I stand corrected, I forgot the str damage bonus to thrown weapons/slings. With that in mind, firetooth+3 (2d4+3) would do more damage from a fighter than the axe.
The Rate of Fire (ROF) of the axe is 1 but a dagger has a ROF of 2. Both weapons would get +1APR from 5*, +1APR from level 13 and +1 from the gauntlets of extrordinary specialization. Assuming a 22 Str belt bonus of +10 damage then the firetooth damage would be 2d4+3 + 10 (str) + 5 (specialization) + 2(guantlets) => 25 x 5APR = 125 damage/rd.
In TOB you can get the K'ogorath axe that does 1d6+4 with a chance at another 2d6. But in SoA you can use the rifthome axe that does 2d6+3. So for the Rifthome axe you can do 2d6+3 +10(str) + 5(specialization) + 2(gauntlets) => 27 x 4APR = 108 damage/rd.
So, is this true? The dagger is better than a bow or an axe with high str? Any errors in my math or reasoning?
Only thing is im not sure which of these weapons gets a str bonus, i know all slings do and the throwing axe +2 does. The rifthorne does 1d6 +3 if im not mistaken, the dwarven thrower does 2d6 +3, but both of those weapons lack a str bonus as far as I know. Dont know if the dagger gets a str bonus. I dont know if this has been fixed or not, cant really test it either because i got fix it ages ago. Here is a link to said fix http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/38615/throwing-axes-and-hammers-bug-any-fix
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Only thing is im not sure which of these weapons gets a str bonus, i know all slings do and the throwing axe +2 does. The rifthorne does 1d6 +3 if im not mistaken, the dwarven thrower does 2d6 +3, but both of those weapons lack a str bonus as far as I know. Dont know if the dagger gets a str bonus. I dont know if this has been fixed or not, cant really test it either because i got fix it ages ago. Here is a link to said fix
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/38615/throwing-axes-and-hammers-bug-any-fix