Destroying Magic Weapons/Armor

[Horrendos]

Hiho Community,

i was searching the hole SRD, PHB and MHB but i caaaan't find it. Can someone help me out plz.

I am searching for the Ruling under which circumstanced a Magic (and also nonmagic) Weapon/Armor is destroyed. For Example in a fight the Paladin fumbles and hit the Wall behind the oponnent what kind of checks i have to do to know if the weapon is destroyed/broken etc. or not.


Thx
Horrendos

 

[Thanee]

Rolling a 1 on a save and thus having a spell or effect damage the item.
Sunder.
Mordenkainen's Disjunction.

That's about it, besides throwing items into lava or similar obviously destructive circumstances.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Horrendos]

Ne dat meinte ich net aber nettes Bildchen

There is another ruling i remember with Hardness and Hit points. So that a Longsword f.e. hat 5 Hardness and 10 Hitpoints and if damage to the weapon is inflicted (7 hitpoints) 5 gonna be ignored and 2 are subtracted from 10.

Correct me if this is absolutely another ruling.

But i think there gonna be a ruling how much "hitpoints/hardness" a weapon/armor has and how the magical modifiers +1 - +5 change this rule.

thx
Horrends

 

[Camarath]

I am searching for the Ruling under which circumstanced a Magic (and also nonmagic) Weapon/Armor is destroyed. For Example in a fight the Paladin fumbles and hit the Wall behind the oponnent what kind of checks i have to do to know if the weapon is destroyed/broken etc. or not.

I do not believe as per the rules that attended items take damage or risk being destroyed due to fumbles or striking other objects. As far as I can see attended items are subject to being damaged only if Sundered, trageted or stated to be affected by a spell or ability, or if the creature carring it rolls a natural 1 on its saving throw against a spell effect in which case one randomly determined item must make a saving throw against the attack form and take whatever damage the attack deal.

 

[Camarath]

But i think there gonna be a ruling how much "hitpoints/hardness" a weapon/armor has and how the magical modifiers +1 - +5 change this rule.

Are you looking for this rule form the SRD.

"Magic Armor, Shields, and Weapons: Each +1 of enhancement bonus adds 2 to the hardness of armor, a weapon, or a shield and +10 to the item’s hit points."

 

[Kae'Yoss]

For Example in a fight the Paladin fumbles and hit the Wall behind the oponnent what kind of checks i have to do to know if the weapon is destroyed/broken etc. or not.

Disclaimer: D&D is not Diablo

Weapons don't break when you hit the wall (or the enemies' armor or weapon)

 

[Thanee]

The rules for hardness and hitpoints of objects are only for the abovementioned circumstances (i.e. Sunder, or rolling a 1 on a save).

Normal use does not damage such items in any way.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Darklone]

Bald gibts hier noch ne deutsche Ecke...

Too bad that wizards can't sunder weapons with Scorching Rays... Or how does Ranged Sunder work again?

 

[isoChron]

What about disintegrate ??

 

[Darklone]

Well, if you kill the guy, his weapons will fall to the floor...

You can't sunder with a ranged attack... only with a melee attack that deals slashing or bludgeoning damage.