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<blockquote data-quote="dregntael" data-source="post: 7465157" data-attributes="member: 6790458">Interesting. Do you know whether the main reason to do it is offensive or defensive? That could give us some idea how to implement a mechanic for it.One very straightforward idea is to make dual wielding into the offensive variant of holding a shield, i.e. it gives you +2 to all attack rolls. For example, with two shortswords you get one attack at +2 to hit, but a hit only does 1d6+STR/DEX damage. This would still mean you hit more attacks than with one weapon, you just don't roll more dice. The fighting style could then allow you to add both damage dice to the damage roll, i.e. two shortswords would deal 2d6+STR/DEX. This allows dual-wielding fighters to keep up with GWF without surpassing it, you just trade some damage for extra accuracy. Finally, the feat could give the ability to split each attack against two individual targets: instead of attacking one target for 2d6+STR/DEX, you attack two targets for 1d6+STR/DEX each: a significant boost in damage, at the cost of having to spread it over more targets.This is just theorycraft so I don't know how well it would work in practice, but now I definitely want to try it out some time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dregntael, post: 7465157, member: 6790458"] Interesting. Do you know whether the main reason to do it is offensive or defensive? That could give us some idea how to implement a mechanic for it. One very straightforward idea is to make dual wielding into the offensive variant of holding a shield, i.e. it gives you +2 to all attack rolls. For example, with two shortswords you get one attack at +2 to hit, but a hit only does 1d6+STR/DEX damage. This would still mean you hit more attacks than with one weapon, you just don't roll more dice. The fighting style could then allow you to add both damage dice to the damage roll, i.e. two shortswords would deal 2d6+STR/DEX. This allows dual-wielding fighters to keep up with GWF without surpassing it, you just trade some damage for extra accuracy. Finally, the feat could give the ability to split each attack against two individual targets: instead of attacking one target for 2d6+STR/DEX, you attack two targets for 1d6+STR/DEX each: a significant boost in damage, at the cost of having to spread it over more targets. This is just theorycraft so I don't know how well it would work in practice, but now I definitely want to try it out some time. [/QUOTE]

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