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Arteris
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Posted - 04 Oct 2003 :  20:02:13  Show Profile  Visit Arteris's Homepage Send Arteris a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Ok, I had this argument with the DM yesterday about two weapon fighting, so heres how it goes

I believe that EX: My ranger has a total attack bonus of +6 and hes fighting with a long sword in normal hand and a short sword in off hand, I say that his normal and off hand attacks both get the +6 bonus and you just take away the -2 penalty from each swing so as

--- +6 normal hand would go to +4 because of the -2, then my off hand would get the same +6 and I would once again take the -2 to make it +4 attack

He says
--- That my normal attack would be from +6 to +4 because of the -2, then my off hand would start at the +4 and get another -2 to make my off hand strike a +2.


Who's right?

Your help would be greatly appreciated

Arivia
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Posted - 05 Oct 2003 :  04:21:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You're right. If the penalties were cumulative, it would say so in the PHB.
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Bookwyrm
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Posted - 05 Oct 2003 :  05:53:25  Show Profile  Visit Bookwyrm's Homepage Send Bookwyrm a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Is this 3e or 3.5e? Because it works differently with the new version.
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Arteris
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Posted - 05 Oct 2003 :  21:55:55  Show Profile  Visit Arteris's Homepage Send Arteris a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Sorry, its 3rd edition
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Arteris
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Posted - 06 Oct 2003 :  03:50:22  Show Profile  Visit Arteris's Homepage Send Arteris a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Actually Ill try and make this question easier to understand

Does each hand have its own base attack bonus or do you have to subtract from the same one?
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Arteris
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Posted - 07 Oct 2003 :  00:49:07  Show Profile  Visit Arteris's Homepage Send Arteris a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Hmm... No one?
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Bladesinger
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Posted - 07 Oct 2003 :  20:23:51  Show Profile Send Bladesinger a Private Message  Reply with Quote
You are right.
If you DON'T have ambidexterity or the ranger class ability equivalent of it, you get another -2 to your off-hand.
Edited by - Bladesinger on 07 Oct 2003 20:25:15
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