Weapon of Speed (Enhancement)

A weapon of speed is a magical weapon, usually +2, that enables its wielder to always make the first attack in a melee round, even though some magical effect might have otherwise slowed his or her speed and reaction time. This initial attack comes in the first segment of the round, ahead of any other action that may also take place in that segment. The weapon of speed also allows more than one strike in some rounds: it increases the wielder's figure for attack per melee round by one place, so that if one attack is normal, the improved figure is 3/2, and if 3/2 is normal, then the improvement is to two attacks per round. This increase in attacks is cumulative with any other bonus attacks (such as those provided by a haste spell). The order of attacks in the round is determined normally after the wielder of the weapon of speed has made his or her first attack to begin activity in the round. It is possible, for instance, that a wielder entitled to three attacks in the round will attack once before any other action takes place, and then (because of poor initiative rolls or other factors) takes his or her remaining two attacks at the very end of the round.
There is a 25% chance that the weapon will have a bonus of something other than +2: if this occurs, roll percentile dice and refer to the following table to determine the appropriate bonus:
Roll 	Type
01-50	+1
51-75	+3
76-90	+4
91-00	+5
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