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Bala's Axe Dispel Magic Bug

OrangemooseOrangemoose Member Posts: 83
in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
So I'm crawling my Fighter and her party through Durlag's Tower and I came across this weapon and thought that even if I didn't want to use the weapon itself due to not being proficient in axes I might as well equip it and use the Dispel Magic ability that it lists in its description.
However the weapon didn't give me the ability when equipping it and apparently that's a bug that isn't fixed?
When I searched the bug itself I found: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/23403/fix-balas-axe-wizard-slayer-now-dispels-magic-1-day

So I'm wondering if this hotfix will work with 2.0 at all?
Also looking at Redmine I can see that the Bala's Axe issue isn't on there so I guess I'll look up how to post bug reports in the meantime.

Comments

  • TressetTresset Member, Moderator Posts: 8,268
    Bala's axe was never supposed to dispel magic. It is supposed to cast Miscast Magic on whoever it hits. This is not a bug so don't report it. The mod you mention should work in 2.0, however, so feel free to use it if you want!
  • OrangemooseOrangemoose Member Posts: 83
    Tresset said:

    Bala's axe was never supposed to dispel magic. It is supposed to cast Miscast Magic on whoever it hits. This is not a bug so don't report it. The mod you mention should work in 2.0, however, so feel free to use it if you want!

    Then the item's description is a bug?
  • TressetTresset Member, Moderator Posts: 8,268
    Mmm, yeah. That is an issue. I will contact someone to take care of it. Faulty descriptions are reported differently.
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