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Old 05-30-2003, 07:46 PM   #2
Nerull
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Join Date: May 17, 2001
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Age: 54
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Originally posted by Alaniris:
Can Monks use dual weapon fighting, do they suffer any penalties?

Just started playing a Monk. First time going through the game.
Unarmed no, they can't. However, armed they can, and suffer the same penalties everyone else does (-10 to hit with off hand, -6 to hit with main hand). To reduce the penalties, take the feats Two-Weapon Fighting and Ambidexterity (need to have a dex of 15 to take Ambidexterity, but for a monk that should not be too difficult). This will reduce the penalties to -4/-4 when using two weapons of the same size as you, and to -2/-2 if the off hand weapon is one size smaller than you.

However, why would you want to use weapons if you are monk? After about level 8 or so, weapons are not worth it for a monk (they fight better unarmed).
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