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Weapon finesse feat broken??

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Gaal Dornik
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Weapon finesse feat broken??

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"Weapon finesse" feat description
since you need your second hand for balance, if you carry a shield, apply the shield's armor check penalty to your attack rolls

It appears to me after some testing, that the armor penalty of the shield is not applyed, while carring a short sword and a shield f.e. The attack rolls seem to be the same with or w/o shield.
This renders all the 2 weapons fighting feats useless imho, or more specifically, renders it useless for a rogue, since he can then just use a shield and still attack with a high DEX bonus
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Originally posted by Gaal Dornik
It appears to me after some testing, that the armor penalty of the shield is not applyed, while carring a short sword and a shield f.e. The attack rolls seem to be the same with or w/o shield.
This renders all the 2 weapons fighting feats useless imho, or more specifically, renders it useless for a rogue, since he can then just use a shield and still attack with a high DEX bonus


What you have said seems unusual, though I've never experimented with the shield penalty portion of it. You might want to try using WF and the shield penalty with a warrior proficient in shields and see if that makes a difference. Many who play this game do claim that the Improved Initiative feat is also broken, so this might also be the case.
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Well, did some testing..
It is in german but pretty self-explanatory. Same attack rolls with or without shield
This thief (lev21 i think) is proficient in shields and small swords and have a "weapon finesse" feat.
Yeah, heard about impoved initiative too. I thinks there are enouth bugs for next patch, Black Isle - you here? :)
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