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<blockquote data-quote="mvincent" data-source="post: 3398445" data-attributes="member: 27034"><p>The term "wielding" is subject to some interpretation in D&D. Many D&D authors use it to simply mean holding, <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/magicWeapons.htm" target="_blank">as in</a>:</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>"... It bestows one negative level on any evil creature attempting to wield it. The negative level remains as long as the weapon is in hand and disappears when the weapon is no longer wielded."</em></span></p><p></p><p>I typically interpret "wielding" as meaning "capable of threatening with", but one does not need to take TWF'ing penalties to threaten with an off-hand weapon (in fact, the <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20060905a" target="_blank">Rules of the Game</a> says that AoO's do not take TWF penalties at all):</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>"If, after you made two-weapon attacks with your sword and torch, a foe later provokes an attack of opportunity from you that same round, you can strike that foe with your longsword with no two-weapon penalty at all."</em></span></p><p></p><p>The above is written by the same author that wrote this in the 3.0 FAQ:</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>"Using a weapon of defending works just like the Expertise</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>feat. (You have to use an attack or full attack action.) You can’t</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>use the weapon like a shield; if you hold the weapon in your off</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>hand and claim an Armor Class bonus for it, you take all the</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>penalties for fighting with two weapons, even if you don’t</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>actually attack with the weapon."</em></span></p><p></p><p>These two clarifications <em>seem</em> to contradict each other, so we might have reason to doubt the 3.0 clarification (or at least, it's application to 3.5). I believe the 3.0 intent is still valid, but it's application might be altered a bit in 3.5.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mvincent, post: 3398445, member: 27034"] The term "wielding" is subject to some interpretation in D&D. Many D&D authors use it to simply mean holding, [url="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/magicWeapons.htm"]as in[/url]: [SIZE=1][I]"... It bestows one negative level on any evil creature attempting to wield it. The negative level remains as long as the weapon is in hand and disappears when the weapon is no longer wielded."[/I][/SIZE] I typically interpret "wielding" as meaning "capable of threatening with", but one does not need to take TWF'ing penalties to threaten with an off-hand weapon (in fact, the [url="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20060905a"]Rules of the Game[/url] says that AoO's do not take TWF penalties at all): [SIZE=1][I]"If, after you made two-weapon attacks with your sword and torch, a foe later provokes an attack of opportunity from you that same round, you can strike that foe with your longsword with no two-weapon penalty at all."[/I][/SIZE] The above is written by the same author that wrote this in the 3.0 FAQ: [SIZE=1][I]"Using a weapon of defending works just like the Expertise feat. (You have to use an attack or full attack action.) You can’t use the weapon like a shield; if you hold the weapon in your off hand and claim an Armor Class bonus for it, you take all the penalties for fighting with two weapons, even if you don’t actually attack with the weapon."[/I][/SIZE] These two clarifications [I]seem[/I] to contradict each other, so we might have reason to doubt the 3.0 clarification (or at least, it's application to 3.5). I believe the 3.0 intent is still valid, but it's application might be altered a bit in 3.5. [/QUOTE]
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