what exactly does silver weapons do?

[Redneckdevil]

I see where silver can overcome 3 points of Dr and that u take a -1 to dmg on those weapons. Is there anything else? Because im running a campaign and someone goy some silver bolts. I was told they did double dmg against undead but I cannot seem to find out where this is.

Do they do anything else besides the 2 things ive listed?

[Troubleshooter]

Silver overcomes any amount of DR/silver. Sometimes that's 2 points, sometimes it's 15.

They don't do double damage against undead.

[Raptor2012]

What Troublershooter said.

Also, the negative to damage only applies when the weapon is type slashing or piercing (like the arrows). If they had a silver mace though, there would be no penalty to damage.

[Lincoln Hills]

The one thing that silvered weapons uniformly do is provide a -1 penalty to damage.

They'll overcome DR/silver (as will mithral weapons, which do not suffer the -1 penalty but are a leeeetle more expensive.) Any effects beyond that are specific to the particular creature you are attacking.

(EDIT: At first I made a snarky comment about 'silvered sling bullets' doing less damage than lead ones, but then I see from Raptor2012's post that the -1 no longer applies to bludgeoning weapons. I'd already instituted that as a house rule... what, it's official errata now?)

[Raptor2012]

Lincoln Hills wrote:

(EDIT: At first I made a snarky comment about 'silvered sling bullets' doing less damage than lead ones, but then I see from Raptor2012's post that the -1 no longer applies to bludgeoning weapons. I'd already instituted that as a house rule... what, it's official errata now?)

In 3.x it was -1 always, as you'd said. Pathfinder changed it to only slashing and piercing from day one of publication. :D

[Redneckdevil]

Tyvm everyone :)

[blackbloodtroll]

Alchemical Silver, and Silver, are not the same.

Everyone above, is quoting the function of Alchemical Silver.

There are currently no rules for Non-Alchemical Silver Weapons.

By the way, Mithral weapons count as Silver, and have no penalty to damage.

[Troubleshooter]

I imagine a silver weapon would be very soft.

Maybe good enough to stab with, then probably bend over backwards the first time it hits armor or parries a weapon.

[master_marshmallow]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Alchemical Silver, and Silver, are not the same.

Everyone above, is quoting the function of Alchemical Silver.

There are currently no rules for Non-Alchemical Silver Weapons.

By the way, Mithral weapons count as Silver, and have no penalty to damage.

BBT saves another thread before I get the chance to.

[Paulicus]

Don't forget Silversheen! It acts as silver, has no damage penalty, and is immune to types of rust/corrosive damage. It's a bit more (+750 gp) but useful.

[Redneckdevil]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Alchemical Silver, and Silver, are not the same.

Everyone above, is quoting the function of Alchemical Silver.

There are currently no rules for Non-Alchemical Silver Weapons.

By the way, Mithral weapons count as Silver, and have no penalty to damage.

I thought alchemic silver was the silver weapons. They put the alchemic silver basically to explain that its a process of bimding silver to an already metal weapon. As someone stated above, they did that because a pure silver weapon wouldnt be good or usefull in combat because of how soft and weak a straight silver made item would be. Like silver is basically useful only when its bonded to another metal and is stronger when bonded instead of just being weaker by itself?

[Lincoln Hills]

One of silver's main virtues (the flexibility that allows it to be easily worked into ornate shapes such as forks and ornate cutlery) makes it unfit for most weapons* (because it doesn't spring back into its original shape after a shock, as steel does). I suspect 'alchemical' silver doesn't refer to a kind of silver uniquely known to alchemists, but to normal silver applied to a weapon by an alchemical process (probably one similar in effect, if not in method, to electroplating.)

*The exceptions I'm thinking of, once again, are bludgeoning weapons - although even there, plating would require a lot less weapon repair than solid silver would.

[utsutsu]

Lincoln Hills wrote:

One of silver's main virtues (the flexibility that allows it to be easily worked into ornate shapes such as forks and ornate cutlery) makes it unfit for most weapons* (because it doesn't spring back into its original shape after a shock, as steel does). I suspect 'alchemical' silver doesn't refer to a kind of silver uniquely known to alchemists, but to normal silver applied to a weapon by an alchemical process (probably one similar in effect, if not in method, to electroplating.)

*The exceptions I'm thinking of, once again, are bludgeoning weapons - although even there, plating would require a lot less weapon repair than solid silver would.

I think the idea behind the bludgeoning exception is that you can wack someone with a lump of silver just as well as a lump of steel... but it's quite difficult to maintain a sharp edge on a silvered blade.