The Quintessential Barbarian
The Quintessential Barbarian cover
| Author | Robert Schwalb |
| Series | Quintessential Series |
| Publisher | Mongoose Publishing |
| Publish date | 2003 |
| Pages | 128 |
| ISBN | 1-903980-92-5 |
| OGL Section 15 | qbbn |
The material below is considered Open Game Content
Peerless Weapons
Peerless weapons are a new category for campaigns focusing on low-to-no magic. Master weaponsmiths craft these weapons just as those of masterwork quality. Weapons of this quality confer a +2 bonus to attack rolls and +1 bonus to damage rolls. Bonuses derived by magical enhancements do not stack with bonuses accrued from the bonus of a being a peerless weapon. If a peerless weapon receives a +1 enchantment, the
weapon functionally confers a +2 bonus to attack rolls; however, it only acts as a +1 enchanted weapon for purposes of damage reduction. All weapons are available as peerless. They cost 1500gp in addition to the base price of the masterwork weapon. Hence, a peerless longsword costs 1815gp; 15gp for the longsword + 300 gp for masterwork + 1000gp for peerless. An enchanted +1 longsword has a list cost of 3315 gp; it bypasses all damage reduction of +1 or less, thereby being significantly more valuable than a standard peerless weapon.
Creating Peerless Weapons: To craft a peerless weapon, you must create the peerless component in addition to the base weapon and masterwork component (see SRD for details on the creating masterwork items). The peerless component has its own price (1,000 gp) and DC (30). Once the standard component, the masterwork component and the peerless component are completed, the weapon is finished. (Note: The price you pay for the peerless component is one-third of the given amount, just as it is for the price in raw materials).
