So, I was working on a bladelock build with the 2024 revised rules, and while checking through pact of the blade and shadow blade, I saw no rule against bonding with the shadow blade for your bonded magical weapon, as it states that the shadow blade is a magical sword, hence magic weapon. Does this mean it would now follow the bonded magical weapon rules from pact of the blade? Also, the wording of pact of the blade confused me, because now I'm confused whether I can conjure my bonded magical weapon with the pact of the blade conjure.
I would have to say yes, you could bond your conjured weapon from Shadow Blade, and summon it using the Pact of the Blade feature, but only for the duration of the spell or until you lost concentration. After that, the weapon would permanently disappear until you cast the spell again.
^^ this is correct. You can do it, but the bond will end when the spell's duration ends. You can't cheese the 2nd level spell slot requirement by using pact of the bond to bond the sword without houserules.
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Considering you have to spend a spell slot essentially round 1 of every encounter to support this build, I would maybe see if your DM would be open to waiving the Bonus Action you technically have to spend to bond with a weapon as a homebrew accommodation. You are already voluntarily playing warlock with 1 spell slot permanently spoken for in each encounter.
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So, I was working on a bladelock build with the 2024 revised rules, and while checking through pact of the blade and shadow blade, I saw no rule against bonding with the shadow blade for your bonded magical weapon, as it states that the shadow blade is a magical sword, hence magic weapon. Does this mean it would now follow the bonded magical weapon rules from pact of the blade? Also, the wording of pact of the blade confused me, because now I'm confused whether I can conjure my bonded magical weapon with the pact of the blade conjure.
I would have to say yes, you could bond your conjured weapon from Shadow Blade, and summon it using the Pact of the Blade feature, but only for the duration of the spell or until you lost concentration. After that, the weapon would permanently disappear until you cast the spell again.
^^ this is correct. You can do it, but the bond will end when the spell's duration ends. You can't cheese the 2nd level spell slot requirement by using pact of the bond to bond the sword without houserules.
Any time an unfathomably powerful entity sweeps in and offers godlike rewards in return for just a few teensy favors, it’s a scam. Unless it’s me. I’d never lie to you, reader dearest.
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Considering you have to spend a spell slot essentially round 1 of every encounter to support this build, I would maybe see if your DM would be open to waiving the Bonus Action you technically have to spend to bond with a weapon as a homebrew accommodation. You are already voluntarily playing warlock with 1 spell slot permanently spoken for in each encounter.