Ogre:CharacterCodex:Skills:CombatTwoWeapons

Combat, Two-Weapon

You can fight with a weapon in each hand. The skill in this group represents your ability to strike an opponent with your second attack. Your primary attack is a standard action; your secondary attack is a short action for a total of a long action for a two-weapon attack. You decide in which order your attack are resolved and the first attack is resolved before the full action is resolved. Even if a two-weapon strike is two attacks, it is considered as a single action. If your action is broken, you lose all your attacks that are not resolved.

Attacking with two-weapon is harder than attacking with a single weapon. You suffer a -4 penalty if you use medium weapon or a -2 penalty for a light weapon. The penalty applies to both weapon, but you do not need to use the same weapon size on each hand, so your penalty may be different for each hand. If you do not have the Dexterity Ambidexterity feat, you suffer the usual -2 penalty for using your off-hand. Natural weapons are considered as light weapons.

Double Weapons: You can use a double weapon to make an extra attack with the off-hand end of the weapon as if you were fighting with two weapons. The same penalties apply.

Thrown Weapons: The same rules apply when you throw a weapon from each hand.

Strike, Two fists

Ability	Strength
Action	Long
Armor Penalty	Maneuver
Untrained	No
Concentration	No

Description: This skill represents your ability to attack a creature with your second fist.

Check: The DC of your attack is the Defense of your opponent. If you beat your opponent Defense, you hit the opponent and cause him damage depending of your size.

Total Success: As single melee attack.

Total Failure: As single melee attack.

Try Again: Yes, you can fight until you die.

Feats

All Strike Feat

Each strike is independent. You are not necessarily able to use feats that you know for your primary hand. You need to learn feats for use with your second weapon. You can choose any Strike feats for your second weapon.

Dual Crippling Strike

Requisite: Crippling Strike with both hands.

When you attack with Two Fists and that both attack hits, you automatically cripple your opponent as if you were using the Crippling Strike feat.

Dual Stunning Strike

Requisite: Stunning Attack with both hands.

When you attack with Two Fists and that both attack hits, you automatically stun your opponent as if you were using the Stunning Attack feat.

Dual Grapple

When you attack with a Two Fists and that both attack hits, you can make a grapple attempt as an instantaneous reaction.

Dual Painful Wound

Requisite: Painful Wound with both hands.

When you attack with Two Fists and that both attack hits, you automatically give a painful wound to your opponent as if you were using the Painful Wound feat.

Simultaneous strike

Instead of making two attacks, you concentrate all your strength in one strike done with both hands at the same time. The damage of this attack is both dice of damage from weapons plus your normal strength bonus. To use feats with this attack, you must have the feat for both fist. Since this is one strike, you can add the benefit of such a feat only once. To resolve this attack, you use your lowest skill between Strike and Two fists and apply penalty from both hands to your attack.

Specialist: To resolve the strike, you use the highest of your Strike or Two fists skill.

Two fists, Improved

When fighting with Two Fists, you suffer no penalty for any strike. This does not remove any penalty for using your off-hand.

Flurry of blows

Requisite: Improved Two fists

You can make a third attack with your fist. Each attack is resolved after a short action. Instead of having the normal -2 penalty for natural weapons, you have a -4 penalty. Because you favored speed over precision while doing a flurry of blows, you cannot use any other feats with your three attacks.

Specialist: Your attacks use the normal the -2 penalty.

Expert: You suffer no penalty for making a Flurry of blows.

Master: You can use feats with all your attacks.

Melee, Second Weapon

Ability	Strength
Action	Long
Armor Penalty	Combat
Untrained	No
Concentration	No

Proficiency: Axes, Blades, Brawl, Maces, Polearms

Description: This skill represents your ability to attack a creature with your second weapon.

Check: The DC of your attack is the Armor Class of your opponent. If you beat your opponent Armor Class, you hit the opponent and cause him damage depending of your weapon.

Total Success: As single melee attack.

Total Failure: As single melee attack.

Try Again: Yes, you can fight until you die.

Feats

All Melee Feat

Each strike is independent. You are not necessarily able to use feats that you know for your primary weapon. You need to learn feats for use with your second weapon. You can choose any melee feats for your second weapon.

Dual Bleeding Wound

Requisite: Bleeding Wound with both hands.

When you attack with two weapons and that both attack hits, you automatically give a bleeding wound to your opponent as if you were using the Bleeding Wound feat.

