Talk:Sword of Balduran/@comment-2601:602:8480:3343:8A3:8A9F:5098:B8E9-20191007210835

Pretty, but ultimately useless. In order to get it, you need to defeat the only significant group of lycanthropes in the game (Baldur's Gate EE), so by the time you have it, you don't need it any more. Also, since it's a bastard sword, it's unlikely any of your fighters will have the specializations to use it. With better long, short, and two-handed swords cropping up throughout the game, chances are no one is going to have a bastard sword specialization, and will have weapons that are much more effective even though they aren't specifically enchanted against lycanthropes.

It would make much more sense if this was the reward for some sort of (appropriately difficult) side quest related to the island.