Should I dual-class my kensai into a mage?

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wow, you boys have really given me alot 2 thing about . I'm loving the idea of weilding the staff of magi(the magic dispel is so sexy) and with me dueling over 2 mage i could alwyas cast improved haste on my self.

got alot 2 sleep on .

-quik overview qeastion, if i was 2 go the quartier staff path and i had true gm fixed, would i max my 2 handed weapon style (4 slots?) and my quarstaff proficiencies (4 slots?)

@Faraaz
i've tryed going 2 the main website. seem 2 be down when it comes back up i'll have a look ty .

 

You need to put 5 weapon proficiency slots (not 4 as you stated) into Quarterstaves to GRAND master them. Then you can toss 2 to Two-handed weapon style. IIRC, Two handed-weapon style is capped at two slots, you can not put more. It will give you a very good increase in weapon speed, and better criticals!

Did you get TRUE grand-mastery BTW?

 

Nope.You can put only 2 points in 2-handed w.style.And 5 in any weapon a kensai can use (staves included).

True G.Mastery fixes only things that have to do with g.mastery's bonuses.

 

Can someone tell the exact true bonuses of GM by the fix? I seem to have forgotten. Though it adds ½ attack? What was the difference?

 

TGM fix from EoU adds the extra half attack and to hit and damage bonuses like you have in BG. Those I don't know.

 

yah i just download the Ease of Use mod . thankz agian.

-off topic.
i'm loving all these added modes . you know anything about the tdd mode? is it worth installing?

 

I would recommend against it. Its very buggy, although I understand the Weidu version is considerably less so.

I dunno...I didn't like it very much.

 

buggy . i'll give it a try, if i do find it 2 be very buggy, would you know if could keep the game i'm playing and install anther version of the patch?

and would you have a link or a fiel name for that mod?

 

http://dragonshoard.blackwyrmlair.net/download.php

 

I'm going to go counter to the advice that's been given: go with pure Kensai! Its my favorite way to play. Something about a warrior with just a piece of steel in his hand laying waste to everything he encounters is really appealing, at least for me. And bah humbug on the idea of using FoA - do you want to be known as a Flail Saint?

 

^Hah, but you can hardly find a weapon as strong and USEFUL as FoA+5. Just look at the statistics, man, it does +10 bonus damage from elements, perfect for those big guys who has tons of resistances to everything. (Improved YagaShura anyone?) And, oh slowing effect is just icing on what is already a most delicious cake! I can not think about the havoc it will cause when dual-wielded by a True Grandmaster Kensai at level 4O!

Dual wield Crom Faeyr on the other hand! For STR boost! Now...can someone calculate the damage per hit with FoA +5? Add +14 STR bonus, true GM bonus, and ALL those level 40 kensai bonuses! Pus KAI! Truly scary!

Go flail saint, go!

 

level 40 kensai=+10
true GM=+5(i think)
str=+14
plus weap dam calc yourself

 

IIRC, a +5 flail like FoA+5 does 1d6+6 damage. Use kai. So 6 is rolled on the damage roll.

Let me see:

6+6+10+14+5=41 damage.

Then, add the sinister +2 X 5 elemental damages.

A total of 51 damage per a normal hit. Not bad? With improved hasted you can attack A LOT of times.

Care to compare to a katana? Celestial Fury?

10+3+10+5+14=42 damage. Oh. Not a big difference. But it does not have elemental damage add up. Well, most of the time. It can add a whopping 20 points of electrical damage though, a BIG difference. It can stun too, but allows a save, whilst FoA+5's slow does not. A big bonus IMHO.

Ofcourse, I am not talking about mod items such as CF+5 or Sanchuudoku+4.

 

in tob, foa in soa cf

 

@ Silverstar




I couldn't have said it better.
Yes FoA is amazing and its Slow effect is the most valuable of it's abilities (see spell's description for more info ),even more than the elemental damage.

One would appreciate more the power of this weapon only if he soloed the game (with some mods too ).

 

^Wow, the revolutionary hierophant and brave soloer thetruth has agreed with me!