Crafting- Item Potential Question

[Mithis]

I recently crafted a +3 Holy of Maiming weapon for one of my characters and I anticipated needing to add a +6 Shard of Potential since it was my understanding that the (+) number in the upper right corner (of the shard description) indicated the enchantment level of a shard.

Am I wrong? I figured a +3 shard as 3, holy as 2 and maiming as 1 for a total of 6. However, I had no problem adding all 3.

Thanks.

[dkyle]

That's odd.

Does it show "Craftable (+5)" in the description, and "+6" in the corner?

[Mithis]

Yes it does.

I also have a +3 Anarchaic of Lesser Aberation bane that does the same thing.