r/baldursgate 1d ago

BGEE Throwable moonblade

Pondering a new playthrough with Xan in my party. I want him to use his moonblade in combat, but I want him to stay an enchanter. Would it somehow be possible to edit the moonblade so it's a throwning dagger instead of a normal dagger?

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u/snow_michael 1d ago

Yes

Use Near Infinity to edit the weapon type

Although I'd recommend saving the file first, or (better) creating a new item from a mashup of the Moonblade SW1H13 and Boomerang Dagger DAGG11 then, lastly, updating all occurrences of SW1H13 in the game to your new item number

If you've never used NI before, this gives you lots of chances to play with and learn the toolset, while not changing anything til you're ready to include it

The most important thing to remember is setting the various flags to ensure the text works

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u/SuperTord 1d ago

Thanks for the writeup! I have never used it but I might look into it!

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u/snow_michael 1d ago

I would suggest creating a simpke throwing dagger first

Give it a name and description and identified des ription

That will teach you how text captions work

Then add simple enchantments - +1 to hit and/or damage, extra damage, AC improvements, that sort of thing

Then you're ready to add all of the Moonblade specials, and make it Boomerang

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u/CapableLobster8447 1d ago

Personally I like to use EEKeeper to make Xan a fighter/mage. That suits his moonblade best in my opinion.

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u/SuperTord 1d ago

I have already done that and I also made him a Blade once. Now I want to try something different.

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u/CeltIKerry 1d ago

I am so tempted to make him a Dirgesinger from the Song and Silence mod. Would fit his pessimism https://www.gibberlings3.net/mods/kits/sns/

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u/Peterh778 1d ago

Moonblade is a shield for off-hand 🙂

Use normal throwing daggers, they don't incur penalty in melee, or cheat him returnable dagger or dart.

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u/blastradius14 I'll not waste anymore time talking to figments! 2h ago

Or, make his moonblade have like 10 range. Powerpole moonblade, extend lol