| @ Thrifalas:
Actually it is not bugged, Thrifalas. Maybe you're playing the game completed unpatched or un-modded. But with the latest patches and the Baldurdash fixes the Larloch's Minor Drain works absolutely correct. My F/M wielding it has 65 magic resistance and it's working perfectly.
I, on the other hand, can't think of any difficult human opponent, except Improved Balthazar perhaps. Human enemies are mostly hopeless weaklings. Heck, many of them even wield +1 or lower weapons, so my mainchar is completely immune to their dmg.
And why should bastard swords be a horrible weapon class? o.O
That's just an opinion of yours, cause you might not like style or whatever.
I still think it's one of the best weapons, and likely THE best weapon for a F/M, as the "taking dmg" aspect is completely negated, making pin/stun/hold effects nothing more than a funny gimmick.
About Ixil's Spike: Yes it says "pinned" for three rounds, rendering them unable to move. But in this case this equals rendering the opponent completely unable to do anything. "Pinned" opponents are affected by sleep AND hold person effects. I'm not sure though if *nobody* is immune to the effect. Dragons come to my mind. But I will test this in my current run.
So long,
Sol  |