Craft Magical Item, Can item be used during crafting?

[kantas]

I'm playing a Sorcerer, and we are in a town waiting for an army to arrive before we commence with our next mission.

my question is, I want to start adding Flaming Burst to our fighters Falcata.

If I'm on day 2 of crafting and the army arrives, is our fighter allowed to use the weapon and i continue crafting after our "adventuring" for that day using the 4 hrs nets 2 hrs of crafting rules?

My gut tells me that if we need to go and respond to the army that's arriving we cannot use the sword that i'm working on.

[Lakesidefantasy]

I don't see any rules barring the use of a sword as a sword while it is in the days-long process of being enchanted.

[VRMH]

GM call. My gut feeling is "no", but then my gut feeling is also "chocolate".

[kantas]

yeah, our GM is unsure of what the rules say for here...

and i don't think the rules are terribly clear about it.

so I think we'll be going with our gut, and saying it cannot be used.

While i do agree with Lakeside that the sword could be used as a sword while it's being enchanted. My feeling is that the act of picking up and using the sword would spoil the delicate enchantments on the weapon.

that's sort of what my gut is saying about the use item while enchanting.

[wraithstrike]

There is no rule against it being used just as a sword. It might mess with immersion though so I can still see a GM saying no.