toodeep wrote:
I think you are missing the limiting text in gladius of light that says "Though it is shaped as a Gladius it has no real weight or balance, making it impossible to use any of the Gladius weapon tricks while wielding a Gladius of Light."
No, take a look at the original post. It is in there. Perhaps this is something that should receive official clarification, but there is a difference between weapon tricks and martial maneuvers, as well as tricks and weapon talents. Blade of Our Lord specifies that the weapon created is for all intent and purpose a flamberge, so short of an official ruling otherwise I would argue that Weapon Mastery applies, and that martial techniques (but not weapon tricks) can be used.
toodeep wrote:
I would argue that that is limiting text, and thus by the rules it applies to both versions of the spell. Therefore, your flamberge of flaming light is flaming light, and not a real flamberge, and thus no weapon tricks.
If you are correct, and it is possible, then the attack speed 4 from the Gladius of Light spell should override the Blade of Our Lord.
toodeep wrote:
And sadly, though it makes no sense, it seems to me that it would both only effect nonliving enemies, and would not bypass all their AR anymore, because of the way the combining rules work. It would only bypass half their worn armor and all their fire AR. You gain the worst of both worlds - some AR and only being able to hit limited beings. The question is whether the additional die of damage is worth not getting through their AR.
I disagree. That is the entire point of the Gladius of Light. It is a spell effect, not a limiting condition. It would have to carry over, otherwise what would be the point of combining it with other spells?