Dual Wield BUG (or what?)

[kondrix]

Rhea: i didn't wrote if i have bastard specialization
because it doesn't matter - i wrote what "to hit" i have

and because my to hit wat high - i havn't had problems with hitting
i had problems with hiting twice in one (each) attack per round

Nightowl2:
thank you, this is the answer i wanted
as i understand it

if i equip one sword and i have 4 attacks per round
i can hit 4 times

and if i equip two swords i have 4+1 attacks per round
wich means i can hit 5 times per round

i thought i should be able to hit 8 times (4 attacks X 2 swords)

So the only benefit of dual wield is one more attack per round
that sux

kondrix

[che]

This post got me cunfused, so now I have some questions:
Isn't dualW. only for rangers (not 2 weapon fighting, but DualW.)? What does it mean for the ranger? And doesn't Abidexterity mean that you get NO penalty for any hand (you are neither left nor right handed)? Could someone explain?
Thanks.

[Kalak]

Alright, rangers don't get 'dual wield'...they get ambidexterity and two-weapon fighting. PPl are referring to using two weapons as dual-wield. However, you can get the same bonuses as rangers by taking ambidexterity and two-weapon fighting...except you won't be limited by armor.

Now, Ambidexterity gives you a +4 from the -10 you get for your offhand, and then you get another +2 for both hands with two-weapon fighting...if you have a light weapon in your off hand then you get another +2 to both hands. The reason you still get minus to hits no matter what is because of the innate awkwardness in using weapons in both hands...unless you move the weapons together or in some preset pattern then its hard to do...however, if you do that then you might as well just wield a two handed weapon. So, to get the extra attack they assume your just a little bit sloppier than you would be than with just one weapon.

If you got further questions look at the table in the back of the manual on two-weapon fighting.