Poll, what is your favorite type of sword?

smity · Post by **smity** » Sat Jul 13, 2002 8:07 am

now, don't let us overlook dual weilding, such as the celestial fury+ the equalizer, plus greater whirlwind attack (only availiable if you have ToB instaled) will give you 20 attacks per round.

gnomethingy · Post by **gnomethingy** » Sat Jul 13, 2002 8:19 am

Go the big sword... Two handed sword for maximum bigness and minimum hide behind a sheildness

Katanas annoy me becouse of recent bastardisation / flooding of all this Martial arts jive in seemingly every movie and book that has come out since the matrix

Long swords are too girly and elvish

If your not a theif or a halfling, you have no good reason to touch a short sword

If your not a paladin who likes hiding behind sheilds, no need for bastard swords

So ill finish by saying... Minsc, Sarevok, Keldorn....

smity · Post by **smity** » Sat Jul 13, 2002 12:21 pm

but, you can't dual-weild with a two hander a katana does the same damage, but you can use 2

gnomethingy · Post by **gnomethingy** » Sun Jul 14, 2002 6:50 am

Talking from an rp perspective....................................
In quality I dont think any swords even get on the board for dmg per round, in there most potent magic forms

So If I was going to powrgame id duel weild crom and flail, but there not swords and I never powergame (well there was that one time... waaaay back)

smity · Post by **smity** » Sun Jul 14, 2002 9:24 am

ah, so we meet again (i'm gonna start considering Gnomethingy my arch enemy, doomed to have me argue with whatever he says) How about daystar and flame toung, they are the best against undead the way swords go

gnomethingy · Post by **gnomethingy** » Sun Jul 14, 2002 12:54 pm

Id rather have mod and crom vs undead

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

smity · Post by **smity** » Sun Jul 14, 2002 2:07 pm

hey, Einstien THOSE ARE NOT SWORDS, and here I was thinking gnomes were smart................ (though rune hammer +5 is really good, as is Azuredge) but still.........

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Sun Jul 14, 2002 2:56 pm

Dual wield CF with anything, the stun feature rocks.

smity · Post by **smity** » Sun Jul 14, 2002 3:05 pm

dude, right on, CF+ what ever you want (daystar of equalizer in my case, i alternate almost daily) will destroy all that oposes the wielder (though that chance of 20 elec. damage helps) but I could never get the stun feature to work (mabye because I just stunned everybody with comet before hand hehehehe)

gnomethingy · Post by **gnomethingy** » Mon Jul 15, 2002 4:05 am

I know there not swords... that illistrates my point

I LIKE sword, I LIKE two handed sword, I dont care about what does .76 more dmg per round becouse when you start doing that

You start posting blunt weapon combinations in a thread about swords

smity · Post by **smity** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 2:37 pm

for once, and probally never again, gnomethingy and I agree

The fallen one · Post by **The fallen one** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 5:26 pm

mmmmmm

Well I went with the Katana. this is my second time through and the first time using CF did not even know about it the first time around. It is a fun sword to play with. Maybe a little to powerful so early in the game but I like it. But there is so many powerful weapons in this game it would be hard to make a decision. It gets kind of sad when you go and sell anything that is a +2 weapon. If you had that in the first game you would be a very happy person.

Hesperus · Post by **Hesperus** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 8:17 pm

I also think short swords are under-rated. Piercing weapons have a greater advantage than slashing vs. plate mail. And I'm into roleplaying this halfling f/t dual-wielding kundane and s.swd of backstabbing (both have a spd factor of zero), and voila--4 att./round... and when mated with a strength girdle, the meager d6 damage is not so important. And its fun being the underdog against big bad guys with monster weapons... but for all those beasts who require greater than +3 weapons to hit... well jeez, so much for 4 att./round.

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 8:32 pm

The speed factor of the weapon has nothing to do with getting 4 attacks per round. The Kundane just happens to give an extra attack per round just like belm.

Hesperus · Post by **Hesperus** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 8:43 pm

Thanks Bruce, my error. Makes sense. The extra attack is not in the description I believe, so I speculated...

gnomethingy · Post by **gnomethingy** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 12:51 am

Short swords is alright, respectable if your a halfling or a theif

I still say two handed is better : P

DaringCommander11 · Post by **DaringCommander11** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 2:31 pm

Personnally I prefer Bastard Swords. In BG2 I used Foebane to great effect and in the PnP Bastard Swords are d10 and can be used one handed with a proficiency feat. They are too fiting for paladins (equal to the longsword to me.)