Posted by: Daulmakan
« on: March 23, 2009, 03:11:51 AM »That sucks.
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Posted by: Silencer150
« on: March 22, 2009, 02:11:45 PM »I ran some quick tests and discovered the problem, or rather, the issue. The Fulcrum's grandmastery only works for warrior classes, not priests, mages, or rogues. I tried giving the Fulcrum to each member of my party in turn. Sarevok and Minsc got the full bonuses, while Haer'Dalis, Aerie, and Jan did not. Oh well. I guess there's no way to break the class restrictions on proficiencies. 
Posted by: Silencer150
« on: March 22, 2009, 02:00:55 PM »I thought I'd mention this here. I don't know if there's a conflict with all the mods I have installed, but the Fulcrum's grandmastery does not seem to work. I tried equipping it on my Shapeshifter Druid, and while the proficiency points showed up in the records screen, I still had only one attack and NO change in THAC0. My druid has one base proficiency point in clubs.
The only mod I can think of that could be causing a conflict is the BG2 Tweakpack, specifically the True Grandmastery feature, which improves the grandmastery bonuses. However I can't imagine why this would cause the Fulcrum to malfunction. I also have the Universal Clubs feature installed, but again, I don't know why this would mess with the Fulcrum. My other characters do get their natural grandmastery bonuses, for example, Sarevok gets 4 attacks per round with his two-handed swords.
As of right now, the Fulcrum has proven a worthless investment, and I'm not using Pitchwife because I prefer the Water's Talon. Any solutions would be appreciated. For now, I'm going to try reinstalling both this mod and the Tweakpack.
The only mod I can think of that could be causing a conflict is the BG2 Tweakpack, specifically the True Grandmastery feature, which improves the grandmastery bonuses. However I can't imagine why this would cause the Fulcrum to malfunction. I also have the Universal Clubs feature installed, but again, I don't know why this would mess with the Fulcrum. My other characters do get their natural grandmastery bonuses, for example, Sarevok gets 4 attacks per round with his two-handed swords.
As of right now, the Fulcrum has proven a worthless investment, and I'm not using Pitchwife because I prefer the Water's Talon. Any solutions would be appreciated. For now, I'm going to try reinstalling both this mod and the Tweakpack.
Posted by: Jude-The-Obscure
« on: March 09, 2009, 02:49:11 PM »After playing the great Weimer Item Upgrade mod for over a year I finally decided to once and for all figure out which of these two uber-clubs is the better weapon. It took quite a lot of brain stretching, and a wee bit of research so I decided to save other people the time and the neuronal strain.
PITCHWIFE
With * Proficiency
To hit = + 6
Attacks = 1/0
Damage Normal: 6 - 11
Acid: 5
Silvers: 12
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1st Rnd: 14 - 21
TOTAL: 23 - 34
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With ** Proficiency
To hit = + 7 (3/2)
Damage Normal: 8 - 13
Acid: 5
Silvers: 12
____________
1st Rnd: 16 - 23
TOTAL: 25 - 36
nb. Magic resistant skeletons still take the full 5 acid and slivers damage (with resistance of 1) giving 2 damage per round (total of 8 ) TOTAL 19 - 24
Shadow Fiends take no acid damage, but take the full 3 from slivers TOTAL 18 - 23
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FULCRUM
If the character has * in clubs, Grand Mastery gives +2 to hit, +3 to damage, and an
extra 2/2 attacks per round
If the character has ** in clubs, Grand mastery gives +1 to hit and +1 to damage over
and above the usual hit
Stats (for ALL levels base proficiency)
To hit: +6
Attacks = 3/2
Damage Normal: 8 - 13 (+4 each for evil/good, lawful/chaotic)
Shards: 8
_________________
1st Rnd: 18 - 23 (plus 0 - 8 )
TOTAL: 16 - 29 (plus 0 - 8 )
______________________________________________________________________________________
CONCLUSION
If your character has only * in clubs, then FULCRUM is by far the better weapon.
If your character has ** or more, then for enemies two steps away from true nuetral
FULCRUM is marginally better, for all others PITCHWIFE is better - and you can get it
earlier!
Last but defintely not least .... THANKYOU to Westley Weimer for such an excellent mod
PITCHWIFE
With * Proficiency
To hit = + 6
Attacks = 1/0
Damage Normal: 6 - 11
Acid: 5
Silvers: 12
____________
1st Rnd: 14 - 21
TOTAL: 23 - 34
-----------------------------
With ** Proficiency
To hit = + 7 (3/2)
Damage Normal: 8 - 13
Acid: 5
Silvers: 12
____________
1st Rnd: 16 - 23
TOTAL: 25 - 36
nb. Magic resistant skeletons still take the full 5 acid and slivers damage (with resistance of 1) giving 2 damage per round (total of 8 ) TOTAL 19 - 24
Shadow Fiends take no acid damage, but take the full 3 from slivers TOTAL 18 - 23
______________________________________________________________________________________
FULCRUM
If the character has * in clubs, Grand Mastery gives +2 to hit, +3 to damage, and an
extra 2/2 attacks per round
If the character has ** in clubs, Grand mastery gives +1 to hit and +1 to damage over
and above the usual hit
Stats (for ALL levels base proficiency)
To hit: +6
Attacks = 3/2
Damage Normal: 8 - 13 (+4 each for evil/good, lawful/chaotic)
Shards: 8
_________________
1st Rnd: 18 - 23 (plus 0 - 8 )
TOTAL: 16 - 29 (plus 0 - 8 )
______________________________________________________________________________________
CONCLUSION
If your character has only * in clubs, then FULCRUM is by far the better weapon.
If your character has ** or more, then for enemies two steps away from true nuetral
FULCRUM is marginally better, for all others PITCHWIFE is better - and you can get it
earlier!
Last but defintely not least .... THANKYOU to Westley Weimer for such an excellent mod