Allyx - special post for you

if you want i can post the 3.5 prices if you tell me what items. (not a big change as Mike B. said.)

 

hey Allyx i finally got around to making the other sword of answering and since you do this alot more that i do and know more about it than i do i thought id post them up here and you can see what you think of them. i tried them in the game and they all seem to work like they are suppose to. i tried to change the images of them but they would just look like one of the other swords in the game so i left that alone.

 

Nice to know that you are editing some new item. Is it possible to try them? If so, where can I find them in the game? May I get them even if resuming some old game or should I play a new game at all?
I really feel the need for some decent dwarven axe and composite long and short bows.

I think too that Scather (or whatever) is too strong, mainly for the fact that it never misses an enemy, so image what a generic fighter with power attack at maximum may do! I was able to end the game alone only thanks to that weapon. But still, it looks like part of what the programmers wished so I would leave it unchanged.

And again, I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one that is asking for NPC enchanters that will enchant masterwork gear or craft magic items. I belive that Terjon and Jaroo could both do it (if the game allows it) and... well, maybe the wizard at the tower, near the castle in Homelet. And still I agree that it would be nice to use that abbandoned shrine in Homelet for some nice sidequest. Let's see...

Matt.

 

oh what was the spelling error? that may explain alot.
i didnt think they should all be in there but that there should be 1 avalible for each alignment that plays. i dont know if we can change it so that the party gets the sword for thier alignment as a reward from thrommel if not they can at least import it in the console so they have one to use if they want it. if i can get the lawful and chaotic to do what they are suppose to i can add in the LN and CN swords too. i also after more testing found that they dont work exactly like they are suppose to and that im sure is due to the first bounus which is just called fragarch. i need to find out where that bounus is and how to change it for each alignment so they would work right.

oh and no i dont care about the icon really i was just playing around with them and noticed they had all been used already. so i just left them all the same.

 

The problem I see with Fragarach/Scather and the big two-handed swords, is the fighter has to give up his shield. My fighter was AC32 with a +7 MWheavy metal shield. With Scather he is AC25, which is okay, but he still gets hit a lot. If you're going to fight hillgiants and ettins you'd better have a lot of HP and potions and a cleric close by. If it wasn't for cure serious wounds potions the next thing would be raisedead. The swords are great but there are complications.

 

scather not lawful and AC "problem"

Take combat mastery as feat and put it to maximum: that sword never misses, so you just get a +5 to AC with no maluses. And/or take the exotic weapon proficiency for bastard sword to handle it with 1 hand or buy a masterwork buckler and enchant it and equip it. You will never notice the -1 penality to attack rolls.
Anyway Scather is a chaotic holy (good) wapon, so it doesn't have to count like a lawful weapon.

 

Hmmm well i still think you should throw them in and put a note in the read me file... after all a character that is knocked down but regenerates might be able to escape and stop the need for a reload... just my two cents...

 

As long as you're fixing...

...the swords of Answering, why not make them all broadswords like they were in the original module? This will help balance out how much damage they do. And they only hit back "unerringly" up to the character's maximum number of attacks, not an unlimited number of times depending on attacks of opportunity. And the wielder is always last. Takes away some of the steam, I'd say, to get swung at 5 times and maybe beaten to death before you can respond a couple or 3 times...more if you're hasted. Unless you've got that great AC, which you should be able to have carrying a broadsword.

 

yeah i was afraid of that. well that means for swords of other alignments the best i could do would be to give them an enchantment bonus of say +2 maybe +3 and the holy/unholy, chaotic/lawful bonuses they would be usable by only select alignments and would get a damage bonus against opposing alignments. it would at least give evil and neutral parties something to use since scather and fragarach wont work for them. im still tinkering with the lawful/chaotic bounus trying to see why they dont seem to do anything.