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<blockquote data-quote="nute" data-source="post: 4264534" data-attributes="member: 10607">The point of &quot;two-weapon fighting&quot; has been reduced to fluff now, since there are no more iterative attacks in 4e as a basic rule. (Yes, there are powers that subvert this, but that's part of the 'specifics beat generalities' rule)A former two-weapon fighter can be done in any class by simply using an off-hand weapon designated as such. What this then does is effectively offer you a secondary attack option with no penalties.4e assumes everyone to be ambidextrous, so long as you're holding an off-hand (which is the same property, basically, as 3.x &quot;light&quot; weapon) weapon in your non-dominant hand.Example: Jim-Bob the swashbuckling paladin of Beelzebub wields a +2 thundering rapier in one hand, and a +4 poisoned dagger in the other. The dagger is an off-hand weapon. He can attack with either as part of a basic attack or with any power with the &quot;weapon&quot; keyword. He might want to use the rapier for when he knows he can easily hit the opponent and wants to do big damage, or if he needs the extra accuracy, he can opt to use the dagger.Attacking in one round and hitting with both weapons will require specific ranger class powers, since the purpose of that class (in one of its builds) is two-weapon fighting. That's their schtick.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nute, post: 4264534, member: 10607"] The point of "two-weapon fighting" has been reduced to fluff now, since there are no more iterative attacks in 4e as a basic rule. (Yes, there are powers that subvert this, but that's part of the 'specifics beat generalities' rule) A former two-weapon fighter can be done in any class by simply using an off-hand weapon designated as such. What this then does is effectively offer you a secondary attack option with no penalties. 4e assumes everyone to be ambidextrous, so long as you're holding an off-hand (which is the same property, basically, as 3.x "light" weapon) weapon in your non-dominant hand. Example: Jim-Bob the swashbuckling paladin of Beelzebub wields a +2 thundering rapier in one hand, and a +4 poisoned dagger in the other. The dagger is an off-hand weapon. He can attack with either as part of a basic attack or with any power with the "weapon" keyword. He might want to use the rapier for when he knows he can easily hit the opponent and wants to do big damage, or if he needs the extra accuracy, he can opt to use the dagger. Attacking in one round and hitting with both weapons will require specific ranger class powers, since the purpose of that class (in one of its builds) is two-weapon fighting. That's their schtick. [/QUOTE]

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