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Dual wield question

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale 2' started by Dude, Nov 17, 2002.

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    Have 2 duel wielders, both with heavy armor. Does this wreck the duel wield? They both have ambidex, duelwield, and heavy arm feats (I think) I am in chap 5 but I am not sure of my guys levels right now. Also, wtf is the best armor for wizards sorcers and clerics, I have them in studded leather and just picked up +4 bracers,but they did not change their ac. Any help is appreciated thanks.
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    Dude, Nov 17, 2002
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    Armour bonuses don't stack. Take off the armour and the put on the bracers. Compare which is better, if the armour is better keep it, vice versa for the bracers. A sorcerer, bard or wizard may have spell casting failure wearing armour so the bracers are probably best for them. Clerics can wear anything, as druids and other divine spell casters.

    Magic item deflection bonuses don't stack either so if you find a Ring of Protection +1 and a Cloak of Protection +2 and use both you only get +2 not +3 and the ring is obsolete, so sell it or give it to another character.

    Sorry can't help with dual wield, but check the list of topics, Quint has a good one about dual wielding. If I remember correctly if you have the feats it should not be cancelled by the heavy armour. Check the post.

    Hope this helps.
     
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    Dual wielding for a heavily armored character works if you go through the trouble of acquiring the Ambidexterity and Dual-Wielding feats for him.

    However, a leather armored character with a high enough dexterity often enjoys an Armor Class comparable to a plate mailed warrior. If you're really hard set on dual-wielding, a Ranger with a high dexterity is probably the best and most economical way to go about it.

    My personal preference has been to tack on one level of Ranger to a Druid. My druid character (besides being a great spellcaster, archer, and shapeshifter) can then dual-wield with a minimum of penalties practically for free.

    Hope it helps.
     
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    "wtf is the best armor for wizards sorcers and clerics"

    The best armor for wizards, sorcerers, rogues and anyone with a high dex is the Dracus Chain. This is chainmail that acts like a robe, it does not affect theiving skills or spell casting. But it also has a high armor bonus (+7 pr +8) and no restrictions on how much of your dex bonus can affect your AC. So if you have a +6 dex bonus then your AC with the armor would be like +13!!!. Unfortunately you do not acquire this item until very late in the game...
     
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