07-09-2003, 06:19 AM | #11 |
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Scmitars are nice coz they look so freaking nice
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07-10-2003, 05:54 AM | #12 |
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They look nice...but the real Q is:Are they effective?
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07-10-2003, 06:32 AM | #13 | |
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they are the only blade that can be used by a druid without suffering from penalties. The Scmitar for fighters could be usefull because it has a critrange from 18-20 instead of the 19-20 critrange a longsword has. That doesnt seem like a lot, but if you have a keen longsword with improved critical, you have a crit range of 15-20, with a keen scmitar and improved creitical feat, you have a critrange of 12-20 meaning you have a critical hit almost half of the times! i dunno if that's also true in IWD2 though
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07-31-2003, 05:37 AM | #14 | |
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In IWD2 (bit rusty, not played for a while), the critical ranges are not the same. Taking the feat "Improved Critical" does not actually double the chance of a critical hit, but merely provides an additional 5% chance to score one (or an additional +1 on the D20). AFAIK, this also applies to keen weapons. Lets therefore assume that we have a keen long sword. Default critical range is 19-20. Keen makes this 18-20 (not 17-20 a la NWN) and improved critical makes this 17-20 (not 15-20 a la NWN). The upside to this is that IWD2 doesn't use a threat roll, therefore (in this particular case) if you roll a 17, 18, 19 or 20, you get a critical hit, no question. |
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