Staff Spear +2
HaHaCharade
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Any differences between the one in BG and the one found in BG2? I'm thinking not
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It's pretty crappy though. The staff mace is MUCH better (blunt damage and 1hded, vs piercing and 2 hded. The spear deals 1 more max damage, but 1 less minimum damage, so the staff mace is consistently better)
Also, while I agree that bludgeoning damage is better, it seems with the BG:EE Proficiency system, if you wanted to use a Staff Mace and also take 1 Handed Weapon Style, you would have to take "Quarterstaff" and "One-Handed Weapon Style". Is that right? Kind of a waste for most of the game just to get this unique weapon (Unless it actually uses either the Two-Handed Weapon Style or the Mace Proficiency and I somehow missed that).
At any rate, I kind of think the Staff Spear is underrated. Especially for a High Strength Fighter/Cleric or Fighter/Druid. If you take two points in Quarterstaff and two points in Two-Handed Style, you're Doing 4-10 Weapon Damage, plus 2 damage from Specialization (2 slots), plus your strength (ex. +7 for a Half-Orc F/C with a 19 STR), plus the 1 extra damage that 2 slots in 2 handed weapon style gives you (which you can't get with Single Weapon Style), plus crit-hitting on a 19 or 20. Also, the -4 Speed Factor really helps obviously.
I did some testing and I was doing like 25 damage a hit, and 42+ on crits, with the weapon at 1st level. Granted its a jacked strength character. But shouldn't all F/Cs be that way? :-P
In baldurs gate 1 it is still coming to terms with its powers and is therefore more naive and prone to emotional swings and rash actions.
In baldurs gate 2, staff spear is more mature and reflective. Now fully comfortable in its hybrid form, it is nevertheless still haunted by the mistakes of its past. It must now confront an existential dilemma: Do staff spears have a place in modern society? Is something of such great power meant to be wielded by mere mortals?
The story reaches a dramatic and satisfying conclusion at the end of ToB, where staff spear is forced to confront it's arch nemesis, staff mace atop a mountain of skulls.
Not to mention..as has been discussed in several places, blunt is just plain superior as a damage type, while piercing is just about the worst.
Yes..a F/C or BM could wield it, when they normally couldn't use spears, but at the same time, there's no point. It's an inferior weapon to any other combination of weapons you could wield and is acquired so late it just doesn't matter anymore.