New Spell : Keen weapon

[aerendhil]

as in PnP, add the spell "keen weapon" for arcane casters and artificers
doesn't stack with feat (IC) and weapon property.
also doesn't stack with any other temporary weapon enchantment.

[redspecter23]

I like the idea in theory, but in practice it mucks things up a bit. Does a melee class skip IC in order to take another feat and lose out on some DPS unless a caster with the spell is in the group? I think it's an interesting tradeoff that would work great in static groups to maximize effectiveness, but in the majority of situations, I could just see some melee's gimping themselves with no benefit.

I think they already took a step in this direction when they released artificers and their metallic/aligned weapon properties so the precedent has been set already. I don't personally have a problem with adding this spell, though I can see it widening the divide between vet and noob a bit more than it already is.

[R0cksteady]

Definitely not.

All melees take IC as is. The only thing this could possibly change is casters spend a little more SP buffing, and melees who don't take the feat are sometimes losing DPS if they don't have the buff.

[Jaid314]

can help for secondary weapons, like if you usually use khopeshes but switch to warhammers for wiz-king or something like that. also for ranged weapons, since i doubt most people worry about taking IC:ranged for the ranged weapon they all *should* be carrying (or, for those who are almost exclusively ranged, this could be for their melee weapons)

[learst]

If Turbine is adding Keen Weapons, please add this as buff song for Virtuosos too.

From the D&D 3.5 PRC:

Virtuoso. (a specialist with bardic music who learns advanced songs, like those that jamming spellcasting, keening weapons, etc.

[redspecter23]

If Turbine is adding Keen Weapons, please add this as buff song for Virtuosos too.

From the D&D 3.5 PRC:

The idea of a song that maybe gives a stacking +1 critical threat range from Virtuoso's would definitely get people thinking of them a bit more seriously.