Sword and Shield Style Question

Quartz

Does the -2 AC (and then -4 AC) vs. missile weapons bonus for this style apply if you are using a Small Shield or Buckler? I've always wondered about this.

Dee

Yes.

Kenji

Yes, it does, even for thieves.

Quartz

Thank you!

Oxford_Guy

Can be handy for thief/mages or fighter/mages too (you can cast spells with a shield), works well with a sling and shield...

For back-stabbing thieves and even more so with assassins I prefer single-weapon style for the better critical hit chance and reduced AC against *all* weapons, not just missiles, especially as buckers are fairly rubbish and there aren't many magical ones

Quartz

Oxford_Guy said:

Can be handy for thief/mages or fighter/mages too (you can cast spells with a shield), works well with a sling and shield...

For back-stabbing thieves and even more so with assassins I prefer single-weapon style for the better critical hit chance and reduced AC against *all* weapons, not just missiles, especially as buckers are fairly rubbish and there aren't many magical ones

Kiel's Buckler was effin' legit, PERFECT for thieves, but it isn't in BGII. Absolute shame.

ARKdeEREH

Quartz said:

Kiel's Buckler was effin' legit, PERFECT for thieves, but it isn't in BGII. Absolute shame.

You could try to have your PC wear it when you import him/her into BG2. If you pause while the screen is still dark (before the cut scene with Irenicus) go into your inventory screen and drop everything you want to keep, it will not be taken away from you when the game starts.

I don't know about Kiel's Buckler specifically, but so far the only item I've tried to import in BG2 that this method hasn't worked on was Algernon's cloak.

Quartz

lolwut. Interesting I shall have to try that.