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| Description| The wielder of this weapon may activate this property with a [[swift action]], causing the weapon to fade into an iridescent translucence, gently glowing, and, if examined, providing glimpses into a vast, deep space inside itself, that seems full of mysterious shapes and movement.  Once transformed, a ''foecaller'' weapon inflicts {{Hi|{{WeapAug|Force|-2}}}} on each successful hit as [[bonus damage]], and all of the weapon's damage is delivered as force damage. The force damage does not harm the wielder. The property's effect remains active until another swift action is expended to turn it off, the weapon is sheathed, or until the wielder takes a full night's rest, whichever occurs first.
| Description| The wielder of this weapon may activate this property with a [[swift action]], causing the weapon to fade into an iridescent translucence, and, if examined, it provides glimpses into a vast, deep space inside itself, that seems to be full of mysterious shapes and movement.  Once transformed, a ''Foecaller'' weapon inflicts {{Hi|{{WeapAug|Force|-1}}}} on each successful hit as [[bonus damage]], and all of the weapon's damage is delivered as Force damage. The force damage does not harm the wielder. The property's effect remains active until another swift action is expended to turn it off, the weapon is sheathed, or until the wielder takes a full night's rest, whichever occurs first.


Unlike normal bonus damage, when a ''foecaller'' weapon critically hits a target, the bonus force damage is doubled, assuming the weapon has a critical multiplier of x2.  The bonus damage is instead tripled if the weapon has a critical modifier of x3, and it is quadrupled if the weapon has a critical multiplier of x4.
Once per round as a [[free action]], at the start of the wielder's turn, the wielder gains a +1 [[circumstance bonus]] to-hit with any attacks made against the enemy creatures within the melee reach of the ''Foecaller'' weapon.


When attacking a foe within melee reach, the ''foecaller'' weapon ignores any miss chance the target may have due to [[Combat#Concealment | Concealment]] (due to terrain, lighting, or anything else), though the attack must still target the proper square.
Furthermore, all enemies within melee reach of the ''Foecaller'' weapon are revealed to the wielder, even if they are concealed, stealthed, faded, or behind partial or total cover, as long as the wielder has [[line of effect]] to them (but not necessarily [[line of sight]]).  Attacks made against such foes does not suffer any miss chance from partial or total [[Combat#Concealment | Concealment]], and such enemies do not gain any AC bonus from being behind partial cover.  Enemies behind total cover receive only a +3 bonus to their AC (instead of +6), but the wielder must have line of effect to that enemy, or they cannot target them.


While active, a ''foecaller'' weapon also adds +2 to the critical threat range of the weapon. For example, a [[Longsword (Weapon)|Longsword]] has a normal critical threat range if 19-20. With the ''foecaller'' property, it becomes 17-20. This property does not modify the weapon's critical multiplier.  This benefit does not stack with the benefit provided by [[Keen (Melee Weapon Magic Property)|Keen]] or any other magic property that improves critical threat range, but it does stack with feats, racial traits, and/or class features that expand the critical threat range of a weapon (such as the [[Critical, Improved (Feat)|Improved Critical]] feat).  Spells and other effects do not stack.
''Foecaller'' weapons, as with any attack that deals force damage, count as both corporeal and incorporeal. Because the weapon exists fully in both a corporeal and incorporeal state, it ignores the 50% reduction in damage that is normally granted to incorporeal creatures, or when the wielder and the target exist in different corporeal states. It also deals normal damage to targets in the same corporeal (or incorporeal) state as its wielder.
 
Also while active, the weapon exists fully in both a corporeal and incorporeal state, and therefore it ignores the 50% reduction in damage that is normally granted to incorporeal creatures, or when the wielder and the target exist in different corporeal states. It also deals normal damage to targets in the same corporeal (or incorporeal) state as its wielder.
 
By spending a swift action, the wielder of a ''foecaller'' weapon can know intuitively the exact location of all hidden foes within 50 feet, even if such foes are [[invisible]], [[faded]], etc., as long as the wielder has line of sight to each target's square.  Only the wielder learns this information; the weapon does not inform the wielder's allies (though the wielder certainly can, if they wish). 
 
If this ability is performed as a standard action instead, in addition to revealing all hidden foes in the radius, each revealed foe is [[pull]]ed to a square within 20 feet to the wielder's space (the wielder decides how each pull is resolved).  Pulls must bring the foe closer to the wielder with each square of movement (lateral movement is not permitted).  If a foe is pulled in such a way that there are no available spaces within 20 feet of the wielder, the forced movement ends in the first available square instead, within the rules of the pull.  There is no saving throw for this effect, but as with any forced movement, the target(s) may voluntarily fall [[prone]] to end the forced movement at any point during the move (even before it begins), if they prefer.  This ability only works on foes that were actually revealed from a hidden state; it does not work on every foe within 50 feet, unless they were all hidden when the power is activated.
 
A ''foecaller'' weapon cannot be made [[Broken]] with the [[Sunder]] combat maneuver, except by attacks that deal force damage, or weapons with the [[Ghost Touch (Melee Weapon Magic Property)|Ghost Touch]] magic property.
 
While the ''foecaller'' effect is active, the weapon gives off light as a torch (30 feet of bright light, 30 additional feet of dim light). Since this is a light source, it is not possible to use [[stealth]] while this property's effect is active.  This light is unaffected by any form of magical darkness, but will not dispel any form of magical darkness, either.
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Revision as of 22:06, 9 December 2023

Foecaller (Melee Weapon Magic Property)

Enchant Cost: +7 (epic)

You must be level 21 or higher to equip, wield or wear an item with this property.

The wielder of this weapon may activate this property with a swift action, causing the weapon to fade into an iridescent translucence, and, if examined, it provides glimpses into a vast, deep space inside itself, that seems to be full of mysterious shapes and movement. Once transformed, a Foecaller weapon inflicts 3d6+24 points of bonus Force (energy, uncommon) damage on each successful hit as bonus damage, and all of the weapon's damage is delivered as Force damage. The force damage does not harm the wielder. The property's effect remains active until another swift action is expended to turn it off, the weapon is sheathed, or until the wielder takes a full night's rest, whichever occurs first.

Once per round as a free action, at the start of the wielder's turn, the wielder gains a +1 circumstance bonus to-hit with any attacks made against the enemy creatures within the melee reach of the Foecaller weapon.

Furthermore, all enemies within melee reach of the Foecaller weapon are revealed to the wielder, even if they are concealed, stealthed, faded, or behind partial or total cover, as long as the wielder has line of effect to them (but not necessarily line of sight). Attacks made against such foes does not suffer any miss chance from partial or total Concealment, and such enemies do not gain any AC bonus from being behind partial cover. Enemies behind total cover receive only a +3 bonus to their AC (instead of +6), but the wielder must have line of effect to that enemy, or they cannot target them.

Foecaller weapons, as with any attack that deals force damage, count as both corporeal and incorporeal. Because the weapon exists fully in both a corporeal and incorporeal state, it ignores the 50% reduction in damage that is normally granted to incorporeal creatures, or when the wielder and the target exist in different corporeal states. It also deals normal damage to targets in the same corporeal (or incorporeal) state as its wielder.

Creation: Creator (Feat), Epic Creator (Feat), Bailiwick Check (DC 57), a blazing remnant (tier 5), and an item symbolic of the enchantment.
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