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Kunimatyu said:That's a bit problematic, as a +1 holy sword is a +3 equivalent weapon, and as such would require a 9th level caster, which is outside the range of E6 quite considerably. Even if it was possible to make a holy sword based on my feat above, I'd prefer not to because other +3 weapons are off limits.
The item creation rules say that, yes, a suit of armor or weapon must have at least a +1 enhancement bonus to have a special ability. However, it also says that when you mix enhancement bonuses and special abilities, you use the higher of the caster levels, you don't convert the special ability into an enhancement bonus. Thus, a +1 holy sword would be CL 7th (3rd for +1 enhancement, 7th for holy) and not 9th because of a +3 enhancement bonus equivilency.
What I would do is just retool the limits, just as the class levels have been retooled. Clearly a +2 enhancement bonus is the highest you can get since the highest core CL would be 6th. I would then limit the total bonus to +4 (down from +10, but still double max enhancement bonus). This would make a +2 Merciful Thundering Warhammer the mechanical equivilent to a +10 weapon.