One Hand Weapon

Olek77

Hi,

I would ask whether a bow is a one hand weapon or a two hand weapon ( found nothing in the manual ).

Second, why I should spend points in the one hand weapon ability? It is more secure to got a shield and more powerfull to attack with 2 weapons...

Regards,

Olek

karnor00

The weapon styles only apply to melee weapons and not ranged weapons. Although for the record the bow is a two handed weapon.

The single weapon ability isn't really very useful compared to either a shield or second weapon. It's mostly there to add a bit of flavour for anyone who wants to use a single weapon for non-powergaming reasons.

Sed

I'd say that goes to argue, since single weapon style doubles your crit chance and you can still get +2 AC with two points in it. Not all chars have the STR to carry the best shields.

pixie359

Or can be bothered switching to dual weapons when switching from ranged to melee.

elminster

Single Weapon can be good for backstab characters. Just you know in case up to 4x (in BGEE) backstab wasn't good enough hehe.

Corvino

Some characters (like pure thieves) cannot use shields (apart from bucklers) or put enough points into dual-wield to make it worthwhile. So for a pure class backstabbing thief or assassin single weapon style offers a better critical chance in addition to bonus AC with next to no downside.

*Edit* This also applies to Monks at low levels. They are often better off with a sword and single-weapon style than their fists early on, though even better used with a ranged weapon.

FinneousPJ

Olek77 said:

Hi,

I would ask whether a bow is a one hand weapon or a two hand weapon ( found nothing in the manual ).

Second, why I should spend points in the one hand weapon ability? It is more secure to got a shield and more powerfull to attack with 2 weapons...

Regards,

Olek

Like @karnor00 said, bows are two-handed weapons, but weapon style bonuses DO NOT apply to ranged weapons.

Single-weapon style isn't too bad in BGEE, but its problem is its bonuses don't scale into higher levels. In BG2EE you can get weapons that give you AC, extra damage, extra attacks, immunities, etc. etc. and SWS can't hope to compete. There are some nice shields as well, but 2WF is the best by a huge margin. I guess you can call it a flaw in the game design

moody_mage

I agree with the ranged/melee weapon point. My F/M/T has points in single weapon as I'm tired of having to constantly switch weapons in and out when I want to use ranged weapons.

Sed

The point made about monks is very viable for Rasaad in BG:EE.

YupImMadBro

I grab it for my thieves because I'm too lazy to give them a buckler or second weapon after they switch from bow.

Olek77

Thanks all for your answers!