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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 447684" data-attributes="member: 3051">I posted in another thread about this; I made a Greater Flaming/Frost/etc. set of enchantments for my campaign.  +3 cost.  +2d8 damage, they give off continuous light, don't need an action to activate (they're always on, which can be good or bad), and each has a secondary effect with DC 15 to avoid.For example, the Flaming one sets the target on fire (see DMG for rules, but basically it's 1d6 damage per round until you make a Reflex DC 15 save).  Most of the secondary effects are based on the Orb spells from T&B.  Two use Reflex, two use Fort, one uses Will; DC 15 isn't very high, so it's not going to dominate the high-level game, but it'll still be useful enough to justify the higher market price.(Tweak stats as needed for balance, but that's the basic idea)It's not that allowing a Sword of Really Hot Fire (i.e., triple Flaming) would be unbalancing, but there's just more stylish ways to do this than to create a stacking headache.  If you let Flaming stack, then people ask for Flaming Burst, and if you let that stack, why not Keen or Wounding?KaeYoss: (1d6+1d6) may be worse than 2d6 against a single type of resistance, but on the flip side, you're more likely to have damage he DOESN'T resist.  For example, a Fiendish-template creature has Fire and Cold resistance.  I'd rather have (1d6 Fire + 1d6 Lightning) than (2d6 Fire) against him, but both of those are better than (1d6 Fire + 1d6 Cold).</blockquote>

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