Dual Crippling Strike

Requisite: Crippling Strike with both hands.

When you attack with two weapons and that both attack hits, you automatically cripple your opponent as if you were using the Crippling Strike feat.

Dual Grapple

When you attack with a two light weapons and that both attack hits, you can make a grapple attempt as an instantaneous reaction.

Dual Stunning Strike

Requisite: Stunning Attack with both hands.

When you attack with two weapons and that both attack hits, you automatically stun your opponent as if you were using the Stunning Attack feat.

Dual Painful Wound

Requisite: Painful Wound with both hands.

When you attack with two weapons and that both attack hits, you automatically give a painful wound to your opponent as if you were using the Painful Wound feat.

Simultaneous strike

Instead of making two attacks, you concentrate all your strength in one strike done with both weapons at the same time. The damage of this attack is both dice of damage from weapons plus your normal strength bonus. To use feats with this attack, you must have the feat for both weapons. Since this is one strike, you can add the benefit of such a feat only once. To resolve this attack, you use your lowest skill between Melee and Second Weapon and apply penalty from both hands to your attack.

Specialist: To resolve the strike, you use the highest of your Melee and Second Weapon skill.

Two-Weapon Defense

When wielding a double weapon or two weapons (not including natural weapons or unarmed strikes), you can use them as a shield giving you a one-tenth cover.

Specialist: Your cover is increased to one-quarter.

Expert: Your cover is increased to one-half.

Master: Your cover is increased to three-quarters.

Two-Weapon Fighting

When fighting with two weapons, using a medium weapon gives you a -2 penalty and a light weapon gives you no penalty.

Specialist: When fighting with two weapons, you suffer no penalty for any weapon size. This does not remove any penalty for using your off-hand.

Two-Weapon Fighting, Rend

When you attack with two weapons and that both attack hits, you may increase the damage don to your opponent. The additional damage is the same as the damage of the smaller weapon.

Range, Second Weapon

Ability	Dexterity
Action	Long; See below
Armor Penalty	Combat
Untrained	No
Concentration	No

Proficiency: Thrown Weapon, Bow, Crossbow, Guns, Rifle This skill represents your ability to aim with a thrown weapon or single handed range weapon with your second hand when attacking with two weapons at the same time.

Check: The DC of your attack is the Armor Class of your opponent. If you beat your opponent Armor Class, you hit the opponent and cause him damage depending of your weapon.

Total Success: Same as single Range.

Total Failure: Same as single Range.

Action: Making the two range attack together is a long action. This do not include drawing/loading your weapons which is generally two short actions.

Try Again: Yes, you can fight until you die.

Feats

All Range Feat

Each strike is independent. You are not necessarily able to use feats that you know for your primary weapon. You need to learn feats for use with your second weapon. You can choose any range feats for your second weapon.

Dual Bleeding Wound

Requisite: Bleeding Wound with both hands.

When you attack with two weapons and that both attack hits, you automatically give a bleeding wound to your opponent as if you were using the Bleeding Wound feat.

Dual Crippling Strike

Requisite: Crippling Strike with both hands.

When you attack with two weapons and that both attack hits, you automatically cripple your opponent as if you were using the Crippling Strike feat.

Dual Stunning Strike

Requisite: Stunning Attack with both hands.

When you attack with two weapons and that both attack hits, you automatically stun your opponent as if you were using the Stunning Attack feat.

Dual Painful Wound

Requisite: Painful Wound with both hands.

When you attack with two weapons and that both attack hits, you automatically give a painful wound to your opponent as if you were using the Painful Wound feat.

Simultaneous strike

Instead of making two attacks, you concentrate all your strength in one strike done with both weapons at the same time. The damage of this attack is both dice of damage from weapons plus your normal strength bonus. To use feats with this attack, you must have the feat for both weapons. Since this is one strike, you can add the benefit of such a feat only once. To resolve this attack, you use your lowest skill between Melee and Second Weapon and apply penalty from both hands to your attack.

Specialist: To resolve the strike, you use the highest of your Melee and Second Weapon skill.

Two-Weapon Fighting

When fighting with two weapons, using a medium weapon gives you a -2 penalty and a light weapon gives you no penalty.

Specialist: When fighting with two weapons, you suffer no penalty for any weapon. This does not remove any penalty for using your off-hand.