Is Speed Useful?

[Dracorat]

A person with a speed weapon in each hand (duel weilding, both with speed) gets two additional attacks.

A haste spell would give the same character one additional attack with the onhand weapon only.

For this reason, I find the enhancement to be quite useful.

 

[irishfast]

my ranger thinks the same way that you do

 

[Rkhet]

Note that found weapons change the equation somewhat since the choice between keeping the +1 speed longsword and selling it is not the same as whether to spend 32,000 on a +1 speed or a +1 holy ghost touch longsword. Rather, it's to sell the sword for 16,000gp and cough up another 2000gp to have a +1 holy (or other +2 enhancement) longsword or to keep the +1 speed longsword. Even in that situation, the choice doesn't obviously resolve itself in favor of the speed enhancement, but it does look a lot better.

Don't forget the metagame. If you sell that Speed weapon for a lower-enchanted weapon, the DM will feel obliged to even out your wealth-by-level, eventually. Speed is worse than useless, because it carries the opportunity cost of crimping the wealth guidelines.

 

[wedgeski]

I would only take it in the absence of a party wizard or sorcerer, although I must admit I hadn't considered the dual-wielding benefit...

 

[boolean]

A person with a speed weapon in each hand (duel weilding, both with speed) gets two additional attacks.

Are you sure about that?

(This benefit is not cumulative with similar effects, such as a haste spell.)

The speed property on weapon A could certainly be considered similar to the speed property on weapon B.

 

[Dracorat]

I don't think it works that way. It just means you don't get other attacks from other sources. If you read the other part of the speed writeup, it states clearly a weapon with the speed enchantment gets an extra attack.

 

[Infiniti2000]

I don't think it works that way. It just means you don't get other attacks from other sources. If you read the other part of the speed writeup, it states clearly a weapon with the speed enchantment gets an extra attack.

But the restriction is not specific. It's general. You can't combine haste with speed, for sure, and I see nothing that allows you to combine two speed weapons.

I think speed is not worth the huge cost.

 

[Goblyn]

But the restriction is not specific. It's general. You can't combine haste with speed, for sure, and I see nothing that allows you to combine two speed weapons.

I think speed is not worth the huge cost.

Use common sense here. Maybe the cost is huge because a character can use two speed weapons(or up to four, if a thri-kreen).

 

[Aaron L]

Are you sure about that?



The speed property on weapon A could certainly be considered similar to the speed property on weapon B.

I take it to mean that you get no extra attacks from similar sources with that weapon.

 

[Dracorat]

Same here.