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Witchdoctor · 02-07-2006, 11:24 AM

If you want to dual wield using a long sword, I would suggest considering Aramil's blade. It is available in HOTU in chapter 3 for sale in the Djinni's store, or also in chapter one as a boss treasure drop if you have weapon focus in long sword.

Aramil's blade is a +6 keen dc14 vorpal long sword with +8 strength balanced by -4 dexterity. It also lets you call lightning once per day. The -4 dex is a drawback, but there are belts and bracers of dexterity that will give you the 4 dex back.

Since this is found in HOTU, you can also upgrade it at the drow weapon smiths forge. Upgrades to +10, haste, elemental damage, regeneration, true seeing, etc are available. You can only add so many of the available upgrades on (an already) enchanted weapon, but there is a way around that. I found that after the weapon smith refused to further upgrade the weapon, if I switched out to another long sword and then asked for an upgrade, he would say yes and then the upgrade menu would come up. If I had the inventory screen open and switched out the plain longsword and put Aramil's blade back in, then selected the upgrade I wanted, the upgrade was done to Aramil's blade. An exploit, but a nice one. You can also use the black pearl in the undead cult area to add strength drain (dc24, I think) to the blade after you are done with the weapon smith's upgrades. It makes Aramil one kick butt weapon, with the only drawback of -4 dex. It costs a lot of GP, but you should have a lot of extra cash by then anyway, especially if you imported a character from the OC or SOU and carried over money. You lose your equipment at the start of HOTU, but do keep your cash after all.

Edited: Actually, I was checking Aramil's stats and the enhancement may vary according to the character level. The above stats were from the Gamebanshee NWN/SOU/HOTU guide, but I read elsewhere that the enhancement may be +3 or +4, depending on character level. I forget. I got it playing a fighter/bard/RDD that I built in HOTU by starting a new figher in HOUTU and using the XP granted to manually bring him to level 15 at the start of the game.

[ 02-07-2006, 11:52 AM: Message edited by: Witchdoctor ]

02-07-2006, 11:24 AM	#15
Witchdoctor Dungeon Master Join Date: September 5, 2001 Location: Columbia, Missouri Age: 64 Posts: 93	If you want to dual wield using a long sword, I would suggest considering Aramil's blade. It is available in HOTU in chapter 3 for sale in the Djinni's store, or also in chapter one as a boss treasure drop if you have weapon focus in long sword. Aramil's blade is a +6 keen dc14 vorpal long sword with +8 strength balanced by -4 dexterity. It also lets you call lightning once per day. The -4 dex is a drawback, but there are belts and bracers of dexterity that will give you the 4 dex back. Since this is found in HOTU, you can also upgrade it at the drow weapon smiths forge. Upgrades to +10, haste, elemental damage, regeneration, true seeing, etc are available. You can only add so many of the available upgrades on (an already) enchanted weapon, but there is a way around that. I found that after the weapon smith refused to further upgrade the weapon, if I switched out to another long sword and then asked for an upgrade, he would say yes and then the upgrade menu would come up. If I had the inventory screen open and switched out the plain longsword and put Aramil's blade back in, then selected the upgrade I wanted, the upgrade was done to Aramil's blade. An exploit, but a nice one. You can also use the black pearl in the undead cult area to add strength drain (dc24, I think) to the blade after you are done with the weapon smith's upgrades. It makes Aramil one kick butt weapon, with the only drawback of -4 dex. It costs a lot of GP, but you should have a lot of extra cash by then anyway, especially if you imported a character from the OC or SOU and carried over money. You lose your equipment at the start of HOTU, but do keep your cash after all. Edited: Actually, I was checking Aramil's stats and the enhancement may vary according to the character level. The above stats were from the Gamebanshee NWN/SOU/HOTU guide, but I read elsewhere that the enhancement may be +3 or +4, depending on character level. I forget. I got it playing a fighter/bard/RDD that I built in HOTU by starting a new figher in HOUTU and using the XP granted to manually bring him to level 15 at the start of the game. [ 02-07-2006, 11:52 AM: Message edited by: Witchdoctor ]