Help! I have a player that just received the sword of Kas and we had an incident where we fought undead and no blood was spilled to satiate the blade, therefore he was dominated by the sword from the bloodlust ability of the blade.
Bloodthirst. The sword thirsts for blood. If the sword doesnât taste blood on its blade within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder makes a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the wielder takes 3d6 Psychic damage. On a failed save, the wielder is dominated by the sword, as if by the Dominate Monster spell, and the sword demands blood. The spell effect ends when the swordâs demand is met.
Now, one of the players is thinking of rolling a different character and asked if he could be a devotion Paladin, and made sure to ask me because of their Aura of devotion ability:
Level 7: Aura of Devotion
You and your allies have Immunity to the Charmedcondition while in your Aura of Protection. If a Charmed ally enters the aura, that condition has no effect on that ally while there.
He was interested in this to prevent future incidents with the sword.
My question is, is the Paladin aura ability strong enough to prevent the domination of an artifact weapon? Is the domination by the sword of Kas an actual spell that can be negated this way, or is it something different - the ability does not say the actual spell is cast but says the player is dominated âas if byâ the dominate monster spell.
The aura doesn't negate spells, it negates the charmed condition. However, you're the DM. If you decide that aura of devotion doesn't work, it doesn't work (but I would tell the player ahead of time). Or, since it's a sentient weapon, you can just have it respond in some other way.
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Help! I have a player that just received the sword of Kas and we had an incident where we fought undead and no blood was spilled to satiate the blade, therefore he was dominated by the sword from the bloodlust ability of the blade.
Bloodthirst. The sword thirsts for blood. If the sword doesnât taste blood on its blade within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder makes a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the wielder takes 3d6 Psychic damage. On a failed save, the wielder is dominated by the sword, as if by the Dominate Monster spell, and the sword demands blood. The spell effect ends when the swordâs demand is met.
Now, one of the players is thinking of rolling a different character and asked if he could be a devotion Paladin, and made sure to ask me because of their Aura of devotion ability:
Level 7: Aura of Devotion
You and your allies have Immunity to the Charmedcondition while in your Aura of Protection. If a Charmed ally enters the aura, that condition has no effect on that ally while there.
He was interested in this to prevent future incidents with the sword.
My question is, is the Paladin aura ability strong enough to prevent the domination of an artifact weapon? Is the domination by the sword of Kas an actual spell that can be negated this way, or is it something different - the ability does not say the actual spell is cast but says the player is dominated âas if byâ the dominate monster spell.
The aura doesn't negate spells, it negates the charmed condition. However, you're the DM. If you decide that aura of devotion doesn't work, it doesn't work (but I would tell the player ahead of time). Or, since it's a sentient weapon, you can just have it respond in some other way.