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Old 12-22-2000, 11:42 AM   #31
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Not just 2H swords, 2H WEAPONS. look at how many +4 halberds and 2H Swords there are. how many of you EVER used a halberd? bet u not one. None of the NPCs really can use one.

My next game, i will recruit Mazzy and get her to specialize in halberds. I find the idea of a three foot halfling wielding a 7 foot polearm interesting to say the least...

Actually is she three feet? or two feet? i thought maybe she was 1 foot tall...
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Old 12-22-2000, 11:58 AM   #32
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The halberd can come handy when you want to whack an Adamantite golem without getting touched.
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Old 12-22-2000, 07:38 PM   #33
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I've never understood the deal with bards and halberds. Doesn't really seem like a classical bard weapon to me, but anyway.
Halberds do as much base damage as two-handed swords, and they're certainly abundant around BG2. In fact the only real difference between a two-handed sword and a halberd is the speed factor, a base two-hander having one point lower than a base halberd.
 
Old 12-22-2000, 08:17 PM   #34
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The deal is you'd normally use a Bard in a missile/spells/song role away from the action so one slot goes to a Longbow or good crossbow. The Halberd is the best melee weapon a Bard can use. It's pointless using a shield because they can only use bucklers (there's an insulting rhyme in there somewhere.) Unless of course you have a Blade, in which case you may as well dual weild Bastards Swords or their ilk seeing as that's the whole point of a Blade.
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Old 12-23-2000, 03:09 AM   #35
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I told you I was not an expert in Bards, that is why the image of a Bard entering a pub where he is going to entertain people holding a halberd struck me as pretty funny !
Oh, Yorick, is this what you look like in real life ?
If so, I will make the trip around the world !
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Old 12-23-2000, 04:42 AM   #36
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What do you think my 'empty' guitar case is for?
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Old 12-23-2000, 05:01 AM   #37
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Must be a very BIG guitar indeed !
Is it a +3 guitar, and do you use it to smash customers too ?
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You've heard of guitarists playing their 'Axe' right? Well, isn't a Halberd an Axe with an identity problem?
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Old 12-23-2000, 11:01 AM   #39
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I've not considered it that way but ... I guess a Halberd +2 is an interesting weapon after all !
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Gives a whole new meaning to 'smashing your instrument onstage.'
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