Elemental Channel [Weapon Rune]
Type: Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon
Cost: 300 gc
Rune Points: 2
Effect: While a weapon equipped with this rune is powered, the wielder of this weapon may cast a non-AOE, non-RNG:SP offensive spell that deals some kind of elemental damage (i.e. cold, corrosion, electrical or fire damage) on this weapon. Instead of this spell dealing damage and causing any additional effects normally, the weapon instead gains +1 to its next attack’s damage rolls or till the beginning of the caster’s next Maintenance Phase, whichever comes first. This bonus damage is of the same type as the elemental damage dealt by the spell; additionally, the weapon also gains any additional effects normally caused by the spell (e.g. the chance to deal the Fire continuous effect or render the character hit stationary upon a critical hit).
If an elemental channel weapon has a different elemental spell cast on it before the effects of the previous spell have been employed, the spell currently on the elemental channel weapon is replaced by the new spell.
A friendly spellcaster can also cast offensive elemental spells on elemental channel weapons wielded by allies, as long as each ally is within the spell’s range, the spellcaster has line of sight to their ally’s front arc, and their ally is currently wielding the elemental channel weapon in their hand(s). If the ally is currently engaged in melee, a successful magic attack roll against the ally’s DEF is also required to successfully target an ally’s elemental channel weapon; on a failure, the spell may instead randomly strike the ally or any character they are in melee with as per the normal rules for making magic attacks into melee.
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