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Message: <blockquote data-quote="comrade raoul" data-source="post: 1204171" data-attributes="member: 554">Right; and so does the Snake Totem Warrior, for that matter. This is actually very important: the point is that if you've got the right character class for two-weapon fighting, you can do very well just by spending one feat (Two-Weapon Fighting).I don't think including Greater Two-Weapon Fighting would break the AU system. In fact, (because I think GTWF is a little weak on its own; one attack at -10 isn't much of a marginal benefit for a feat), I include a stronger version as an AU house-rule:Perfect Two-Weapon Fighting [General]You have mastered the art of fighting with a weapon in each hand.Prerequisite: Dexterity 19+, Two-Weapon Fighting, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, base attack bonus +14 or higher.Benefit: When using the full attack action to fight with two weapons, you can make the same number of attacks with your off-hand, at the same base attack bonuses, as you would with your primary hand. Thus, a character with a base attack bonus of +17 and the Perfect Two-Weapon Fighting feat could make four attacks with her off-hand as part of a full attack action; her additional attacks would be at attack penalties of –5, -10, and –15.And this does address the problem discussed, albeit by reconceiving it. The AU implementation of TWF is a trade-off: a character with Two-Weapon Fighting and a pair of devanian/double weapons will do more damage than a greatsword wielder on a full attack, but at the cost of reduced damage for standard attacks, attacks of opportunity, and so forth. I really like this solution because it keeps things interesting, and there's no "optimal" style if you spend enough feats. This is true whether or not the character has Ambidexterity.Incidentally, I don't think it'd be broken for characters with Two-Weapon Fighting to make one more AoO each round, with their off-hand weapon; it'd be like a weaker version of Combat Reflexes built into the feat.</blockquote>

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