Ideas for weapon abilities

[Stalker0]

The talk is that they plan to make weapons more defined in 4e, here's some ideas I think they might try to create that effect.

Axe
Crushing Blow - Once per encounter when you gain a crit threat, you can add +4 to the confirmation roll.

Spear
Piercing Strike - Once per encounter you can make an attack roll that ignores 2 points of AC from armor.

Rapier
Parry - Once per encounter you may add +2 to your AC for a round.

 

[KingCrab]

I would guess they might do some PHBII style ability sets depending on bludgeon, slash, pierce. The feats they created there (like slashing fury) might have been a prep for the 4e system.

 

[Aus_Snow]

No crit confirming (or denying, therefore, I suspect). Sorry. :\

No, wait. I didn't decide that!

No, wait. That was just someone's speculation regarding someone's speculation. Unless I'm simply speculating. Not sure.

 

[I'm A Banana]

It's speculation, but it's pretty solid speculation, based on what SAGA already does.

All weapons auto-crit for x2 on a natural 20.

I bet one of the Axe powers will be to make that an x3.