Enchanting a Weapon vs. Target X

[FireHorse]

Suppose you want a magical weapon with a bonus against one particular kind of target — for example, maybe a spear called "Dragonslayer" or a sword called "Trollsbane", or whatever.

Is there a way to do that within the Official Rules? I haven't seen one mentioned, but I'm still reading and familiarizing and all that (because Noob), so it's entirely possible there is one and I just haven't found it.

[hcobb]

ITL 158 Limiting Spells.

Expect the next wizard who comes along to cast Remove Curse.

I admit that this is rather lame, so what would be the result of wielding a sword that has the ghost of the former wielder bound to it (by ITL 84) if the obsession that binds his spirit to this world is "Kill all goblins" or whatever?

[FireHorse]

Originally Posted by hcobb

ITL 158 Limiting Spells.

Ah, Danke. That appears to be intended to limit Users, but I suppose the same principle ought to apply equally for Targets.

I admit that this is rather lame, so what would be the result of wielding a sword that has the ghost of the former wielder bound to it (by ITL 84) if the obsession that binds his spirit to this world is "Kill all goblins" or whatever?

The result would be a mighty interesting magical weapon, that's what. I shall have to try one now…

[larsdangly]

It's an interesting question; the limiting enchantment approach seems like a good immediate solution. But it basically means you go through all the work to make a perfectly good general purpose magic weapon and then have it only work against certain opponents.

[Original_Carl]

Handwavium is the answer here, I think.

[larsdangly]

An excellent answer to most any question!