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[Criptfeind]

Important question here: The actual words of the cold iron rules say "any magical enhancements cost an additional 2,000 gp. "

Which could mean several differing things.

Is it 2000 one time cost.
2000 each time you get it upgraded
2000 for each enchantment.

Would a +5 cold iron weapon cost 10k extra? Or only 2 if you got it all at once. Or 2 no matter what order you got it in?

Castles, more so for castles that can be dropped, cost a lot of gold.

[Araph]

About weapon enchantments, what ones would people recommend? I was thinking of aiming for one of the following on each blade: bane, defending, spell-storing, holy, or something related to shock damage. Unfortunately, I am most likely not a very good judge of what's good when it comes to magic items, so I'm hoping one of you has some thoughts on the matter. Also, what would be a good choice for the target of a bane enchantment? What enemy type would we be most likely to face regularly?

[Dwarmin]

Predictably? We have been facing alot of Duergar guards when we run up against the big bad. They're his main soldiers, possibly-though he'll probably have humanoid soldiers from most underground races. I'm not sure if this cave we are in now is connected to that.

When we run into Orbs, we inevitably end up facing summoned nasties. In the two times I can recall, one was an outsider (big tentacle mouthy thing) and some sort of corruption Elemental that gave my other char Andre the Taint.

Apparently he still has the taint, but Shoruke probably forgot about that. I was supposed to be happy with the sword of Damocles over my head, I guess.

[RAM]

bane on humanoid requires a racial subtype, and on outsider requires an alignment subtype. Evil outsider bane is usually pretty reliable in conjuration-heavy campaigns, because most parties spend most of their time fighting Evil, and conjuration implies extraplanar implies outsider...

[Dwarmin]

It was this thing btw.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20040706a&page=5

[RAM]

Another approach is to get a bane for when you really need it. If you are a bit of a 'glass cannon' then you may want to invest in bane versus things like giants, with reach and high damage. Dragons are pretty much universally unpleasant for their CR, although it may be difficult to get into sword-range of one... Undead tend to have limited hit points and nasty abilities, so the extra damage could really pay off against them, fey even more so, but fey are super-rare...

[Zako]

Huh. That battle would have sucked. Also, what on earth have you guys been up to? Care to update me a little?

[Araph]

What's your opinion on Bane versus Shock? Would 1d6 damage against everything outweigh +2 to attack rolls and 2d6 damage to one creature type?

Huh. That battle would have sucked. Also, what on earth have you guys been up to? Care to update me a little?

Well, last session the party invaded a subterranean bandit camp, and two new guys are stuck in cages. Now I'm receiving advice on weapon enchantments.

[Zako]

I mean over all the sessions...

[RAM]

Well, shock is basically better, but bear in mind that it would stop working versus a blue dragon, and dragon bane would start working. Now comparing a juvenile blue dragon to a stone giant leaves the impression that dragons are just plain nastier than other critters...

[Criptfeind]

Are we going to be fighting a lot (and it would have to be a lot) of dragons though?

[Araph]

Are we going to be fighting a lot (and it would have to be a lot) of dragons though?

I second this question.

Class related question: psionics still aren't allowed, right? Did Shoruke give a yea or nay to his contemplation of whether or not to allow them yet?

[Dwarmin]

We did face a trio of little Dragons once before, but I think that was more or less random. Also they might have been friendly.

Also, we didn't so much face them as intimidate them away.

And we intimidated them by having two of our players get into an argument. The one tries to bullrush another off the Sandflier and gets cut in half.

Yeah.

[RAM]

Also consider merciful and Vicious, merciful is 1d6 against most everything alive, while vicious is 2d6 against everything... ... ... Spell storing is a solid choice, but is very poorly worded, specifically as to who is casting the spell. If it is the weapon then it will be at the caster-level of the weapon and the minimum ability score required to cast the spell. Alternatively it could be either the wielder or the original caster, who would have their own abilities, feats, and other properties... It may only accept spells which are of a specific targeting type too. It may not accept spells with touch attack or point in space targeting options... Shock is a good choice, it works against most low-level opponents and does an average of 3.5 extra damage, which is a solid contribution...

[Zako]

Just a diary entry, nothin' to see here... 

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Zanian's Journal Entry 13

It seems that these strange people that I've been following are infact adventurers, not lost caravan guards or merchants, and have infact been looking for what appears to be an outpost full of dwarves and elves, both of which were hostile. These adventurers somewhat handily took care of these people (I suppose bandits is the proper word for them but I can't be sure), and so far haven't acted hostile to me, which is good reguarding the circumstances.

I really need to pick better targets in the future...

But on the bright side, there are sure to be plenty of treasure to be had if I stay with these people, and I can always rob them blind later. Here's to hoping they are willing to accept me into their group, and not split me open like a hog.