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<blockquote data-quote="MatthewJHanson" data-source="post: 2461257" data-attributes="member: 13968"><p>Because I am in a nitpicky mood today...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hmm... let's look again a the defending property.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(emphasis mine)</p><p></p><p>Let's tackle the two emboldened words in reverse order. First of all, the text clearly says bonus. Singular. Not bonuses as you indicate above. That clearly means you can transfer all of one single bonus to AC, and cannot possibly transfer two or more different bonuses, even if they are both enhancement bonuses.</p><p></p><p>But for sake of argument, let's say for the sake of argument, that that we ignore the obvious lack of pluralizing. Let us then look at the other bold word: some.</p><p></p><p><strong>Some means some.</strong></p><p></p><p>And the wielder of course can choose to allocate the enhancement bonus however he chooses. There he <em>could</em> choose to allocate both different enhancement bonuses (again assuming we ignore the rules of English grammar) to AC, but he does not have to. He could instead choose apply only <strong>some</strong> of the bonus, namely a quantity equal to the entire magical bonus, but not the enhancement bonus, thus retaining the masterwork bonus to attack.</p><p></p><p>But I've decided my above argument was not silly and nitpicky enough, therefore I am going to take my grammatically over analyses on level further. Let’s look at two more quotes, regarding magic and masterwork weapons.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So what's the difference between theses two quotes? The difference is what is providing the bonus. In the first example, the magic weapon is clearly the subject of the sentence. Thus we can clearly see that magic weapons have an enhancement bonus. This bonus is innate to the weapons, and it will have the bonus even if it is just sitting the middle of the floor.</p><p></p><p>Now let's look at the second sentence in the masterwork quote. What is the subject of this sentence? I'll get you a hint, it's not "it." Yes, the subject of this sentence is "wielding." Thus as anybody can clearly see, it is not the masterwork weapon itself that grants the bonus, it is the act of wielding the sword that grants the bonus to attack. </p><p></p><p>Finally, let us look again at the defending property, this time with new emphasis added. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Note that it refers to the "sword's" bonus, not "the sword's bonus, and the enhancement bonus granted from wielding the sword." Since we already established that the masterwork enhancement bonus comes not from the sword itself, but rather from the act of wielding it, it is obvious that the masterwork enhancement bonus cannot be transferred to AC. </p><p></p><p>(On a related note, it seems that while any weapon can be given the defending property, only swords can transfer their enhancement bonuses. I guess all other weapons are just out of luck).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MatthewJHanson, post: 2461257, member: 13968"] Because I am in a nitpicky mood today... Hmm... let's look again a the defending property. (emphasis mine) Let's tackle the two emboldened words in reverse order. First of all, the text clearly says bonus. Singular. Not bonuses as you indicate above. That clearly means you can transfer all of one single bonus to AC, and cannot possibly transfer two or more different bonuses, even if they are both enhancement bonuses. But for sake of argument, let's say for the sake of argument, that that we ignore the obvious lack of pluralizing. Let us then look at the other bold word: some. [b]Some means some.[/b] And the wielder of course can choose to allocate the enhancement bonus however he chooses. There he [i]could[/i] choose to allocate both different enhancement bonuses (again assuming we ignore the rules of English grammar) to AC, but he does not have to. He could instead choose apply only [b]some[/b] of the bonus, namely a quantity equal to the entire magical bonus, but not the enhancement bonus, thus retaining the masterwork bonus to attack. But I've decided my above argument was not silly and nitpicky enough, therefore I am going to take my grammatically over analyses on level further. Let’s look at two more quotes, regarding magic and masterwork weapons. So what's the difference between theses two quotes? The difference is what is providing the bonus. In the first example, the magic weapon is clearly the subject of the sentence. Thus we can clearly see that magic weapons have an enhancement bonus. This bonus is innate to the weapons, and it will have the bonus even if it is just sitting the middle of the floor. Now let's look at the second sentence in the masterwork quote. What is the subject of this sentence? I'll get you a hint, it's not "it." Yes, the subject of this sentence is "wielding." Thus as anybody can clearly see, it is not the masterwork weapon itself that grants the bonus, it is the act of wielding the sword that grants the bonus to attack. Finally, let us look again at the defending property, this time with new emphasis added. Note that it refers to the "sword's" bonus, not "the sword's bonus, and the enhancement bonus granted from wielding the sword." Since we already established that the masterwork enhancement bonus comes not from the sword itself, but rather from the act of wielding it, it is obvious that the masterwork enhancement bonus cannot be transferred to AC. (On a related note, it seems that while any weapon can be given the defending property, only swords can transfer their enhancement bonuses. I guess all other weapons are just out of luck). [/QUOTE]
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