The Equalizer

The Equalizer, also known as the Sword of Neutrality, is a Longsword that strikes as a +3 weapon. Depending on the enemy alignment, it does extra damage and has a higher chance of hitting. The alignment bonuses are the following:
*True neutral: +0 to THAC0 and +0 to damage
*Chaotic & lawful neutral: +1 to hit and +2 to damage.
*Neutral good & evil: +2 to hit and +4 to damage
*Other four alignments: +3 to hit and +6 damage.
Also, wielding this longsword grants the wielder immunity from charm and confusion. This weapon can be wielded by characters of all alignments with a strength of 6 or higher; however, it cannot be wielded by clerics, druids, or mages. The Equalizer has a weight of 3 lbs and a speed factor of 3. This item appears in Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition.
The Equalizer is quite weak against opponents who are of some kind of neutral alignment (and especially awful against True Neutral opponents, against whom it is essentially a normal longsword), but the majority of opponents that you fight in the game are lawful evil or chaotic evil. 
==Location==
It can be obtained if all three pieces of this weapon are brought to Cromwell in Athkatla Dock District. He will unite all pieces for 7500 gold. The three pieces are:
*Blade: is dropped by the Elder Orb near the entrance of the Beholder's Lair in in the Underdark.
*Hilt: can be found in the Mind Flayer's Dungeon in the Underdark.
*Pommel: can be found in Irenicus's Dungeon.
This means that the weapon can be obtained in chapter 6 at the earliest.
==Description==
==Bugs==
* In the original Shadows of Amn, the Equalizer's bonuses are bugged in a way that the improved damage and THAC0 bonuses also apply to any other weapon wielded simultaneously. This was changed in the Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, so that only the bonus THAC0 gets applied to attacks with the other weapon, not the damage.
Category:Bugs