The term Dual-wield refers to your PCs ability to make attack rolls while wielding a weapon in both hands. Any character can equip two weapons at once, but the weapons have to follow specific rules and some penalties will be applied.
- A character cannot dual-wield if either weapon is a size category larger than they are (effectively occupying two hands to wield the weapon).
- Whips and Flails cannot be placed in the off-hand as the game has no animation for such a situation.
- Wielding 2 weapons incurs an initial penalty of -6 to your primary hand, and -10 to your off-hand.
- If the off-hand weapon is light (i.e. is smaller than the weilder's category size) the character gains +2 bonus for both the main hand and off-hand.
- If the character has the ambidexterity feat they gain a +4 bonus to the off-hand.
- If the character has the two-Weapon Fighting feat they gain a +2 bonus for both the main and off-hand.
- All bonuses are cumulative with the base penalty. The minimum penalty possible is -2/-2.
| Situation | Primary Hand | Off-Hand |
| Normal (standard weapons and no feats) | -6 | -10 |
| Off-hand weapon is light | -4 | -8 |
| Character has the Ambidexterity feat | -6 | -6 |
| Character has the Two-Weapon Fighting feat | -4 | -8 |
| Off-hand weapon is light, character has the Two-Weapon Fighting feat | -2 | -6 |
| Off-hand weapon is light, character has the Ambidexterity feat | -4 | -4 |
| Character has the Ambidexterity and Two-Weapon Fighting feats | -4 | -4 |
| Off-hand weapon is light, character has the Ambidexterity and Two-Weapon Fighting feats | -2 | -2 |
Notes
- A Ranger gets the ability to Dual-wield at 1st level