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Halfling racial bonus with darts?

AerakarAerakar Member Posts: 1,055
in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
In the past Halflings were receiving a +1 racial bonus with darts, as with slings. Is this still the case or was it removed in a later patch? Am wanting to do a Halfling Assassin build focused on darts and daggers.

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  • WowoWowo Member Posts: 2,064
    Aerakar said:

    In the past Halflings were receiving a +1 racial bonus with darts, as with slings. Is this still the case or was it removed in a later patch? Am wanting to do a Halfling Assassin build focused on darts and daggers.

    I can't see any reason for it to have changed. Why not test it?
  • SertoriusSertorius Member Posts: 172
    No racial bonus with darts, only with slings for halflings.
  • AerakarAerakar Member Posts: 1,055
    I wonder what happened. I remember reading a thread in the past about it potentially being non-intended. Did the last patch remove this?
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,760
    here - https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/337391/#Comment_337391 and https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/337500/#Comment_337500 - it's confirmed that halflings get +1 racial bonus not only with slings but also with darts.

    Also, this discussion - https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/20130/halfling-throwing-weapons-bonus - confirms it as well.

    It hasn't been changed since the time of those posts.
  • SertoriusSertorius Member Posts: 172
    @bengoshi

    Are you sure about that? The race description does not mention a bonus to darts or thrown weapons, only slings.

    Also, there isn't any bonus shown for it anywhere else, not in the inventory screen or the character sheet.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited August 2015
    bengoshi said:

    here - https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/337391/#Comment_337391 and https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/337500/#Comment_337500 - it's confirmed that halflings get +1 racial bonus not only with slings but also with darts.

    Also, this discussion - https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/20130/halfling-throwing-weapons-bonus - confirms it as well.

    It hasn't been changed since the time of those posts.

    Ahh that awkward moment when you see you've written something and don't even remotely remember writing it. :)
  • NaveenNaveen Member Posts: 81
    Unless I have miscalculated something I don't think they have any attack bonus with darts. To test it I attacked Khalid with darts using my halfling assassin (thaco 17* -16 if they had any extra bonus-) against his 1 AC (0 against missiles) and I only hurt him with 17 or more, not 16 (which would be the needed result if I had some sort of hidden bonus).

    *+2 dexterity and +1 for being an assassin
  • AerakarAerakar Member Posts: 1,055
    They do not seem to any longer show-up on the character record or during combat in BG:EE since the last patch.

    Do they apply in BG:EE 2?
  • SertoriusSertorius Member Posts: 172
    Appears to be the same; no bonus to darts.
  • ChnapyChnapy Member Posts: 360
    can confirm that racethac.2da shows no bonus in darts for halfling
  • dunbardunbar Member Posts: 1,603
    Just asking out of curiosity, why would halflings have a bonus to darts or slings? Surely both weapons rely on the arm's lever effect, and given that halflings by definition would have shorter than average arms.....
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited August 2015
    I assume it has to do with rock pitching being a favourite sport among halfling children (which is brought up in the players handbook). So I guess its a result of years of doing that :)

    (it is an accuracy bonus rather than a damage bonus after all)
  • LateralusLateralus Member Posts: 903
    dunbar said:

    Just asking out of curiosity, why would halflings have a bonus to darts or slings? Surely both weapons rely on the arm's lever effect, and given that halflings by definition would have shorter than average arms.....

    Like many things in DnD, they are crudely based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. Hobbits (halflings) have a knack for throwing rocks, it's one of their favorite past times as kids and the precision becomes deadly after growing into adulthood. Translated into the game, they get a bonus with slings.

    Like I said, "crude".

    The mechanics of slinging a bullet are far removed from throwing a rock, and throwing a dart is much different than throwing a rock or using a sling.
  • dunbardunbar Member Posts: 1,603
    Thanks for taking the time to answer a trivial question - I'd missed the bit about rock throwing.
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