Very dumb question maybe

Meldanen14 · Post by **Meldanen14** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:44 am

Here it is: what is a enhancement bonus weapons have?

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:15 am

It is actually quite a "large" question - so it isn't very dumb

It is a bonus to indicate "how good" the sword is.
Enchantment bonus gets added to your "to-hit" and damage roll. Futhermore will it be used to beat damage reduction and some monsters can only be hit by a certain enchantment bonus.

Supposed you have a +3 sword.
This means that each time you try and hit a monster the game will add 3 to the roll to test to see if you hit (check out the manual for the mechanics of combat).
If you hit it will also add 3 damage.
In regards of the damage reduction then you sometimes need a specific enchantment bonus or higher to bypass it, there the bonus comes into play once more. If using a weapon with an enchantment bonus lower then what is needed - you will only do partial damage (full damage subtracted the damage reduction). Damage reduction is also described in the manual and I'd recommend reading about it.

Generally - the higher the bonus the better, however - there are also other factors to consider before deciding which weapon is best for you, such as other bonus and effects on the weapon

Hope this helps somewhat

Meldanen14 · Post by **Meldanen14** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:45 am

Thank you. But here's another question with weapons: what's means D precicely? The Scimitar does 1d6 damage, but the great sword 2d4... what does that mean?

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:54 am

That D is for Dice (or Die, can never remember the proper english).

So basically - 1d6 means 1 throw with a 6 sided dice, giving a result of 1 to 6.
2D4 means 2 throws with a 4 sided dice giving a result of 2 to 8 (1 to 4 + 1 to 4)

Fiberfar · Post by **Fiberfar** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:10 pm

[QUOTE=Xandax]That D is for Dice (or Die, can never remember the proper english).
[/QUOTE]

It is for Dice.......

Meldanen14 · Post by **Meldanen14** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:23 pm

And there are also 2-bladed weapons. As damage they have: 1d8/1d8. What does this mean?

Fiberfar · Post by **Fiberfar** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:38 pm

It means that both sides of the weapon does 1d8 damage

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:10 am

[QUOTE=Meldanen14]And there are also 2-bladed weapons. As damage they have: 1d8/1d8. What does this mean?[/QUOTE]

Double bladed weapons works as if you have a weapon in each hand, and it does the X/X damage for each "blade"/weapon.
So you will do 1d8 with your main hand and 1d8 with your off-hand.