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<blockquote data-quote="Tonester" data-source="post: 4347672" data-attributes="member: 71788">Okay - I'm actually giggling a bit. This seriously is not complicated.&nbsp;Please re-read my post again where I quoted the passages from the book.&nbsp;You are confusing the Power Keywords such as, &quot;At-Will, Divine, Reliable, Poison, Teleport, etc&quot; with the keywords mentioned in the description of the power such as, &quot;1[W] + Str Modifier radiant damage...&quot;&nbsp;PHB specifically states that the Power Keywords are used for resistances, vulnerabilities, immunities and interaction with other powers like a spell that blocks all powers with the Teleport Keyword.&nbsp;Weapons are Implements for Powers. Just repeat that to yourselves over and over if you are confused. It is no different than a Holy Symbol or an Orb. If your weapon does &quot;x fire damage&quot; and your power has the Weapon Keyword and does &quot;1[W] + Str Modifier poison damage&quot; then the attack does half fire and half poison damage.&nbsp;It seems that the only remaining issue is whether or not the at-will powers of elemental weapons overwrite ALL damage a power does. This is the only thing that the PHB is ambiguous on. I personally think people are over-analyzing this and it simply means the player can opt to add the fire/cold keyword to the attack or not. I don't think it overwrites all damage a power does - that seems obsurd to me. To me, it seems the PHB just means &quot;this weapon can do fire damage or regular damage&quot; and the player can basically decide at-will and for free on every attack with that weapon.&nbsp;**EDIT**Glak - exactly.&nbsp; I still have hope for these forums. haha</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tonester, post: 4347672, member: 71788"] Okay - I'm actually giggling a bit. This seriously is not complicated. Please re-read my post again where I quoted the passages from the book. You are confusing the Power Keywords such as, "At-Will, Divine, Reliable, Poison, Teleport, etc" with the keywords mentioned in the description of the power such as, "1[W] + Str Modifier radiant damage..." PHB specifically states that the Power Keywords are used for resistances, vulnerabilities, immunities and interaction with other powers like a spell that blocks all powers with the Teleport Keyword. Weapons are Implements for Powers. Just repeat that to yourselves over and over if you are confused. It is no different than a Holy Symbol or an Orb. If your weapon does "x fire damage" and your power has the Weapon Keyword and does "1[W] + Str Modifier poison damage" then the attack does half fire and half poison damage. It seems that the only remaining issue is whether or not the at-will powers of elemental weapons overwrite ALL damage a power does. This is the only thing that the PHB is ambiguous on. I personally think people are over-analyzing this and it simply means the player can opt to add the fire/cold keyword to the attack or not. I don't think it overwrites all damage a power does - that seems obsurd to me. To me, it seems the PHB just means "this weapon can do fire damage or regular damage" and the player can basically decide at-will and for free on every attack with that weapon. **EDIT** Glak - exactly. I still have hope for these forums. haha [/QUOTE]

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