Weapons

Weapon Proficiencies[]

Weapon Modifier Feat[]

Weapon Finesse: Allows the use of the Dexterity modifier in place of Strength modifier for finesse-type weapon's attack roll.
Zen Archery: Allows the use of the Wisdom modifier in place of Dexterity modifier for a ranged-type weapon's attack roll.

Weapon Changes[]

Some weapon properties have been changed from vanilla Neverwinter Nights, and these values may not always be reflected in the weapon's description in-game. Specifically the Morningstar will appear with a d8 damage die weapon on its description whilst mechanically and on the character sheet will correctly behave as a d6 damage die weapon as per the changes noted below.

Trident: Critical range of 18x2 (from 19x2)
Club: Critical range of 19x2 (from 20x2)
Light Hammer: Critical range of 20x4 (from 20x2)
Shuriken: Critical Range of 19-20x3 (from 20x2)
Kama: Combined Slashing/Piercing damage (from Slashing)
Quarterstaff: d8 damage die (from d6)
Morningstar: d6 damage die (from d8)
Warhammer: 12 lbs (from 8)
Heavy Crossbow: 14 lbs (from 9), no longer in Weapon Proficiency (Wizard)
The Halberd, Lance, Spear, Trident and Whip had their preferred attack distance increased.*

There are also different categories of weapons that are now available that add bonuses and/or penalties to skills, weight, damage, and damage type.

*It is worth noting that the increased preferred attack distance does not actually increase a weapon's reach, it only increases the range at which attacks may be made whilst maintaining the standard weapon reach applied to all melee weapons and this may have consequences such as: a sidestep can put a creature out of weapon range, forcing the character to then dash forward to get back into range, triggering an Attack of Opportunity (AoO).

Class & Racial Proficiency Changes[]

There have been some notable changes to weapon proficiencies granted as part of being a member of a class or race to enhance their fantasy and style. Many of these are additional proficiencies not granted in vanilla Neverwinter Nights, however in certain cases such as for the Wizard, their weapon proficiency may be altered or reduced to better represent their class fantasy. It is important to remember that most classes (all except for Druid) do however receive the Weapon Handling feat for free which allows them to wield any kind of weapon but with penalties incurred for a lack of proficiency.

Characters with Weapon Handling (i.e. every class except Druid) are able to take Weapon Focus in any weapon including those they are not usually proficient with and doing so will also grant them proficiency with that weapon type if they were not already proficient in it. This is a custom change to TER to assist character customisation and allow for more cohesive character backgrounds especially in cases where previously a character might have required exotic weapon proficiency only to specialise in a single weapon and may not have had any in-character basis for proficiency in a range of unrelated exotic weapons. An iconic example of this is dwarves taking Weapon Focus: Dwarven Waraxe symbolising their racial weapon of preference rather than being forced to take the Weapon Proficiency (Exotic) feat which may not be in-character appropriate for them just for specialising in a single weapon from that proficiency category.

Weapon Table[]

