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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fuindordm" data-source="post: 364486" data-attributes="member: 5435">For the same reason that the masterwork +1 to hit doesn't stack with a +1 enhancement bonus to your weapon.  I realize this makes the effect inconsistent between weapons--it's as good as keen for 20/x3 weapons, only half as good for 19-20/x2, which is kind of wierd.Alternatively you could make it a +2 masterwork bonus to hit instead of a +1.  The +1 to threatrange seemed a little cooler though.No, it's not... but if I give you an aluminum broadsword and a steel broadsword, assuming you're strong enough to wield either one effectively, which would do more damage?  I think the steel one would chop through a log faster--there's a reason that they don't usually make hand tools out of light metals.A lot of games assign Str minima to each weapon; if D&D were that type of game I'd reduce the minimum Str needed to wield a mithril weapon by two.  In D&D that's not an issue--someone with a Str of 8 can wield a 2-handed sword.  I think mithril *would* help, I'm just not sure how.As an aside, does anyone else think that the keen enchantment is way overvalued? A 3rd-level spell that adds only 10% to the avg. damage of a martial weapon, compared to Greater Magic Weapon?  If your average damage per blow is around 10, then keen is like a (+0,+1) enchantment but is valued the same as a (+1,+1).  You need to get up to an average value of 20 per blow (let's see... greatsword +4, 22 Str takes us up to 17 avg. damage per attack) before keen starts to achieve parity.--Ben</blockquote>

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