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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 3160098" data-attributes="member: 3051">IMC, we did the following:1> The highest Market Bonus an item could hold is equal to its Craft DC modifier.  (However, we use an "exotic material" system where this modifier ranges from -4 to +20, so when I say "DC modifier" I mean just the modifier due to material).  It doesn't matter whether you're talking about temporary spells or permanent enhancement; it's capped the same either way.  So, while Fine Steel (DC +3, which replaces Masterwork) can only hold minor enchantments, Dragonscale (DC +18) can handle even epic magic.  A few materials have caps explicitly different than what their DC would imply.2> At first, we changed the spells like this:Greater Magic Weapon increases the Enhancement bonus such that the total market price is +1 per 3 levels (max +5).  If you've got a +1 shocking flaming keen frost weapon (cost +5), GMW won't help.We also then added Superior Magic Weapon (level 6, +1 per 2 levels, max +10, except that the Enhancement bonus itself can't exceed +5) and Epic Magic Weapon (level 9, +1 per 2 levels, max +15, enhancement can't exceed +10).We also added another one, Adaptive Magic Weapon (level 4) that lets you replace one point of enhancement bonus with any other +1-cost enchantment, and change it at will.3> And then we threw the spell out altogether, and just added in a series of elemental weapon buffs that could be memorized at any spell level (with proportional effects).  For instance, IIRC, fire weapon memorized in a level X slot adds +2X fire damage per hit, and the wielder can choose to expend the enchantment to throw a fire bolt dealing something like Xd8 damage (ranged touch).  There was more to it, but I don't have the notes in front of me, and the exact effects vary with the element (like the air weapon only adds +X damage but also gives an attack bonus, and earth weapon gives +X and a bonus vs DR and sundering).</blockquote>

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