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Moonblade hit problem?

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale 2' started by Deathmage, Apr 9, 2008.

  1. Deathmage

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    I discovered for the first time today that you can actually legitimately keep Emma's Moonblade and still be a good guy - and subsequently discovered unhappy problems.

    I gave the sword to my paladin, who has a Weapon Focus in Large Blades. Now, previously she had been equipping the Scimitar +1 you get from Dereth, and her to hit is +8: Base four, abilities two (14 Str), weapon one, proficiency one.

    The Moonblade's weapon description says Attack Bonus +2. With the weapon equipped, however, the paladin has only +6 to hit, as follows: Base four, abilites two. What gives? From my calculations, she should have +9 to hit: Base four, abilities two, weapon two, proficiency one. But nope. It's a measly +6.

    Am I missing some sort of obscure rule, or is there indeed a bug?

    I have indeed patched to 2.1 and have also used WeiDu's fixpack which doesn't deal with the moonblade anyway.
     
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    The Moonblade does not do physical damage -- it is magic based damage so strength bonuses do not apply.

    WeiDu has an Ease of Use pack for IWD2, I don't recall a fix pack. In Ease of Use the Moonblade counts as a small blade weapon (and your weapon focus - large blades bonus is also removed). However, the damage has been increased. You hit less often, but harder. It's an excellent weapon for dex based characters who dual wield.
     
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    I always thought that the Moonblade was a short sword. :confused:
     
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    Emma's Moonblade lists "Martial Weapon - Large Sword" as the feat requirement. With Ease of Use, this is changed to "Simple Weapon - Small Blade" which (according to the EoU document) brings this closer to what a Moonblade is for the spell.
     
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    I thought this might be the case, but the character screen does show "Ability +2". Perhaps it's due to her Dex (14), but she doesn't have Weapon Finesse. Although if I take into account the lack of both Weapon Proficiency and ability score bonuses, then it should indeed be +6. Problem solved!
     
    Deathmage, Apr 11, 2008
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