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SixOfSpades · 02-22-2004, 04:13 PM

gimli--if you don't have any MODs installed, you're getting upset over nothing: Oh, darn, you missed out on a +3 enchanted Short Sword that does nothing special at all. Oh, boo hoo.

It's when you do have MODs installed that things get interesting: The two MODs relevant to this matter are GBlucher's Improved Thief Stronghold (not part of Tactics) and aVENGER's Rogue Rebalancing MOD.

Improved Thief Stronghold keeps the existing setup of "Sword or Stronghold," but once you have the Stronghold there are a couple of additional quests, which land you with some nice weapons, much better than a basic Short Sword+3.

Rogue Rebalancing changes the Short Sword of Backstabbing so that it has some nice additional rogueish properties--but only in the hands of a Thief. It can be obtained in several ways: SPOILERS
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1) Thief PC completes Renal's quest and turns down stronghold
2) Party (PC of any class) kills Renal Bloodscalp, provided Renal has not given the Sword to you already
3) Party siding with Bodhi kills Aran Linvail
4) Party on the way to Bodhi's in Chap. 6 sees Aran first, and sweet-talks him into giving them the blade

02-22-2004, 04:13 PM	#10
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	gimli--if you don't have any MODs installed, you're getting upset over nothing: Oh, darn, you missed out on a +3 enchanted Short Sword that does nothing special at all. Oh, boo hoo. It's when you do have MODs installed that things get interesting: The two MODs relevant to this matter are GBlucher's Improved Thief Stronghold (not part of Tactics) and aVENGER's Rogue Rebalancing MOD. Improved Thief Stronghold keeps the existing setup of "Sword or Stronghold," but once you have the Stronghold there are a couple of additional quests, which land you with some nice weapons, much better than a basic Short Sword+3. Rogue Rebalancing changes the Short Sword of Backstabbing so that it has some nice additional rogueish properties--but only in the hands of a Thief. It can be obtained in several ways: SPOILERS - - - - - - - - 1) Thief PC completes Renal's quest and turns down stronghold 2) Party (PC of any class) kills Renal Bloodscalp, provided Renal has not given the Sword to you already 3) Party siding with Bodhi kills Aran Linvail 4) Party on the way to Bodhi's in Chap. 6 sees Aran first, and sweet-talks him into giving them the blade __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.