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A simple enhancement question from D&D...

Started by pandiculator, July 06, 2006, 02:18:56 PM

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pandiculator

July 06, 2006, 02:18:56 PM
Ok, I was rolling up a character last night, and I was looking at the weapon enhancements in the DM's Guide...and my mind thought of something evil:

A weapon enhancted with the vicious property deals an additional 2d6 damage to the target, and 1d6 to the weilder...but, if the weapon is also dancing, the person who activated the weapon is not considered armed by that weapon. Does this mean that a vicious, dancing weapon gets a very nice +2d6 without the drawback that vicious has?
 

Hastur T. Fannon

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July 06, 2006, 03:31:13 PM
Thank you for reminding me why I don't play Dungeons and Dragons
 

Nicephorus

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July 06, 2006, 03:37:55 PM
Quote from: Hastur T. FannonThank you for reminding me why I don't play Dungeons and Dragons

Oh, come on.  pretty much every rpg has loopholes that have to be shut down by the gm.

ergeheilalt

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July 06, 2006, 04:36:12 PM
Quote from: pandiculatorOk, I was rolling up a character last night, and I was looking at the weapon enhancements in the DM's Guide...and my mind thought of something evil:

A weapon enhancted with the vicious property deals an additional 2d6 damage to the target, and 1d6 to the weilder...but, if the weapon is also dancing, the person who activated the weapon is not considered armed by that weapon. Does this mean that a vicious, dancing weapon gets a very nice +2d6 without the drawback that vicious has?

I'd rule that the damage bypassed the weapons hardness and dealt direct damage to the sword. :D Being an asshole DM is great.
 

Xavier Lang

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July 07, 2006, 09:30:10 AM
Quote from: ergeheilaltI'd rule that the damage bypassed the weapons hardness and dealt direct damage to the sword. :D Being an asshole DM is great.

The important question is would you tell the player the above BEFORE they made  the weapon, or AFTER.  You only are an asshole if you don't tell me that until the first time I start the sword dancing in combat.
 

Svartalf

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July 07, 2006, 11:55:32 AM
You just need to make a huge knowledge : arcana roll to predict what repercussions your making such a non standard weapon (one that normally interats woth its wielder, but operates without one regularly), may have on its working... if I were a real a**hole, I'd make this kind of weird experimentation the surefire way to manufacturing a cursed blade (like, one that attacks the wielder when it dances for instance).
 

Name Lips

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July 13, 2006, 02:47:14 PM
I'd say that it's only viscous when it is being wielded. It NEEDS to be able to deal 1d6 damage to a wielder in able to be able to deal 2d6 to the target. Maybe the drain from the wielder "powers" it or something.
Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways, it's still rock and roll to me.

You can talk all you want about theory, craft, or whatever. But in the end, it's still just new ways of looking at people playing make-believe and having a good time with their friends. Intellectualize or analyze all you want, but we've been playing the same game since we were 2 years old. We just have shinier books, spend more money, and use bigger words now.
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