Improving specific magic weapons and armor

[orion winterfire]

Just another one of those sacred cows, I guess. Flame tongues have been around since 1E days, and it would be odd for many people if they just disappeared.

i guess so. then the repetiveness of the description (specifically making mention of flaming and flaming burst powers) must be just wordiness to make an unnecessary entry sound important. too bad it causes confusion in the process.

 

[Caliban]

Interesting. Actually, it appears the price is way too high in the dmg. Flaming Burst works JUST like Flaming, so it is redundant to have both flaming AND flaming burst on the same weapon. Read the description of burst. So, it SHOULD be a +3 weapon and cost only ~16000 gp. However, this is a bit off topic. Otherwise, I agree with the above.

Check the DMG errata. The cost on the flamtongue has been corrected.

 

[skunian]

Well that answers that. SO based on the eratta it should be:

Current: 18315gp Base price
+1 for the +1
+2 for the flaming burst
for a total of +3

To upgrade you need to make it a +4 weapon.
+2 for the +2
+2 for flaming burst
for a total of +4

you need to pay the difference of the +3 and +4 weapons for the upgrade. (32000 - 18000 = 14000gp) If he makes it him self or a friend makes the upgrade for him the cost would be 7000gp and 560 xp (14000/25) and a 12th lvl caster is required for the upgrade.

 

[Greatwyrm]

Lotsa fuss over a weapon nobody seems to like.