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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 2647081" data-attributes="member: 3146">This is a good principle--but the examples are not ideal for quickdraw. To put it into a bit better perspective, let's try these examples which I've seen frequently enough to be worth mentioning:Archer:Usual bow--maybe +1 holy frostSecondary bow--+1 merciful (for when you don't want to kill your enemies)Another bow--+1 elemental bane (elementals tend to be the bane of archers--DR 10/- knocks off most of their damage and they don't take damage from holy).Another option--+1 seeking. (It's not usually needed, but when you do need it, you need it).Melee character:Brilliant Energy weapon--it rocks against classed NPCs but is useless against undead or constructs.+1 keen, wounding weapon--both enhancements are great as long as your foes are critable--if not, don't bother.+1 ghost touch, undead bane--at a +3 cost, this weapon is as good as a +3 holy weapon against normal undead and twice as good against incorporeal undead--at less than the cost of adding ghost touch to your +3 holy sword. And really, 9 times out of ten, anything you need ghost touch for is undead.+1 adamantine construct bane weapon--Why settle for being frustrated when you're fighting demons and devils in order to use your +1 flaming holy frost weapon against constructs. A mere 11,000gp will get you a weapon that's just as good as your primary weapon against constructs and enables you to get cold iron or silver on your primary weapon to defeat high level fiendish DR.+1 merciful weapon. For the same reason as the archer.Expanding upon this principle, one might note that, in a normal campaign, you end up finding a significant portion of your magic weapons. So it's not a choice between having a +1 flaming frost hammer or a +1 defending hammer and a +1 giant bane heavy pick at rougly the same price. The real choice is between having a +1 flaming weapon after selling the other two or both of the other two. Secondary weapons are a better deal when you have the option to keep found treasure than when you simply pick stuff off the treasure tables for an arena game.</blockquote>

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