Defending: A defending weapon allows the wielder to transfer some or all of the sword’s enhancement bonus to his AC as a bonus that stacks with all others. As a free action, the wielder chooses how to allocate the weapon’s enhancement bonus at the start of his turn before using the weapon, and...
I run a campaign that has finally achieved epic levels. In this game, one of the Pc's is a duelist / bard. The combo rocks. The AC bonus she gets means when figting defensively she has the highest AC in the party, topping out somewhere in the mid 50's. I think the next closest pc has an ac of...
Another way to help with the balance issue is a feat from the book of ultimate feats (book 1 I believe). I don't remember the name, and I am not sure if it was printed in other sources, but what the feat does is allow you to transfer xp from someone else to create magical items. Basically the...
What about caltrops? Not sure how you would handle them?
Would they make it impossible, or just increase the tumble dc?
Imagin the pin cushion you would have if someone tried it! ouch. lol