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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6616780" data-attributes="member: 413">You don't have to set a character as right handed...a character can be left handed but you do have to say what weapon is in your main hand and what is in your off hand.&nbsp; The bonus is applied to attacks from your main hand.&nbsp; They can be in any order the player wants (at least that's my opinion...as long as you are taking the attack action to make a melee attack you can use a bonus action to attack with your off hand weapon).For example:A left handed 5th level fighter with a shortsword in his left (main) hand and dagger in his off (or right) hand.&nbsp; He is 20 feet from an orc.&nbsp; The orc is badly wounded and there an an ogre 5 feet further.&nbsp; He can move up, declare he is taking the attack action and use his bonus attack to use his dagger to make his off hand attack on the orc.&nbsp; Let's say he hits for d4 damage, the orc dies (it only had 2 hp left).&nbsp; He can then move 5 feet further and attack the ogre with his main hand (or in this case left hand).&nbsp; He gets to attack twice (extra attack from Fighter level 5) and can even action surge to get two more attacks by using another attack action.&nbsp; The off-hand dagger attack can be anywhere in there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 6616780, member: 413"] You don't have to set a character as right handed...a character can be left handed but you do have to say what weapon is in your main hand and what is in your off hand. The bonus is applied to attacks from your main hand. They can be in any order the player wants (at least that's my opinion...as long as you are taking the attack action to make a melee attack you can use a bonus action to attack with your off hand weapon). For example: A left handed 5th level fighter with a shortsword in his left (main) hand and dagger in his off (or right) hand. He is 20 feet from an orc. The orc is badly wounded and there an an ogre 5 feet further. He can move up, declare he is taking the attack action and use his bonus attack to use his dagger to make his off hand attack on the orc. Let's say he hits for d4 damage, the orc dies (it only had 2 hp left). He can then move 5 feet further and attack the ogre with his main hand (or in this case left hand). He gets to attack twice (extra attack from Fighter level 5) and can even action surge to get two more attacks by using another attack action. The off-hand dagger attack can be anywhere in there. [/QUOTE]

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