Prerequisite: Requires the Improved Two-Weapon Fighting Feat
You master fighting with two weapons, gaining the following benefits:
- When you take the Attack action to attack with a melee weapon that you're holding in one hand, you may make an additional attack with a different melee weapon that you're holding in the other hand.
- If you use your bonus action to make your off hand attack and still have at least one extra attack, you may use your extra attack to attack simultaneously with both weapons you are holding. If the attack hits, you roll the damage of both weapons together as one attack adding your ability modifier only once.
- When an enemy creature you can see or hear is aided with the Help action to attack you and is within 5 feet of you, you can use a reaction to impose disadvantage against that attack.
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Posted Jun 30, 2019You gain an extra attack only with your off-hand weapon and it does not require your bonus action to use it. You can still use your bonus action to make ANOTHER off-hand attack as normal. This gives you extra action economy and lets you dual wield and use your bonus action for other goodies. If you want the extra damage, you can also sack the bonus action to do so.
Attacking simultaneously is a tactical gamble. Missing the one attack means you miss out on the damage from both weapons. On the other end of things, hitting means you ensure both attacks deal damage. Landing a critical hit means you critical for both weapons too. Also consider things like attacking through a sanctuary spell and how this would only require one wisdom saving throw to get both attacks through to the caster. There are applications that can make this a powerful tool with the right mind.
Last but not least, you basically can keep one weapon each on two separate targets, thwarting their plans to aid each other to get through your defenses.