PC wilbur07:
What exactly are the limitations of a spellsword's channeling class feature? Can he hold a spell in the sword for a later attack? Are there any spells he can't cast? What about chill touch or touch of the graveborn, which allow multiple touches per casting - do they get channeled as seperate melee attacks? Thanks for your time.
I may be corrected here. But this is my interpretation of said rule and ability.
First, a spell channeled into the sword stays channeled untill discharged for 8 hours. So in the morning, you can channel a spell (lets say fireball) into your weapon (lets say it's a great sword) for the next 8 hours that fireball will stay inside the sword. if four hours into the day you get into melee and you miss with your attacks. The spell is not discharged.
You can channel any spell you know or have prepaired into the sword, Fireball, Chill Touch, Bulls Strength, Invisibility. It then only effects the person hit by the sword.
So said channeling above would at 10th caster level deal 12d6 points of damage for one single attack.
If a spell allows mutiple hits with the spell like chill touch I would say, for that round the sword deals the spells damage to the target. So if you have two attacks, and are hasted. And the spell would allow for all three unarmed attacks to be 'chilled' then with the spell channeled into the sword it'll do the same for the sword for that round.
If the spell would last longer than one round though normally, it does not when channeled into the sword. When it comes back to your action again, the sword's no longer channeling chill touch, or what ever else.
Optimization side note: If you're playing a spellsword, one feat I would suggest picking up if you don't already have it is Arcane strike. ]
Prereq is ability to cast 3rd level arcane spells. And what it does is as a swift action you can burn a spell slot to get that spell slot's level as a bonus to hit, and in 1d4/spell level extra damage on every attack that round.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:29, Wed 23 May 2007.