Throne of Bhaal Infobits at RPGvault

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(Originally posted by Darien)

A large collection of comments from the Baldur's Gate II message boards has been compiled for your perusing. Posts by Lead Designer Kevin Martens, Line Producer Nathan Plewes, and Designer David Gaider touch on everything from new weapons, items, and spells, to the question of continuing romances. Here are some points made about dual-wielding ability for thieves:

1) Dual-wielding is a class ability for rangers. They are the only class we feel the need must be able to dual wield well.

2) Yes, I understand according to the dual-wielding rules in the 2nd edition rulebook, a high dexterity allows for lesser negatives when dual-wielding. We attempted to implement this rule...and it ended up being pointless to do anything *but* dual wield. So we used our judgement to come up with a different system.

Do regular-class thieves come out with the short end of the dual-wielding stick? Probably. Fighter-thieves and Swashbucklers can still dual wield well, however, so we feel the option is still available to those who want a dual-wielding rogue. And that is why we won't give any special abilities to the regular class thief...why should they get the same bonuses as a ranger?

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