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<blockquote data-quote="hafrogman" data-source="post: 5847283" data-attributes="member: 8858">Yes, I think the +1 sword should exist, but like a few others, I think that should be it.&nbsp; There's a long history of swords that are just magically good at being swords, and not much else.&nbsp; But the key is for +1 to be THE thing about the sword, and not the stepping stone to something else.&nbsp; To take the other classical magical sword that tends to get brought up in these conversations . . . the flaming sword.&nbsp; In pretty much every other edition of D&amp;D, the flaming sword is actually a +X sword WITH flame.&nbsp; Because the +X was important in its own right for damage reduction, mathematical formulas or whatever else.&nbsp; But if you get rid of that, the sword could JUST BE flaming.&nbsp; You have a +1 sword OR a fire sword.&nbsp; Never, ever a +1, flaming sword.So then, the +1 just becomes one among a list of potential powers.&nbsp; It's the most mundane, but then sometimes you don't want a sword that's anything more that a sword that's really good at being a sword.&nbsp; And a 5% difference is not enough to require a math adjustment to keep up, or make the player without a +1 sword feel weak in comparison.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hafrogman, post: 5847283, member: 8858"] Yes, I think the +1 sword should exist, but like a few others, I think that should be it. There's a long history of swords that are just magically good at being swords, and not much else. But the key is for +1 to be THE thing about the sword, and not the stepping stone to something else. To take the other classical magical sword that tends to get brought up in these conversations . . . the flaming sword. In pretty much every other edition of D&D, the flaming sword is actually a +X sword WITH flame. Because the +X was important in its own right for damage reduction, mathematical formulas or whatever else. But if you get rid of that, the sword could JUST BE flaming. You have a +1 sword OR a fire sword. Never, ever a +1, flaming sword. So then, the +1 just becomes one among a list of potential powers. It's the most mundane, but then sometimes you don't want a sword that's anything more that a sword that's really good at being a sword. And a 5% difference is not enough to require a math adjustment to keep up, or make the player without a +1 sword feel weak in comparison. [/QUOTE]

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