On Mon, Jan 24/00, kim@... wrote:

> From: kim@...
>
> The reason for putting a fast weapon in your primary is to
> raise dual wield skill - a 10 delay weapon would give 60 dual
> wield checks (and thus chances to improve) every minute. A
> 100 delay weapon would only give 6 checks. If your skill is
> maxed, this is a non-issue.
>
> (For those of you who remember, the disagreement JM and I had
> over this was a matter of definition - he was using dam/delay
> ratio, I was using average damage over time.)

I thought you both agreed that dual weild checks were based on the
secondary weapon delay. Have you now changed your mind on this? If the
check happens when the secondary weapon delay expires then that
contradicts the first sentance I quoted above.

And, with the typical fight, putting a 10 delay weapon in either hand
with a bard at high levels, assuming an under one minute fight, would
probably yeild something like this, assuming all 6 dual weild checks
succeeded (ya right)

miss
miss
hit for 1
hit for 1
hit for 75
hit for 25
miss
miss
miss
hit for 1

At least that's how most of my fights looked. Given the clumpiness of
the random rolls I'd rather have a lot more chances for hits.

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