Magic Items, RaW vs RaI
Okay, so lately my RL gaming group has convinced me to run them a game of D&D 4e using the pre-essentials stuff, PHB 1-3, the (power type) Powers books and a few of the books with Themes in them. And recently the party wizard took the paragon path that lets him use a longsword as an impliment.
My question for the Weave is this:
As weapons such Flaming and Frost weapon have the free action to turn the damage they deal into their respective damage type, would a spell using that weapon as an impliment gain the elemental descriptor from that weapon in adition to, or instead of, their base descriptors when cast. Or is this for purely for weapon attacks. I am confuzzaled because of wizards crappy english when writting down how powers work. The text in question being 'All damage dealt by this weapon is fire damage.', and one could argue that, RaW, as the spell is casted through the weapon that the damage is coming from the weapon.
Example: A magic missile spell is cast through Frost longsword +1 deal cold damage in addition to, or instead of, the force damage the spell has.
This hasn't come up yet, but the next time they get into combat Mr Wizard is going to ask about it the first time he casts a spell through his weapon and grind the game to a halt as we try to figure out the answer.
My question for the Weave is this:
As weapons such Flaming and Frost weapon have the free action to turn the damage they deal into their respective damage type, would a spell using that weapon as an impliment gain the elemental descriptor from that weapon in adition to, or instead of, their base descriptors when cast. Or is this for purely for weapon attacks. I am confuzzaled because of wizards crappy english when writting down how powers work. The text in question being 'All damage dealt by this weapon is fire damage.', and one could argue that, RaW, as the spell is casted through the weapon that the damage is coming from the weapon.
Example: A magic missile spell is cast through Frost longsword +1 deal cold damage in addition to, or instead of, the force damage the spell has.
This hasn't come up yet, but the next time they get into combat Mr Wizard is going to ask about it the first time he casts a spell through his weapon and grind the game to a halt as we try to figure out the answer.