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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 5553513" data-attributes="member: 762">I think what Janx was getting at is that "indestructible" in and of itself is not all that meaningful from a game point of view. Sure, the sword can't be sundered (which depending on campaign may or may not be a big deal), and you can do all kinds of gimmicks with it - use it as an unbreakable lever etc. But, as most games (or at least most campaigns) are not that nitpicky about weapon breakage, the sword won't necessarily be any better that other swords - at least for what a sword is supposed to be used for. So in that regard an indestructible sword won’t have that big an impact at all.Now the sword being indestructible leads to all sorts of avenues for giving it an incredibly rich history (preferably bloody with lots of deaths both of its wielder and others) so that’s definitely something going for it. But again, mechanically, not necessarily a huge impact. Which leads to the real point (as Janx mentioned) – does the sword being indestructible make it a better sword? Does it sunder better, does it penetrate damage resistance better, is it any better balanced than other swords, etc?I think a good way to do this would be to make the sword scale with level (the more powerful the individual wielding it, the better the sword becomes etc.) Something like – at 1st level the sword is an indestructible magic sword (no bonus) at higher levels it’s a +1 sword then a +1 keen sword etc. all the way up to +5 vorpal sword (Kind of like weapons of legacy – without all of the wonky mechanics).</blockquote>

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