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<blockquote data-quote="smuckenfart" data-source="post: 8943087" data-attributes="member: 7040256">I can see your perspective, but I'm not ignoring the meaning of broken.&nbsp; I'm an English teacher, with regards to language I know a little.&quot;Broken&quot; is the past participle of &quot;break&quot;.&nbsp; True.&nbsp; However...&quot;It will weld broken metallic objects such as a ring, a chain link, a medallion, or a slender dagger, providing but one break exists.&quot;The first condition, that it will weld said objects, is true ONLY if but one break exists.&nbsp; What is &quot;a break&quot;?The topic sentence in the PHB description is:&quot;Mending repairs small breaks or tears in objects (but not warps, such as might be caused by a warp wood spell).&quot;The body of the paragraph are sentences that support that topic sentence with examples for respective materials.&nbsp; The authors are careful with their word choice, so I don't think it was by accident or without foresight that they used the terms &quot;tear (n.)&quot; as a generic term for soft materials and &quot;break (n.)&quot; for hard materials, the same way you'd use &quot;wound (n.)&quot; to describe an injury.&nbsp; Therefore you should read those sentences and ask, &quot;Does my interpretation support that topic sentence?&nbsp; Which definition best supports that main idea?&quot;The synonyms for and definition quoted by the dictionary do not refer to any piece that has been completely separated from the original, and also supports not only the reference to &quot;small&quot; but also the fact that this is a level zero spell.&nbsp; There is a level 2 cleric spell, Make Whole, to deal with greater damages to objects.break/breɪk/nounnoun: break; plural noun: breaks<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">a gap or opening. 
&quot;the track bends left through a break in the hedge&quot; 
 
Similar: 
gap, opening, space, hole, breach, chink, crack, fissure, cleft, rift, chasm, tear, split, slit, rent, rupture</li>
</ol>A fray or a cut in a rope is a small &quot;tear&quot;.&nbsp; Severed is the largest tear you can get.&nbsp; A slender dagger can absolutely have a fracture or a crack, or a split along its length, without having the dagger broken in two.&nbsp; How thick is your finger?&nbsp; About the width of a slender dagger?&nbsp; Would you prefer to have a cut finger or a severed finger? Which one is without a doubt not small?&nbsp; You can have a small cut, a medium sized cut, or a large cut, but severed and broken in two are absolutes, unless it's &quot;partially severed&quot;, which is still attached and not separated, apart.&nbsp; a.k.a.&nbsp; a break (n.).To break a dagger in half you need to reduce it to zero HP, do you not, which is ruined/destroyed by the PHB (pg. 165) definition for breaking objects, whether it's a slender dagger or a two handed sword.&nbsp; They both have HP's:&quot;When an object’s hit points reach 0, it’s ruined.&quot;and&quot;A damaged object remains fully functional until the item’s hit points are reduced to 0, at which point it is destroyed.&quot;The terms &quot;ruined&quot; and &quot;destroyed&quot; are not terms used to describe a &quot;small&quot; amount of damage, it's the max.&nbsp; It's no good.Are you're okay with having your weapon sundered at anything but total HP loss...&nbsp; I'm not.&nbsp; If you and your party want to rule that a blade that's lost 50% of its size, broken in two, is as functional as its full size, where size definitely matters for weapon damage, to each their own.&nbsp; In our campaigns, breaking a weapon in half requires sundering it to zero hp.But, we did rule that as long as the piece that broke off could be considered a small piece, it could be mended back onto the original.&nbsp; Which, to us, was a sensible adjustment to the actual, literal definition of the spell.I appreciate the response, I enjoy these conversations.&nbsp; respect</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smuckenfart, post: 8943087, member: 7040256"] I can see your perspective, but I'm not ignoring the meaning of broken. I'm an English teacher, with regards to language I know a little. "Broken" is the past participle of "break". True. However... "It will weld broken metallic objects such as a ring, a chain link, a medallion, or a slender dagger, [B]providing but one break exists.[/B]" The first condition, that it will weld said objects, is true [B]ONLY if [/B]but one [B]break [/B]exists. What is "a break"? The topic sentence in the PHB description is: "Mending repairs [B]small breaks or tears[/B] in objects (but not warps, such as might be caused by a warp wood spell)." The body of the paragraph are sentences that support that topic sentence with examples for respective materials. The authors are careful with their word choice, so I don't think it was by accident or without foresight that they used the terms "tear (n.)" as a generic term for soft materials and "break (n.)" for hard materials, the same way you'd use "wound (n.)" to describe an injury. Therefore you should read those sentences and ask, "Does my interpretation support that topic sentence? Which definition best supports that main idea?" The synonyms for and definition quoted by the dictionary do not refer to any piece that has been completely separated from the original, and also supports not only the reference to "small" but also the fact that this is a level zero spell. There is a level 2 cleric spell, Make Whole, to deal with greater damages to objects. break /breɪk/ [I]noun[/I] noun: [B]break[/B]; plural noun: [B]breaks[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a gap or opening. "the track bends left through a break in the hedge" Similar: gap, opening, space, hole, breach, chink, crack, fissure, cleft, rift, chasm, tear, split, slit, rent, rupture [/LIST] A [I][U]fray[/U][/I] or a [U][I]cut[/I][/U] in a rope is a small "tear". [I]Severed[/I] is the largest tear you can get. A slender dagger can absolutely have a fracture or a crack, or a split along its length, without having the dagger broken in two. How thick is your finger? About the width of a slender dagger? Would you prefer to have a cut finger or a severed finger? Which one is without a doubt not small? You can have a small cut, a medium sized cut, or a large cut, but [U]s[/U][I][U]evered[/U][/I] and [I][U]broken in two[/U][/I] are absolutes, unless it's "partially severed", which is still attached and not separated, apart. a.k.a. a break (n.). To break a dagger in half you need to reduce it to zero HP, do you not, which is ruined/destroyed by the PHB (pg. 165) definition for breaking objects, whether it's a slender dagger or a two handed sword. They both have HP's: "When an object’s hit points reach 0, it’s [B]ruined[/B]." and "A damaged object remains fully functional until the item’s hit points are reduced to 0, at which point it is [B]destroyed[/B]." The terms "ruined" and "destroyed" are not terms used to describe a "small" amount of damage, it's the max. It's no good. Are you're okay with having your weapon sundered at anything but total HP loss... I'm not. If you and your party want to rule that a blade that's lost 50% of its size, broken in two, is as functional as its full size, where size definitely matters for weapon damage, to each their own. In our campaigns, breaking a weapon in half requires sundering it to zero hp. But, we did rule that as long as the piece that broke off could be considered a small piece, it could be mended back onto the original. Which, to us, was a sensible adjustment to the actual, literal definition of the spell. I appreciate the response, I enjoy these conversations. [I]respect[/I] [/QUOTE]

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