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Old 01-31-2002, 04:45 AM   #12
Servii
Elite Waterdeep Guard
 

Join Date: January 6, 2002
Location: Bulgaria
Posts: 28
Yes, i agree there are more(in numbers and abilities) enchanted long swords in the game then katanas. You can read it in weapon descriptions and in the manual. But i wrote "for backstabing" Katanas are really better for this! They have 2 points of damage more then long sword so 2x7(assassin's backstab modifier)=14 points of damage over long sword! You are right for Q.staves but you can't backstab with 2-handed weapon as well! Better put a * on Clubs, there is very good one in Trademeet-Blackblood+3;+3poison damage. That is the problem with Kachicko's wakizasi-it is unsuitable for backstab even with "Use any items" and Kortala's Family Blade has the same problem. In general you are able to Backstab ONLY with wepons acceptable for you from the very beginning. And no 2-handed wepons(imagine backstab with Impaler-Spear 1d6+3:+10 additional damage). From my point of wiev the main ability of Assassin is to interrupt spellcasting and to eliminate Mages/Sor. BEFORE the start of the battle. Of Fighting sort is Swashbuckler, not the Assassin. In Cop.Cor, among loot from Beastmaster you find Tuigian Bow=3 atack per round. Again an important weapon for Assassin till Shor Bow of Geesen. With 3 atack/round you will be able to poison great number of bad gays.
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