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<blockquote data-quote="JohnLynch" data-source="post: 6772605" data-attributes="member: 6749563">Oh it gets better. Eldritch knight no action drop his sword. Casts a spell and then using his free interaction picks up the dropped sword. Technically allowed if you follow the &quot;dropping stuff doesn't count as your free interaction&quot; rule. I also love the &quot;throw a weapon, free interaction draw your melee weapon, move up and then hit the guy with your melee weapon&quot; trick. Might not be optimal but it sure looks much cooler than &quot;drop my throwing weapon, move up and draw my melee weapon and then hit him in the face.&quot; I'd probably award inspiration if someone did the cool thing rather than the optimal thing.As for punishing TWFing if you aren't using feats. It is a punishment. But the punishment already exists in the rules IF you do use TWFing until about level 4. For the sacrifice of +2 Dex you can stop being punished. Otherwise you make sure you initiate combat away from the enemy or you spend a round moving in and only fighting with one sword before you draw the second blade (happens in cinema all the time). Or you can houserule it. Arguing about whether or something is a houserule doesn't really seem like a good use of time to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnLynch, post: 6772605, member: 6749563"] Oh it gets better. Eldritch knight no action drop his sword. Casts a spell and then using his free interaction picks up the dropped sword. Technically allowed if you follow the "dropping stuff doesn't count as your free interaction" rule. I also love the "throw a weapon, free interaction draw your melee weapon, move up and then hit the guy with your melee weapon" trick. Might not be optimal but it sure looks much cooler than "drop my throwing weapon, move up and draw my melee weapon and then hit him in the face." I'd probably award inspiration if someone did the cool thing rather than the optimal thing. As for punishing TWFing if you aren't using feats. It is a punishment. But the punishment already exists in the rules IF you do use TWFing until about level 4. For the sacrifice of +2 Dex you can stop being punished. Otherwise you make sure you initiate combat away from the enemy or you spend a round moving in and only fighting with one sword before you draw the second blade (happens in cinema all the time). Or you can houserule it. Arguing about whether or something is a houserule doesn't really seem like a good use of time to me. [/QUOTE]

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