Tier 2
Requirements: Familiar Spirit rank 6, Elemental Aura
Restrictions: Elemental Spirit [Fire]
Step: Rank
Action: NA
Strain: 0
The familiar’s elemental aura also damages non-magical weapons which strike them, unless the weapon is somehow fireproofed. The Damage Step of wooden weapons is reduced by the Familiar Spirit rank. While the Damage Step of metal weapons is reduced by the amount the Familiar rank exceeds the Damage Step.
For example, a broadsword (forged +2, Step 7) suffers no ill effect from up to Familiar Spirit rank 7.
This reduction occurs before the Damage test; if a projectile's Damage Step is reduced to 0 (before Strength and other modifiers are applied), it inflicts no damage.
For example, a thread warbow fires an arrow with Damage Step 9 (forged +3, +1 from thread ranks) against a rank 9 familiar spirit with this power. The arrow's Damage Step is reduced to 0 and is destroyed before it reaches the familiar.
The effects of this power are cumulative, but damaged weapons may be repaired (Player’s Guide, p. 411). If a weapon’s Damage Step is reduced to 0, it is destroyed. Thread items cannot be destroyed in this fashion.
This requires a Familiar Power knack to learn.
None.