Simple RAW Thread for 3.5 #37: 3d12+1

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Q 159

A couple questions about the fleshgrinding magic weapon property. Please note there are two versions, one from the Book of Vile Darkness, which is 3.0, and one from the Magic Item Compendium, which being 3.5 takes over.

When this piercing or slashing melee weapon deals damage to a living creature, the wielder may
command the weapon to “grind” as a free action. At that time, the wielder lets go of the weapon and it continues, magically
animated, to grind itself into the foe’s flesh.

You can activate a fleshgrinding weapon any time you deal damage with it to a living creature in melee. When this occurs, you let go of the weapon and it magically animates, grinding itself into the foe’s flesh.

A) The original version required a free action; this meant the "grinding" couldn't be activated with a strike from an attack of opportunity, since free actions can't be taken out of turn, correct?

B) The newer version, however, have no such limitation, no mention being made of a free action. Thus it can be used with attacks of opportunity, right?

In each round at the start of your turn, it automatically damages that creature as if you had scored a normal hit with it (including
damage from the weapon’s enhancement bonus, other weapon properties, and your normal bonus from Strength, but not extra damage from feats such as Power Attack).

C) What if the fleshgrinding weapon (likely a dagger) is used as an off-hand weapon while dual-wielding? For the initial attack, the Strength bonus is halved, but is it still halved for the subsequent "grinding" damage (which says "normal bonus from Strength")?

D) Thinking about it, does that mean a two-handed fleshgrinding weapon would also only get normal Strength bonus damage in this case, not ×1.5?