THAC0 question

[bariumdose]

In the character profiles, under THAC0, there are two numbers, one number being in parentheses. What does the number in parentheses mean? Is that the critical hit roll number?

[mr_sir]

lol, i was just trying to work that out earlier. do you have a manual cos it may say something in that. my copy has no manual though. i was wondering if one was their base THACO and the other was their THACO after weapons and items are taken into account. thats just a guess though cos i don't actually know

[Aerich]

mr sir, you hit it right on the button.

First number is base (for class and level), number in parentheses is adjusted for strength, dex (missile weapons only), and spells I believe. Off the top of my head, I don't think magical weapon bonuses are included in that, but I might be wrong. Pretty easy to verify, though.

[mr_sir]

thought it must be something like that. puzzled as to why they would not include weapon THACO bonuses though. guess i'll have to have a look and see if it does lol

[Philos]

I am pretty sure the magic pluses do get included. I have had a character swap weapons of the same type and unless I am having memory lapses the THACO in the parenthesis did change when I checked the character info screen. As Aerich said is pretty to check.

[Aerich]

Agreed, philos. I checked too, and magical weapons plusses are included in the modified Thaco calculations.