Dual Wielding and Half-Orc Question
DaNiMaL
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Wanted to ask on the forums from a veteran/expert BG player as a last resort because Ive been searching from other sites for a while now and I keep seeing mixed opinions , its hard finding stuff for only BG:EE since BG2 is already been out for a long time.
But on to the topic, I wanted to ask if dual wielding is viable in BG:EE? I wanted to make a Fighter/Thief since most posts say its better than going pure thief. But I also want to pretty much be a jack of all trades, like backstab, dual-wield, find traps, pick locks and be able to go invisible for backstabs often. Dont care much for pickpocketing or detect illusions(wouldnt mind having this one tho for the mages).
I was also planning to get Drizzt's gear since its the best for a Fighter/thief, or am I mistaken and there is better stuff to get? For example I know of the 2 items which keep being said like Shadow Armor and Worn Whispers.
My other question is about races, would I lose out much if I went with Half-Orc? I know its prefered to go Hafling or another shorty race for optimal thief skills and saving throws, but I would rather play a Elf or Half-Orc for RP purposes.
Thx for any help in advance.
But on to the topic, I wanted to ask if dual wielding is viable in BG:EE? I wanted to make a Fighter/Thief since most posts say its better than going pure thief. But I also want to pretty much be a jack of all trades, like backstab, dual-wield, find traps, pick locks and be able to go invisible for backstabs often. Dont care much for pickpocketing or detect illusions(wouldnt mind having this one tho for the mages).
I was also planning to get Drizzt's gear since its the best for a Fighter/thief, or am I mistaken and there is better stuff to get? For example I know of the 2 items which keep being said like Shadow Armor and Worn Whispers.
My other question is about races, would I lose out much if I went with Half-Orc? I know its prefered to go Hafling or another shorty race for optimal thief skills and saving throws, but I would rather play a Elf or Half-Orc for RP purposes.
Thx for any help in advance.
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Regarding gear... Drizzt's armour and scimitars are the best armour and melee weapons ingame. Of course a pure thief is not allowed to use Drizzt's armour and his weapons can only be used by Good aligned characters (which is ironic, since killing him is a very evil act).
Shadow armour is very good for a pure thief who cannot use heavier armours, so if you stick with Imoen (and I see no reason why anyone would drop her unless they play evil party) she should get it.
Worn whispers is just a boot that improves stealth. But I prefer boots of speed for Imoen/thieves. But then I don't use her for assassination, so for me, getting caught is less important if she can get away after her cover is blown.
Finally regarding race... again no expert here, but from RP perspective, it's kinda hard to imagine a hulking Str 19 Half-Orc sneaking around trying to pick pockets and locks.
i think you can dual wield and with half-orc it should be quite effective but i don't know if better compared to 2handed weapons
drizzt weapons are the best in bg1 you don't even have to kill him to get one scimitar +3
Ya i was planning on an a Mixed party actually, but since its the allignment and not the rep that counts, its not a problem.
For the Orc, plz dont flame me for this but i got the idea from World of Warcraft Lore, if you know of Garona the rogue female orc.
Also its not even about drizzt's gear, i would even use other weapons, i just wanted to know if dual wielding is viable or is it so much of a penalty that it would make my fighter/thief suck with 2 weapons?
And you probably know this already, but encase u didn't... Mixed parties can be tricky cos good and evil characters will quite literally kill each other, especially if they have any ingame 'history'. In my game, I had Xzar and Montaron (evil) early on and picked up Khalid and Jaheira (good) shortly afterwards. A day (ingame day) later, my party walked into Beregost and suddenly an argument escalated quickly, I lost control of my party and Khalid/Jaheira killed Montaron/Xzar in the street...
Also with mixed parties, you need to keep an eye on your reputation so as to not overly annoy either faction. It just all seems so tedious to me.
Anyway, I will let you know what NPCs will, on a bad, rare chance, attempt to fight to the death. Most of them are bloody obvious anyway.
Yeslick vs. Kagain
Xzar vs. Jaheira, their companions will also join in if they are available
Eldoth vs. Shar-Teel
Kivan vs. Viconia (This one seems especially unlikely, they verbally abuse each other a lot but I've never actually witnessed the fight myself)
Ajantis vs. any evil character
Edwin vs. Dynaheir
Faldorn vs. Jaheira
Kia Backstabs make chunks.