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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3156084" data-attributes="member: 1656">Right.The bonus to AC from the Defending weapon applies to 'the wielder'.&nbsp; The answer stated that to benefit from an off-hand Defending weapon, one needed to incur TWF penalties, even if one did not make an extra attack.There are two ways to read 'fight this way' - either 'wielding a second weapon in the off-hand', or 'gain an extra attack'.&nbsp; The FAQ answer doesn't fit the second at all, and fits the first perfectly... if one is holding the Defending weapon but not wielding it, then TWF penalties do not apply... but neither can one be considered 'the wielder', and so the bonus to AC cannot apply either.&nbsp; In order to benefit from the AC bonus, one must wield the second weapon in one's off-hand... but then one is 'fighting this way' and TWF penalties apply.While one might read 'fight this way' the other way, I don't feel it makes as much sense grammatically; 'gain an extra attack' doesn't sound like a 'way' of fighting in the same fashion that 'wielding a second weapon' does.&nbsp; Nor do I think it leads to as much consistency; nor do I think it fits with that first example we had from Wizards addressing (even obliquely) the matter.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 3156084, member: 1656"] Right. The bonus to AC from the Defending weapon applies to 'the wielder'. The answer stated that to benefit from an off-hand Defending weapon, one needed to incur TWF penalties, even if one did not make an extra attack. There are two ways to read 'fight this way' - either 'wielding a second weapon in the off-hand', or 'gain an extra attack'. The FAQ answer doesn't fit the second at all, and fits the first perfectly... if one is holding the Defending weapon but not wielding it, then TWF penalties do not apply... but neither can one be considered 'the wielder', and so the bonus to AC cannot apply either. In order to benefit from the AC bonus, one must wield the second weapon in one's off-hand... but then one is 'fighting this way' and TWF penalties apply. While one might read 'fight this way' the other way, I don't feel it makes as much sense grammatically; 'gain an extra attack' doesn't sound like a 'way' of fighting in the same fashion that 'wielding a second weapon' does. Nor do I think it leads to as much consistency; nor do I think it fits with that first example we had from Wizards addressing (even obliquely) the matter. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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