Magic Stone vs Incorporeal

[Junar]

Magic Stone has a +1 enhancement bonus which doesn't sound magic but the spell itself is called Magic Stone so... can this be used against a Shadow for example?

[Paulicus]

enchancement bonuses are 'magic' for all dr/magic. It should count, though I agree the spell is worded a bit oddly. Shadows are scary enough though!

[Junar]

Paulicus wrote:

enchancement bonuses are 'magic' for all dr/magic. It should count, though I agree the spell is worded a bit oddly. Shadows are scary enough though!

I know, right? Good point about DR. I would say it hits Shadows as it is the same requirement. Thanks.

[talmerian]

A +1 Longsword has a +1 enhancement bonus, enhancement is 'magic.' A magic stone (or magic weapon) should be able to hit anything that requires magical enhancement to hit - so yes Shadows (and most incorporeal).

[Cevah]

talmerian wrote:

A +1 Longsword has a +1 enhancement bonus, enhancement is 'magic.' A magic stone (or magic weapon) should be able to hit anything that requires magical enhancement to hit - so yes Shadows (and most incorporeal).

True, but a +3 weapon will bypass DR/silver, but Greater Magic Weapon +3 will not.

/cevah

[cfalcon]

1)- If the weapon gains its enhancement bonus from magic, it is magic, and can bypass DR/magic, and counts as magic for having a chance to hit an incorporeal target. A masterwork weapon, unenchanted, has a +1 enhancement bonus to hit, but it won't do any of those things. Give that same sword a +1/+1 enhancement bonus magically, and it will suddenly work.

2)- "+3 weapon will bypass DR/silver, but Greater Magic Weapon +3 will not" Correct. However, the only reason this is true is because of text in the Greater Magic Weapon spell- if it had been written without that text, then it would. There's no overarching rule at play here.