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[Kalzazz]

The amusing take in this is for delvers on a budget to buy ye olde wooden sword with Staff on it for the sole purpose of having a 'magic' weapon

Do temporary spells make a weapon 'magic'? For instance a sword with Continual Light or Flaming Weapon cast on it

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

The amusing take in this is for delvers on a budget to buy ye olde wooden sword with Staff on it for the sole purpose of having a 'magic' weapon

Do temporary spells make a weapon 'magic'? For instance a sword with Continual Light or Flaming Weapon cast on it

That'd be up to the GM, but I'd say "No." It need needs to be permanent magic (i.e., enchantments).

[GodBeastX]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

That'd be up to the GM, but I'd say "No." It need needs to be permanent magic (i.e., enchantments).

I'd say yes, since the game world it's modeling lets you do just that. There are plenty of D&D spells that just turn a weapon magic and let it bypass DR.

That's part of the advantage of having a wizard in the party instead of just a bunch of warriors =)

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/magicWeaponGreater.htm

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

Gamemaster's Guidepost: You Need a +2 or Better Weapon

The comment about regeneration is particularly appropriate - at least in D&D 3.X, the trait that made you need a specific class of item to harm the foe described the monster as healing from normal wounds instantly, which implies a high level of regeneration. It also means it becomes possible to take the foe out without a +2 weapon by piling on ridiculous amounts of injury in a short period of time. Extreme Regeneration is [150] normally and recovers 100% of HP every second. Your numbers indicate Bane: Magic is -20%, +1 is -15%, +2 is -10%, and +3 is a Quirk. That works out to [120], [128], [135], and [149], respectively. If you need the beast to be even more resilient, toss on some IT:DR and/or DR with the same Bane.

[Christopher R. Rice]

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[Christopher R. Rice]

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[trechriron]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

Gamemaster's Guidepost: You Need a +2 or Better Weapon

A few random thoughts about converting a classic form of RPG defense to GURPS.

Man those seem expensive. In the world of D&D5e you can get "resistance" which is half damage or "immunity" which is no damage or "vulnerability" which is double damage.

There is no other way besides DR to model thisin GURPS? I get that as a GM I can just add this to a monster and not worry about the points, but that does generally limit it to foes and NPCs. At those costs, I can't see a PC often taking such an ability.

[Kalzazz]

I could see PCs taking it!

My experience shows Vulnerability X - where X is valuable loot, is very popular!

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by trechriron

Man those seem expensive. In the world of D&D5e you can get "resistance" which is half damage or "immunity" which is no damage or "vulnerability" which is double damage.

There is no other way besides DR to model thisin GURPS? I get that as a GM I can just add this to a monster and not worry about the points, but that does generally limit it to foes and NPCs. At those costs, I can't see a PC often taking such an ability.

It should be. You're essentially ignoring damage. Remember, GURPS doesn't do absolutes. Because absolutes in RPG terms are essentially infinite and infinite anything costs infinite points.

Give the source material, I doubt a PC would be able to take this at all really - not in DF anyways. I just put it there for GMs who might want such an option. Also remember that monsters don't have points or use them. They have the abilities the GM gives them and that's it.

[GodBeastX]

Originally Posted by trechriron

Man those seem expensive. In the world of D&D5e you can get "resistance" which is half damage or "immunity" which is no damage or "vulnerability" which is double damage.

There is no other way besides DR to model thisin GURPS? I get that as a GM I can just add this to a monster and not worry about the points, but that does generally limit it to foes and NPCs. At those costs, I can't see a PC often taking such an ability.

I made comments about alternatives to DR which might feel better. But immunity to damage isn't possible.