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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Judas" data-source="post: 960592" data-attributes="member: 3917">I had this almost exact question a little while ago, so if someone could do a search for me looking for posts started by me, that would be a great help for point of refrence.A few things to note. <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Adamantine weapons are only a +1 enhancement as of MoF.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The defending ability takes the magical pluses and either makes them: A.) Enhancement bonuses to hit and damage, or  B.) *Special* bonuses to AC that stack with all other bonuses.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Apply stacking rules.[/list=1]As per the Defending ability description:So let's say you have a (a.)+1 Adamantine, Defending Longsword & a (b.)+1 Defending Longsword.  If you put the +1 to hit and damage for either sword, you are doing 1d8+1. Since the swords are magical, they have to be of masterwork quality, so right there they're +1 to hit enhancement. For sword A. it's also adamantine, so there's another +1 to hit enhancement bonus, but it also provides a +1 to damage enhancement bonus. So sword "A" is +1/+1, where as sword "B" is +1/+0. Now we want to add the defending ability to both, but wait, to put ANY magical abilities on a weapon, it first has to have a base +1 magical enhancement bonus. So sword A is +1/+1:+1, and Sword B is +1/+0:+1. Then we add defending, which does not add any enhancement bonuses in of itself. So sword A should have +2/+2 to hit and damage, and sword B should be +2/+1. Right? Of course not. Stacking rules apply, and since all said bonuses are specifically "enhancement" bonuses. Both swords A & B, are only +1/+1 doing 1d8+1. So now that we see what a waste the +1 magic bonus is on an adamantine weapon, we now switch the magic to the defense side. The Sword A is +1/+1:+0, and Sword B would become +1/+0:+0. Stacking rules applied, with sword A you still have a a sword that only does 1D8+1, but now provides a +1 to AC as well. Sword B would drop the +1 damage but would still be +1 to hit and +1 to AC. The Adamantine table from MoF: <img src="http://www.ateam.net/images/admnt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></li> </ol></blockquote>

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