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[morbidest2]

morbidest2 wrote...

jaxsbudgie wrote...

Doesn't anyone find it a little difficult to comprehend a halfling swinging a giant two-handed sword that's possibly as big, perhaps even bigger than them?
I mean I can let a few things slide in role playing terms but that I just can't. Besides in pen and paper DnD shorties can't wield large weapons can they? Don't shortswords become longswords to them or am I just making this all up?



Edit: probably doesn't help that I just don't like playing shorties either ... unless of course there are two of them, I like party balance in an aesthetic way. God I'm weird.

Or if it really, really bugs you, give her some warhammer skills and Crom Fayr and make her Toril's first S=25 halfling.

Modifié par morbidest2, 19 septembre 2011 - 06:11 .

[jaxsbudgie]

virumor wrote...
A longsword is a two-handed sword for small characters. But in 3.5 edition there's the "Monkey grip" feat that allows a small character to use a large weapon in one hand, albeit at a penalty. Technically with this feat they should also be able to wield two-handed weapons, which are giant weapons for them.

That was it! Still it's like the equivalent of a human wielding a ... a ... I don't even know ... a sword like Cloud Strife (sp?) wields, which is ridiculous.

morbidest2 wrote...
Mazzy's heart  ../../../images/forum/emoticons/love.png is
bigger than Sarevok's whole slightly dead body. Just think of her as
another form of Yoda with a light saber, or Korgan duel wielding
stonefire and the axe of the unyielding. ../../../images/forum/emoticons/joyful.png 

Probably also worth mentioning I don't like good characters. So Mazzy just embodies everything I dislike about Baldur's Gate and Dungeons and Dragons in general - small goodies - they sound like sweets, and I can't see a troupe of sweets taking down Jon Irenicus, apart from maybe giving him enamel erosion. 


(Also I didn't like Yoda)

Modifié par jaxsbudgie, 19 septembre 2011 - 06:38 .

[Bobfly]

jaxsbudgie wrote...
Probably also worth mentioning I don't like good characters. 

What's wrong with being nice? :I

Modifié par Bobfly, 19 septembre 2011 - 07:17 .

[Humanoid_Taifun]

Well, just think of it this way:

[morbidest2]

jaxsbudgie wrote...

virumor wrote...
A longsword is a two-handed sword for small characters. But in 3.5 edition there's the "Monkey grip" feat that allows a small character to use a large weapon in one hand, albeit at a penalty. Technically with this feat they should also be able to wield two-handed weapons, which are giant weapons for them.

That was it! Still it's like the equivalent of a human wielding a ... a ... I don't even know ... a sword like Cloud Strife (sp?) wields, which is ridiculous.

morbidest2 wrote...
Mazzy's heart  ../../../images/forum/emoticons/love.png is
bigger than Sarevok's whole slightly dead body. Just think of her as
another form of Yoda with a light saber, or Korgan duel wielding
stonefire and the axe of the unyielding. ../../../images/forum/emoticons/joyful.png 

Probably also worth mentioning I don't like good characters. So Mazzy just embodies everything I dislike about Baldur's Gate and Dungeons and Dragons in general - small goodies - they sound like sweets, and I can't see a troupe of sweets taking down Jon Irenicus, apart from maybe giving him enamel erosion. 


(Also I didn't like Yoda)

Doesn't it depend on what kind of sweet they are? Just think of a band of the best dark chocolate truffles ripping their way thru SoA/ToB.  Of course Viconia is more like a lemon tart, Korgan bitter licorice with moose droppings, Jan a turnip upside down cake (properly aged for at least a week), Edward stale peanut brittle, HaerDalis hard candy with an absinthe core, Sarevok an all day sucker left overnight in a bucket of sour Baalor Ale. etc... See, even an evil party could be tasty.  

"Ah, just smell that good cooking"

It is a mild pity that our partys apparently live solely off of C-rations or MREs, or the occasional enemy corpse or berserk chicken if your PC is a half-orc. But about the only provisions you can EQUIP your party with is Baalor Ale or good berries. You would think the Adventurers Mart would have a bakery section, or that all those rangers could shoot a deer every now and then.  .It's no wonder that in ToB Nalia and Imoen see the Slayer roaming the halls at night looking for cookies. Even the embodiment of murder deserves better than beans and beef jerky night after night.

Modifié par morbidest2, 20 septembre 2011 - 02:36 .

[polytope]

C Barchuk wrote...

As far as dual wielding and backstabbing go, will the modded +5 short sword of backstabbing be a better main hand weapon than the spectral brand or say hindo's doom which I thought was one of the better one handed weapons? Not sure though.

If you're using RR, short swords are an excellent main hand weapon - not to give away too many spoilers but you can collect a very powerful one from an encounter in chapter 6.

I'd leave Hindo's doom with Valygar and spectral brand with Jaheira; you can't upgrade them (to get the most out of them) until late ToB - when so many enemies are impossible to backstab - the immunities from either sword are better for a frontline fighter anyway.