anthriel wrote:4. Ppl can see what these mods mean by looking at the weapon (but not necessarily by looking at the character).
This is gold. Make sure prefix/suffix does not show up in combat text. In fact, if combat text only shows "base item" then the possibility exists to rename items as rewards without causing confusion. No matter how creative you get renaming your void blade, during combat it still reads "X attacks you with her void blade". Only actual examination of the item shows it's full name. I can see an argument for the full name showing up when you look over a player and that would be an option, but at no point should the combat text start showing the prefix/suffix. "X attacks you with her
Barbaric Void Blade of Fortitude but you delfect most of the blow with your
Blocking Divine Deflector of Health for 9 damage." Multiply that x4 or x5 per round and the wall of text becomes problematic