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Thread: Healing weapon.
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2010-03-19, 05:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Healing weapon.
So one of my players wants to be able to get some HP back when he hits. There already exists a dragon magazine +2 cost enchantment that does 1d4 damage vs living creatures, heals the same amount, but has a fort save to avoid the extra damage and the healing it gives.
Mod 1: I approved that enchantment with a modification of removing the fort save, as that seemed to nerf it hard. Though at this cost (18,000 gold for a +1 vampiric) it's prohibitive for a while.
Mod 2: At the suggestion of the player, I'm trying to think of something that would be a +1 modifier cost. Would be no extra damage, but do some healing. Two thoughts on this:
1dX healing per hit. X may be 4, maybe 3, as 4 would make the vampiric just give the 1d4 damage for another +1.
X healing per hit, where X is equal to the weapon's inherent enhancement bonus. This means a +1 'healing' weapon would heal 1 damage, +3 would heal 3 damage, etc. The inherent caveat is so that the extra healing gets reflected in the cost, and you don't just have a friendly neighborhood magic weapon spell to boost it.
I'm tending towards the second, as while a +3 'healing' weapon would heal more (3/hit) than a +2 vampiric (2.5/hit) for the same cost, the vampiric weapon gets 2.5 more avg damage per hit. In attition, it emphasizes spending gold on +x weapons rather than stacking thinks like +1 holy corrosive flaming rapier.
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2010-03-19, 05:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Healing weapon.
I would say 1dX healing, where X is the bonus, so a +1 Healing weapon gives 1 HP when it hits, while a +3 Healing weapon gives +1d3 HP. Just so that taking tons of simple enhancements doesn't become too powerful.
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2010-03-19, 05:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Healing weapon.
Weapon Crystals in Magic Item Compendium, specifically the Crystal of Life Drinking.
For 400, 1500, or 6000 you can heal 1, 3, or 5 hp upon hitting your foe up to a maximum of 10, 30, or 50hp per day.
Requires a MW, +1, or +3 Weapon in order to function, can only use one crystal at a time. No apparent restrictions against pulling off an inert crystal that has used all of its healing for the day and adding a new one.Never can find my towel...Forgot who did my avatar, sorry! >.<
So it goes.
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2010-03-19, 05:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-03-19, 05:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Healing weapon.
You could have it like a revised vampire, whereas you get 1,2, or 4 Blood Charges depending on the race and intelligence and you may spend one for an ability, for this case, Healing. I don't know how many points it will heal, that is up to the DM. If it helps i am glad but PS me if theres something i should know.
Edit: It is up to the DM about how many blood charges to use and how much it heals.Last edited by Dannan-Kun; 2010-03-19 at 05:47 PM. Reason: Typeo
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2010-03-19, 05:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Healing weapon.
Or just make an on-use magic item that casts Cure Light Wounds. Make this item a weapon so that's 'use' fuction would be stabbing something.
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2010-03-19, 06:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Healing weapon.
I have a friend who made a weapon called the battlegift weapon, +1 property, heal 1d6 damage on hit, no extra damage
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2010-03-19, 08:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Healing weapon.
Often seen as a +1 enchantment is gaining half damage as HP (not including elemental damage and such. only natural damage and +X)
Makes it quite handy on high-critical weapons.
Main thing to fear is him attacking random critters for healing on off time...Last edited by boomwolf; 2010-03-19 at 08:24 PM.
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2010-03-19, 08:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Healing weapon.
If it helps, I post this a while back;
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71519Hi, I'm back, I guess. ^_^I cosplay and stream LPs of single player games on Twitch! Mon, Wed & Fri; currently playing: Nier: Replicant (Mon/Wed) and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (Thurs or Fri)