Ok I want to ask this for a LONG time: bastard swords

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:45 am

Why oh Why aren't there any good bastard swords in BG2 while it isn't included in the longsword class anymore like in BG1?
'The best bastard sword is +2 or something.............

There is a good bastard sword in ToB, but it can only be used by paladins (and what paladin doesn't us Carsomyr?)

dios · Post by **dios** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:58 am

well..this might be out of line...but in ToB so have ui found bastard swords that are really good and usable by fighters...really...i don't want to spoil something so i will not tell you wich swords i mean.

but in Tob there are some great bastard swords...
not in Soa though, which is very diasppointing...

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 5:04 am

Originally posted by dios
well..this might be out of line...but in ToB so have ui found bastard swords that are really good and usable by fighters...really...i don't want to spoil something so i will not tell you wich swords i mean.

but in Tob there are some great bastard swords...
not in Soa though, which is very diasppointing...

What swords do you mean?
I can't remeber a single bastard sword that was worth it, except the one for paladins.
Type it in black or pm them to me if you don't mind

Rataxes · Post by **Rataxes** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 7:21 am

Foebane is just the best sword in the game...

Jhor The Bleeder in SoA is a very cool weapon even though it only hits as +2. The additional "bleeding" dmg stacks up very fast though.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 7:36 am

Yes, Foebane is great, especially after you've upgraded it to +5. The upgraded +5 Purifier's fine, too, but they're ToB bastard swords. It's almost like asking a person to develop skills in one game that will suit them in a second.

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 9:07 am

If you have TOB I think you can buy +3 bastard swords in watcher's keep...and you can defenetaly find some inside it, thi smaking them accecable early in the game if you feel up to the challange of doing a couple of level of The watcher's keep

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 9:11 am

I agree, Foebane +5 is the best sword in the game.
Jhor the bleeder is a very good sword and blade of searing is not so bad for SoA.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 10:03 am

Blade of Searing? 1 point of fire per successful attack, as I recall: not bad, but not very good in comparison with some of the longswords in SoA. Just my POV.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 1:57 pm

"bastard swords...why they call them bastard swords...no parents???''

foe bane will also punch right thru stoneskin with the laroc minor drain, spell disrupting a mage....

but yeah, foebane with dual crom makes demon whacking fun again....and there are a lot, lot, lot of demons in tob, especially if you install ascention...boy, are there a lot of demons....

"demons, i hate demons...."

purifier is a great weapon, unlike holy avenger, it does not set the magic resistance, it simply adds to it, so a thief fighter with use any item, and purifier does not have to do the reload, then unequipp reequipp items a pally does to get all the magic resistance his equippment gives him....sigh...

plus with it as off hand weapon, allows you to use axe of unyielding and still keep the bonuses....

bastard swords are like axes, you kinda have to wait until tob to get the most benefit out of them....axe of unyielding and crom...many many bodies strewn everywhere....

Rataxes · Post by **Rataxes** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 3:04 pm

Will the Larloch's Minor Drain also punch through Mantle-like spells? I imagine it would since it actually casts the spell with each hit rather than just add the effect.

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 3:10 pm

Since Foebane +5 is enchanted to hit plus 5 it will hit through mantle... it wont hit through prot from magical weapons though. The good thing about this sword is that with a high number of attacks you almost unkillable since it heals you with 4 hps per hit.

Rataxes · Post by **Rataxes** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 3:16 pm

Yeah, I meant all sorts of spells that protects you from a certain range of weapons when I said Mantle-spells. So sword wont cast Larloch if it can't hit the target?

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 3:25 pm

Nope.

DraySkullan · Post by **DraySkullan** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 9:45 am

"bastard swords...why they call them bastard swords...no parents???''

I've always imagined the first blacksmith to forge one saying "Man, that sword is one huge bastard!"