Help!

[Fortuna]

I just worked out the cost for a magic weapon which inflicts blindness on a failed save with every hit. It comes out to 12,000 gp. That seems ridiculously cheap. What is wrong with it?

[Melamoto]

Well, there's the matter of the very low save, but otherwise that is correct. Although it is pushing the RAW by making it apply on every hit; typically you'd just expect it to be at will. I'm not 100% sure it's legal, although I don't know why not.

[Tavar]

The custom Magic Item rules are poorly constructed and meant to be guidelines.

[Doc Roc]

The custom Magic Item rules are poorly constructed and meant to be ignored.


Fixed. Not kidding about this.

[Optimystik]

Okay, using the WBL guidelines, the earliest a character can pay for a sword like this (assuming they can blow all their WBL on it) is level 6.

The sword will have a DC 12 fort save, unless I miss my guess. A level 6 wizard will thus have a 50-50 shot of making his save; a fighter will have a 70% chance.