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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 1799262" data-attributes="member: 2238">Sean, That seems to be a fairly limited view of the ability and dare I say the mechanics?  Its a weapon type.  Its magical property of a single weapon that does more damage to incorporeal undead if you 1) roll well and get a crit threat 2) Sneak up on an incorporeal undead and hit it if you have a level of Rogue.  So as balnace goes, it does not seem that bad.So mechanicly it works sort of like a burst weapon property.  Icy burst only does more damage when you crit.  This weapon only does more damage when you crit or pull off a sneak attack.  This property is sort of like a positive energy burst weapon that favors rogue/assassin sneak attack ability.  I interpret the "critical" on this as if it touches the area occupied by an incorporeal undead too much, it takes a lot of positive energy damage.  A sneak attack would be where the rogue sneaks up on it and just puts the sword in its space for a longer time than it would be there if you "chopped it in half."  Thus more damage. The sneak attack and the critical maechanic just seem to be there out of convenience rather than creating a new mechanic for the weapon.  Its a special case.  Its a better than ghost touch weapon, and that pretty much is that it allows more damage on what would normally be a critical hit or a successful sneak attack. However while not conceptually bad, I think the language of the rule could be written better.  Instead of "...can deliver sneak attacks or critical hits..." a better way to say it would be "...allows the extra damage from attacks that would normally be criticals or successful sneak attacks."  Using this interpretation and this language, you don't have your internal organ problem. Aaron.</blockquote>

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