One Handed Weapons for stick and board fighters

[{E-Z}Poli]

Yes, a stick and board fighter, its what i play as and have always enjoyed but i find the selection of one handed weapons to do so a little lacking.. Where is the bastard sword?

[Moffin Bovin]

well technically the longsword is the bastard sword because you can wield it 1 or 2 handed.

[Azunai]

5e has "versatile" weapons that can be used as onehanded or twohanded and gave a better damage die when wielded in both hands. Instead of 1d8 longswords and 1d10 bastard swords you now have 1d10 longswords that become 1d8 when wielded in a single hand.

Cutting bastardswords was probably one of the better changes. Those things never made sense. In reality a bastardsword is smaller than a longsword - halfway between the twohanded longsword and the onehanded arming sword.

[talemore]

In your mind. There's no rules on shape.
Sword is sword.

[retsam1]

Are you asking for Act 1 2 or 3 items?

Are you focused on just pure damage, utility, or defensive offense?

[{E-Z}Poli]

Thanks Azunai for explaining that, i suppose i played d&d online for too long.
I currently use a myrkuriet scrouge flail as it gives better constant damage than any 1h sword i have found..but i just dont like the look of it and was hoping i missed something.

[{E-Z}Poli]

Retsam1 I am currently at act 3 so they all apply

[Crom]

Originally posted by {E-Z}Poli:

Yes, a stick and board fighter, its what i play as and have always enjoyed but i find the selection of one handed weapons to do so a little lacking.. Where is the bastard sword?

5e - focuses on people who hates roleplaying games, therefor no bastard sword

[wendigo211]

The best one-handed weapon is the Trident Nyrulna (+3, +1d6 thunder, light, +3m movement and jump range, featherfall, 3d4 thunder 6m AOE explosion centred on the target when thrown, returning when thrown). It's a better thrown weapon than melee weapon, but still a good melee weapon.

The only other +3 one handed weapons I found were Orin's weapons (shortsword and dagger), the Orphic Hammer (+3 Warhammer, that give you advantage on saving throws vs. spells) and the Blood of Lathander (+3 mace, casts sunbeam and blinds any undead or fiends that come close).

There are no great longswords, the Blackguard's Sword might be the best (+2, +1d4 necrotic, with a dazed on smite effect). Although I found a good mace from Viconia (The Handmaiden's mace, +2 +1d6 poison, sets Strength to 18 if lower) and a morning star from one of the merchants (the Sacred Star a +2 with +1d4 radiant damage, sacred orb on hit and chance to turn undead on hit). There's also a nice anti-undead Rapier in either the Szarr palace or the dungeon underneath (Pelorsun Blade, +1, +1d4 Radiant, advantage against undead).

[Gewinnste]

Originally posted by wendigo211:

The best one-handed weapon is the Trident Nyrulna

That's what I first thought as well, when I discovered this awesome weapon in the jungle I was cast to from the circus. But then I learned that you can use your cleric's level 10 Divine Intervention to get a legendary weapon, the Devotee's Mace. This is a Blood of Lathander on steroids. It has a MUCH higher damage than BoL (a full D8), and also a higher damage than Nyrulna: 1D6 + 3 + STR mod + 1D8 (rad)
That's only 1 damage more on average (D8 vs D6 additional damage die) but that's still important (and with savage attacker it's slightly more than 1 more damage). It's also bludgeoning damage while Nyrulna does piercing damage, which meets more resistances in BG3. There's also the potential problem of proficiency with tridents, while everybody is proficient with maces (afaik).
You might say that Nyrulna does much more damage due to the AoE when thrown. But I've used both weapons extensively and after a while it was a pain to actually get Nyrulna's AoE damage to work (friendly fire which required more planning and positioning), while Devotee's Mace just works and does slightly higher melee damage. Also note that when thrown, Nyrulna doesn't do the 2 damage from the Duelling fighting style, which you really really should get when going stick and board.
It's the one thing that makes stick and board not only viable but in most circumstances better than two-handed weapons (Devotee's Mace with Duelling is only surpassed in melee damage output by the Silversword, Balduran's Giantslayer and by a small margin by the Hellbeard Halberd).
Nyrulna increases your range by 3 meters and yields immunity vs. falling damage, but honestly at that point in the game everybody's already illithid flying, and Haste takes care of range limitations.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

The bastard stole it.

[Firecam]

Piercing with baalist armor is good or just get a deva mace for big bonks. If resistances scare you use bonespike gloves.

[Sonic Titan]

Originally posted by Gewinnste:

Nyrulna increases your range by 3 meters and yields immunity vs. falling damage, but honestly at that point in the game everybody's already illithid flying

If you're a MONSTER!

[Gewinnste]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Loveless:

The bastard stole it.

Stole what?

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by Gewinnste:

Originally posted by Pan Darius Loveless:

The bastard stole it.

Stole what?

The sword.

[Gewinnste]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Loveless:

Originally posted by Gewinnste:

Stole what?

The sword.

What sword? Nyrulna is a trident and the Devotee's Mace is, well, a mace. And why stolen?