Baulder's Gate Stat and Ability Question
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Sorry I'd like to help you but I am not familiar with Baldur's Gate stats and abilities asa that is what turned me off the game as it confused the hell outta me.
It's a long time since I played Baldur's Gate. But I do play D&D regularly, and I think my assumptions here hold: "2h Sword" refers to two-handed weapons, such as a greatsword. "2h style" refers to two-handed fighting style, i.e., fighting with two weapons simultaneously. I would go with the former, myself. Then again, AD&D doesn't reward a high strength/two-handed weapon combo in the same way D&D 3rd edition does, so it's a pretty open choice, I think.
On a different note, if you intend to min/max a fighter to the best of your ability, you might want to roll some more, go with better strength than 17. The AD&D rules does not reward -almost- 18. You need to get to 18, and get a high exceptional strength, to get the really sweet bonuses. Of course, if you don't take it all that seriously, nevermind that. Either way, have fun!
On a different note, if you intend to min/max a fighter to the best of your ability, you might want to roll some more, go with better strength than 17. The AD&D rules does not reward -almost- 18. You need to get to 18, and get a high exceptional strength, to get the really sweet bonuses. Of course, if you don't take it all that seriously, nevermind that. Either way, have fun!
Well it kinda does as I bumped your thread a bit but as far as my expertise go that is all I can do but as far as I remember 2h style is 2h stuff like staves while 2h sword is exclusively for swords but that is from what I remember of the little time I played it.Korten12 said:well that doenst help.Glademaster said:
Or what the other person said.
well thats true, thanks for bumping.Glademaster said:Well it kinda does as I bumped your thread a bit but as far as my expertise go that is all I can do but as far as I remember 2h style is 2h stuff like staves while 2h sword is exclusively for swords but that is from what I remember of the little time I played it.Korten12 said:well that doenst help.Glademaster said:
well if its pretty open choice then ill go for it.P.Tsunami said:
in almost every RPG I have ever played I am always a Human Warrior (or what ever variation their is) and Two-Handed Swords man.
No 2h Style, I mean Two-Handed Weapon Style, the one you said is Two Weapon Style.
edit: also I got 18/39... whats with the /39?
Korten12 said:In that case, I misunderstood your shorthand writeups. My apologies. I still say go with the huge ass sword. You can't go wrong there. I still recommend getting your Strength above 17, though, if you really want to be mopping the floor with your enemies, conan-style.Glademaster said:well if its pretty open choice then ill go for it.
in almost every RPG I have ever played I am always a Human Warrior (or what ever variation their is) and Two-Handed Swords man.
No 2h Style, I mean Two-Handed Weapon Style, the one you said is Two Weapon Style.
P.Tsunami said:yeah thats what I like to do.Korten12 said:In that case, I misunderstood your shorthand writeups. My apologies. I still say go with the huge ass sword. You can't go wrong there. I still recommend getting your Strength above 17, though, if you really want to be mopping the floor with your enemies, conan-style.Glademaster said:well if its pretty open choice then ill go for it.
in almost every RPG I have ever played I am always a Human Warrior (or what ever variation their is) and Two-Handed Swords man.
No 2h Style, I mean Two-Handed Weapon Style, the one you said is Two Weapon Style.
I got 18/39 but whats the /39?
Read the descriptions in the right hand corner of the screen and find out.
And keep in mind you can reroll your stats and distribute the points however you like. For a fighter you need strength and constitution most, dexterity is also useful, so you can reduce everything else to 10's and put 18 points in str and con easily enough as well as whatever's left into dex.
And keep in mind you can reroll your stats and distribute the points however you like. For a fighter you need strength and constitution most, dexterity is also useful, so you can reduce everything else to 10's and put 18 points in str and con easily enough as well as whatever's left into dex.
Well it has been yonks since I played it and I gave up after the first chapter so I wouldn't go by what I say on it.P.Tsunami said:
I believe that number has something to do with damage... I've always noticed that the higher that number is, the more pain your character distributes. I never liked that number, it promotes the use of fighter classes over the others and turns it into easy mode in it's own sense =\Korten12 said:
The /39 I believe is your additive to do additional strength abilities. The main one is bashing open locked places, such as doors or chests. The number goes from 01 to 100 (seen as 00), the higher the better. I know that this is a factor in the number but there could be a better explanation of the number.Korten12 said:
As for the original question, ask yourself would you want to use just a two handed sword, or open yourself to other two handed weapons?
It's cool to see people still play this game, it was and still is one of the best RPGs out there.
Two handed style refers to all two-handed weapons like bows, swords, spears, etc. Two handed sword is for further specialization into the two-handed sword style. I believe two-handed style increases your speed with the weapon, and two-handed sword style increases your to hit/damage. If thats incorrect, than it's the exact opposite. Regardless it's best to put points into both.
Okay, here's a short explanation of one of the most unnecessary and annoying "features" of the AD&D system, which Baldur's Gate relies on. What the /39 refers to is what we call Exceptional Strength. Basically, if you have an 18 Strength, and you're a Fighter, that means the computer rolls a d100 (random number between 1-100) and improves upon that strength. Now, here's what it means, in crunchy numbers. Do keep in mind that I don't have my AD&D books available right now, so this is from memory and might not be 100% exact.Korten12 said:yeah thats what I like to do.
I got 18/39 but whats the /39?
18/01-18/50: +1 to hit, +2 to damage
18/51-18/75: +1 to hit, +3 to damage
18/76-18/90: +2 to hit, +4 to damage
18/91-18/99: +2 to hit, +5 to damage
18/00*: +3 to hit, +6 to damage
As you can see, the differences are pretty big. If you could decide the stat (you can't), you'd obviously want it to 18/00. But the odds of rolling that are very low, so I suggest you settle for anything over 18/76. Or possibly over 18/91, but even that is slim.
*18/00, in this context, means 18/100.
I say keep trying, get it over 76 at least. Good luck.Korten12 said:
[small]Ah... AD&D.. Those were the times.[/small]