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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 8428451" data-attributes="member: 23">This used to be true, until Xanathar's guide broadly expanded access to common magical items, such as the moon-touched blade.Edit:&nbsp; I should add that as a DM, I'm not... very pleased with this.&nbsp; It makes the resistance to non magical weapons almost meaningless.&nbsp; It also makes some of the magical weapons kind of... meh?&nbsp; Like a +1 sword isn't very exciting, but it's a magical weapon, that counts for something.&nbsp; Now, less so.On the other hand, as a player, I like it because it means that I don't &quot;need&quot; to find a magical sword for my warrior because I can get a budget option.&nbsp; That way, a player who gets their first &quot;real&quot; magical item and is a warrior won't be upset if it isn't a magical weapon.&nbsp; So clearly, both benefits and drawbacks.Lastly, I will mention that something rather cool happened in a game where I am playing as a &quot;warrior scholar&quot; - a historian and an alchemist with such a &quot;budget&quot; magical sword.&nbsp; We started at mid levels, and my character's background is that he had learned the secret to creating a moon touched blade - a yearlong process involving elven prayers and moonlight; and had thus enchanted his own sword.&nbsp; Given that the item is common, it felt not too outrageous for a player who is a student of the arcane know this.&nbsp; The GM agreed... a few levels later, my PC found the secret to transmuting a moon-touched blade into a sun blade.&nbsp; And if you think about it, it makes sense - what is moonlight but the reflected sun?&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 8428451, member: 23"] This used to be true, until Xanathar's guide broadly expanded access to common magical items, such as the moon-touched blade. Edit: I should add that as a DM, I'm not... very pleased with this. It makes the resistance to non magical weapons almost meaningless. It also makes some of the magical weapons kind of... meh? Like a +1 sword isn't very exciting, but it's a [I]magical weapon[/I], that counts for something. Now, less so. On the other hand, as a player, I like it because it means that I don't "need" to find a magical sword for my warrior because I can get a budget option. That way, a player who gets their first "real" magical item and is a warrior won't be upset if it isn't a magical weapon. So clearly, both benefits and drawbacks. Lastly, I will mention that something [I]rather cool[/I] happened in a game where I am playing as a "warrior scholar" - a historian and an alchemist with such a "budget" magical sword. We started at mid levels, and my character's background is that he had learned the secret to creating a moon touched blade - a yearlong process involving elven prayers and moonlight; and had thus enchanted his own sword. Given that the item is common, it felt not too outrageous for a player who is a student of the arcane know this. The GM agreed ... a few levels later, my PC found the secret to transmuting a moon-touched blade into a [I]sun blade[/I]. And if you think about it, it makes sense - what is moonlight but the reflected sun? :D [/QUOTE]

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