Quote Originally Posted by Pex View Post
You're missing the part where if a player wants to dispel Shadow Blade don't be rules lawyerly on if the player says he casts Dispel Magic on the sword or caster. If the player did not specifically say he wanted to dispel Shadow Blade, just any spell that happens to exist, choose randomly from among the spells including Shadow Blade. Don't be rules lawyerly on the player saying he casts Dispel Magic on the caster.
Scenario: Your teammate, who is attacking with Shadow Blade, has been targeted by both a Blindness/Deafness spell and a Ray of Enfeeblement spell. You decide to cast Dispel Magic on them to help. DM says: Ok, cool, but unfortunately for you that also hits the Shadow Blade.