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<blockquote data-quote="SBMC" data-source="post: 2484220" data-attributes="member: 30040">I agree with great enthusiasm. &nbsp;TWF:In addition the assumption is that if you have the TWF feat you automaticaly are an expert at it. This also nulifies the additional TWF feats out there. The reality is that in history VERY FEW every fought with two weapons or one reason - it is INCREDIBLY difficult. Perhaps not to a Master of Martial Arts - but a 1st level character with the TWF feat is certainly not a &quot;Master&quot;. This level of mastery required has been documented and seen in practice in virtualy every martial arts dicipline in the world - including the far east. &nbsp;I would suggest - To get the same result you are looking for - add Homemade feats:&nbsp;Example (these may already exist someplace in one form or another):Two Weapon Blocking: Prereq: TWF, TWD, There should be at least on more - what ???You may use your offhand attack (provided you have not already used it during the round) to attempt to block an attack by a melee weapon that has hit you. Make an attack role; if it beats the attack roll your opponent made to hit you the attack is blocked (and one of your offhand attacks has been used up). If the opponant made a critical hit and it is confirmed via the second dice roll it cannot be blocked in this manner.Extra Note: Perhaps also allow an improved version that lets them burn AoO's in the same way - with a limit per round.&nbsp;IMO In this way it &quot;costs&quot; the character something (a core cocept of all gaming mechanics), it does not allow a newbie PC to get a massive booster to AC, it does not make the sheild obsolete and it does not allow the character to &quot;double up&quot; on one feat (defense and offense with TWF in this case).&nbsp;Feats exist for this purpose and why there are so darn many of them; to allow characters to do amazing things. However your ideas are &quot;freebies&quot; that add to existing feats with no cost at all to the character - in your game world everyone who swings a sword would be stupid not to swing two of them seeing as a get a +2 right of the bat to AC plus the TWD feats...plus the Dex Bonuses that come with the high Dex required to get TWF feats...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SBMC, post: 2484220, member: 30040"] I agree with great enthusiasm. TWF: In addition the assumption is that if you have the TWF feat you automaticaly are an expert at it. This also nulifies the additional TWF feats out there. The reality is that in history VERY FEW every fought with two weapons or one reason - it is INCREDIBLY difficult. Perhaps not to a Master of Martial Arts - but a 1st level character with the TWF feat is certainly not a "Master". This level of mastery required has been documented and seen in practice in virtualy every martial arts dicipline in the world - including the far east. I would suggest - To get the same result you are looking for - add Homemade feats: [b]Example [/b][i](these may already exist someplace in one form or another):[/i] Two Weapon Blocking: Prereq: TWF, TWD, [i][b]There should be at least on more - what ???[/b][/i] You may use your offhand attack (provided you have not already used it during the round) to attempt to block an attack by a melee weapon that has hit you. Make an attack role; if it beats the attack roll your opponent made to hit you the attack is blocked (and one of your offhand attacks has been used up). If the opponant made a critical hit and it is confirmed via the second dice roll it cannot be blocked in this manner. Extra Note: Perhaps also allow an improved version that lets them burn AoO's in the same way - with a limit per round. IMO In this way it "costs" the character something (a core cocept of all gaming mechanics), it does not allow a newbie PC to get a massive booster to AC, it does not make the sheild obsolete and it does not allow the character to "double up" on one feat (defense and offense with TWF in this case). Feats exist for this purpose and why there are so darn many of them; to allow characters to do amazing things. However your ideas are "freebies" that add to existing feats with no cost at all to the character - in your game world everyone who swings a sword would be stupid not to swing two of them seeing as a get a +2 right of the bat to AC plus the TWD feats...plus the Dex Bonuses that come with the high Dex required to get TWF feats... [/QUOTE]

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