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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drexes" data-source="post: 2917091" data-attributes="member: 24176">Tried to post this yesterday but alas....so here goes:I really like the idea of what you have here. It would make players more likely to take the weaponsmithing craft skill, making it less of a npc only thing. I think you should work on it for armorsmithing and other craft skills too. A bookbinder or scribe skill might make it quicker for wizards to memorize spells. That said I think I'll write a bit about each of your abilities because I think a few need some work, but that's just me.Barbed Blade: Why is this just swords, you could easily craft large spikes on the reverse of a battleaxe or a warhammer. Also I would either make a standard damage like (1d4) for this or make it create an exotic weapon, after all this does offer some of thier advantages. I think thats too much disadvantage though. Maybe even have it so it comes with a -1 or -2 to hit due to piercing attacks. Blood drain: okay, not what a fuller is for, but okay. A fuller was actually put in to reduce the weight of the weapon. At least that's what I remember reading way back when...maybe have it reduce the weight of the weapon too...Cross-blade Hilt: This is nice except that I would limit it to half the bonuses you have listed.Dwarf Craftsmanship, Dwarf Epic Craftsmanship and Dwarf Tunnel Fighting: The first two are fine, though I wouldn't give the +2 to con. I would keep mundane craft stuff mundane. The tunnel fighting one I would change. I would give them a +2 to resist grapple checks made by other creatures and a +4 to damage if they have the close-quarters fighting feat. Oh and you need to fix the not stacking with other hilt effects text...Falcata Curve: Should this just be a new weapon? I'm not sure... Also a piercing weapon with a curved blade would be a little strange to me, or maybe my brain is just shot right now.Fencing Guard: Cool. Folded Blade: Instead of using armor bonuses you might consider using categories like light, medium, and heavy. The only down side here is that calculating damage gets a little slower. "What kind of armor is the guy wearing again?" "What's its plus?" Categories would speed this up some.Elf craftsmanship: Too much. Maybe make elven one-handed weapons be considered light weapons for purposes of weapon finesse...Maybe reduce the penalty to power attacks made with two-handed eleven weapons by one. Elf delicacy: Cool except with the bonuses the character would have a better attack bonus on AoO's than on his first strike. I'd just remove that part of the ability.Elf epic: This is where I would allow all weapons to be used with weapon finesse and still give the power attack thing I mention above.Songblade: Why swords only, again you could just as easily put a flute style instrument in the haft of a hammer or axe. Just a thought.Enforced Toe: heh. oops. I see that this is the same as barbed blade above. My solution is the same though. Knobbed Head: Cool.Masterwork: I'd just leave this be, but that's me.Nagamaki Hilt: I like it, but I think a penalty to hit with reach attacks might be appropriate so it's not better than sudden reach from PHBII. (I think thats the right feat).Serrated Blade: I don't like this one. Everybody out there has wanted to wield a blade like this at one point or another, but with this ability as written would preclude that. I would make it more like the knobbed head effect with a point or two of extra damage and a penalty to resist disarm.Waved Blade: Call it flamberge. I like the ability.Just my two fifths of a buffalo nickel...Drexes</blockquote>

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