slaughterj
Mongoose
I have a number of questions related to Two-Weapon fighting:
1. How does this work if you have a sword in one hand but are unarmed in the other hand? Presumably you can swing a fist too, right? (But presumably it would trigger an AOO unless you have Improved Unarmed Strike.)
2. Regarding Two-Weapon Defense feat, what if the character is armed with just one weapon, i.e., just has a fist as the second weapon? Can he forgo using the fist as an attack to get a +2 parry bonus? (Presumably that would avoid the AOO as well for not taking a swing with the fist.) How would that work with the -4 penalty to Parry for being unarmed, since he isn't technically unarmed? It seems he should get no bonus (technically might get the +2, but then should get the -4 also, so instead would just operate under regular rules and no adjustment), unless he has Improved Unarmed Strike (which should avoid the -4 penalty to Parry for being unarmed, and grant the +2 parry bonus), correct?
3. The Borderer can get the Improved Two-Weapon Combat feat at 5th level, which is before he gets a second attack with his main weapon. But the feat gives a second attack with the off-hand weapon at -5. Presumably he still gets to do this (though I think they shouldn't have given him this until 6th level to make more sense), but the off-hand weapon should be either (a) the light weapon if he is wielding one, or (b) the 1-handed weapon that is getting the -4 penalty. Does all this sound correct?
1. How does this work if you have a sword in one hand but are unarmed in the other hand? Presumably you can swing a fist too, right? (But presumably it would trigger an AOO unless you have Improved Unarmed Strike.)
2. Regarding Two-Weapon Defense feat, what if the character is armed with just one weapon, i.e., just has a fist as the second weapon? Can he forgo using the fist as an attack to get a +2 parry bonus? (Presumably that would avoid the AOO as well for not taking a swing with the fist.) How would that work with the -4 penalty to Parry for being unarmed, since he isn't technically unarmed? It seems he should get no bonus (technically might get the +2, but then should get the -4 also, so instead would just operate under regular rules and no adjustment), unless he has Improved Unarmed Strike (which should avoid the -4 penalty to Parry for being unarmed, and grant the +2 parry bonus), correct?
3. The Borderer can get the Improved Two-Weapon Combat feat at 5th level, which is before he gets a second attack with his main weapon. But the feat gives a second attack with the off-hand weapon at -5. Presumably he still gets to do this (though I think they shouldn't have given him this until 6th level to make more sense), but the off-hand weapon should be either (a) the light weapon if he is wielding one, or (b) the 1-handed weapon that is getting the -4 penalty. Does all this sound correct?