Reach Weapon Enchantment

[Janos Antero]

Someone willing to be nice and tell me the + on the reach weapon enchantment, as well as the source it is from? I can't find it for the life of me.

And is there any reason it wouldn't work on a whip?

 

[Hypersmurf]

I've never heard of it, but if it says "melee weapon", it won't work on a whip...

-Hyp.

 

[Pax]

You're thinking "Distance"

And, it's +1 IIRC.

As for workign on a whip -- that's up to the GM. The problem is ... it's a 15' long length of leather, so HOW can it hit anything 30' away, hmm? 8)

 

[Crothian]

I looked in a few places but couldn't fine it

 

[Janos Antero]

The one I was thinking of adds 5' to the length of the weapon on command. I know I've seen it recently, I think it might be the Spider Queen adventure in FR, but I don't have it handy.

On the same note, Hypersmurf or anyone else, do you know of any clarifications of how a whip works, and if it definatively counts as a ranged weapon for enchantment purposes, or a melee weapon, both/neither?

I'm fairly certain it's a +1 as well, but I want to verify that just to cover my bases.

 

[Crothian]

Whip counts as a ranged weapon for everything under the current rules.

 

[Hypersmurf]

There's a Psionic "Reach" power...

Reach
Psychometabolism (Str)
Level: Psion 2 / Psychic Warrior 2
Display: Vi (see text), Ma
Manifestation Time: 1 action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: No
Power Resistance: No
Power Points: 3
Your limbs lengthen and become suppler, thus increasing the area you threaten by 5 feet while the duration lasts. For instance, if you normally threaten a 5 feet radius area (normal for a Medium-size creature), you now threaten a 10 feet radius area; your Face/Reach is now 5 feet by 5 feet/10 feet. Manifesting the power is a free action, like manifesting a quickened power, and it counts toward the normal limit of one quickened power per round.

You could try and talk a DM into letting you build it into a weapon as a Special Quality.

I'd call it a +3 Market Price modifier, just as a gut feeling.

-Hyp.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Whip counts as a ranged weapon for everything under the current rules.

... except Tripping and Disarming.

-Hyp.

 

[Janos Antero]

I'm getting more sure it was in the Spider Queen book, as it had something to do with Drow.

Actually that was originally the thought, taking it for a character, but I gave up and moved on after not being able to find it, and I wasn't sure if it would work. Now the character is made though, and it's going to bug the hell out of me till I find it just for the sake of finding it.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Hmm... a command-activated change from a 5' melee weapon to a 10' reach weapon is a lot less powerful than the Reach psionic power. That one would be fair at a +1 modifier, I think.

The Psionic power is better than the Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Spiked Chain feat; a halfspear/longspear transformer weapon is not as good as the Quickdraw feat.

-Hyp.