Looking over this ability it seems like the intended rule is that you can add more qualitative abilities and the RAW limits you to quantitative ones.
I draw this conclusion for a few reasons.
1. You apparently can not do anytbing to improve your item other than the upgradeable ability once it is legendary.
2. Upgradable itself woulf become a dead ability very quickly if the RAW is correct.
3. If you look at the dagger and the armor pictures in this section they definitely appear to gain abilities other than simple +# bonuses. The dagger looks to be dripping acid and the armor appears to have wings (I am interested in how these wings are added as well).
4. This is a more abstract theory but here goes. This game obviously rewards offense much more than defense. Though if you could add more qualitative abilities, then with the current options that do not count as a bonus, armor would be much more appraling.
So, question is, how are people treating this ability and do we know if there will be an official errata?
Any comment from the staff would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I basically treat it the same as an arcane bond with respect to what abilities can be added. This is a complete house interpretation. The ability as written is pretty shoddy considering that legendary items might not even have any numeric values or strictly ordered progression (e.g., a ring of freedom of movement).
Agreed, that is why I am looking to start a discussion on it. I love the flavor or legendary items, but it seems like the wording mucks this one up a bit.
Bump.