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<blockquote data-quote="Stone Dog" data-source="post: 8512026" data-attributes="member: 16705">Yeah, but if you aren't using two weapon fighting, then it doesn't matter if the weapon has the dual wielding property or not.&nbsp; Two weapon fighting only cares if you are trying to get more attacks in a round.Dual-Wielding†. This weapon is designed to be wielded in concert with another weapon. When wielding another weapon in your main hand that does not have the heavy property, you can use your bonus action to make an attack with this weapon (see Two-Weapon Fighting on page 446 in Chapter 8: Combat).


Two-Weapon Fighting
When you take the Attack action and attack with a weapon that does not have the heavy property that you are wielding in one hand, you can use your bonus action to attack with a different dual-wielding melee weapon that you are holding in your off-hand. You do not add your ability modifier to the damage roll of the bonus attack, unless that modifier is negative. If a weapon has the thrown property, you can make a ranged weapon attack with it instead.
If you have the Extra Attack feature, you can use your bonus action to make two attacks with the weapon in your off-hand.Unless there is something in some other part of the book I'm missing, there is nothing keeping you from having whatever you want in your off hand and using it for any purpose other than two weapon fighting.If the rules are saying your off-hand stops working because you tried to put a shortsword in it, that is just dumb as hell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stone Dog, post: 8512026, member: 16705"] Yeah, but if you aren't using two weapon fighting, then it doesn't matter if the weapon has the dual wielding property or not. Two weapon fighting only cares if you are trying to get more attacks in a round. [INDENT=2][B]Dual-Wielding[/B]†. This weapon is designed to be wielded in concert with another weapon. [U]When wielding another weapon in your main hand that does not have the heavy property, you can use your bonus action to make an attack with this weapon[/U] (see Two-Weapon Fighting on page 446 in Chapter 8: Combat). [/INDENT] [INDENT=2][B]Two-Weapon Fighting[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT=2][U]When you take the Attack action and attack with a weapon that does not have the heavy property that you are wielding in one hand, you can use your bonus action to attack with a different dual-wielding melee weapon that you are holding in your off-hand.[/U] You do not add your ability modifier to the damage roll of the bonus attack, unless that modifier is negative. If a weapon has the thrown property, you can make a ranged weapon attack with it instead.[/INDENT] [INDENT=2]If you have the Extra Attack feature, you can use your bonus action to make two attacks with the weapon in your off-hand.[/INDENT] Unless there is something in some other part of the book I'm missing, there is nothing keeping you from having whatever you want in your off hand and using it for any purpose other than two weapon fighting. If the rules are saying your off-hand stops working because you tried to put a shortsword in it, that is just dumb as hell. [/QUOTE]

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