I have to agree with Hong. One of the problems (or "features") of D&D is that hit points represent, in part, the ability to avoid being hit. That's why AC is almost completely independent of a character's combat skill or level. Yet special maneuvers such as Sunder totally bypass that mechanic. I think incorporating a class/level-based Defense Bonus (like Star Wars) might help alleviate this without forcing one to completely re-write the combat rules.
does anyone think sunder is too easy?
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green slime
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You could always introduce a magical ability that increases the hardness of the weapons:
Say +1 enhancement that causes the wepon to be treated as +5 higher with regards to the hardness of the item, and increases its number of hit points...
Say +1 enhancement that causes the wepon to be treated as +5 higher with regards to the hardness of the item, and increases its number of hit points...
Vaxalon said:
Ya know, this sort of "love 'em, then leave 'em" approach to magic is usually considered a bad thing.
In our high-level campaign, the three fighter types all have taken the Signature Item feat that allows them to boost up weapons by pumping XP into them. One is a master of chains, another is a blademaster (PrC from the WoT book, sorta like the weapon master), and the third is a Zen archer. The characters are defined, in a very real sense, by their weapons. Generally, surplus weapons tend to get sold off, because none of us have any use for them.
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Bauglir
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Vaxalon said:
Lets say she kept the shortsword then as a backup weapon, and produced it when the longsword was sundered. It's quite likely that would get sundered too. If not in that fight then potentially in the next one.
What then?
Unless magic items are vastly abundant, sunder used commonly means you'll be losing them faster than you can gain them.
It also neatly nullifies the concept of item creation and sale. Am I going to spend 18,000G on a new +3 sword, knowing that it will probably only last for a few fights? No thanks. I'll have a bag of holding, about 20 non magical swords, and I'll ask the party wizard or cleric to cast GMW every day.
Shard O'Glase
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yes way too easy.
Of course is it possible to repair a sundered weapon?
i.e. through the use of spells such as mending or through hard labor?
See if you allow the magical item to be repaired, it's just destroyed for the encounter/adventure. Seems like this would be easier to implement than just nerfing sunder.
Delgar
i.e. through the use of spells such as mending or through hard labor?
See if you allow the magical item to be repaired, it's just destroyed for the encounter/adventure. Seems like this would be easier to implement than just nerfing sunder.
Delgar
