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Dervish Slashing Weapons

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So halberd is listed on wiki as "piercing & slashing" damage.

But why doesn't it qualify for Dervish, which requires weapon focus in a "slashing" weapon?

Or at least it's not working that way in JEGS. Maybe someone knows differently as created in game.

Little help, please?

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Re: Dervish Slashing Weapons

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Dervish feats say that only weapons with pure slashing damage qualify, so stuff like scythe or halberd won't work. But hey, nearly 40% melee weapons are slashing either way.
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Re: Dervish Slashing Weapons

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Well, scythes are piercing/slashing. I just made several tests. Dervish Dance indeed turned out to work with scythes and halberds (to my surprise). But I also found a bug: if you are activating Dervish dance with slashing weapon and then switching to non-slashing (like fists) the bonuses remain and work with everything (even with darts).
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So does Dervish dance actually work with 2H weapons then? I have a falcon I'd love to dance around with!
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It should. People have made falchion using dervishes on this server before you.
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Always worked with 2handed slashing weapons
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Well that's neat! I am going to add a note for that on the wiki.
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Question, does the Dodge bonus stack with other dodge items?
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Akroma666 wrote:Question, does the Dodge bonus stack with other dodge items?
Yes, everything stacks, but none of Dodge bonuses work during polymorph/shapechange.
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KOPOJIbPAKOB wrote:
Akroma666 wrote:Question, does the Dodge bonus stack with other dodge items?
Yes, everything stacks, but none of Dodge bonuses work during polymorph/shapechange.
If they did, you could just switch form until the dodge bonuses bug out and start to stack endlessly.
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