Blade; dual-wield vs two handed weapons

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How much worse would be a Blade using two handed weapons in BGT ?
Thinking about creating character like that but I wonder if that would limit him too much since Blades can put *** in dual wield. Opinions?

 

Maybe I miss something, but I think he would rock.
You can use my weapon database to do some estimations. With sketchy settings that I entered, I got 85.971 Dmg/round with Staff of the Ram and 86.112 with Angurvadal+Spectral Brand. You can get a bit higher with FoA and/or Club of Detonation.

I assumed that Blades can get 2 points in 2H weapons and that you have STR of 22 w/out having to use Angurvadal because I had no idea what STR to settle on. And there are many great staffs all the way through the game.

You get Staff +1 very early. You can buy Staff +3 as soon as you have the money.
Staff of Striking in the most damaging weapon in BG1.
In BG2 part, you can buy a Staff +4 as soon as you can afford it - and it's quite cheap.
You can buy the great Staff of Striking just as soon and another shortly after. Still in Act 2 you may be able to get Staff of the Ram +4. Staff of the Ram +6 takes some time, but it's just great.

 

I'm not sure whether they can put more than * in anything else than two weapon style, but it shouldn't matter because according to description first point gives +1dmg +1 to critical and -2 to speed, 2nd gives only another -2 to speed (at least according to in game description)

But this dmg output looks promising- you have a link to some calculator?
well anyways it is not that important to do into details; more or less I'd want to know if he would suck or no

 

Interesting. I have 2 BG2 versions, Polish and English. The English one says what you said, but the Polish one says that it's the second star that gives you more critical hits.
That's important!

Would be nice if sb. tested it.

 

In the BG1 part 2-handed will be better since you can use bows while in BG2 dualwielding will be more effective because of the extra attacks you get with the scarlet ninja-to and kundane.

I'd start with long bow and 2-handed sword proficiency, add 2-handed weapon style at level 4 and staff proficiency at level 8.
In BG2 you'll get 7 additional weapon proficiencies until level 36, enough to cover everything, whether you want to stay 2-handed (staves, carsomyr, short bows) or switch to dualwielding.

 

can someone clear that up ?

I have both English and Polish one too
Voice acting is quite good in Polish version tbh I think i even prefer Polish Minsc and Sarevok over the original But original Irenicus beats the all tbh

 

I'm pretty sure the English description is the right one. If I recall correctly from some playthroughs thru BGTutu, the first star in two handed weapons already gave my characters criticals on 19.

 

hmm perhaps then 2nd point in two handed weapons is a waste for any character? It only grants -2 to speed :/

 

Blades who use two handed weapons do just fine. I've never made one myself, but I have converted Haer Dalis' to a two handed weapon. I remember that he did very well with the Impaler, later graduating to Ixil's Spike. The less obvious advantage of two handed weapons is their range. I like having a bard in the second row of my party, but when equipped with a two-handed weapon, he can "reach" to the front combat lines just fine. You can't do that with a scimitar.

Given that I was able to convert HD into a two handed wielder, I can't imagine it would be hard to turn a PC blade in that direction. Heck HD already has spent a bunch of his proficiency points, and even with him there was adequate points left.

The quarterstaff is probably your best bet early in the game. If you don't feel like journeying into Watcher's Keep early in the game (I know I don't), the adventurer's mart sell the Staff of Rynn (+4). That would be my weapon of choice early on.

 

well im starting in BG1 so it's gonna be some time until i reach those nice bg2 weapons I started out with bastard swords - since well I never used them(with a patch you can use them either with a single or with two hands)

I will probably put 1 star in every weapon 2handed by the time I reach ToB so I'll have versatility in that matter

 

Even in BG1 you are fine - well, provided you have TotSC installed. There are plenty of nice quarterstaves in BG1. You can get a generic +1 variety from Silke in Beregost, and Ulgoth's Beard has a purchasable +3 version - in fact it's the only purchasable +3 weapon in the game. (Called a "Martial Staff", but it's just a plain old +3 quarterstaff.) Not sure on the price, but it's probably under 10,000 gp with a decent reputation, and would be an early choice for me to spend my money.

 

ye I'm playing BGT so everything is included
also i play core-rules so I guess inventory doesn't really matter much on this difficulty level

I'm going for thwohanded weapons then