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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 4831239" data-attributes="member: 79945">One of my players (two-blade ranger) just got a magic weapon, and wants to wield it in his off hand.  Fair enough - now his main hand gets +1 damage from Two-Weapon Fighting, and his off-hand gets +1 hit and damage from a +1 weapon.But he's using the off-hand for his basic attacks and all his single-weapon At-Wills (including Off-Hand Strike).  His argument is that he's carrying two weapons, and if a power doesn't specify whether to use main hand or off hand he should be able to pick which he hits with.  For the powers which DO specify (either "main and off-hand", or just "off-hand" in the case of Off-hand Strike) he's following that.My argument is that your main hand is defined as the one you make most of your attacks with, so if his basic attack and all his single-weapon At-Wills are made with his magic scimitar it is in his main hand by definition, and he must use his other weapon for Off-Hand strike.On the other hand (heh) I can easily picture a character with two different weapons, say an axe in one hand and a sword in the other, chopping with the axe for one attack and stabbing with the sword in the next.  What my player's doing only seems objectionable to me because it seems designed to get an extra +1 to hit with Off-Hand Strike.I suppose he's giving up +1 damage with most of his attacks in exchange for getting the same to hit with Off-Hand Strike as with all his other attacks, which doesn't seem all that sneaky.  But I'd like to know - is this officially allowed?</blockquote>

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