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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SevenSir" data-source="post: 747633" data-attributes="member: 10476">I hope the tendency to favor crit-more-often weapons over crit-more-harder weapons isn't so consistent that it doesn't seem like a problem any more.  My players know that mathematically, a 20-X3, crit weapon deals as much damage as a (19-20)-x2 crit weapon.  Nobody feels like he's shorting himseld on damage for using an axe instead of a sword.  It's good for flavor.Depending on the consistency of the pool from which you draw your beasties, either one might actually wind up more useful.Still, I'd love to see someone use a scythe, and I'm making sure that the deity with that favored weapon has attractive domains in my homebrew.As for the enhancements, I like slowing and alertness best.  Good, simple effects.I've got some trouble with Learning and Greater Learning.  They seem like they'd generate a voracious need for bookkeeping.  The Healing enhancement, while a good idea, also has a similar problem.  As it's written, it requires the damage dice be thrown one at a time (so one is first).  My players usually throw more than that.  If my rogue sneak attacked for +3d6 damage with a flaming rapier and scored a critical, he'd roll 6d6 all at once.  The only exceptions would be if there were a fire resistance or vulnerability in question.::Note to self: give rogue a flaming rapier::</blockquote>