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<blockquote data-quote="reiella" data-source="post: 1458769" data-attributes="member: 160">Actually, with Two-Weapon fighting, attack with just the shortsword would be 0.&nbsp; You're not invoking any two-weapon fighting penalties (the -6 to both).&nbsp; Hmm... Actually that's interesting.&nbsp; The 3.5 SRD Two Weapon Fighting feat only applies it benefit when using two weapons.&nbsp; I think you're right, it's odd but it's harder to attack with your off-hand weapon if you're not fighting with two-weapons.Now in 3.0, if you had the Ambidexterity feat, the situation would be, you don't have any 'Two-Weapon Fighting penalties', and your off-hand penalty would have been removed by Ambidexterity, and you'd fight with the shortsword at no penalty.[ Add ]I can visualize both rather easily.&nbsp; With the 3.5 situation being more so that you're able to 'follow through' with your off-hand using the momentum/whatever of your primary attack, instead of making an autonomous attack with your off-hand (ie, you're not Ambidexterious, you just can 'follow through' with your weak hand).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="reiella, post: 1458769, member: 160"] Actually, with Two-Weapon fighting, attack with just the shortsword would be 0. You're not invoking any two-weapon fighting penalties (the -6 to both). Hmm... Actually that's interesting. The 3.5 SRD Two Weapon Fighting feat only applies it benefit when using two weapons. I think you're right, it's odd but it's harder to attack with your off-hand weapon if you're not fighting with two-weapons. Now in 3.0, if you had the Ambidexterity feat, the situation would be, you don't have any 'Two-Weapon Fighting penalties', and your off-hand penalty would have been removed by Ambidexterity, and you'd fight with the shortsword at no penalty. [ Add ] I can visualize both rather easily. With the 3.5 situation being more so that you're able to 'follow through' with your off-hand using the momentum/whatever of your primary attack, instead of making an autonomous attack with your off-hand (ie, you're not Ambidexterious, you just can 'follow through' with your weak hand). [/QUOTE]

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