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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 4615134" data-attributes="member: 12377">Masterwork armor fulfills a specific design goal of keeping AC in line with attacks at high levels.&nbsp; It occurs to me that they could have done something similar with Masterwork weapons.Have you noticed that many at-will powers deal an extra [W] at 21st level?&nbsp; Instead, the 4e rules could have said:&quot;Masterwork Weapons:&nbsp; A weapon of 21st level or higher deals an additional [W] of damage when used to make an attack with an at-will power or basic attack.&quot;(Or, they could have the extra [W] apply to all attacks, and decrease the [W] of many epic-level powers by 1.&nbsp; This would also increase the utility of many paragon-level powers because they would get boosted by 1[W] as well.)(A problem with this approach is masterwork implements.&nbsp; Implement powers don't deal [W] damage, they just have dice.&nbsp; Adding &quot;a die&quot; is confusing for powers like magic missile that deal 2d4 damage -- is &quot;a die&quot; equal to 1d4 or 2d4?)Maybe they'll do it this way for 5e, which is due out in 2012.&nbsp;-- 77IM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="77IM, post: 4615134, member: 12377"] Masterwork armor fulfills a specific design goal of keeping AC in line with attacks at high levels. It occurs to me that they could have done something similar with Masterwork weapons. Have you noticed that many at-will powers deal an extra [W] at 21st level? Instead, the 4e rules [I]could[/I] have said: "[b]Masterwork Weapons:[/b] A weapon of 21st level or higher deals an additional [W] of damage when used to make an attack with an at-will power or basic attack." (Or, they could have the extra [W] apply to all attacks, and decrease the [W] of many epic-level powers by 1. This would also increase the utility of many paragon-level powers because they would get boosted by 1[W] as well.) (A problem with this approach is masterwork implements. Implement powers don't deal [W] damage, they just have dice. Adding "a die" is confusing for powers like [i]magic missile[/i] that deal 2d4 damage -- is "a die" equal to 1d4 or 2d4?) Maybe they'll do it this way for 5e, which is due out in 2012. -- 77IM [/QUOTE]

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