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<blockquote data-quote="The Souljourner" data-source="post: 1174431" data-attributes="member: 1622">Cool, thanks.&nbsp; I knew I'd seen it somewhere.&nbsp; But still, that's a different thing.&nbsp; Using that FAQ entry, the defending enchantment effectively says &quot;you must be actually fighting with this weapon to get the AC benefit&quot;.&nbsp; However, we're not talking about getting any sort of benefit from the second weapon except the ability to threaten a square with it.If you are sitting in the middle of combat, holding a longsword in one hand and not attacking with it (whether because you're casting a spell, taunting your opponent, or just sitting on your duff), you still are considered threatening all the squares you can reach with it.&nbsp; Why is it not the same with an offhand weapon?&nbsp; Just because you're not attacking with it doesn't mean you don't threaten with it.&nbsp; Same goes for unarmed strike.&nbsp; Just because you're not technically unarmed doesn't mean you can't use the monk's ability.&nbsp; It's the strike that's unarmed, not the monk as a whole.As for offhand attacks... they've pretty much done away with that in 3.5.&nbsp; In 3.5 everyone is ambidextrous.&nbsp; You can fight with your left just as well as with your right.&nbsp; The only change is when you're fighting with two weapons, in which case you designate one as the &quot;off&quot; hand, and that one gets the craptastic modifiers.&nbsp; So switching between hands shouldn't ever matter, only using them both at the same time.-The Souljourner</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Souljourner, post: 1174431, member: 1622"] Cool, thanks. I knew I'd seen it somewhere. But still, that's a different thing. Using that FAQ entry, the defending enchantment effectively says "you must be actually fighting with this weapon to get the AC benefit". However, we're not talking about getting any sort of benefit from the second weapon except the ability to threaten a square with it. If you are sitting in the middle of combat, holding a longsword in one hand and not attacking with it (whether because you're casting a spell, taunting your opponent, or just sitting on your duff), you still are considered threatening all the squares you can reach with it. Why is it not the same with an offhand weapon? Just because you're not attacking with it doesn't mean you don't threaten with it. Same goes for unarmed strike. Just because you're not technically unarmed doesn't mean you can't use the monk's ability. It's the strike that's unarmed, not the monk as a whole. As for offhand attacks... they've pretty much done away with that in 3.5. In 3.5 everyone is ambidextrous. You can fight with your left just as well as with your right. The only change is when you're fighting with two weapons, in which case you designate one as the "off" hand, and that one gets the craptastic modifiers. So switching between hands shouldn't ever matter, only using them both at the same time. -The Souljourner [/QUOTE]

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