Weapon Question
- Thread starter Datt
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Murrdox
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I don't have the Epic handbook, but a friend was telling me about how this works recently, so I'll give it a shot.
a +5 Bane sword is perfectly fine, and it's not epic. It counts as a +7 weapon.
The specific reason this sword is NOT epic is because it has a +5 enhancement bonus. It's a +7 weapon yes, but the enhancement bonus is only +5.
You can have a weapon that is +5 and then add as many additional points of special abilities as you want, and the weapon might ascend to Artifact level, but not epic. However, as soon as the ENHANCEMENT bonus goes above a +5, it is an epic weapon.
Someone with the Epic handbook, or a better grasp of how creating magic items work back me up on this one.
a +5 Bane sword is perfectly fine, and it's not epic. It counts as a +7 weapon.
The specific reason this sword is NOT epic is because it has a +5 enhancement bonus. It's a +7 weapon yes, but the enhancement bonus is only +5.
You can have a weapon that is +5 and then add as many additional points of special abilities as you want, and the weapon might ascend to Artifact level, but not epic. However, as soon as the ENHANCEMENT bonus goes above a +5, it is an epic weapon.
Someone with the Epic handbook, or a better grasp of how creating magic items work back me up on this one.
Arcturus_Rugend
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I think the problem Datt is referring to is not whether or not the weapon is considered to be epic by virtue of the sum of its "plusses", but rather that any weapon with an enhancement bonus of greater than +5 is considered to be epic. Since a +5 bane weapon would effectively be a +7 weapon versus certain opponents, I can see where that would be confusing.
Hmmm... if I had to guess, I'd say that it does work as stated and that it functions as a +7 weapon versus it's designated foe. This doesn't seem particularly unbalancing since if it's an non-epic campaign, you won't be running into any creatures with a DR of x/+7, and if it IS an epic campaign, your weapon will be more vulnerable to sunder attempts than a regular +7 weapon.
If a DM was going to be particular about it, though, they could rule that you cannot have any enhancement bonus greater than +5 on a non-epic weapon, so that any additional enhancement bonus added by bane that is higher than +5 is wasted (i.e. the bane enchantment would be partially wasted on any weapon with an enhancement bonus higher than +3).
Hmmm... if I had to guess, I'd say that it does work as stated and that it functions as a +7 weapon versus it's designated foe. This doesn't seem particularly unbalancing since if it's an non-epic campaign, you won't be running into any creatures with a DR of x/+7, and if it IS an epic campaign, your weapon will be more vulnerable to sunder attempts than a regular +7 weapon.
If a DM was going to be particular about it, though, they could rule that you cannot have any enhancement bonus greater than +5 on a non-epic weapon, so that any additional enhancement bonus added by bane that is higher than +5 is wasted (i.e. the bane enchantment would be partially wasted on any weapon with an enhancement bonus higher than +3).
