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<blockquote data-quote="Enevhar Aldarion" data-source="post: 7515148" data-attributes="member: 6818233"><p>I am not a fan in general of the various ways two-weapon fighting can be done in 5E, so I am interested to see the final results of this experiment. And also like Mearls, I am not a big fan of the whole "bonus action" thing in 5E.</p><p></p><p>One of my beefs with the way the rule is written is the +2 bonus to AC. I am fine with that if one of the weapons being used is one that is designed for defensive purposes, such as a Main Gauche or other parrying daggers. But if neither weapon has this function, I would prefer the AC bonus was not allowed. But I know they are going for simpler rules with 5E, so things that specific or niche will have to be relegated to being a house rule.</p><p></p><p>On a side note, my favorite dual-wielding character was one I had way back in the 80's in 1st Ed AD&D. He was an Elven Fighter/Magic-user who fought with a longsword and spiked buckler. The AD&D version of the buckler was one that strapped to the forearm, so that hand was still free for spellcasting. Sure, back in that version of the rules, there were some serious penalties to hit when using two weapons while you were low level, but it was still fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Enevhar Aldarion, post: 7515148, member: 6818233"] I am not a fan in general of the various ways two-weapon fighting can be done in 5E, so I am interested to see the final results of this experiment. And also like Mearls, I am not a big fan of the whole "bonus action" thing in 5E. One of my beefs with the way the rule is written is the +2 bonus to AC. I am fine with that if one of the weapons being used is one that is designed for defensive purposes, such as a Main Gauche or other parrying daggers. But if neither weapon has this function, I would prefer the AC bonus was not allowed. But I know they are going for simpler rules with 5E, so things that specific or niche will have to be relegated to being a house rule. On a side note, my favorite dual-wielding character was one I had way back in the 80's in 1st Ed AD&D. He was an Elven Fighter/Magic-user who fought with a longsword and spiked buckler. The AD&D version of the buckler was one that strapped to the forearm, so that hand was still free for spellcasting. Sure, back in that version of the rules, there were some serious penalties to hit when using two weapons while you were low level, but it was still fun. [/QUOTE]
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