As has already been stated, the speed is the key to the hitting once/twice thing, but I don't see any statistical reason why your troll assasin should frequently miss his opponents. Depending on your method of combat, he may simply have the misfortune of being paired off against faster or more agile opponents.


> Ok, so right now I have 2 level 11 assasins. Here are their stats:
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> Chronian (Male Dwarf):
> St: 21 Vis: 13 Ag: 20 Dex: 18 Vit:14 IQ: 14 Wis: 13 Cha: 14 AC 21 WC 11 Speed: 5
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> Detritus (Male Troll):
> St: 20 Vis: 15 Ag: 22 Dex: 22 Vit: 16 IQ: 13 Wis: 14 Cha: 13 AC 22 WC 10 Sp 4
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> Here's my question: Am I wrong in assuming that these two should have more or less equal combat abilities? Chronian can pretty much always be relied on to put away 2 enemies per round, but Detritus usually only gets one when he doesn't miss completely. Is there some in-game difference between trolls and dwarfs (other than their starting stats) that could account for this difference in performance?
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> - Bal"I think I cackled the first time Chronian started attacking twice per round"anthalus