Can you layer weapon enchantments?

[drnuncheon]

Or you could just have an adamantine circlet that you stick your sword in. Remember the flames don't harm you, so they won't harm your leg.

You're in trouble if you try this...the flame "does not harm the hands that hold the weapon", not "does not harm the owner ever". If you stab yourself in the foot, you're taking the fire damage. If you slip it through a circlet, you're setting yourself on fire.

The glove of storing is the only idea I've seen thus far that would work. (Of course, now you have to get a glove of storing...)

J

 

[Bastoche]

The glove of storing is the only idea I've seen thus far that would work. (Of course, now you have to get a glove of storing...)

J

I don't know how you handle the magic item distribution in your campaign (we do it the "traditionnal way", in other words, there's no magical shop. Unless there's a spellcaster in the group, the magic item selection is up to the DM) but a glove of storing is only 2200 gp. And requires only a 6th level caster with shrink item. Pretty easy to get IMO.

 

[kreynolds]

...ass...

Careful. Apparently, that word, as well as any variants, aren't supposed to be used here.

 

[Elder-Basilisk]

This would be news to me.

I don't know of any rule prohibiting flaming and frost properties on the same weapon.

However, Holy/Unholy and Lawful/Chaotic combinations are practically prohibited by the item creation rules. In order to create any of these weapons you need Holy Smite/Unholy Blight/Order's Wrath/Chaos Hammer. However, these spells are only found in the alignment domains and have alignment descriptors. Since only a lawful cleric of a lawful god could create a lawful weapon, he cannot cast Chaos Hammer--even from a scroll. In fact, I don't even think, he could use a miracle to cast such a spell (because Miracle would then become a chaotic spell which he couldn't cast since he's lawful). I guess it would be theoretically possible if a True Neutral priest used Miracle to duplicate both spells or a wizard used limited wish to duplicate them but I can't really see either of those things happening.

 

[kreynolds]

However, Holy/Unholy and Lawful/Chaotic combinations are practically prohibited by the item creation rules.

The two clerics could work together to create the item. There isn't anything that prohibits them from doing this, except for role-play elements, i.e. their own morales.

 

[Kraedin]

Multiple creators: the first guy, a lawful cleric, makes a +2 lawful greatsword, and hands it off to a chaotic cleric, who slaps a chaotic on the sucka.

Edit: Blast! I was seconds too late!

 

[Hypersmurf]

I guess it would be theoretically possible if a True Neutral priest used Miracle to duplicate both spells or a wizard used limited wish to duplicate them but I can't really see either of those things happening.

Wouldn't have to be True Neutral - Neutral Good or Neutral Evil could manage the same trick.

Of course, your True Neutral cleric or your Wizard could make a sword Holy, Unholy, Lawful and Chaotic. Now make it Intelligent, and you've got Sybil the Sword... Champion of Utter Neutrality (+4d6 damage vs Paladins).

The Seven Swords of Wayland were "charged with the power of Light and Darkness". What that means was never explained, but I can picture Wayland making them Holy/Unholy...

-Hyp.

 

[Jondor_Battlehammer]

I don't think that they can stack, in fact, I think even Burst weapons replace their lesser counterparts.

I wouldn't have a problem with letting them stack, though. I might put a 1 + 2 + 3 policy in place, to keep people from getting a 5x Keen scimitar. So Keen cost +1, Keen #2 cost +2, #3 costs +3, ect.

Still not too bad if your Epic.

 

[kreynolds]

I wouldn't have a problem with letting them stack, though. I might put a 1 + 2 + 3 policy in place, to keep people from getting a 5x Keen scimitar. So Keen cost +1, Keen #2 cost +2, #3 costs +3, ect.

Unless I'm mistaken, here's how that would come out for a Falchion...

• +1 enhancement
• 18-20 - +1
• 15-20 - +2
• 12-20 - +3
• 9-20 - +4
• 6-20 - +5
• 3-20 - +6

...for a total of +21, which would be 9,680,000gp (does not include the cost of the masterwork falchion itself) for a Falchion that would threaten on a roll of 3 to 20. Granted, that wouldn't be a very economical choice of equipment for even a 40th level character, but my god, that's terrifying.

 

[Bastoche]

I don't think that they can stack, in fact, I think even Burst weapons replace their lesser counterparts.

I wouldn't have a problem with letting them stack, though. I might put a 1 + 2 + 3 policy in place, to keep people from getting a 5x Keen scimitar. So Keen cost +1, Keen #2 cost +2, #3 costs +3, ect.

Still not too bad if your Epic.

Like I said earlier, if you take the "bane" example, you get a contradiction.

bane + bane = dread.

bane + bane = +4

dread = +7

Inconsistency. Ok the dread allow a "vorpal-like" ability on a critical hit but still. As a house rule allowing to stack the same ability twice sould cost 2.5 times the cost instead of 2 times the cost IMO. Rounding up.

For example two tims bane would be +6. two times flaming would be +3. Three times +4, etc.