Negatives to Enhancements

[Aluvial]

I play with a modified Planescape cosmology. Right now, I have characters who are in a sheltered bublble within the Negative Energy Plane, 2 planes away from thier magical items' home plane.

Enhancements (any kind for me) take a -2.

My question is this:

If you have a weapon that has multiple abilities/enhancements such as keen, forceful, flaming burst, and a +2 enhancement, what would you take away first? Just the +2, or do you take away one of the other enhancements to the weapon?

Aluvial

 

[Sejs]

I play with a modified Planescape cosmology. Right now, I have characters who are in a sheltered bublble within the Negative Energy Plane, 2 planes away from thier magical items' home plane.

Enhancements (any kind for me) take a -2.

My question is this:

If you have a weapon that has multiple abilities/enhancements such as keen, forceful, flaming burst, and a +2 enhancement, what would you take away first? Just the +2, or do you take away one of the other enhancements to the weapon?

Aluvial

I'd just lower the enhancement bonus (the +2) rather than involving the other abilities like keen or flaming.

Keeps it simple that way.

 

[Aluvial]

What if it is a keen +1. Do you lose both?

Aluvial

 

[Geoff Watson]

In 3e, the enhancement bonuses aren't reduced by travelling to other planes.

In 2e, the plusses are reduced, and as soon as it reaches +0, all other powers are also supressed. So for any +1 or +2 weapon, they would lose all powers.

Geoff.

 

[Aluvial]

In 3e, the enhancement bonuses aren't reduced by travelling to other planes.

In 2e, the plusses are reduced, and as soon as it reaches +0, all other powers are also supressed. So for any +1 or +2 weapon, they would lose all powers.

Geoff.

That's what I thought too. Ouch for my players! The weapons would remain Masterwork though...

Aluvial