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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wildstarsreach" data-source="post: 3634742" data-attributes="member: 43141">In 1st ed I had a F/m-u/T drow that aquired one.  We were fighting some skeletal warriors, they all had had Vorpal swords.  My character had fumbled and dropped his weapon, the skeletal warrior fumbled as well.  I picked up it's sword and rolled a 20 and off went it's head.  My character wasn't visible to the other fighters in the party at that time.  The skeletal warriors they were fighting fumbled with them.  They tried to say that the chuck their weapons and pick these vorpal weapons up but the dm ruled against this.  They were killed the next round as they picked up the sword and rolled a 19 and a 20.  The skeletal warriors were then toasted by our wizard.  This was one of 2 characters that I have played that had a vorpal weapon.  It was very powerful in 1st but in 3.5 is not worth it.Here is my suggestion+2 Bonus for only on a 20+3 Bonus for only on a 19-20+4 Bonus for only on a 18-20+5 Bonus for only on a 17-20Depending on the weapon and feat taken such as Improved Critical.Let's say a weapon that has a 19-20 crit range is enchanted with the +5 version.  Unless a fighter has the improved crit feat, he can not use the the greater range representing his more effecient use of his weapon.  Then again a weapon could be enchanted with lesser power to differentiate between more or less powerful swords.I agree with a previous poster that wounding weapons should receive a higher plus and brilliant energy should be I think one less.</blockquote>

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