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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dross" data-source="post: 5408750" data-attributes="member: 33802">I'd say a "Flame will work with Frost ability on a single blade" phrase is not there.There is nothing stopping a Flame + Frost single blade weapon existing.Actually I'd say the that spells like Heat/Chill metal indicate the  opposite, they only affect the opposite when explicitly stated like in  those spells.  Also the books note that specific trumps general for  rules. In this case noting that these two specific spells DO cancel  implies that the general rule is that they DON'T. So:In the weapon properties there is no mention of any of the elemental   damage being canceled out by it's opposite (and what is the opposite to   sonic and force?). Therefore there is no cancellation.In cases where two opposites cancel each other out it is specifically mentioned. Use it only for this instance.Magic does not have to follow the laws of Logic (It is MAGIC after all <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />). IMHO One reason that Flame & Frost don't appear together in a rulebook is thematic. The item you noted has a particular theme to it rather than being a generic item does it not?I'm sure that people can come up with other examples of "illogical" combinations not existing in the books, simply because there are so many options. There was a similar Q asked of the sage I believe that made it into the FAQ. It said that there is nothing stopping having both Frost & Flame on the same blade.</blockquote>

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