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Manofdusk	Vampiric Sword	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1754 (09/17/09 02:34:20) Cryptic Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I've been thinking about a weapon similar to this for a while now and would like some input on it. Vampiric: This sword is engulfed in crimson light and leaves behind painful bruising around any wound it makes, transferring life energy to its wielder. Effect: A weapon enchanted with this property converts the extra damage from a weapon's enhancement bonus into negative energy damage and the wielder is healed for an amount of damage equal to the weapon's enhancement bonus each time it successfully strikes an opponent. Undead are healed by negative energy. Cost: +5,000gp? So basically a +1 Vampiric Longsword would deal 1d8 damage + 1 negative energy damage and you would heal 1 point of damage per hit. a +5 Vampiric Longsword would deal 1d8 + 5 points of negative energy damage and you would heal 5 points of damage per hit. Thoughts? There are some things in this world that are better left unknown. - Darkstar
Tiburon Silverflame		#1	[-]
Posts: 8357 (09/17/09 08:42:07) Enigma Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Definitely not a flat cost. Not necessarily an MPB; something like +2500 gp per point of enhancement bonus, might be best. At a flat 5K, you're almost guaranteeing that any +4 or +5 weapon should have this advantage, barring specific cases like Undead Bane weapons where it'd kinda defeat the purpose. 4 points of healing every time you hit with a +4 weapon, even at the levels where +4 weapons are appropriate, is definitely attractive. And, yeah, there are character types that wouldn't use this (paladins come to mind), but those are the exception. And an MPB might be appropriate, simply to limit things. Or, define some kind of mechanic to limit fixed-price add-ons. Otherwise, as you add more and more of these, you run the risk of a +10 MPB weapon with vampiric and a half-dozen other fixed-price add-ons, unless you're fairly careful. Ohhh....now, a nasty variation on this just came to mind. It acts as you describe...but wielding it imposes a -2 Con penalty. It's doubly vampiric...against you AND against your targets. Cost for this version? Perhaps...none. But it can only be incorporated when the weapon is made, as the process becomes a bit different from the normal enhancement bonus. I'd probably require something beyond CMAA to make this version, but be reasonably flexible...anything showing a specialization in necromancy would be fine.
SolissVL		#2	[-]
Posts: 749 (09/17/09 11:40:46) Minimum 1 pt, right? Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The MIC has a Vampiric mind goes blank thingy, emhancement you can add to a weapon. It costs a +2 bonus and does 1d6 extra damage/hit of which the user gains it as a bonus. Though, I like Tiburon's idea of a doubly vampiric weapon. Edit: I threw this out there as a comparison. Not a commentary on how good/bad your idea is. I'm really terrible at determining balance or how good/bad an idea is. It sounds cool anyway! -8 modifier to crunch-fu Last Edited By: SolissVL 09/17/09 16:43:05. Edited 2 times.
dok		#3	[-]
Posts: 4280 (09/17/09 14:25:17) + 4 fire damage Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	SolissVL: "You need people of intelligence for this sort of mission, quest, thingy..." It's called a Weapon Augment Crystal of Life Drinking. Augment Crystals only work if you attach them to a weapon, only one to a weapon, and the weapon's base enhancement bonus has to be high enough to activate the crystal. (least works on any, lesser needs +1, Greater needs +3) Lesser grants 1 point of healing per hit, to a daily limit of 10 (400g) Least is 3/hit, limit 30 (1,500g) Greater is 5/hit, limit 50 (6,000g) edit: I was looking at something different. Yes, there's a +2 market value enhancement that does exactly what Sollis describes. I has a blog now... you can read it
SolissVL		#4	[-]
Posts: 753 (09/17/09 16:38:30) Minimum 1 pt, right? Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	SolissVL: "You need people of intelligence for this sort of mission, quest, thingy..." Dok, its not that bad, but when my mind misfires, its bad. The simplest word just goes away and may or may not come back. lol "Enhancement" That is the mundane word I was looking for. Thanks dok! -8 modifier to crunch-fu Last Edited By: SolissVL 09/17/09 16:41:03. Edited 1 times.

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