Weapon	Size	Proficiency	Damage Type	Damage Die	Threat Range	Multiplier	Property
Dagger	Tiny	Simple	Piercing	d4	19-20	x2	Weapon Finesse Compatible
Dart	Tiny	Simple	Piercing	d4	20	x2	Ranged; Strength Modifier
Kukri	Tiny	Exotic	Slashing	d4	18-20	x2	Weapon Finesse Compatible
Shuriken	Tiny	Exotic	Piercing	d3	19-20	x3	Ranged
Light Crossbow	Small	Simple	Piercing	d8	19-20	x2	Ranged
Lance	Small	Simple	Piercing	-	-	-	Increased Range
Mace	Small	Simple	Bludgeoning	d6	20	x2	Weapon Finesse Compatible
Light Pick	Small	Simple	Piercing	d4	20	x4	Weapon Finesse Compatible
Sickle	Small	Simple	Slashing	d6	20	x2	Weapon Finesse Compatible
Sling	Small	Simple	Bludgeoning	d4	20	x2	Ranged
Handaxe	Small	Martial	Slashing	d6	20	x3	Weapon Finesse Compatible
Light Hammer	Small	Martial	Bludgeoning	d4	20	x4	Weapon Finesse Compatible
Shortsword	Small	Martial	Piercing	d6	19-20	x2	Weapon Finesse Compatible
Throwing Axe	Small	Martial	Slashing	d6	20	x2	Ranged; Strength Modifier
Kama	Small	Exotic	Slashing-Piercing	d6	20	x2	Dual Damage; Weapon Finesse Compatible
Whip	Small	Exotic	Slashing	d2	20	x2	Disarm, Increased Range, Can't Be Used In Offhand; Weapon Finesse Compatible
Club	Medium	Simple	Bludgeoning	d6	19-20	x2	-
Short Spear	Medium	Simple	Piercing	d6	20	x3	-
Heavy Crossbow	Medium	Simple	Piercing	d10	19-20	x2	Ranged
Morningstar	Medium	Simple	Bludgeoning-Piercing	d6	20	x2	Dual Damage, Can't Be Used In Offhand
Battleaxe	Medium	Martial	Slashing	d8	20	x3	-
Light Flail	Medium	Martial	Bludgeoning	d8	20	x2	Can't Be Used In Offhand
Longsword	Medium	Martial	Slashing	d8	19-20	x2	-
Rapier	Medium	Martial	Piercing	d6	18-20	x2	Weapon Finesse Compatible
Scimitar	Medium	Martial	Slashing	d6	18-20	x2	-
Shortbow	Medium	Martial	Piercing	d6	20	x3	Ranged
Warhammer	Medium	Martial	Bludgeoning	d8	20	x3	-
Heavy Pick	Medium	Martial	Piercing	d6	20	x4	Can't Be Used In Offhand
Bastard Sword	Medium	Exotic	Slashing	d10	19-20	x2	-
Dwarven Waraxe	Medium	Exotic	Slashing	d10	20	x3	-
Katana	Medium	Exotic	Slashing	d10	19-20	x2	-
Quarterstaff	Large	Simple	Bludgeoning	d8	20	x2	-
Spear	Large	Simple	Piercing	d8	20	x3	Increased Range
Greataxe	Large	Martial	Slashing	d12	20	x3	-
Greatsword	Large	Martial	Slashing	2d6	19-20	x2	-
Halberd	Large	Martial	Piercing-Slashing	d10	20	x3	Dual Damage, Increased Range
Heavy Flail	Large	Martial	Bludgeoning	d10	19-20	x2	-
Maul	Large	Martial	Bludgeoning	d10	20	x3	-
Longbow	Large	Martial	Piercing	d8	20	x3	Ranged
Trident	Large	Martial	Piercing	d8	18-20	x2	Increased Range
Dire Mace	Large	Exotic	Bludgeoning	d8/d8	20	x2	2-Sided
Double Axe	Large	Exotic	Slashing	d8/d8	20	x3	2-Sided
Scythe	Large	Exotic	Piercing	2d4	20	x4	-
Two-Bladed Sword	Large	Exotic	Slashing	d8/d8	19-20	x2	2-Sided

Weapons that are Weapon Finesse Compatible are the same weapons that are compatible with Rogue's Sneak Attack.
Traditional two-handed weapons receive a 1.5x Strength modifier to damage like they do in the vanilla version of NWN.

Dual Wielding[]

Characters may choose to dual wield weapons for combat, however, they suffer attack penalties if they do not have any of the following feats: Ambidexterity, Two Weapon Fighting, and Improved Two Weapon Fighting.

Characters that wield a double-sided weapon are considered dual wielding a weapon, with one side considered as the light off-hand; these weapons do not get the 1.5x Strength modifier to damage even though they are two-handed weapons.

Attack Penalties for Dual-Wielding
Considerations	Main Hand	Off-Hand
Maximum Penalties	-6	-10
Ambidexterity	-6	-6
Light Off-Hand Weapon	-4	-8
Two-Weapon Fighting	-4	-8
Ambidexterity and Light Off-Hand Weapon	-4	-4
Ambidexterity and Two-Weapon Fighting	-4	-4
Two-Weapon Fighting and Light Off-Hand Weapon	-2	-6
Ambidexterity, Two-Weapon Fighting, and Light Off-Hand Weapon	-2	-2

When dual-wielding, the main weapon gets the full strength modifier as a damage bonus, while the off-hand weapon gets half that (rounded down). A negative strength modifier will apply its full penalty to both the main-hand and off-hand weapon.

The only weapons which are one category smaller than the standard weapon for characters of small stature and therefore have a reduced attack penalty when wield by them in the off-hand are those of the 'tiny' size category; this includes the dagger and the kukri. Likewise, characters of small stature can only dual wield weapons of the 'small' size category or lower.

Characters of small stature will also not gain sneak attack bonuses when using the rapier (which would otherwise qualify for the sneak attack bonus for characters of larger size categories) as it does not effectively count as a 'light' weapon for them since it can only be wield by them as a 2-handed weapon.