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<blockquote data-quote="Grayhawk" data-source="post: 1231818" data-attributes="member: 11288"><p>0.5x Str bonus?</p><p></p><p>Or do you believe that your off-hand can change from round to round, as it's written nowhere that you have to decide on handedness upon character creation?</p><p></p><p>I think that you'd have to be ambidexterious to be able to switch off-hands, so I guess it could be allowed in 3e. As there's no mention of the 3.5 Two-Weapon Fighting feat making you ambidexterious (even though it grants you the same benefits as Ambidexterity did in 3e), I guess you'll be stuck with the shield in your off-hand (unless, of course you choose to wield your weapon in your off-hand instead...) - or is it assumed that all characters are capable of delivering equally strong blows with either hand?</p><p></p><p>This may be going into house rule territory, but wouldn't it make more sense if characters had a certain handedness, making the off-hand the same at all times?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grayhawk, post: 1231818, member: 11288"] 0.5x Str bonus? Or do you believe that your off-hand can change from round to round, as it's written nowhere that you have to decide on handedness upon character creation? I think that you'd have to be ambidexterious to be able to switch off-hands, so I guess it could be allowed in 3e. As there's no mention of the 3.5 Two-Weapon Fighting feat making you ambidexterious (even though it grants you the same benefits as Ambidexterity did in 3e), I guess you'll be stuck with the shield in your off-hand (unless, of course you choose to wield your weapon in your off-hand instead...) - or is it assumed that all characters are capable of delivering equally strong blows with either hand? This may be going into house rule territory, but wouldn't it make more sense if characters had a certain handedness, making the off-hand the same at all times? [/QUOTE]
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