Neverwinter Nights Questions

[Maggotry]

I haven't played D&D in a very long time. I just started playing NWN and have a few questions that I can't find answered in the enormous manual or searching these forums.

1. What is "Armor Check Penalty"?
2. What is "Offhand Weapon"?

Thanks

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: Maggotry
I haven't played D&D in a very long time. I just started playing NWN and have a few questions that I can't find answered in the enormous manual or searching these forums.

1. What is "Armor Check Penalty"?
2. What is "Offhand Weapon"?

Thanks

i forget armor check penalty, but your offhand weapon is a weapon you put in your non-dominant hand

e.g. you have a dagger in your right hand as your primary (you're a righty). An additional dagger in your left would be your offhand weapon. You need the ambidexterity feat to make offhand weapon fighting nicer

 

[Maggotry]

but your offhand weapon is a weapon you put in your non-dominant hand

That makes sense. Thanks.

 

[Maggotry]

Bump

 

[Rand]

I'm not much of a fan of NeverWinter Nights, so I can only offer the explanation of 'Armor Check Penalty' as it applies to the official Dungeons and Dragon 3rd Edition ruleset, I'd be shocked if this didnt precisely hold true for NWN also however.

Essentially Armor Check Penalty is what accounts for the added difficult of performing some skills depending upon what armor your wearing. All armor heavier then leather armor carries with it a penalty.

For example if your trying to perform the 'Move Silently' skill, it is MUCH more diffiuclt to accomplish if your wearing noisy bulky armor like full plate mail as if you were wearing merely padded armor.
The Armor Check Penalty of Full Plate Mail (-6) would be applied to your die roll for your move silently check, or any other skill that is in any way impacted by armor.

In addition, beyond the regular penalties that anyone wearing armor suffers- If you are not proficient with the armor your wearing then you suffer the armor check penalty on all attack rolls as well as all skill rolls that involve movement.

Armor Check Penalties also have other side-effects, such as if you sleep in a suit of armor with a check penalty of (-5) or worse then you automatically suffer the effects of fatigue the next day.


I can explain 'Offhand Weapon' if you wish, but GuybrushThreepwood has already given you the essential gist of what it is.


Keep in mind my explanation is as per the official 3E ruleset, NWN implementation may vary slightly though I'd imagine it's identical in all major aspects.

 

[Maggotry]

Thanks, Rand.

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: Rand
Keep in mind my explanation is as per the official 3E ruleset, NWN implementation may vary slightly though I'd imagine it's identical in all major aspects.

NWN follows 3E exactly, AFAIK