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I dunno where I'd post such a curious question, so I'm just gonna post it here. And hopefully a mod or someone can move it to the right place if this isn't deemed appropriate.

So, I'm playing Divinity II: Ego Draconis and I just recieved the "Ultimate Good Warhammer" and I added a few enchantments to it. It has the same enchantments as the weapon I'm using now, and overall it has a higher normal minimum damage, but when I equip it over the second weapon, it shows a lower minimum damage. It's not a huge deal, but when I calculate it all out, it just doesn't add up.... :-/ Can someone tell me how the actual damage is calculated? Here are the stats of each weapon followed by my stats while each is equipped (keep in mind, I use dual-wielded weapons and have my dual wielding skill at level 10 for a 19% bonus to primary hand and 20% bonus to off-hand [which also doesn't make sense to me >_<]):

Mage's Ultimate Good Warhammer of the Vampire (the weapon I'm switching to)
One-handed Warhammer
Melee damage 43-53
Magic damage 26-32
Critical Chance 8%
Requires Strength 23/level 24
+48 to Mana
+15 to Melee Damage
+3 to Spirit
Empty Charm Slot
Increased Normal Damage by 27
Increased Magic Damage by 15
13% Chance of converting 21% of damage to hitpoints

Me with warhammer equipped Level 34
HP 616 Dam 436-516 + (100-111)
Mana 522 Mel Res 54.79%
XP 1310082 Rng Res 45.66%
Vit 32 Mag Res 47.56&
Spi 21 Body 61%
Str 51 Reflex 46%
Dex 39 Will 52%
Int 51
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And the other one:

(Unique) Lich's Well-Crafted Light Noble Sword of Doom (the one I'm currently wearing)
One-handed Sword
Melee damage 41-69
Critical Chance 7%
Requires Strength 12/Dexterity 12/Level 25
+4 to Vitality
+16 to Melee Damage
+6 to Spirit
+7 to Magic Damage
Empty Charm Slot X3
13% Chance of converting 21% of damage to hitpoints
Increased Normal Damage by 27
Increased Magic Damage by 15

Me with sword equipped Level 34
HP 644 Dam 438-544 + (78-78)
Mana 495 Mel Res 54.79%
XP 1310082 Rng Res 45.66%
Vit 36 Mag Res 47.56&
Spi 24 Body 61%
Str 51 Reflex 46%
Dex 39 Will 52%
Int 51

if you're duel-weilding, both weapons suffer a proficency penalty, likewise with Sword'n'Shield.
check the weapon handling ranking in each Single-handed/Sword'n'Shield/Duel Weilding Proficency, and check the math.

also, are you playing it as the official Ego Draconis game or did you get the Dragon Knight Saga?

on second thought, rereading your post, i have no idea what i'm talkign about and should probably shot up right now.

I don't know why an increase of 1 to the minimum damage of one weapon would drop the average damage by 2... Maybe a balanced weapon is treated a little differently than a regular weapon in the damage calculations, at least enough there is a bit of a round-off effect?


There is a set of forums for the original release of D2:ED, under the DKS/FoV forum groups on the main index.