Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition

[Winthur]

Also: is there an actual point to using bastard swords instead of longswords? I've never thought about it before, but now I realize that their damage is identical, but bastard swords are slower. And their magical versions are more rare and expensive.

Apparently you are more likely to roll >=2 on a 1d4 than you are a >=4 on a 1d8, plus it's 2d4+1 instead of 1d8. And that's it. I guess the good B.Swords start appearing in the sequel.