Bane (property)

This article is about the weapon quality. For other uses, see Bane (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Bane (spell) or Bane weapon.

Bane was a quality that could be added to magical weapons. They excelled at striking and doing greater injury to foes of a particular racial type.^[1]

Creation[]

In order to forge a bane weapon, the creator must have summon monster I available.^[1]

This quality could be temporarily applied to weapons by means of the transmutation spell, bane weapon.^[2]

NotableBane Weapons[]

Fatal Touch, the favored weapon of Kelemvor.^[3]
Cormyrian goblinthrasher, a weapon that allowed its wielder to better fight goblins.^[4]

Appendix[]

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 224. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.
↑ Monte Cook (January 2001). “Revenge of the Spider Queen”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #279 (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 42–47.
↑ Eric L. Boyd, Erik Mona (May 2002). Faiths and Pantheons. Edited by Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 34, 35. ISBN 0-7869-2759-3.
↑ Sean K. Reynolds, Duane Maxwell, Angel McCoy (August 2001). Magic of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 139, 141–42. ISBN 0-7869-1964-7.

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Item Qualities

Magical properties applied through enchantment

Armor

Shields
animated • arrow catching • arrow deflection • bashing • blinding • reflecting

Body Armor
cooling • fire resistance • glamered • halfweight • illithidwrought • invulnerability • malleable • sailing • shadow • spell resistance • xorn movement • warming

All Armor
acid resistance • anchoring • blinking • blending • blueshine • blurring • cold resistance • comfort • death ward • drowcraft • electricity resistance • etherealness • everbright • fortification • freedom • ghost touch • gnashing • healing • hideous • magic eating • masking • menacing • mirror image • negative energy protection • nimbleness • ocular • proof against enchantments • proof against transmutation • sanctuary • sonic resistance • strength • undead controlling • vermin controlling • wary • wild

Weapons

Ammunition
radiant holding

Ranged Weapons
distance • precise • returning • quick-loading • seeking • splitting

Melee Weapons
defending • flying • harmonizing • mighty cleaving • powerleech • sacrifical smiting • speed • stalactite • sundering • sweeping • tentacle • throwing • valorous • vicious

All Weapons
acidic burst • anarchic • axiomatic • bane • berserker • blindsighted • bloodthirsty • corrosive • dancing • disarming • diseased • dismisser • dispelling • disruption • domineering • doomwarding • doomstrike • drowcraft • elemental aura • enervating • everbright • exhausting • finder • flaming • flaming burst • force • frost • ghost touch • holy • holy avenger • homeland champion • hornblade • icy burst • illithidwrought • impact • jumping • keen • knockback • light burst • merciful • metalline • morphing • paralyzing • ravenous • rusting • screaming • sending • sizing • shock • shadowscourge • shattermantle • shocking burst • smoking • speed • spellblade • spell storing • spellstrike • sure striking • thundering • unholy • vampiric • venemous • viper • virulent • vorpal • warning • weakening • wounding

[DMG3.5-p224-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 224. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.

[Drm-p279-2] Monte Cook (January 2001). “Revenge of the Spider Queen”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #279 (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 42–47.

[3] Eric L. Boyd, Erik Mona (May 2002). Faiths and Pantheons. Edited by Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 34, 35. ISBN 0-7869-2759-3.

[MoF-p141-4] Sean K. Reynolds, Duane Maxwell, Angel McCoy (August 2001). Magic of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 139, 141–42. ISBN 0-7869-1964-7.

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