Samurai With Natural Ancestral Weapons?

[Aktariel]

Could a RoW samurai that came from, oh, say, a githzerai culture designate "his hands" or "his body" as his Ancestral Weapon?

And... if he did, when he killed someone, and the enemy's soul went into his body... would he be consuming the soul? And if he had the Fiend soul consumption feats... would they trigger?


Does anyone really care?

[K]

1203110346[/unixtime]]Could a RoW samurai that came from, oh, say, a githzerai culture designate "his hands" or "his body" as his Ancestral Weapon?

And... if he did, when he killed someone, and the enemy's soul went into his body... would he be consuming the soul? And if he had the Fiend soul consumption feats... would they trigger?


Does anyone really care?

In order:

Yes.

No, it'd just be stored until he was killed and they were released (See Mortal Combat movie for a good example).

In this specific case, I'd allow it. Frank might have a different opinion.

Sure, when I'm not too busy with law school.

[Aktariel]

Sweet. Thanks for the clarification.

So... even if he used the "soul eating" feats, the soul that he ingested still wouldn't be consumed? I mean, the power to heal yourself ought to come from somewhere?

Also... if they are released when he was killed, but he had the Memory of Death feat... he'd still remember everything from all of the souls he had consumed. Plus, if he came back to life... he'd have lost all his souls. Depending on how badass you are, it might be more or less likely that you died rather than having your weapon sundered.

Also... does he now have hardness?

[K]

1203111494[/unixtime]]Sweet. Thanks for the clarification.

So... even if he used the "soul eating" feats, the soul that he ingested still wouldn't be consumed? I mean, the power to heal yourself ought to come from somewhere?

Also... if they are released when he was killed, but he had the Memory of Death feat... he'd still remember everything from all of the souls he had consumed. Plus, if he came back to life... he'd have lost all his souls. Depending on how badass you are, it might be more or less likely that you died rather than having your weapon sundered.

Also... does he now have hardness?

Sorry, I was being confusing.

If he has the Soul Eating feats, then he'd eat them. Otherwise, he'd store them until killed.

You'd have hardness only if someone was using some sort "hand choppy" special attack. Back in the day that was Swords of Sharpness, but I'd assume that there are more out there despite 3.x's abandonment of the SoS.

[Aktariel]

Would you mind clarifying that last bit? You mean, he would only have hardness if someone specifically targeted his hands during a sunder attempt?

Also... what are Sword of Sharpness?

[K]

Swords of Sharpness are an old DnD weapon that used to chop people's arms off.

D20 has mostly abandoned the idea that an attack might cripple a character, but if you look hard enough there are still ways to injure or remove people's hands or arms. So, if one of those events happened, your Samurai fists or feet would have hardness apply.

[Fwib]

2e (and before) used to have two levels of Swords of Chopping Bits Off You. The Sword of Sharpness, which chopped limbs off, and the Vorpal Sword, which chopped heads off (and acted as Sharpness if the target had no head, as I recall)

I theorise that in 3.x Keen might be the mutant descendant of Sharpness.

[SunTzuWarmaster]

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Sure, when I'm not too busy with law school.

So June of 2010 then?

[K]

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Sure, when I'm not too busy with law school.

So June of 2010 then?

Right..