D&D 5E Dual Wielder Feat question

[Dogo]

You can draw or stow two one-handed weapons when you would normally be able to draw or stow only one.

So Tina the Bladesinger brought up a question and I’m not sure how this would work. The above is from the dual wielder feat in question. Tina asked if this could be done RAW or RAI. Can Tina see oh I need to cast a spell with S and/or M I put one of my weapons away (1 item interaction) then I pull out my arcane focus which is a staff. (2nd item interaction) The question is does the feat allow this or not?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It says "draw OR stow" not "draw AND stow". i.e. You can draw two weapons at the same time or you can stow two weapons at the same time, but you can't stow one and draw another.

 

[Don Durito]

Where do you stow your staff when you're not wielding it? It is Monkey's magic wishing staff?

 

[tetrasodium]

Where do you stow your staff when you're not wielding it? It is Monkey's magic wishing staff?

Use it like a cane/walking stick or just stab it in the dirt/lean it against something. The combat stance is extremely different from resting state.

 

[Charlaquin]

RAW is unclear - does “you can draw or stow two one-handed weapons” mean that you can draw or stow weapons twice if they are one-handed, or that you can draw two one-handed weapons or stow two one-handed weapons? Both are valid interpretations of the text as-written.

RAI you would have to ask Jeremy Crawford about. Check Sage Advice to see if he has already answered this question. If he hasn’t, try tweeting him.

Regardless of what RAI might be, it is ultimately up to DM’s discretion. If you’re a player, ask your DM. If you’re a DM looking for input from other DMs, my opinion is that this should be possible. Rules for drawing and stowing weapons are arguably too stingy as it is, I wouldn’t limit feats that get around these restrictions any more than was absolutely necessary.

 

[Don Durito]

Use it like a cane/walking stick or just stab it in the dirt/lean it against something. The combat stance is extremely different from resting state.

If it's in your hand then it's not 'stowed'. And if it's not on your body I would insist you treat it as picking up a dropped object and definitely not as drawing a weapon.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The staff thing is a red herring with regards to the OP question - the feat wouldn't let you put one dagger away and pull out a different one.

 

[Horwath]

this weapon/shield drawing/stowing and object iteraction limit is just needless hair splitting.

If you want a nice house rule for it, here it is,

As a one free object interaction you can replace one weapon set with one other,
That means you could stow sword&shield and draw a bow or stow a greatsword and draw a hammer and a lantern(if you can't see in the dark).

Might require Extra interaction to lit the lantern, but everyone above 1st level has few continual flames casted on various items

 

[Charlaquin]

The staff thing is a red herring with regards to the OP question - the feat wouldn't let you put one dagger away and pull out a different one.

I don’t think that’s as clear from the text as you make it out to be. It’s a valid reading, but it’s not the only valid reading.

 

[tetrasodium]

The feat is confusing because wotc removed the Attacks of opportunity that made it meaningfully important. It used to be that you would provoke an opportunity by doing any of the following

• draw a weapon
• sheath a weapon
• dig in a container for an item to be added/removed
• pickup an item from the ground
• various other irrelivant things

You did not provoke an AoO if you dropped your weapon on the ground. 5e changed it so you could draw or stow/sheath a weapon as part of using it without provoking an AoO & kept removing the risks that forced choices to be made when you have a suboptimal weapon in hand. At 5am election night I lack the coherent braincells to remember if by raw drawing/sheathing that second weapon is an action bonus action needs to wait till next round, or ask your gm however.