Talk:Halberd/@comment-210.19.183.214-20190524023200/@comment-2603:9005:407:2F40:340B:B509:628C:D394-20191111125357

I'm pretty sure it is armor class. If the target has a better armor class vs. slashing attacks, then the halberd delivers a piercing attack. I've tested it, and that's my conclusion. Most of the time, in vanilla BG2/TOB games for instance, very few creatures or armor suits have any physical attack damage resistances at all.

I always install mods which assign damage resistances to armor suits (my preference). Its too bad that the G3 mod "Full Plate and Packing Steel" wasn't better implemented into the EE games. It still works most of the time, but you have to get in there and do some creature and Item editing.