Archer - Character Creation - accepts only 2 pints to longbow

MichalMinich

Hi,
I started to play BG EE after long while. I Installed beta version (windows). Everything works. But I expected that when creating Ranger/Archer character I will be able to put 5 points to longbow short-bow or crossbow. but I can only 2. The game does not accept more. Is this a bug or a new feature?

jmerry

Not a bug; this is working as intended.

There is a global limit on weapon proficiencies, even for characters such as fighters and archers that can go to grandmastery. You can't put the third dot into a weapon proficiency before level 3, the fourth dot before level 6, or the fifth dot before level 9.

So then, a level 1 starting BGEE fighter or archer can't go beyond specialization, and a level 7 starting BG2EE fighter or archer can't be a grandmaster.

MichalMinich

Thank you. That is good to know and makes sense. I probably mixed my old memories from BG2 where character starts at higher level.