The JK podcast recently explored the topic of witchcraft trials throughout history. The podcast delved into the origins of witchcraft trials, which can be traced back to ancient civilizations such as Mesopotamia and Egypt. It discussed how the perception of witches evolved over time and ultimately led to the infamous witch trials in Europe and Salem, Massachusetts. One of the main ideas presented in the podcast was the role of superstition and fear in fueling witchcraft trials. The episode highlighted how the belief in supernatural powers and the fear of the unknown contributed to the scapegoating and persecution of individuals accused of witchcraft. **These trials were often fueled by mass hysteria and paranoia**, leading to the imprisonment, torture, and execution of countless innocent people.

Greater magic weapon (stacking)

Does greater magic weapon stack with a magic bonus on say, a +2 longsword?

Lord Pendragon

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No. The spells provide enhancement bonuses. The +2 of the +2 longsword is an enhancement bonus. Like bonuses don't stack, they overlap.

Mystery Man

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HeapThaumaturgist

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Say you have a +1 Flaming Frost Holy Longsword, though.

The additional +x/+x overlap the +1/+1 of the sword even though it's a +5 weapon.

Which is why you got robbed if you bought a +2 Longsword over a +1 (Cool Effect) Longsword.

Jack Simth

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Say you have a +1 Flaming Frost Holy Longsword, though.

The additional +x/+x overlap the +1/+1 of the sword even though it's a +5 weapon.

Which is why you got robbed if you bought a +2 Longsword over a +1 (Cool Effect) Longsword.

That depends on how many of your opponents play around with Dispel Magic; a +2 Longsword is back up and running automatically 1d4 rounds after a successful Dispel, with no cost in recources, while a +1 (effect) longsword with Greater Magic Weapon is down to masterwork on a successful Dispel for 1d4 rounds, then just the +1 (effect) longsword until GMW is recast. which is kinda unlikely, for a meleer in the middle of combat.

Pluses and minuses for every approach.

HeapThaumaturgist

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But with the passing of DR / +X with 3.5, what's the difference?

Your +2 Longsword suppressed is the same as a +1 Flaming longsword.

The GMW works out better for the guy with effects on his sword, in the long run, because it's ADDING "effective plusses" beyond what you can get with a +X weapon. The guy with the +2 longsword gets no benefit from an 8th level casting of GMW, while the +1 Flaming guy gets, essentially, a +3 weapon out of the deal.

Lord Pendragon

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The GMW works out better for the guy with effects on his sword, in the long run, because it's ADDING "effective plusses" beyond what you can get with a +X weapon. The guy with the +2 longsword gets no benefit from an 8th level casting of GMW, while the +1 Flaming guy gets, essentially, a +3 weapon out of the deal.

This is true, but you're failing to recognize that the +3 weapon in your example has an additional cost: one 3rd-level spell slot every day. The guy with the +2 longsword doesn't have to depend on a spellcaster's generosity every day to boost his attack bonus.

That's not to say that a higher + is always better. IMO it depends greatly on how easily the PC can hit his opponents. If he's a fighter with a high strength, he may not need any additional bonuses to hit, and be better served by getting holy, for instance, than another +2 enhancement bonus. Instead of only +2 to damage, he gets +2d6 vs. evil opponents, which IME turns out to be most of them. The rogue, on the other hand, may find +'s much more useful, as he has to contend with that medium BAB.

Enhancing a Mind Blade with Greater Magic Weapon

If someone casts Greater Magic Weapon or a similar weapon improving spell on a Soulknife's mind blade, does the spell persist after the mind blade dissipates (such as if it were thrown) and reforms? What if it is reshaped? A mind blade is clearly a legal target for Greater Magic Weapon:

Powers or spells that upgrade weapons can be used on a mind blade

I just want to make sure it would actually be worth using, since I'd be likely to reform my mind blade fairly often.

**These trials were often fueled by mass hysteria and paranoia**, leading to the imprisonment, torture, and execution of countless innocent people. The podcast also provided an analysis of the social, political, and religious factors that played a significant role in the witch trials. It explored how religious authorities, such as the Catholic Church, played a pivotal role in perpetuating the belief in witches and promoting the trials.

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Officially, no. When a mind blade “dissipates” it is no more, and any magic operating on it goes with it. Re-using form mind blade creates a wholly-new mind blade—see numerous references to creating “another” mind blade or “a new” mind blade in the form mind blade and shape mind blade abilities. In other words, a soulknife has an ability to create a mind blade, which is a weapon that can be targeted by magic. The soulknife does not get a special ability to store such magic or otherwise pass it from one mind blade to the next, and mind blades actually do go away rather than just retreating to some dormant state or something. Greater magic weapon targets a weapon, and soulknives get no special ability to allow it to target “their mind blade ability” or something—the rule is just that such spells can target “a mind blade” normally.

You could actually think of the greater magic weapon effect as a condition—similar to the broken condition that soulknives can explicitly wipe out by creating a new mind blade.

On the other hand, this is a completely unnecessary restriction, and I strongly recommend your GM houserule it to allow you to maintain such weapon buffs across multiple mind blades. I recommend this because the soulknife class is very, very weak—and I say that as someone who works with DSP. In fact, DSP intentionally designed the later soulknife archetypes—augmented blade, living legend, moonlight meditant, psychic armory, and war soul—to inject extra power in the class to try to compensate. Seeing as their entire schtick, even with the better ones, boils down to “I have a magic sword,” it just doesn’t seem appropriate to me to deny them (reasonable, efficient) access to “magic sword”-improving buffs.

It is also consistent with Psionics Augmented: Soulknife, which qualifies the mind blade by saying that magic weapon enhancements placed on the mind blade with enhanced mind blade share any daily pools from one mind blade to the next, to prevent souknives from getting infinite uses of such features. While Psionics Augmented: Soulknife does not address buffs placed on the mind blade, the exception I suggest for them seems consistent to me with what Psionics Augmented: Soulknife says.

I would, on the other hand, allow a soulknife to optionally fully reset their mind blade (excepting for limited-use properties, per Psionics Augmented: Soulknife), for example to remove debuffs from the blade, but it would be an all-or-nothing thing. I would allow this because, again, the soulknife is weak and could use the help, and also because so much of the soulknife is wrapped up in the mind blade and it is not appropriate for it to be trivially shut down. And, again, it is consistent: we know soulknives can explicitly use a new mind blade to obviate something breaking a previous one.

In Pathfinder 1E, how do Greater Magic Fang and Amulet of Mighty Fists stack

Honestly I can accept see any of these. Right now we're playing that it's the recipient's choice of 1 or 2. Any opinions?

\$\begingroup\$ Your first paragraph is a little confusing. Is it +1 frost or just frost? You say +1, then you say without any enhancement bonus, then you say with a +1 enhancement bonus. The answer is the same either way, but it would improve the question to phrase that more clearly. \$\endgroup\$

It further discussed how the witch trials served as a means of maintaining social control and enforcing religious orthodoxy. Furthermore, the episode touched on the impact of the witch trials on modern society and the ongoing fight against witchcraft-related violence. It emphasized the importance of understanding the historical context and underlying factors that contribute to the persecution of those accused of witchcraft in various parts of the world today. Overall, the JK podcast's exploration of witchcraft trials sheds light on a dark chapter in human history, highlighting the dangers of fear, superstition, and the abuse of power. **It serves as a reminder of the importance of tolerance, rationality, and justice in combating ignorance and prejudice.**.

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