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Message: <blockquote data-quote="herald" data-source="post: 445770" data-attributes="member: 1112">I wish I had BOVD with me, but here goes.I know that there was a section that deleved into bad guys trapping thier gear. If who ever found it, bad things would happen.Well, if there ever was a Race that qualified for BOVD concept, the Drow are it.It really comes down to this. There are two ways of looking at it. From a "Crunchy" side, or a "Fluff" side. The Crunch side says, there aren't rule to cover that and we don't want to make rules that will screw with players sense of fairness.The Fluff side says, "Hey, what about the history we have here. You haven't explained why these weapons don't work, in a canon sort of way."So there has to be some kind of middle ground. Every DM will have to make there own discission. And that is what works the best for me.Here is a scenario:We know for a fact that there are some raw materials that are used in the manufacture of magic items, above and beyond the masterwork item. Those items are consumed in the manufacture of the item. Chances are the object on the surface, are differant than what is used in the Underdark. The process in which the Drow magical items costs as much as much to make as any others, but because thay are have to use nonstandard consumables, they have a flaw. Once exposed to sunlight, they loose the enchantment permanently.Here is another senario:Drow are mysterios being that most races haven't encountered. Those that did, traveled far underground and faced Drow and defeated them. When they brought back thier spoils of war, they found out that the weapons lost thier enchantment upon being exposed to sunlight. And for a while, that was a common knowledge among some adventures. But since then Drow have been making more and more raids on the surface world and have have been using Drow Armor and Weapons of more standard materials. In otherwords, the Drow adapt and change to meet thier needs. They avoid using using the components to make their weapons last on surface because it is conveniate for them. The go to the extra expense to purchace raw materials for standard magical items as per need. Either way it can be worked into the game one way or the other. I would say flavor to your own taste.</blockquote>

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