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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mvincent" data-source="post: 3114630" data-attributes="member: 27034">From the 3.5 FAQ (pg. 33):"The new descriptions for the flaming, frost, and shockweapon special abilities say that these weapons’ energyeffects work only on command. Why was this changed inthe revision? Does that mean that their wielders must use astandard action to activate them for each attack? Or do theenergy effects last awhile? If so, how long do they last?What’s the chance that you burn (or freeze or shock)yourself when holding onto an activated weapon? Can youput away an activated weapon without damaging thescabbard where you store it?""Activating an energy power requires a standard action, butonce you activate energy power, the power works until you useanother action to deactivate it.""The energy from a flaming, frost, shock, flaming burst, icyburst, or shocking burst weapon never harms you while you’rewielding or carrying the activated weapon (see the powerdescriptions), and it will not harm your equipment.""There’s nothing illogical about a flaming, frost, shockweapon (at least not within any framework that allows weaponsto generate energy in the first place), and there’s no rule againstsuch weapons (think of the weapon as having fiery, frosty,shocking flames). The character creating such a weapondecides how it can be activated. Most such weapons probablyare made so that the wielders can activate all three powerssimultaneously, or activate them one at a time, as desired."</blockquote>

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