Two-Weapon Style

This is a difficult style to master, since it requires exceptional coordination and skill. Normally, characters who fight with a weapon in each hand suffer a û2 penalty to attacks with their primary hand and a û4 penalty to attacks with the off-hand weapon. This can be partially or completely negated by the characterÆs reaction adjustment for Dexterity (or Dex/Aim if youÆre also using Skills & Powers). Characters who specialize in this style reduce their penalty to 0 and û2, respectively. Ambidextrous characters who specialize in this style suffer no penalty with either attack.

The characterÆs secondary weapon must be one size smaller than his primary weaponùbut knives and daggers can always be used as secondary weapons, regardless of the size of the primary weapon. Note that this means that for Man-sized characters, the secondary weapon has to be size S. However, if a character spends a second proficiency slot on two-weapon style specialization, he gains the ability to use two weapons of equal size, as long as he can use each one as a one-handed weapon. Rangers are considered to have the first slot of this style specialization for free as a character ability.

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