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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 3492984" data-attributes="member: 15538">I don't think so. While you can transfer the enhancement bonus using the defending property, that doesn't make the weapon not have the bonus. Which is to say, a +3 weapon which is currently +1 makes at least as much as sense as a fighter with a 16 Str who currently has a 12 (due to magical effects). An unfortunate side effect of considering it a change in the weapon itself is that the "effect" (presumably the bonus, not the transfer) lasts until next turn, but the transfer itself is stated as of no particular duration.Thus, a +3 defending longsword is still a +3 defending longsword, even if +1, +2, or even +3 of the bonus is currently transferred. Further, it is still a weapon with an enhancement bonus (if it lacked one, it could not be transferring its effect). If you consider, as you state, that a +3 defending longsword that transfers three points to not be a +3 weapon, it follows logically that if it transfers two points it is a +1. But a +1 longsword cannot transfer two points of enhancement bonus. If it must retain its bonus in order to transfer it, the weapon property results in a contradiction if it is used at all.</blockquote>