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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyeshet" data-source="post: 2748570" data-attributes="member: 18363">I tend to take the qualitative approach.I see the Masterwork property as being due to better balance, etc of the weapon. It is entirely non-magical (and, in fact, I allow MW to increase the attack bonus beyond +1 if the DC met is high enough - and to grant a bonus to damage, although this is a separate DC check). Furthermore, I consider magical and non-magical boni as distinctly separate. They may overlap, but they are from separate sources. Otherwise a +1 sword would lose all enhancement in an antimagic field. Instead, only the magical enhancement is lost. Defending does not alter the sword - its distribution of mass or any other non-magical quality. As such, I cannot see it affecting the MW enhancement in any way. It is partly because of this that the weapon needs a +1 enhancement before Defending can be applied - so that it has something to work with. Thus, I see nothing wrong with using Defending and retaining the +1 MW enhancement to attack. The magical enhancement has been negated by the Defending property, allowing the formerly overshadowed MW enhancement to shine through.</blockquote>