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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 324830" data-attributes="member: 6875">Perhaps you should check through the "Magial Materials" portionof Magic of Faerun; you could make the JAde be "awakened" or whatnot, so that it provides some benefit on the attack (+1 damage of some sort is the typical rate; for instance, "Fever Iron" gets +1 fire damage that -does- stack with other abilities, i.s. a +1 Flaming Shortsword made of Fever iron would get 1d6+1(normal) + 1d6+1 (fire) total, or, 2d6+2 (half fire).  As it's stone, acid damage might be appropriate.The cost should be roughly 2,000gp for the Jade to be magically treated.The special materials bonus REPLACES the masterwork bonus, and the weapon is considered Masterwork inherently; in general, their hardness and HP ratings are overall slightly superior to normal steel, but not as good as Mithril (hardness 10, hp 30 per inch, is fairly typical).So a "Jade Shortsword +1" would cost (2000+2000+10=) 4,010gp, do 1d6+2 damage (one point being, I suggest, acid, based on material).Another example would be, it's a "Holy Jade Shortsword of Corrosion,+1";  "Holy" is a market-value +2 enchantment; "of Corrosion" is a market value +1 enchantment from Magic of Faerun, we're positign a 2000gp extra cost for a weapon to be made of Magically Treated Jade (which satisfies the Masterwork prerequisite for enchanting), and the shortsword costs 10gp base; the total Enhancement for price purposes is +4, giving us 32,000gp for the magics involved.  Thus the net price is 34,010gp, the sword is +1to hit, does 2d6+2 base damage (half of that being acid damage), with a further +2d6 (holy) damage against Evil targets.So that second example would do 4d6+2 total inherent damage, if the subject was normally vulnerable to acid, and of evil alignment.  Not bad for a shortsword that probably -looks- like "mere jewelry" ...</blockquote>

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