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Caelestis
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Multiple Weapon Question

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This has probably been asked and answered before. But here goes..

I recently added in to our campaign the rules to allow dual wielding. In them I noticed that you change the Dex modifier, but it says the lowest this can be using these rules is 0. However what if the Dex modifier is already negative?

My assumption is that we can't reduce a positive Dex modifier below 0, otherwise we use the existing negative modifier.

Would that be right?

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If you are talking about the two-weapon combat rules in Combat Options, you've understood it wrongly.

The penalty for using two weapons is -2 for the primary, -5 for the secondary. To this figure, you add your Dexterity bonus. So for Dex of 13-15, it's -1/-4; for Dex of 16-17, it's +0/-3. For Dex of 18, the primary would be (-2 + 3 = +1) but that would be a bonus... that's the rule about 0. The minimum penalty is +0. Thus, 18 Dex is +0/-3.

I hope that made it clearer.

Incidentally, as you can easily imagine, dual wielding with a penalty Dex is disastrous. :D
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Yep that makes perfect sense. Thanks for clearing it up for me!

We will see if the party still want to dual wield now I understand the rules properly.

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why wouldn't the secondary for 18 dex go to -2?
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Hywaywolf wrote:why wouldn't the secondary for 18 dex go to -2?
Ack, that's what I meant to type. +0/-2.
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If you want, go ahead and correct your post and then delete my two post to head off any confusion for later readers
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