MaxiDuRaritry
2023-10-05, 10:53 PM
Over in this thread (https://forums.giantitp.com/showsinglepost.php?p=25882882&postcount=5), thethird alerted me to the fact that Pathfinder has a magic rod/weapon called the raycaster:
Raycaster
AURA moderate evocation; CL 5th; PRICE 2,000 gp (+1), 8,000 gp (+2), 18,000 gp (+3), 32,000 gp (+4), 50,000 gp (+5), 72,000 gp (+6), 98,000 gp (+7), 128,000 gp (+8), 162,000 gp (+9), 200,000 gp (+10) WEIGHT —
DESCRIPTION: This rod counts as a light mace with an enhancement bonus. A character may utilize this weapon as a focus for any spell that deals hit point damage. A spell effect cast with this as a focus adds the weapon’s enhancement bonus to the spell's attack and damage rolls, and the spell also gains any weapon special abilities of the raycaster. If an ability on the ray caster explicitly only works on melee or ranged weapons, then that ability only functions for spells that require a melee or ranged attack respectively to hit their target.
What can we think of to do with this? What spell and special weapon ability combos work exceedingly well together?
For this purpose, magic, psionics, [Ps]s, [Sp]s, and [Su]s are equivalent, and any of them can be used with this item, so long as they're similar to a cast spell. Also, feel free to swap out the rod/mace for another weapon type, since I can think of multiple ways of doing so, so don't hold back on that account!
Also, keep in mind that almost ANY spell can deal damage, if the correct feat combo is applied. Remember the locate city bomb?
(Thanks, thethird!)
Raycaster
AURA moderate evocation; CL 5th; PRICE 2,000 gp (+1), 8,000 gp (+2), 18,000 gp (+3), 32,000 gp (+4), 50,000 gp (+5), 72,000 gp (+6), 98,000 gp (+7), 128,000 gp (+8), 162,000 gp (+9), 200,000 gp (+10) WEIGHT —
DESCRIPTION: This rod counts as a light mace with an enhancement bonus. A character may utilize this weapon as a focus for any spell that deals hit point damage. A spell effect cast with this as a focus adds the weapon’s enhancement bonus to the spell's attack and damage rolls, and the spell also gains any weapon special abilities of the raycaster. If an ability on the ray caster explicitly only works on melee or ranged weapons, then that ability only functions for spells that require a melee or ranged attack respectively to hit their target.
What can we think of to do with this? What spell and special weapon ability combos work exceedingly well together?
For this purpose, magic, psionics, [Ps]s, [Sp]s, and [Su]s are equivalent, and any of them can be used with this item, so long as they're similar to a cast spell. Also, feel free to swap out the rod/mace for another weapon type, since I can think of multiple ways of doing so, so don't hold back on that account!
Also, keep in mind that almost ANY spell can deal damage, if the correct feat combo is applied. Remember the locate city bomb?
(Thanks, thethird!)