Bukkit

Would it be possible to add a weapon "range" in blocks? This could perhaps be achieved by doing damage to an entity equal to the damage on the lore in a straight line?

I can see this being quite useful for things like custom staffs or wands that rely on "magic" or spears that have longer range.

Also, if this is not possible/time consuming, perhaps an option for a firework/particle effect on the entity that you hit that can be chosen in the config?

For these two stats, the lores could read:
Weapon Range: +(x)
Magic (this would activate the particle effect in the config)