Pretty obvious topic [img]tongue.gif[/img]

My cleric/ranger is a little undecided. I mean, FoA brings some nice perks.. but Fulcrum has grandmastery and slivers ... as far as I can tell Fulcrum is dealing more damage.

Soooo, let loose with the club and switch when mages pop up .. or keep FoA in my main hand ?

I'm pretty sure Jim or Alson calculated this sometime [img]tongue.gif[/img] .. come on .. share the love [img]graemlins/shine.gif[/img]

[ 05-13-2003, 11:33 AM: Message edited by: daan ]

I believe it was Dundee who did a boatload of math demonstrating that FoA is the most devastating weapon in the game. Of course I can no longer find the link to that impressive piece of gamesmanship. FoA damage is linked to its elemental damage and the fact that it will slow opponents when hit.

When I am playing a Ranger/Cleric I always use it in my main hand.
If I am not using it my best warrior always is. True you have to assign a proficiency slot to flails for Minsc, Valygar or Anomen to use it but it is devastating in their hands

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in ToB you will be able to upgrade FoA by adding two new heads making it a +5 weapon.

Yep. This is how it goes with R/C:

Mace of Disruption - Undead dead
Flail of Ages - mage dead
Crom Faeyr - golem dead
Fulcrum - everyone else dead :D

True enough,... but as Fulcrum is a modded weapon I'm not sure if it was considered with respect to the calculations ...
Dundee ? [img]graemlins/angel.gif[/img]

Eh? Too late at night( or early in the morning if you will) for me to go number crunching. I will see what I can do tomorrow. I am assuming your FoA is the +3 enchanted version, because I highly doubt the +5 version can be defeated.

[img]graemlins/dance2.gif[/img] Didnt mean to imply for you to start number crunching. Just if you had already considered the Fulcrum. But hey :D Ask for a dollar, receive a million .. good enough for me ;)

Fulcrum +4 beats even FoA +5 damage-wise as long as GWW isn't being used, and you're not fighting True Neutrals ;) Though I can imagine a solo R/C using GWW quite a lot, it's still not something you can have active all the time, base APR does matter, even post-GWW.

Cool. Looking forward for some math from the experts. ;)

My solo R/C Aragorn is now deep in TOB (in Amkethran) and deciding whether to go left or right. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Where do you find fulcrum +4? I don't remember discovering this weapon, is it from a mod?

Yes, from a Item Upgrade mod. Combined Gnasher and Bone Club.