Adamantine

[Crothian]

No. That's not a direct quote. It's enhancement, not enchantment.

Tomatoes, potatoes....

 

[Stalker0]

Bah, stupid ruling imho. Admantine is expensive, and an enhancement bonus is an enhancement bonus imho. So I think I'll keep it the way it is.

 

[kreynolds]

So I think I'll keep it the way it is.

You mean the way it isn't?

 

[BIGLOU]

Bah, stupid ruling imho. Admantine is expensive, and an enhancement bonus is an enhancement bonus imho. So I think I'll keep it the way it is.

It would be better than an enhancement bonus if you allowed it to bypass DR. It also works in an Anti-Magic field, makes those nice weapons hard to sunder and is around the same price as an enhancement bonus.

If you let it bypass DR no one would even want just a plain +2 long sword.

BIGLOU

 

[Stalker0]

It would be better than an enhancement bonus if you allowed it to bypass DR. It also works in an Anti-Magic field, makes those nice weapons hard to sunder and is around the same price as an enhancement bonus.

If you let it bypass DR no one would even want just a plain +2 long sword.

BIGLOU

Except adamantine is supposed to be rare and its bonus doesn't stack with other magics like GMW.

 

[Dr. Zoom]

Except adamantine is supposed to be rare and its bonus doesn't stack with other magics like GMW.

Neither does GMW. A +2 longsword with GMW on it from a 9th level caster (+3) is only +3, not +5.

 

[Burne]

A Fable for our Time

These sort of things are why rules by committee are always flawed.

"Natural Enhancement Bonus: A Fable"
Imagine if you will 10 guys sitting around a table discussing Adamantite weapons. They are at an impass, unable to decide what to call the bonus that adamantine grants.
Someone says "Why don't we call it a natural enhancement bonus!"
They pause.
5 guys think to themselves "Hey that's great. Because it's a natural enhancement bonus it will be clear that it goes though DR just like I want."
On the other side of the table 5 guys think to themselves "Hey that's great, because it's a natural enhancement bonus, it will be clear that unlike magic weapons it doesn't go through DR, which is just what I want!"
Together now, they all shout "Huzzah, that's great! And it's perfectly clear as well!" and together they nod knowingly at each other, everyone confident in the true meaning of natural enhancement bonus.

 

[Wolf72]

That Burne, is fantastic ... copy and paste into my growing files of cool things said on ENWorld

gee ... reminds me of military intelligence. Contrary to popular belief it's not redundant, it's that two groups who rely on each other just never communicate

 

[Stalker0]

Okay, so maybe I'm a fudey dudey on this one I just like my admantine the way it isn't, cutting through balors




Yes I know balors probably have better than +2, couldn't think of any +2 off the top of my head.