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The manual says that dexterity is used for "ranged attack rolls, including those for attacks made with bows, crossbows, throwing axes and other ranged weapons." Is spiked chain also treated as a ranged weapon if used used from a distance?

I've created an Elf warrior with 20 dexterity, Weapon Profiency (Spiked Chain) and Weapon Finesse. But it seems that dexterity isn't used for damage calculation... Why not?

A fighter specialized in bows would be my first choice if I hadn't already played a Kensai/Thief twice. So I've finally decided to take the Elven Archer suggested in the previous posts. So that's for the PC. But I'm still unsure about the NPCs. These are the ones I took in the other two games ...

"There are a good amount of ranged builds, yes [...]"

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Well... That's actually the opposite of what I intended to point out. :laugh: What I wanted to say was that there are many interesting melee builds but only a few classes that specialize in ranged weapons.

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"I can't think of any other classes except the archer."

There are so many great melee-type builds: Kensai/Thief, Kensai/Mage, Monk, Assassin, Blade... But only one noteworthy ranged weapons user? What a shame!

If I wanted to play an archer type of combatant, which class/race would you recommend me to take?

"Celestial Fury" and "Belm" (dual-wield). This can be seen on the bottom of the screenshot. In order to get max damage I've used the "Kai" ability (which grants a critical hit when backstabbing). Awesome, isn't it? I love this class. If using better equipment (which increases your strength beyond ...

Kensai(9)->Thief is one of the most powerful classes in BGII (both SoA and ToB). Take a look on these screenshots...

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210 hp with one single hit!

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Drizzt backstabbed

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They are on the upper floor, most northern room on the left

I'm playing Icewind Dale using Wine for Ubuntu. Everything works fine - there's just one problem: The movies don't run smoothly, so it's quite hard to understand the narrator. Does anyone know how to fix the problem?

Is a dual-classed ranger->cleric (or warrior->cleric) able to use two-handed swords?