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or find a sling? Ok, the cantrip own by Druids is like a sling, but I want to equipe one since Druids ca not use bows or crossbows and also I hate not to be able to equip both melee and ranged weapons.

Haven't seen any slings in the game yet, hope they put some in later

Only the light crossbow and shortbow are availible atm I think? Druids don't have proficiency, which means you won't get any bonuses (it's a simple 1d20 to hit). It's not idea, but it's not useless. You can equip both weapons, if you check your character via N (be default) you can see you have 2 slots. Bottom left of the skillbar ingame has a swap button too.

Roll up a Wood Elf for Longbow/Shortbow proficiency. There aren't any player obtainable slings or javelins, though NPCs do have javelins.

I tried to equip a light crossbow but the game doesn't allow it because the lack of profiency. Not so much of a problem, at the moment, because I'm making plenty of the animal forms in combat and almost all my party have long range spells or cantrips (I made Astarion an eldricht caster).

Ouff, @handzum, I get your point but when I create my toons I'm the kind of player that goes by tne inspiration of the moment (that is: now I'm playing a very narcisistic half high elf with guild artisan backgrouns that I choose because it gives profiency in insight and persuasion something coherent with narcisistic personalities that usually are skilled manipulators). *^_^*

Slings are in the design files, but not on any merchant/loot lists, so they never show up. If you are on a PC, you can use this mod:

https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/58

It will open up slings, along with a lot of other weapons and armor.

I have tested it in patch 4 and works, but only because it is a bunch of loose files, not compiled in PAK format. Patch 4 completely fubarred PAK-formatted mods - not only do they not work, but they also mess up your hotbars.

Fun note: That mod also tweaks the character starting gear, but since it was designed before the druid came out, a druid starts with nothing - no inventory, no clothes, nothing. Fortunately, it is fairly easy to find armor and the nautiloid is littered with weapons. And hey, who needs weapons or clothes when you have Wild Shape?