Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback weapon preference

(proficiencies aside)
- why use a dagger over a short sword?
-the only time i see myself using a short sword over a rapier/long sword is if a want to dual wield and not get a certain feat
-why use light over heavy crossbow
-why use short over long bow
and so on . .

i feel like there should be something take makes players choose weapons with lower damage other than RP. like:

-make daggers give an attack option during dialogues using sleight of hand. or make it use only half a poison bottle when coating
-maybe give short bows a toggle function to increase initiative while reducing range.
-maybe give bonus damage to consecutive hits when dual wielding short swords
-make it so that only longbows gain bonus with height (or better bonus than other ranged weapons)
-weapon type exclusive ammunition

Dagger/shortsword/2h sword vs great axes and so on... It's something you use if you're not proficient with something else, if you find a specific weapon that suits your build/preferences, if you want dualwielding, if you have spells that improve specific weapons (druids with clubs) and so on... It depends your style...

About short/long bow and heavy/light crossbow... They have different properties in DnD that really matter (damage, range, ammunition, reload,...). It does not matter in BG3 so yeah, short bow and light crossbow are pretty useless IMO.

These ideas are great!

These ... not so much.