Harbinger

The Two Handed Sword +3 'Harbinger'b is a two-handed weapon in Baldur's Gate II that inflicts slashing damage and has a chance to evoke fireballs and is able to petrify ogres.
==Description==
==Gameplay==
With its weight of 10 pounds, the Harbinger +3 much lighter than an ordinary two-handed sword. 
Comparing the common combat statistics furthermore, it adds a bonus of 3 to the THAC0, the attack speed and the slashing damage dealt with it. As usual for melee weapons, hit chance and damage are additionally modified by the wielder's strength.
====Flesh to Stone ability====
Any creature of the race ogre that is hit with this sword must make a Saving throw vs. spell or be Petrified. This effect bypasses magic resistance and can't be dispelled.
====Fireball ability====
On each hit with the sword, there's a 5%-chance to evoke a Fireball spell centered on the target. If the event is triggered, the weapon instantly casts the arcane third level spell and produces a 10d6 fire damage explosion. As with the wizards 'spell, magic resistance can block it, and a save vs. spells will half the damage. 
 
The Harbinger weapon version Eric Vanstraaten is using in the Enhanced Edition lacks this effect, so to not accidentally hurt allies.
==Locations==
===Shadows of Amn===
*Ust Natha: sold at the Bazaar 
*Bodhi's Lair: equipped by Eric Vanstraaten; won't be dropped if killed on the lower level
** In the Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, Vanstraaten uses a variant of the Harbinger that does not evoke fireballs, and it isn't dropped.
===Throne of Bhaal===
*Found in their bag of holding by newly created, i.e. non-imported characters of any default class when starting the Throne of Bhaal campaign.
==Notes==
*A different two-handed sword +3 by the same code exists in Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, The World's Edge +3.
==Bugs==
* This weapon is spelled Harbringer in the original Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn which was corrected with the release of the original Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.
==External Links==
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