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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6230913" data-attributes="member: 6669384">How useful it is depends on how tricky/devious/willing-to-bend-rules you are.Under Two Weapon fighting rules, you suffer an attack penalty if you attack with a second weapon in your off hand.The exact wording on the Defender blade says that you have to declare where the bonus is before you use the blade that round.We have a player in our group who reads that as, &quot;If my character uses a Main Gauche in his off hand, purely as a parrying weapon, he's only attacking with one weapon so he takes no attack penalty.&nbsp; If that second blade is a defender and its &quot;use&quot; is purely to parry, I can declare all of it's bonus to defense&quot;.Admitted, it's an expensive shield, but his class isn't proficient with shield, so it's a workable deal for him.&nbsp; (Expensive, as in he's paying for +4 weapon plus the Defender quality, instead of a +2 large shield, or a +3 Buckler or light shield.&quot;)Looking at what I've written, I think I have to agree:&nbsp; It's not that useful an enchantment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 6230913, member: 6669384"] How useful it is depends on how tricky/devious/willing-to-bend-rules you are. Under Two Weapon fighting rules, you suffer an attack penalty if you attack with a second weapon in your off hand. The exact wording on the Defender blade says that you have to declare where the bonus is before you[U] [B]use[/B][/U] the blade that round. We have a player in our group who reads that as, "If my character uses a Main Gauche in his off hand, purely as a parrying weapon, he's only attacking with one weapon so he takes no attack penalty. If that second blade is a defender and its "use" is purely to parry, I can declare all of it's bonus to defense". Admitted, it's an expensive shield, but his class isn't proficient with shield, so it's a workable deal for him. (Expensive, as in he's paying for +4 weapon plus the Defender quality, instead of a +2 large shield, or a +3 Buckler or light shield.") Looking at what I've written, I think I have to agree: It's not that useful an enchantment. [/QUOTE]

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