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Is This Homebrew Magic Item OP?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dualazi" data-source="post: 6900221" data-attributes="member: 6855537"><p>I find this to be a very unfair analysis. Why would the modifier ever be 0? Obviously the item it intended for someone who regularly makes weapon attacks, so it's only logical that they would at least be decent at it. It would be much more fair to assume at minimum a bonus of +3, since you can easily start/obtain that in the early game. If we switch to using average rolls, then ultimately it still comes out to 6 swings to reach parity with the +1 weapon, but that's exactly the point I was making above; it scales really well with player strength, doubly so for things like smites/poisons/other on-hit effects. </p><p></p><p>The other thing I forgot to mention earlier is that in addition to modifiers, it scales well with the weapon's base damage, which won't be as much of an issue for a monk character, but doubles the efficiency going from short sword -> Great axe.</p><p></p><p>I still don't think it'll be overpowered, especially in the hands of a monk, this is more food for thought than anything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dualazi, post: 6900221, member: 6855537"] I find this to be a very unfair analysis. Why would the modifier ever be 0? Obviously the item it intended for someone who regularly makes weapon attacks, so it's only logical that they would at least be decent at it. It would be much more fair to assume at minimum a bonus of +3, since you can easily start/obtain that in the early game. If we switch to using average rolls, then ultimately it still comes out to 6 swings to reach parity with the +1 weapon, but that's exactly the point I was making above; it scales really well with player strength, doubly so for things like smites/poisons/other on-hit effects. The other thing I forgot to mention earlier is that in addition to modifiers, it scales well with the weapon's base damage, which won't be as much of an issue for a monk character, but doubles the efficiency going from short sword -> Great axe. I still don't think it'll be overpowered, especially in the hands of a monk, this is more food for thought than anything else. [/QUOTE]
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