Ah... The special seems overly complicated to me. "Weapons used with this ability do not use their properties or magic for the attack." Simple and easy.
I mostly agree with you on this, but I'm trying to keep it abstract and eliminate any possibility of abuse.A weapon used with this power can deal no more damage when thrown with the gauntlets than if used in melee combat." Makes NO sense mind you. If I pick up a weapon, it's limited in damage but if I pick up a loosely packed 5lb snowball, it deals the FULL damage.
Again, this was mostly to prevent abuse of someone saying "I'm wielding a greatbow, which does 1d12 damage, so I'm going to throw it with my gauntlets and do 1d12 damage with it!"Same for "Treat bows, crossbows, and other ranged weapons that require ammunition to be used, as improvised weapons for purposes of calculating damage for this power". 5lbs block of wood does 2d6 but if I carve it into the shape of a greatbow, it does d4?
ukingsken said:Yeah I agree. It doesn't make sense. On the one hand a weapon thrown with the gloves does more damage then a fully pumped barbarian swinging it?
But then if you throw it, why does it do less damage?
elecgraystone:
I will happily concede. Your last statement made a lot of sense and I agree with all of it (you're trained in diplomacy aren't you? =P). I propose that the weight limit be set to read as 10 to 30lbs and have the following added at the end.
Special: Weapons used with this ability do not use their properties or enhancement bonuses for this attack.