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I like to hear your thoughts about the weapons you choose for your character.

I have a dwarven barbarian using a towershield and scimitar.
Starting Stats:
Strength: 18
Dexterity: 8
Constitution: 19
Wisdom: 8
Intelligence: 9
Charisma: 6

*minor spoilers included*

http://www.gamebanshee.com/neverwintern ... mitars.php
Why scimitar ?
Because they have a 18-20 crit range at the start and are one handed.
Quite early in the game I can buy a scimitar +1 and upgrade it to Desert Wind +1 which gives a 1d6 fire damage bonus.
I will choose the improved critical feature which will enlarge the crit range to 15-20 (I think).
This will be 25% crits which is roughly one every round.
Later I can upgrade to Desert Wind +2 which gives 1d10 fire bonus or I go for Ula's Heart which is a keen weapon so my crit range should be 12-20 (40%).
Which should give me near 2 crits per round.
If the foes are not too hard I allways have the option to switch the shield with a bonus weapon e.g. Scimitar of Speed (haste) which gives 1 extra attack on the main hand.
Of course I will use Power Attack for the 5 damage bonus and maybe even advanced Power Attack for 10 damage bonus if I am still hitting enough.
I will go for Two-Weapon Fighting but not for Ambidexterity or better to save the dex and features.
This will make the off hand weapon not hitting much but since it is only wielding a light weapon the primary hand penalty is only -2.

So that are my plans, what are yours ?

hehe spoilers

well my first time through i played as a human fighter (pretty boring eh) luckily around chapter 3 i had 28 strength, and specialized in a variety of weapons. This gave me the chance to dual wield Bastard swords, or Bastard/long sword, or even Battle Axe/Hammer at one point. The 28 strength allows me to use two of virtually any weapon i want, because i still have over +20 to hit after the -10 for using two weapons etc... (i didn't bother with 2 weapon feats hehe) besides that i've always been partial to sword and shield, or just two handed sword. Thats just the way i've always been. I do like the addition of the double-bladed weapons, but they were never my thing. My current character (Elven Ranger/Rogue is pretty adept at Rapier/short sword.) the coolest thing i've ever done though, is my Wizard character, decked out in the black robe and using a scythe +3 Ala: fighter feats!

Re: hehe spoilers

Originally posted by [-Mortician-]
well my first time through i played as a human fighter (pretty boring eh) luckily around chapter 3 i had 28 strength, and specialized in a variety of weapons. This gave me the chance to dual wield Bastard swords, or Bastard/long sword, or even Battle Axe/Hammer at one point. The 28 strength allows me to use two of virtually any weapon i want, because i still have over +20 to hit after the -10 for using two weapons etc... (i didn't bother with 2 weapon feats hehe) besides that i've always been partial to sword and shield, or just two handed sword. Thats just the way i've always been. I do like the addition of the double-bladed weapons, but they were never my thing. My current character (Elven Ranger/Rogue is pretty adept at Rapier/short sword.) the coolest thing i've ever done though, is my Wizard character, decked out in the black robe and using a scythe +3 Ala: fighter feats!

I'm still in chapter one, but HOW THE HELL did you get 28 strenght?

hehe more spoilers

Items spoilers ahead




well lets see, for starters i was 17 Str when i made my character. The rest is all item enhancements. +4 from Daelen's upgraded necklace, +2 Gauntlets of Ogre Strength, +4 Belt of Fire Giant Strength, finally +1 Str at level 16 the grand total being 28 Strength. FYI it works great with Boots of speed hehe

I'm running 19 strength right now (with a +3 belt), and I get up to 22-23 with Sharwyn buffing me. I'm using two-bladed swords and was using a greataxe +1 for a while with my level 11 Paladin, Level 1 Sorceror/Cleric. I can't help but feel somewhat dissapointed in seeing the +4, +3 items in this game. I liked the old BG2 days where +1 was amazing. Made it feel less Diablo-sih to me (+123123556654). Oh well...

Death's Handmaiden

One cool weapon is the Death's Handmaiden Scythe.
2d4
+4 enhancement
keen
x4 criticals

So with improved critical hit you will have a crit range of 18-20 and doing x4 damage with it.

Nameless Light

I also like the Nameless Light Bastard Sword.
It is quite nice for a one handed weapon.
If you fight evil (which you do most of the time) its:
1d10 +5 enchanted +1d6 electrical damage

My fists!

With the Gloves of the Hin Fist +5, I get:

Attack Bonus: +25/+22/+19/+16/+13
Damage: 1-20 +4 +1d6 sonic

Favorite weapon? Well, an excellent weapon for spellcasters in the early part of the game is that wand used by the mage holding the dryad/nymph hostage in Blacklake: nice attack, one-hander, free lighting effect, and it gives the spell penetration feat.

Originally posted by fable
Favorite weapon? Well, an excellent weapon for spellcasters in the early part of the game is that wand used by the mage holding the dryad/nymph hostage in Blacklake: nice attack, one-hander, free lighting effect, and it gives the spell penetration feat.

fable the mod giving away a spoiler.
That's a new one
(I had quessed this one already but still)