Defending Weapons

[Demon Knight]

What prevents a PC from doing the following:

A 15th level Wizard PC with the Quickdraw feat owns a Heward's Handy Haversack. He has purchased 5 +1 daggers of defending (40,000gp). Before going into a fight, he casts Greater Magic Weapon on each of the daggers, giving them a +5 enhancement bonus. When he enters combat, his first turn consists of:

Free: Draw dagger, set its defending to +5 AC. Drop Dagger, Draw dagger #2, set defending to +5, drop dagger, etc. After all his "free" actions are complete, he now has a +25 AC that stacks with everything else (lets assume he is wearing bracers +8, ring of prot +5, amulet of nat armor +5, shield spell, with a 14 Dex, his AC is 62....) Nothing in the Defending description says he cant do this and still benefit from the AC bonus, except for the fact he must do it at the start of his turn before using the weapon. Did I miss something here? Or is this yet another loophole in the rules that allows a PC to easily abuse it?

Please save us from dreaded daggers of defending!!!!

 

[kreynolds]

What prevents a PC from doing the following:

A) You have to hold the dagger.
B) Holding it isn't enough. You have to use it with an attack action, or full attack action if you want to use two.

 

[Mr Fidgit]

from the D&DFAQ - "using a weapon of defending works just like the Expertise feat. (You have to use an attack or full attack action) You can't just use the weapon like a shield...."


edit - k beat me to it!

 

[Demon Knight]

Well, thank Pelor ^_^

Appreciate the clear up.

 

[Saepiroth]

Dancing

 

[KnowTheToe]

Also, isn't there a limit on free actions in a turn?

 

[kreynolds]

Also, isn't there a limit on free actions in a turn?

Whatever the DM deems is reasonable. That's about as far as the rules go. But in regards to drawing weapons? No limit. You'd really tick off your thrown weapon players. However, I suppose one might impose a limit on the haversack. I wouldn't, but I suppose one might.

 

[kreynolds]

Dancing

And that would be the key...but my god that would get expensive!

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Loosing a dancing weapon is a standard action.

Also, it can be argued whether such a weapon still convers its bonus to your defense (but it would make some sense)

 

[Hypersmurf]

I'd be inclined to (house?)rule that a GMW enhancement can't be Defendingised, as well.

-Hyp.