Weapon qualities

[thorr-kan]

Just so I am clear, the best weapon a smith could forge in Wilderland would be a fell keen grievious one?

Anything else would be a magical quality, per Rivendell and Erebor. One magical quality might be in reach of a mortal smith, but it would be the work of a lifetime.

Additionally, cultural rewards can be upgraded?

[bluejay]

Yes you can mix generic qualities with cultural rewards to a maximum of three in total. So a Woodland Bow can have two more qualities.

[cuthalion]

Bar the slight advantages that the smiths of Anvil way can additionally confer. See Erebor p.51.

[thorr-kan]

Yes you can mix generic qualities with cultural rewards to a maximum of three in total. So a Woodland Bow can have two more qualities.

So the "super power" of a cultural reward acts as a quality. No keen grievous fell Serpent Blade for a Lakeman then. Gotta choose best 2/3.

[thorr-kan]

Bar the slight advantages that the smiths of Anvil way can additionally confer. See Erebor p.51.

I missed that one. Still a valid improvement without being magical. Might be hard to pin on an existing cultural reward, though.

Best we can do in this fallen world, though.

[bluejay]

Yes you can mix generic qualities with cultural rewards to a maximum of three in total. So a Woodland Bow can have two more qualities.

So the "super power" of a cultural reward acts as a quality. No keen grievous fell Serpent Blade for a Lakeman then. Gotta choose best 2/3.

Yes, that's exactly right.

[Halbarad]

Hi Bluejay,

Has there been an official TOR ruling on the upgrading of Cultural Rewards? I don't think I've ever seen one. If you could direct me to it, I'd be most obliged.

Cheers

[Falenthal]

Hi Bluejay,

Has there been an official TOR ruling on the upgrading of Cultural Rewards? I don't think I've ever seen one. If you could direct me to it, I'd be most obliged.

Cheers

Revised Core Book, p.115

Adding a Cultural Reward to an item counts towards
the maximum of 3 Qualities that can be attributed to it
(i.e. an item can feature up to 2 Qualities and a Cultural
Reward).

Is this what you were looking for?

[Halbarad]

Thank you very much Falenthal. That appears to be 2Ed change that was seemingly missed in the PDF(unless my eyesight has failed drastically).

[Elmoth]

Never noticed that.

I also fail to see why this is an improvement to a 3 + cultural reward system. It is not the extra reward would turn the weapon into anything rivaling a first or second age weapon after all... And it is a significant investment of rewards in any case so the 3-4 reward items are not that common....