Keen Weapon

[Fabio P.]

Hello,

can a Masterwork Weapon be enchanted with the keen special quality, or it has to be first enchanted with a +1 enhanced bonus and only THEN with the Keen special quality?

[Saedar]

You need to enchant it with +1 first and then Keen.

[Matthew Morris]

Ok, I think I see your confusion Fabio, so let me see if I can clarify.

Pathfinder RPG, Page 468 wrote:

A weapon with a special ability must also have at least a +1 enhancement bonus. Weapons cannot possess the same special ability more than once.

This ties back to the first paragraph:

Pathfinder RPG, Page 467 wrote:

Magic weapons have enhancement bonuses

ranging from +1 to +5. They apply these bonuses to both attack and damage rolls when used in combat. All magic weapons are also masterwork weapons, but their masterwork bonuses on attack rolls do not stack with their enhancement bonuses on attack rolls.

The 'at least +1 enhancement bonus' on page 468, refers to the 'Magic weapon enhancement bonuses' on 467. Or to parse, masterwork weapons have a +1 enhancment bonus on attack rolls. Magic weapons have an enhancement bonus (no qualifiers). So the enhancement bonus (to attack rolls) from masterwork doesn't count as a 'Magic weapon enhancment bonus'.

It makes sense to 'old hats' like me, but I could see how it could confuse someone new, or a non-native English speaker.

[Fabio P.]

Matthew Morris wrote:

Ok, I think I see your confusion Fabio, so let me see if I can clarify.

Thanks for the clarification! ;)