7th August 2004, 10:06 PM
Because the "sword plus-rating" does not directly translate to the damage bonus, the THAC0 bonus, or anything other than determining what types of protections that sword can hit through. :)
With your garden variety magic weapon, yeah, it will be a +1 longsword that is 1d8+1. But special weapons that have more to them than just normal enchantments can be different. Like 2d4+4+1acid+1cold with a +2 THAC0 and a +2 enchantment. I think. That might be a bit off, I'm not running BG2 right now like I was when I made that last post...
With your garden variety magic weapon, yeah, it will be a +1 longsword that is 1d8+1. But special weapons that have more to them than just normal enchantments can be different. Like 2d4+4+1acid+1cold with a +2 THAC0 and a +2 enchantment. I think. That might be a bit off, I'm not running BG2 right now like I was when I made that last post...