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Can the Bane special ability on a weapon make its enhancement bonus higher than +5? For example, if you have a +5 longsword of undead bane and you are attacking undead, is it treated as a +7 weapon? If so, would it overcome DR/epic vs. undead? Does the use of the Greater Magic Weapon spell...

I'm sure these questions have come up before, but I really can't find a definitive explanation of how the Sun Blade really works. Here is the relevant information from the SRD: Sun Blade This sword is the size of a bastard sword. However, a sun blade is wielded as if it were a short sword...

There is no "Unable to Defend Yourself" condition in the rules. That's just flavor text, similar to the opening description of almost every other class feature and every spell description out there. For example, under Evasion, it states, "At 2nd level and higher, a rogue can avoid even magical...

Sorry, that was me. The question popped into my head one day, I found the thread, and then I made the mistake of posting to it... We've quoted the rules over and over, and I think we've essentially managed only to rephrase the original question as to whether a "weapon with an alignment" (i.e...

Okay, look at it this way: The language of all the rules we've quoted in this thread indicates that the following would overcome alignment-based DR: 1) A weapon under the effect of an Align Weapon spell of the appropriate type. 2) A weapon with the Holy, Unholy, Chaotic or Axiomatic special...

No, that's not my point. My point is that an alignment subtype allows the creature to act as though its weapons have an alignment, and this allows their weapons to overcome DR. Essentially, the subtype allows them to mimic the ability of a weapon with an alignment, not a weapon that is aligned...

Wow, I just rechecked the SRD, and under the description of Damage Reduction, it says this: "A creature with an alignment subtype (chaotic, evil, good, or lawful) can overcome this type of damage reduction with its natural weapons and weapons it wields as if the weapons or natural weapons had...

But what about this from the description of Damage Reduction: "A creature with an alignment subtype (chaotic, evil, good, or lawful) can overcome this type of damage reduction with its natural weapons and weapons it wields as if the weapons or natural weapons had an alignment (or alignments)...

The concern I have is that neither the description of "Align Weapon" nor the description of Damage Reduction relies on alignment SUBTYPE. If that were the case, then wouldn't Align Weapon state that it temporarily grants an alignment subtype to a weapon? All the rules for overcoming DR that I...

From the description of Damage Reduction: "Some monsters are vulnerable to chaotic-, evil-, good-, or lawful-aligned weapons. When a cleric casts align weapon, affected weapons might gain one or more of these properties, and certain magic weapons have these properties as well." From the...