Quote Originally Posted by jarlaxle_dourden View Post
I have read in a couple of places ... Melee artificer ... Uses bastard Swords and has feats for two weapon fighting.

Questions:
1) Why bastard swords?
2) Why two weapon fighting feats? What benefit does these give ... since bastard swords are one handed weps?

Thanks for any info
Bastard swords and dwarven axes give glancing blows when you take Two Handed (note, not weapon) fighting. So, you can still use a rune arm, and get glancing blows with the weapon. So, bastard swords are chosen over dwarven axes I guess because of the crit range (19-20 vs. 20 for dwarven axes)