Point of Extra Ranged Damage Type

[Stephen_Zuckerman]

So... On a piercing weapon, adding the damage type Piercing doesn't seem to do much of anything.

Why is it part of the Compound additions?

[Chazzler]

Yeah, it's one of those Bioware calculation things.
Same as adding 1d8 silver to a slashing weapon does no good at all.

So I think the falcons can roost easy.

[drakogear]

Hm, wasn't there arrows made for layo that do slashing or bludgeoning damage instead of piercing or were those secondary damage types for arrows?

[Polak76]

Does anyone have that link that illustrated the possible combination of arrows that can be made and their coorresponding damage?  I think Talen might have created it back in the day.

Cheers,
Polak

[miltonyorkcastle]

You can find that info here: [LORE]Item Enhancements[/LORE]

[drakogear]

You can find that info here: [LORE]Item Enhancements[/LORE]

Oh, there bonus damages... though... if arrows/bows already do piercing... wouldn't the Falcon feathers piercing bonus be a bit well... useless... or am I reading that wrong and the damage type from feathers actually change the base damage type?

Also... bit off topic but... how exactly does feathers change damage type? Sorry I tend to think well... realistically at times. Slashing, Piercing and bludgeoning (at least)seems to me more to do with how the arrow head is crafted.

Piercing: smooth yet sharp edge with the tip being the smallest sharpest point.

Slashing: Flat and wide for the most part with serrated edges to rip into the target.

Bludgeoning: Little more then a small round metal ball for an arrow head.

At least those are my thoughts.

[Polak76]

You can find that info here: [LORE]Item Enhancements[/LORE]

You legend!

[miltonyorkcastle]

Also... bit off topic but... how exactly does feathers change damage type? Sorry I tend to think well... realistically at times. Slashing, Piercing and bludgeoning (at least)seems to me more to do with how the arrow head is crafted.

Yeah... it's magic. =P No realistic reason why one fletching over another would change damage type.

[Aphel]

It's how you save space in 2da's while still balancing game mechanics using NWN mechanics.
Carry on.

[Stephen_Zuckerman]

I'm talking about Compound Bows. They all have "Extra Ranged Damage: Piercing."

From perusing various other forums, it turns out that this ability does absolutely nothing.

So why is it on the items?

[Chazzler]

In my humble opinion, the Extra Ranged Damage should be changed to say, slashing type.