and the new character will be inheriting the "whip". This will be discussed with the player before anything is put in place but I'm positive he will love it.)
I have tables created from my previous game of level appropriate effects for a Rod of Wonder all the way from level 3 - level 20 so I'm not worried about him having standard Rod of Wonder abilities at level 3 but my question to the Playground is this.
What would you use for the Whip's Rod Power activiation?
I have contemplated allowing it to simply act as a normal Rod with a whip coming out but that seems a little "normal". If I went with this I was thinking of adding a Magus Arcana that allows for Rod Activation as part of spell combat.
I also thought that maybe instead of doubling damage on a crit, it instead activated a random power.
I guess it could also replace an existing ability of the Bladebound archetype or the Black Blade itself.
Any additional thoughts or is this just too crazy?