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#1 zombiegleemax Aug 05, 2004 19:57:13	can anyone tell me if the swords of answering have been revised either offically or 3rd party sourse. I am speicifly looking for Fragarach and Scather ( from TOEE) ty
#2 Mortepierre Aug 06, 2004 1:33:00	Aye, in Dungeon Mag. issue #106. They give details for one of the swords and also reveal where (most of) the others are right now. Stats for Fragarach aren't included though but shouldn't be too hard to extrapolate.
#3 cwslyclgh Aug 06, 2004 12:51:24	in 1e fragarach was exactly the same but with double the bonuses (ie +4 instead of +2)
#4 pauln6 Aug 10, 2004 3:10:19	Actually, I think Fragarach could either retaliate any number of times and/or automatically hit anybody who had struck the wielder in that round, while the lesser swords had limitations. Although I should know better than to try and quote from my dodgy memory... I've lost my issue of Dungeon 106, just when I'm updating my gazeteer of the Hold of the Sea Princes and wanted that npc guy's stats (darn). Can somebody remind me how the answering ability was handled in 3.5. If memory serves it allowed the wielder to gain an attack of opportunity against an opponent who hits in that round, without counting against the wielder's number of AoO for that round? I'd probably allow Fragarach also to grant the wielder combat reflexes for the answering ability and True Strike as a free action against one target who has just hit the wielder.
#5 pauln6 Aug 10, 2004 3:19:27	Actually, I think Fragarach could either retaliate any number of times and/or automatically hit anybody who had struck the wielder in that round, while the lesser swords had limitations. Although I should know better than to try and quote from my dodgy memory... I've lost my issue of Dungeon 106, just when I'm updating my gazeteer of the Hold of the Sea Princes and wanted that npc guy's stats (darn). Can somebody remind me how the answering ability was handled in 3.5. If memory serves it allowed the wielder to gain an attack of opportunity against an opponent who hits in that round, without counting against the wielder's number of AoO for that round? I'd probably allow Fragarach also to grant the wielder combat reflexes for the answering ability and True Strike as a free action against one target who has just hit the wielder.
#6 ffangh_kyr Aug 10, 2004 4:08:57	I had to do a conversion on Scather, which a PC received in the 1e ToEE. My verson of "it will strike as many opponents unerringly as have struck at its possessor. ... The Answerer always strikes last in a melee round. Against evil opponents, the bonus doubles (to + 8) whenever a natural 20 is rolled for "to hit" determination." is: A Sword of Answering grants the ability to perform a Whirlwind Attack (as per the feat, i.e. as a full round action) against all opponents, who attacked the character since his last action, gaining True Strike on those attacks. Additionally I raised the threat/critical to 19-20/x3 vs. evil opponents. The True Strike replaces "strikes unerringly", so now misses are possible. The whirlwind attack as a full round action removes the exploit my player facilitated in 1e using it as an off-hand weapon in two-weapon fighting. The raised critical vs evil creatures is a more useful version of the doubled bonus.
#7 zombiegleemax Aug 10, 2004 11:05:19	thanks for the advice. I think I got a good Idea for Scather then.