Modern Fantasy- Golf balls, Homerun Records and Bastard Swords. :)

[Voneth]

Modern science and computers are changing how effieceint sports equipment has become with perfect golf balls, lightweight bats, etc. I wonder what would happen if you put that much money and study into swords, what sort of Masterworked weapon would you get?

Or do you think that the thousands of years of sword making has already "hammered" out the details. ... sorry.

 

[Robbert Raets]

Isn't that what they cover with Mastercraft Items in d20 Modern?

 

[Mr Fidgit]

that section doesn't give much detail, but does say mastercraft items can give bonuses of up to +3. from the SRD:

Mastercraft Objects
Weapons, armor, and some other types of equipment can be constructed as mastercraft objects. The exceptional quality of these objects provides the user a bonus on attack rolls, damage, Defense, or some other characteristic that improves when the object is used.

A mastercraft object that provides a +1 bonus can usually be purchased on the open market as a custom version of a common object. The increased cost of such an object adds +3 to the purchase DC.

A rare few objects are of mastercraft quality even without customization-the off-the-shelf version of the object is of such high quality that it is always provides a bonus of +1. In these cases, the purchase DC is not increased (such objects are already priced higher than similar objects of lower quality).
Mastercraft objects with a bonus of +2 or +3 are not common and are generally not for sale. If a mastercraft +2 object could be found for purchase, its cost would add +6 to the normal purchase DC. The cost of a mastercraft +3 object would add +9 to the normal purchase DC.