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<blockquote data-quote="ConcreteBuddha" data-source="post: 204937" data-attributes="member: 3139">Wait a second here, got a thought:If a &quot;battleaxe&quot; is a &quot;steel head and wooden shaft,&quot; then what is a &quot;steel battleaxe&quot; using your interpretation?&nbsp;Yeah, actually I would, considering that the PHB does not delve into the materials used in the making of a battleaxe. I was just making a point that it is possible that a battleaxe could be steel-head-wooden-shaft or it could be steel-head-steel-shaft and that neither of these &quot;normal&quot; axes would have an outcome on the adamantine version.&nbsp;The problem I have with this is that the same world could have both types of adamantine battleaxes and that the price of both of them would be the same, even though the entirely adamantine axe would be superior.&nbsp;Sorry about that...I'm attempting to keep an open mind here. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;Actually yes, for the same reason that if you put cloth around a steel short sword, it couldn't be wielded as effectively, and thus lose it's natural enhancement bonus. The wood around the quarterstaff would not be as effective as having the actual adamantine uncovered.&nbsp;Huh? Since all the arrows are the same, you wouldn't need to repeat four different times for each bow.&nbsp;I cannot see an adamantine arrowhead being destroyed for every unexceptional circumstance whenever the arrow hits the target. This flies in the face of admantine being the hardest material in the DnD universe. As stated before, fitting an adamantine arrowhead onto a shaft would be a simple task for a trained bowsmith.&nbsp;And my point was that the -2 penalty is not an enhancement penalty, it's an unnamed penalty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ConcreteBuddha, post: 204937, member: 3139"] Wait a second here, got a thought: If a "battleaxe" is a "steel head and wooden shaft," then what is a "steel battleaxe" using your interpretation? [B] [/B] Yeah, actually I would, considering that the PHB does not delve into the materials used in the making of a battleaxe. I was just making a point that it is possible that a battleaxe could be steel-head-wooden-shaft or it could be steel-head-steel-shaft and that neither of these "normal" axes would have an outcome on the adamantine version. [B] [/B] The problem I have with this is that the same world could have both types of adamantine battleaxes and that the price of both of them would be the same, even though the entirely adamantine axe would be superior. [B] [/B] Sorry about that...I'm attempting to keep an open mind here. ;) [B] [/B] Actually yes, for the same reason that if you put cloth around a steel short sword, it couldn't be wielded as effectively, and thus lose it's [B] natural [/B] enhancement bonus. The wood around the quarterstaff would not be as effective as having the actual adamantine uncovered. [B] [/B] Huh? Since all the arrows are the same, you wouldn't need to repeat four different times for each bow. [B] [/B] I cannot see an adamantine arrowhead being destroyed for every unexceptional circumstance whenever the arrow hits the target. This flies in the face of admantine being the hardest material in the DnD universe. As stated before, fitting an adamantine arrowhead onto a shaft would be a simple task for a trained bowsmith. [B] [/B] And my point was that the -2 penalty is not an [B] enhancement [/B] penalty, it's an unnamed penalty. [/QUOTE]

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