Weapon effects

[Boomer Click Bait]

How are people enchanting their weapons with like flames on them? Is this just specific to the sword or whatever weapon when they find it? Or is there a way to add weapon enchants?

[Arcade Bumstead]

Weapons come as they are.

[AokiYakumo]

There's a few temporary ways to "Enchant" weapons, the primary ones being the spells Light, Shillelagh, Magic Weapon, Daylight, and Elemental Weapon.

Outside of those, there's also Markoheshkir, which will provide an imbue effect called Kereska's Favor, and a couple of draconic weapons that have elemental imbues.

Nothing permanent in the game, though.

[Boomer Click Bait]

I read up you can dip your weapons in candles. Even in combat you can put a candle on the ground, light it, and dip your weapon all without using action points. I have been wondering wtf I am supposed to dip my weapon in.

[Klutch]

dip it into any fire

[seeker1]

Many weapons contain permanent elemental damage properties, it's part of the weapon's enchantment. Additional fire, radiant, acid, electric, whatever ... damage.

But as was just said, things like Elemental Weapon etc. can do this temporarily.

This Larian thing of "dip your weapon in fire or acid, add fire or acid damage" is all their own homebrew stuff - not in the 5E rules. I never used it.

[OddJob]

Originally posted by Lettuce Pray:

I read up you can dip your weapons in candles. Even in combat you can put a candle on the ground, light it, and dip your weapon all without using action points. I have been wondering wtf I am supposed to dip my weapon in.

You can dip a weapon into candles outside of combat, in turn based mode, then turn it off and enter combat.

Its a pretty good way to get a large chunk of extra dmg.

[Rose]

Jaheira also has a spell that summons a flame sword, I'm not sure if you can do that with her class or if its just a perk of her character

[Klutch]

Originally posted by Rose:

Jaheira also has a spell that summons a flame sword, I'm not sure if you can do that with her class or if its just a perk of her character

oh yeah, and one of the tiefling subraces at lvl 6

[seeker1]

Flame Blade is a druid spell that any druid can use.

[Frost]

There's also items that can grant "enchantments" that applies increased damage and adds visual effects.

I can think of a ring and an amulet that do this, and both are automatic depending upon your actions. For example: Broodmother's Revenge coats your weapon in magic whenever you are healed, granting an extra 1d6 poison - Ring of Elemental Infusion infuses your weapon with the element of a spell or cantrip you just used, granting an extra 1d4 damage, it also applies a visual effect depending on what element you used too, which is neat.