Shadow Weapon
A weapon no search will find
Shadow Weapon draws a weapon out of the caster's own shadow: a sword, an axe, a spear, a bow—any weapon the caster can imagine. It is solid, it has weight, and it cuts like steel. A bow or crossbow comes with its ammunition; each shadow arrow returns to the dark once it has struck.
The weapon lives in shadow. Its wielder hides it there or draws it out with a thought, at no action cost. Hidden, it leaves nothing to find: a guard who searches a tunic, a sleeve, or a boot finds an unarmed person. Only Detect Magic reveals its aura. A weapon knocked from its wielder's hand melts back into the shadow and can be drawn again.
The Drawn Blade
A weapon drawn from nothing turns a harmless-looking person into a killer in an instant. When the wielder draws it and strikes a creature that had no reason to expect a weapon, that first attack is an automatic critical hit, as when attacking from hiding. A creature that has seen the weapon once cannot be surprised by it again during the same encounter.
Weapons for Others
From Level 3, the caster creates more than one weapon and can hand them to allies by touch. An ally commands the weapon with their mind, hiding it and drawing it as the caster does. Every weapon disappears when the spell ends.
Progression
| Level | Enchantment bonus | Weapons |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | +3 | 1 |
| 3 | +6 | 2 |
| 5 | +12 | 3 |
| 7 | +24 | 4 |
| 9 | +48 | 5 |
| 10 | +96 | 1 per caster level |
The bonus adds to damage, as with Enchant. The weapon grants no Reflex bonus.
Quality
The caster imagines the weapon, so their mind decides how well it is made.
| Intelligence | +1–3 | +4–7 | +8–11 | +12–15 | +16 or higher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 |
Quality then behaves as it does for any crafted weapon (see 13).