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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 7226841" data-attributes="member: 6787503">I think you misunderstood me. I wasn't talking about the benefits of the feat. I was just talking about the suggestions being made in this thread. Some are suggesting a main-gauche grant a +1 to AC. I can see a rationale for that, but I wouldn't go that way myself. I think if you aren't using a shield and gaining the +2 to AC, then less effective forms of defensive protection are subsumed into your normal AC, or are represented by the damage reduction of the Battle Master's Parry maneuver.Some are suggesting the main-gauche be allowed to make an off-hand attack as per the normal two-weapon fighting rules. I don't think this is consistent with historical styles at all, in which the main-gauche was primarily used to parry and for attack only when too close to an opponent to use the primary weapon effectively. So I think the normal rules are fine, allowing an attack from one weapon or the other, but not both.It's different because the dagger isn't a shield, so it doesn't benefit your AC, and you can't attack with the shield on the same turn as the primary weapon, so why would you expect to be able to attack with the dagger?</blockquote>