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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1037591" data-attributes="member: 3146">A 13 con is rather low for a 10th level wizard--IME, con is more often 14 or 16. (And, for wizards, maxed out concentration is more of a given than an assumption). However, more significantly, the 25% figure is only for spells of their highest castable level. Your 13 con wizard, for instance would only have a 5% chance of failing to cast a 1st level spell defensively and a 10% chance for a 2nd level spell, etc.It's far less of a problematic concept in 3.5 than it is in 3.0 because 3.5 rules encourage the possession of multiple weapons. Creatures with DR/ slashing (Zombies are the only ones I can think of at the moment) would reduce the spiked chain wielder's efficiency. More significantly, the various DR/Cold Iron, DR/Adamantium, DR/silver, DR/Good, and DR/Lawful or Chaotic seem to demand a minimum of an adamantium weapon, a cold iron weapon, a scroll of align weapon, and a vial of silversheen. It will probably be more common for weapon dependent characters to have three weapons--cold iron, silver, and adamantium.This situation favors the character who wields multiple weapons--for instance a Guisarme/Heavy Flail wielder--by making the disadvantages of his setup more universal (the need for multiple masterwork or enchanted weapons) and by making Quickdraw more generally useful.The changes to the bane enhancement (+1 equivalent) also favor the multiple weapon character. For a single weapon wielder, a +1 construct and evil outsider  bane weapon isn't a good purchase. However, for the character who normally relies on his +2 Icy Burst adamantium guisarm, having a +1 cold iron evil outsider bane heavy flail and +1 magical beast bane armor spikes for close quarters fighting is a fairly attractive proposition. (Especially since the choice of a weapon's material and damage type already partially predicts the foes against whom it will be most useful).</blockquote>

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