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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9009094" data-attributes="member: 29398">We downgraded some of that.&nbsp; You only get your extra attacks on the primary hand, we never did double-spec., and if you can afford (and can find!) two sunblades you've done pretty damn well for yourself.&nbsp; You're also at minuses on your off-hand unless your Dex is stupendous, and minuses can make you fumble...More importantly, the enemies are fighting back; and the choice between a second weapon or (at the kind of level where you're getting sunblades) a +3 or +4 shield is a big deal.&nbsp; Shields give 2 AC in our game (1e RAW only has them give 1, which isn't enough); so is that gain of extra damage output really worth the risk of knocking your AC back by 5 or 6 and making yourself that much more easily hittable?Defense wins championships, or so I'm told; and it's true in D&amp;D as well. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Yes, 2-handed weapons need some love.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9009094, member: 29398"] We downgraded some of that. You only get your extra attacks on the primary hand, we never did double-spec., and if you can afford (and can find!) two sunblades you've done pretty damn well for yourself. You're also at minuses on your off-hand unless your Dex is stupendous, and minuses can make you fumble... More importantly, the enemies are fighting back; and the choice between a second weapon or (at the kind of level where you're getting sunblades) a +3 or +4 shield is a big deal. Shields give 2 AC in our game (1e RAW only has them give 1, which isn't enough); so is that gain of extra damage output really worth the risk of knocking your AC back by 5 or 6 and making yourself that much more easily hittable? Defense wins championships, or so I'm told; and it's true in D&D as well. :) Yes, 2-handed weapons need some love. [/QUOTE]

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