Platypusbill
2018-04-05, 08:06 AM
BLACKTHORN
This magical obsidian dagger has an amazingly sharp blade that can cut through almost anything in skilled hands. The edge quickly becomes dull with use, but magically sharpens itself over time.
You have a bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon equal to your proficiency bonus (minimum 2). The Blackthorn has 6 uses, and 1 use is expended each time a succesful attack roll is made with it. With 3 uses left, the bonus to attack and damage rolls is reduced to half (rounded down); with 0 uses left, it is reduced to 0. The Blackthorn regains 1 use each hour after it has fewer than 6 uses left.
My players will be at level 5 when I hand this out. I intend to give this weapon to the party rogue, who typically uses two-weapon fighting with a rapier and dagger*.
The reason I tied the attack/damage bonus to proficiency is that I want it to scale up if the party reaches higher levels; this way, the initial bonus will be approximately twice as much as that of an ordinary +X magical weapon at a given tier of play (e.g. by the time the party is likely to obtain +2 weapons, proficiency will be +4); after a few uses, it's equivalent to a typical magic weapon, and eventually becomes a basic dagger except for its ability to overcome damage resistances. Do you consider this balanced vs a normal magical weapon?
*RAW this is not possible without Dual Wielder, but I allow it because it has the same average damage as two shortswords; it's only marginally advantageous in that the dagger can be thrown and the rapier does more damage than a shortsword if the bonus action is used for something other than an offhand attack.
This magical obsidian dagger has an amazingly sharp blade that can cut through almost anything in skilled hands. The edge quickly becomes dull with use, but magically sharpens itself over time.
You have a bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon equal to your proficiency bonus (minimum 2). The Blackthorn has 6 uses, and 1 use is expended each time a succesful attack roll is made with it. With 3 uses left, the bonus to attack and damage rolls is reduced to half (rounded down); with 0 uses left, it is reduced to 0. The Blackthorn regains 1 use each hour after it has fewer than 6 uses left.
My players will be at level 5 when I hand this out. I intend to give this weapon to the party rogue, who typically uses two-weapon fighting with a rapier and dagger*.
The reason I tied the attack/damage bonus to proficiency is that I want it to scale up if the party reaches higher levels; this way, the initial bonus will be approximately twice as much as that of an ordinary +X magical weapon at a given tier of play (e.g. by the time the party is likely to obtain +2 weapons, proficiency will be +4); after a few uses, it's equivalent to a typical magic weapon, and eventually becomes a basic dagger except for its ability to overcome damage resistances. Do you consider this balanced vs a normal magical weapon?
*RAW this is not possible without Dual Wielder, but I allow it because it has the same average damage as two shortswords; it's only marginally advantageous in that the dagger can be thrown and the rapier does more damage than a shortsword if the bonus action is used for something other than an offhand attack.