Prestige awards and +2 weapons

[Qstor]

for plus +2 weapons does that include special abilities that are +1 like bane? So a PC could have a +1 bane undead longsword?

thanks

Mike

[Callarek]

Qstor wrote:

for plus +2 weapons does that include special abilities that are +1 like bane? So a PC could have a +1 bane undead longsword?

thanks

Mike

I wouldn't think so. The "any" part refers to the base weapon, not the enhancement. so you could have a +2 longsword or +2 heavy mace.

[NotMousse]

I'm gonna say you'll looking at a +2 enhancement bonus. The special properties are generally harder to come by in OP, and much harder to balance (something the crew here seem to take pride in).

But I'm sure Mr. Frost will chime in if it needs to be set straight.

[Deussu]

Qstor wrote:

for plus +2 weapons does that include special abilities that are +1 like bane? So a PC could have a +1 bane undead longsword?

thanks

Mike

Quite a good question. I wish I knew the answer, since this intrigues me as well.

[Coridan]

I got the impression from talking to Josh and Nic at GenCon that you could put a quality with it but I may be remembering wrong/it may have changed.

[Etales]

Qstor wrote:

for plus +2 weapons does that include special abilities that are +1 like bane? So a PC could have a +1 bane undead longsword?

thanks

Mike

Hey all,

No official answer on this yet?

[NotMousse]

That's a big negative.

[Joshua J. Frost]

You can have a +2 weapon bonus which can include weapon abilities. For example, a +1 flaming longsword is permitted.

Edited to remove contradictory statement.

[NotMousse]

Joshua J. Frost wrote:

It's a +2 enhancement bonus. IE, you could have a +1 flaming longsword.

That's a contradictory statement there, but I'll take it to mean anything adding up to +2 total is fine. Which means my PC (assuming I play someday instead of GM) will be getting a +1 Seeking bow ASAP. Sayonara incorporeal creatures!!!

[Aras Mezzanoble]

May I procure a silver, adamantine, or cold iron magic weapon?

After I have a +1 weapon can I pay the difference to up it to +2?

[Joshua J. Frost]

Aras Mezzanoble wrote:

May I procure a silver, adamantine, or cold iron magic weapon?

See pg. 32 of the guidebook. (Hint: yes.)

Aras Mezzanoble wrote:

After I have a +1 weapon can I pay the difference to up it to +2?

Yes.

[NotMousse]

Joshua J. Frost wrote:

See pg. 32 of the guidebook. (Hint: yes.)

My pg. 32 is a blank chronicle.

[james maissen]

NotMousse wrote:

Which means my PC (assuming I play someday instead of GM) will be getting a +1 Seeking bow ASAP. Sayonara incorporeal creatures!!!

Umm.. Seeking doesn't help you against incorporeal creatures (unless they have cast blur or the like.

You're confusing incorporeal creatures' 50% chance to ignore damage with an invisible creature's 50% miss chance due to total concealment. It's a common mistake.

-James

[Aras Mezzanoble]

Joshua J. Frost wrote:

See pg. 32 of the guidebook. (Hint: yes.)

I assume you mean pg. 23, Step 3, things you can always purchase.

For a +1 item it says "+ item cost".
Silver and cold iron are listed on other lines.
Adamantine is not listed.

It was not clear to me that one could enchant a non-standard item to +1.

So, just to be absolutely certain, are all special materials allowed?
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialMaterials.htm#

Mithral Chain Shirt +1?
Darkwood Heavy Shield?
Dragonhide Plate Mail?

[Joshua J. Frost]

Yes, oops! Page 23, not 32.

[Joshua J. Frost]

Aras Mezzanoble wrote:

So, just to be absolutely certain, are all special materials allowed?

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialMaterials.htm#

Mithral Chain Shirt +1?
Darkwood Heavy Shield?
Dragonhide Plate Mail?

No, what's allowed is what's listed in the guide. Anything else has to be purchased from a chronicle sheet.

[Joshua J. Frost]

And to be perfectly clear, season 0 uses the PHB, the MM, and the DMG and nothing else. There are items in the SRD that are not in those books and those items are not part of season 0.

PRPG and season 1 will make this sort of clarification easier, I hope.

[Deussu]

Joshua J. Frost wrote:

Aras Mezzanoble wrote:

Mithral Chain Shirt +1?

No, what's allowed is what's listed in the guide. Anything else has to be purchased from a chronicle sheet.

Which brings me another question which I actually asked elsewhere, regarding scenario #13, Prince of Augustana:

Spoiler:

At tier 3-4, Randalan has a +1 mithral chain. This item does not appear in the chronicle sheet. As it's an item not obtainable by normal means, *should* the mithral chain be available if Randalan is caught and stripped of his possessions?

[Doug Doug]

A friend of mine raised an interesting point today. He asked me about getting weapon enhancements and I told him about the decision regarding getting access through PA points. At 30 PA points he can get a +1 upgrade like “frost”, “flaming” or “shocking” under the reward “Any +2 Weapon”. He groused back that he’d be 11th level and ready to retire by the time he earned that many PA points. I did point out that every third scenario there’s a shot at getting an extra PA point (the trend stops at PFS#15 for some reason, what’s up with that?). That would put him at 8th level with a “frost weapon”. That’s a little more reasonable, but it also assumes that the PC has earned every single available PA point. Some of them are not ‘gimme’ points (as it should be) and it might be fair to say that the average PC would not have access to a weapon upgrade until 9th level after missing a few points here and there. Was this planned for? Is the faction reward system going to remain like this for Season One?