The advantage of having values greater than 100 in Open Locks and Find Traps are two-fold: Unmodded, it mostly allows you to have your Simulacrae perform at 100%. (similarly, it allows you to perform… (View Post)

Of course short swords can work against full plate. My point was that they can't do it with nearly the ease that you imply (from a shield formation, and with overlapping shields no less), and that th… (View Post)

First of all, I used the wrong term in my previous post: "Kite shield". I meant "Heater shield". And then there are different variants of that shield, made of thin wood with a lea… (View Post)

@TraumaDrama The most dangerous opponents (Abazigal, Yaga Shura, Balthazar, Demogorgon and !SPOILER!) are immune to backstabs (and assassinations). But all of them will have allies with them that sho… (View Post)

@lolien I am pretty sure that SCS "Sword Coast Stratagems" counts as a mod. (View Post)