Keen, defending and merciful abilities

[Kolimar]

Hello
Can a weapon having a +5 enhancement bonus have the keen/defending/merciful property ?

When I read the "MELEE WEAPON SPECIAL ABILITIES TABLE" I am uncertain.

Thanks

[Lincoln Hills]

Yes. You can add up to 5 "pluses" of special abilities to a weapon that is already +5. However, for budget reasons, such items are quite rare.

[blahpers]

The specific limits are:

+5 actual enhancement bonus

+10 total equivalent enhancement bonus.

So, you can have a +5 weapon with +5 worth of special properties, or even a +1 weapon with +9 worth of special properties.

Enjoy your +1 flaming shocking frost valiant mighty cleaving keen defending merciful spell storing dwarven dorn-dergar.

[Kolimar]

Thank you.

[Lincoln Hills]

Whoop, one more caveat - this is the limit for "mortal magic." You'll sometimes see (or, if you're the GM, place) artifact-class items that go beyond those limits. Though such items are rare even by artifact standards.

[Calybos1]

Ahh, but can I get a cruel merciful flaming quenching shocking grounding axiomatic anarchic ripsaw glaive?