In OD&D creatures like gargoyles, werewolves and elementals are damaged by “magical” weapons. It is not specified that these items must be +1 etc. This could be interpreted as allowing these creatures to be damaged by a sword -1, -2 etc. If so, a sword -1 could be very useful in certain combats if other magic items are not available.
A comment that I left here:
http://blogofholding.com/?p=5632
In my youth as a B/X DM I always allowed cursed weapons to hit creatures that were vulnerable to magical weapons. Never occurred to me that they should work differently.
ReplyDeleteAD&D generally specifies it as "+1 or better weapon to hit", excluding cursed items, so that's a common interpretation to bring to other editions.
ReplyDeleteYes, that was another thing that made AD&D seem too alien to me to be able to get into. I bypassed it completely. Now, on the subject of magic weapons - how about kicking a wereshark to death with elven boots? ;-)
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