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Boldtalon 12-12-04, 06:39 PM	i want to make a longsword whicih will be use by my offspring and the generations to come... since i'm playing a 2nd generation adventuress(cleric whose father was a paladin) whose own children(son- fighter, daughter- ranger) is on verge of adventuring i think it would be kinda cool to make such an item... unfortunately none of the core books describe making such an item + if the item is restricted just to my family do i get 20% off the item creation cost?
Kayli 12-12-04, 08:21 PM	i want to make a longsword whicih will be use by my offspring and the generations to come... You could base the Item off of the Legendary weapons as presented in the Unearthed Arcanna or the Ancestral Daisho similer to the Samurai as in the OA but instead there is a preset order to the progression of enhancements which the ancester can't choose. also I would devide the XP cost in half and add a little back on to account for requireing the descendents to spend XP to attune the Item. Actually I would probably make it cost more then this but to use this as a starting point, and adjust until you get something that seems fair and reasonable. You might want to consider a feat that allows the descendent to activate the Magical enhancements, one at a time. say three or four feats. the 1 feat makes the weapon +1. the second feat makes the Weapon +2 and allows the User to choose a +1 enhancement Bonus. the 3 feat makes the Weapon +3 and adds a second +1 enhancement Bonus or improves the Existing Enhancement bonus say Flaming to Flaming Burst. the last feat makes the Weapon +4 and adds a single +2 Enhancement Bonus. soem might say that a 4 feats for an effectively +8 Weapon a bit stiff, but then they didn't have to pay for it, so ... this is something that I have been toying with so I am interested in seeing how this turns out for you.
Boldtalon 12-13-04, 08:53 AM	i also came up to the idea of the descendanst using xp to activate the sword... but i wouldn't reduce the xp in the making of the sword because the character is going to use it as well for some time... although i would make it cost a bit more hence it would cost even more xp... the problem is in my dm.. whose views on magical items are a bit too plain - if it's not in the dmg or any other accesory than you can't do it yourself... but npc's can do it for you for three times the usual price... he kills the fun in magic item creation... i don't even want to start through how many cities from waterdeep to baldur's gate, raven's bluff, suzail and so on, i've been to in search for measly 4lbs of mithral...