Kensai - really that good?

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well, the # of attacks and the # of swings my model takes are the same every 6 seconds, no?

 

No. I recommend reading the Manual.

 

so kensai are really that good

 

I'd rather wait for Felinoid to show up and quote the manual o_O.

 

I'm not sure if it's in the manual (and frankly, I don't feel like reading the whole thing for a quote just because you don't want to ), but the number of swings you see on-screen will be the same whether you've got 1 attack per round or 3. It's meant to represent the give and take of combat, whereas the actual attacks per round are the times when you have an opening to exploit. Missile attacks are naturally different, as you don't shoot unless you have an opening, but for opponents in melee to just stand there going "is it my turn to attack yet?" would be beyond ludicrous.

 

But ofcourse when you GWW, your figure also swings like mad. It's cool!

 

Yes, when you're Improved Hasted (which GWW does), everything's speeded up. But there's really only two settings for what you see on-screen.

 

cool .

Good to know then I guess. I've completed the game with the Kensai and he was not as useful as Saerevok or Keldorn and by the end he had 25str, 25dex, 25con with righteous might and a thac0 of -13 with the other spell... forgot it's name and an AC of -13 with a potion of invulnerability.

It would probably be a better class if you could multi-class it with a thief or mage isntead of dual-classing so the HLA's at the end would allow you to get the 75% resistance to all phys damage and GWW.

 

The Thac0 thing comes from UB, when Minsc gets Boo back. You'll also notice that Minsc has a much better unarmored AC then normal. These bonuses fade away by ToB, though.