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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nameless" data-source="post: 1473461" data-attributes="member: 1543">That's a good point, but if the wizard who crafted the flaming, frost longsword knew that it required a "command word" action to activate, wouldn't he probably make a single command activate the entire item instead of just one ability? i.e. make it one "flaming, frost" ability that adds all the elemental damage to the sword.There's no strict limit on how long the elemental enchantments last once activated, so it could be assumed that they last until deactivated. According to the rules, they only inflict their elemental damage when the weapon does, so it could also stand to reason that the weapons can be sheathed/stowed while active and not require command words at all once they are turned on once.The second scenario is far more distasteful (to me, at least) than the first one. Saying that they are the only two is a false dichotomy, of course, but it seems reasonable on my end to consider all the elemental enhancements to a weapon as a single ability, more justified from an in-character perspective than from a rules one.</blockquote>