Sun Blade

This sword is the bane of evil creatures and has the power to create sunlight.

Description. The weapon appears to be a bastard sword with a golden blade. It's golden light plays off the blade's pattern in warm, shimmering rays.

• This sword is the size of a bastard sword. However, a Sun Blade is wielded as if it were a short sword with respect to weight and ease of use. In other words, the weapon appears to all viewers to be a bastard sword, and deals bastard sword damage, but the wielder feels and reacts as if the weapon were a short sword. Any individual able to use either a bastard sword or a short sword with proficiency is proficient in the use of a Sun Blade. 

• In normal combat, the glowing golden blade of the weapon is equal to a +2 bastard sword.

• The sword has the Bane +2 ability versus Evil creatures and is a Slaying weapon against all Undead (corporeal and incorporeal) and creatures from the Plane of Shadow. Thus, the weapon performs as a +4 bastard sword of undead-slaying (doing double damage) against undead opponents and a +4 bastard sword against non-undead/non-shadow Evil opponents.

• Sunlight. 1/day [complex] The Sun Blade also has a special sunlight power. Once per day, the wielder can swing the sword vigorously above his head while speaking a command word. The Sun Blade then sheds a bright yellow radiance that acts like bright light and affects creatures susceptible to light as if it were natural sunlight. The radiance begins shining in a 10-foot radius around the sword wielder and extends outward at 5 feet per round for 10 rounds thereafter, to create a globe of light with a 60-foot radius. When the wielder stops swinging the sword, the radiance fades to a dim glow that persists for another minute before disappearing entirely. 

• All Sun Blades are of Good alignment, and any Evil creature attempting to wield one is energy drained for 1 level (no save).