Re: Re: Iron?

From: Gerald Bosch <gbosch_at_...>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:25:29 -0400

I tend to agree. I think that the magical resistance to the item's own enchantments/abilities is overcome in the process of putting them in to begin with. It is much harder to give your iron sword a +2 bonus than a bronze one, but once you have done so, it is there to be used.

Gerald

flynnkd2 wrote:

> Thats a question, if iron is enchanted with "Hit foes harder 20",
> which would normally give an augment of +2, does it still apply?
> Does the iron reduce the magic or does the enchantment count as
> always on, so unaffected?
>
> I am assuming the later. Iron would resist active magic attacks and
> active magical castings, not always on enchantments.
>
>
> wrote:
> > --- Gerald Bosch <gbosch_at_l...> wrote:
> >
> > > I might be reading HQ wrong, but I think the RQ2
> > > idea that enchanted
> > > iron doesn't impede magic is gone. I'm taking the
> > > text as saying that
> > > enchanting gives that additional one-tenth bonus,
> > > but still resists magic.
> >
> > Having now re-read that section, I think you need to
> > "refine" your iron to get the doubled bonus, not just
> > the +10% of the magical rating. Fail to "refine" it,
> > and it's just like bronze, only with the damper on
> > magic. Nasty!
> >
> > But, my iron ring, no powers at all, no bonus at all,
> > will have no effect on my magic from the look of the
> > rules.
> >
> > If my sword had been iron....
> >
> > An extra +6 against those trolls.
> > And +10% of my magical bonus of +20 is +2, as well.
> > So +8.
> >
> > Against that, -29 to all my magic? Effectively
> > switching it off. Could I get a +8 or better augment
> > by using feats and so on? Looking through: no,
> > probably not.
> >
> > Although does the magical damping stop the magical
> > bonuses on the iron item from working....?
> >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Jane Williams
> >
> >
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