You gain proficiency in the artisan skill “Blade Smith” (STR or DEX your choice), you use this skill to maintain your sword, improve its balance, remove combat dings and rattles and keep it sharp and clean. You require a blade smith kit to achieve this (see below).
Blade Smith Routine. You learn a routine that creates a bond between yourself and one sword. You perform the routine over the course of 1 hour, which can be done during a short or long rest. You spend 15 minutes repairing, sharpening, oiling and balancing your sword. You must have the sword and your blade smith kit on you the whole time. You then spend 45 minutes practicing forms with your sword, feeling its weight and balance and perfecting your skills. You must have your sword on you the whole time.
Once you have bonded a sword to yourself, you can't be disarmed of that sword unless you are incapacitated.
You can only have one bonded sword at any time. If you attempt to bond with a second sword, the bond with the original sword will be broken.
At the conclusion of your bonding routine, you gain a bonus +2 damage to all successful attacks with your bonded sword. This bonus damage lasts for a number of attacks equal to your blade smith skill check plus 15, called ‘Blade Smith Bonus’. Any attack with your bonded sword (hit or miss) uses one Blade Smith bonus. All un-used Blade Smith Bonus’ are lost when a new bonding routine is commenced.
Blade Smith Kit: A small box, leather roll or case containing tools and equipment required to maintain your sword, the kit includes:
- Metal File flat
- Metal File round
- Course Oilstone
- Fine Oilstone
- Chamois
- Vial of oil
- Jeweler's hammer
- Jeweler's anvil
- Brass & iron rivets of various sizes
- Weight: 4lb
- Cost: 50gp
- Uses: 20
Note: Replacement oil, rivets and chamois that last 20 uses costs: 5gp
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