Spellblade (Magic Sword)

These slim-bladed swords were once plentiful in the Realms. Recently, someone has rediscovered the secrets of making them again: new blades have begun to appear in the Dragonreach area, probably from a source in Sembia. A spellblade is a +2 magical weapon. A single wizard spell is cast as part of its making, and after that, the sword is immune to and paramount over that particular spell. Anyone carrying a spellblade who is attacked by the particular spell that the blade is linked to is utterly protected against all of that spell's effects. This immunity applies even if the spell is magic missile or another “unerring” spell, or one that a weapon would normally be of no use against.
The blade-bearer can reflect an offensive spell back upon its caster, choose to negate its local effects entirely (allowing a fireball to flow directly around the wielder with no effect), or direct it at a target of choice. This decision must be made the round the spell is cast, or the spell is negated. There is no known limit to the negation ability of a spellblade against its specific spell. This power does not prevent normal use of the weapon in the same round.
As an item, the spellblade is usable by all classes: as a weapon, it is usable only by those allowed to wield swords. To gain the protection of the spellblade, it must be drawn from its scabbard with some part of its hilt or blade resting on the bearer's flesh (a warrior's hand or strapped to the leg of a wizard). Spellblades guard against specific spells and identical magical effects, such as the fireball spell and the fireball emitted by a wand of fireballs. They do not guard against merely similar effects: for example, a fireball specific spellblade would not guard against normal fires, a wall of fire, a meteor swarm, a flaming sphere, or a delayed blast fireball.
Most spellblades are crafted to protect against offensive spells such as fireballs, lightning bolts, magic missiles, or charm person spells: a rare few are made for specific purposes, and can breach prismatic spheres or walls of force.
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