Re: enchanted missile weapons

[Jevan Furmanski <furmansj@expert.cc.purdue.edu>]

No, you are not enchanting the ring.  The effect is always on, and the
ring continuously casts weapon charm, and the caster is designated as the
person wearing the ring.  The spell by itself is cast by a mage on a
weapon, and the only difference between casting the spell and using the
ring is spell units.  So, there is no reason why the ring wouldn't work.
In fact as soon as Rob and I stumbled on this it seemed that anything else
would be futility.  Also, another consequence we realized is that only one
defer can be on one object at a time, so this is why one has a jeweled
sword, or an enchanted pommel.  One plus can be made at a time, or one
ring, and all effects are cumulative.  Thus one person could amass two
hands of +1 rings or a sword covered in +1 rubies to make the +12
hackmaster.

Jevan

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Joel Gunderson wrote:

> Yeah, but you're enchanting the ring, not the weapon.
> 
> On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Wright Frazier wrote:
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> > No, I think that is perfectly legitimate, esspecially considering the
> > way that weapon charm works.  i.e. you have to do multiple enchantments
> > to get a +2 weapon.
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> > Wright
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> > > Yeah, but wouldn't a ring like that have to be one of those nifty bonus
> >  items you get from rolling really high when creating a magic item?  The
> > > spell sure doesn't work that way.
> > > 
> > > Joel
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> > > 
> > > On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Jevan Furmanski wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I love opinions too, and I have thought this one through before.  A ways
> > > > back, Rob and I debated the possibility of the +12 hackmaster.  How it
> > > > could be made and why.  We decided that the only real way that an item
> > > > should be made enchanted is by making a ring of +1.  This would
> > > > continuously cast Weapon Charm on whatever is in the wearer (caster) 's
> > > > hand.  Thus all weapons would become enchanted.  This is also true for all
> > > > arrows fired from a bow, or all bullets in a gun, given that they are all
> > > > part of the same object, as defined by the book.  Enjoy.
> > > > 
> > > > Jevan
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Steve Ames wrote:
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> > > > > 
> > > > > I love giving my opinions. An enchanted bow is only plus to hit. It
> > > > > does not enchant the arrows but, rather, is enchanted itself allowing
> > > > > a more precise hit.
> > > > > 
> > > > > An enchanted arrow would add to hit and to damage but is more prone
> > > > > to being lost and broken.
> > > > > 
> > > > > If, by some fluke of a freaky GM, you have a bow that has an effect
> > > > > weapon chant on it that _enchants arrows_ then you'd get a plus to
> > > > > hit and to damage. The arrows would only be enchanted for the duration
> > > > > of the "weapon charm" spell.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 						-Steve
> > > > > 
> > > > > > I was under the impression that enchanted missile weapons (bows and
> > > > > > slings, not thrown stuff) only give a bonus to hit.  Some people have told
> > > > > > me this past weekend with some rather opinionated reasoning that the
> > > > > > damage bonus is also added to the arrows.  I tend to disagree with this,
> > > > > > due to the fact that the way they explained it was that the weapon
> > > > > > instilled the missile itself with it's magic.  This gets gross, especially
> > > > > > if the bow is effect because then there'd be a shload of +whatever arrows
> > > > > > lying around.  The way the spell is written, it directly enchants the
> > > > > > weapon you cast the spell upon, and would not affect the arrows any way
> > > > > > you twist it.  I need some facts or opinions here.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Joel
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