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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 3121625" data-attributes="member: 2011">Good analysis.However, the Speed Weapon often wins out in damage at the levels where +5 weapons are available because the Energy Weapon often does nothing with regard to one or more energy types. Sure, not all opponents have Energy Resistance, but many do. Ditto for other weapons like Holy and Bane where they do not always do the extra damage against all opponents.As for Boots of Speed, 10 rounds in a day is often plenty at low to mid levels. Just not always, especially at high level where PCs can often fight in 8+ combats in a single day. Mass Heal alone tends to add an additional combat per day per casting.Add to this the fact that the +2 Weapon of Speed can have Greater Magic Weapon cast on it once per day (out of combat) as opposed to a Haste spell of once per combat (in combat) and the boosted Speed Weapon can do considerably better than the +5 Weapon as well.Using Two Weapons of Speed is debatable. The benefit is per weapon, so it could be argued that this is not a cumulative effect per weapon. On the other hand, it could be argued that this is a cumulative effect per wielder. So, RAW here is a bit unclear.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 3121625, member: 2011"] Good analysis. However, the Speed Weapon often wins out in damage at the levels where +5 weapons are available because the Energy Weapon often does nothing with regard to one or more energy types. Sure, not all opponents have Energy Resistance, but many do. Ditto for other weapons like Holy and Bane where they do not always do the extra damage against all opponents. As for Boots of Speed, 10 rounds in a day is often plenty at low to mid levels. Just not always, especially at high level where PCs can often fight in 8+ combats in a single day. Mass Heal alone tends to add an additional combat per day per casting. Add to this the fact that the +2 Weapon of Speed can have Greater Magic Weapon cast on it once per day (out of combat) as opposed to a Haste spell of once per combat (in combat) and the boosted Speed Weapon can do considerably better than the +5 Weapon as well. Using Two Weapons of Speed is debatable. The benefit is per weapon, so it could be argued that this is not a cumulative effect per weapon. On the other hand, it could be argued that this is a cumulative effect per wielder. So, RAW here is a bit unclear. [/QUOTE]

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