Dual wield
Dual Wield
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| Skill type: | Skill |
| Skill subtype: | Weapon skill |
| Primary user: | Assassin, Swordmaster, Bandit, Thief, Fire templar, Spirit templar |
| Syntax: | Automatic |
Dual wielding is the ability to use an additional weapon in the character's offhand. Weapons being dual wielded will suffer a slight penalty in the amount of damage and have a lesser chance of iterative attacks. The ambidextrous trait reduces this penalty.
Weapon weight must be considered with this skill, as only weapons lighter then the one being wielded in the main hand are capable of being dual wielded. The higher the user's dexterity, the closer the offhand weapon's weight can be to the main weapon. Swordmasters are exempt from this restriction, and can dual wield nearly any two swords they can hold. Daggers also ignore this restriction and can always be used in the offhand regardless of weight. Certain unwieldy combinations of weapons will be more awkward to defend oneself with.
Large-sized races, such as the chaja, alatharya, and srryn, are able to hold certain kinds of two-handed weapons with one hand and dual wield them. The balance of staffs, and polearms are such that this is not possible for these weapons.
