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<blockquote data-quote="Underman" data-source="post: 5967601" data-attributes="member: 6696705">Yes, I wonder if it's worth differentiating that Geoff is a supernatural weapon, instead of a magic weapon.Also, I think magic in magic weapons and armor could be organic and malleable at critical periods, and still comply with fantasy tropes.Say an arcane ironsmith forges a magic blade. Freshly made and yielding, anyone can theoretically wled this brand new magic weapon at first. The first owner turns out to be a half-elf fighter. Over time, the magic sword attunes itself to the wielder (much like goslings that are imprinted to the mother goose after hatching). This doesn't imply any actual sentience or intelligence in the weapon; it's just a process. The magic in the sword becomes harmonized to a certain pattern of combat use, an absence of other magic auras, perhaps a trace of elven blood. Centuries later, a band of adventurers find the weapon in a dungeon. An elven or half-elven fighter may find the sword most accomodating. A cleric, druid or wizard in the party may find that the sword feels unbalanced or slightly wrong, because the sword's magic is thrown off by the magic aura/vibrations of a spellcaster.Some magic weapons might even actively protest, like Thor's hammer which can't be lifted by the unworthy, or Excalibur of course.In that way, you have some fluff to justify why some weapons/armor are best used by certain metagame categories of PCs. You could fictionally justify why a villian's exceptional weapon is not useable to its full potential by the PCs.A magic sword created for and wielded by a spellcaster could be rare and valuable indeed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Underman, post: 5967601, member: 6696705"] Yes, I wonder if it's worth differentiating that Geoff is a supernatural weapon, instead of a magic weapon. Also, I think magic in magic weapons and armor could be organic and malleable at critical periods, and still comply with fantasy tropes. Say an arcane ironsmith forges a magic blade. Freshly made and yielding, anyone can theoretically wled this brand new magic weapon at first. The first owner turns out to be a half-elf fighter. Over time, the magic sword attunes itself to the wielder (much like goslings that are imprinted to the mother goose after hatching). This doesn't imply any actual sentience or intelligence in the weapon; it's just a process. The magic in the sword becomes harmonized to a certain pattern of combat use, an absence of other magic auras, perhaps a trace of elven blood. Centuries later, a band of adventurers find the weapon in a dungeon. An elven or half-elven fighter may find the sword most accomodating. A cleric, druid or wizard in the party may find that the sword feels unbalanced or slightly wrong, because the sword's magic is thrown off by the magic aura/vibrations of a spellcaster. Some magic weapons might even actively protest, like Thor's hammer which can't be lifted by the unworthy, or Excalibur of course. In that way, you have some fluff to justify why some weapons/armor are best used by certain metagame categories of PCs. You could fictionally justify why a villian's exceptional weapon is not useable to its full potential by the PCs. A magic sword created for and wielded by a spellcaster could be rare and valuable indeed. [/QUOTE]

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