Dual-wielding

Prerequisites: Wits •••, Fighting Finesse ••, Weaponry •••
Effect: Your character fights with a weapon in each hand. She can amplify her attacks by using them together or balance between attack and defense by using one weapon for each. Different martial arts focus on different sets of weapons. Some employ a rapier and dagger, or a katana and wakizashi, while others use sticks or two light swords. This Style can be used to replicate any of them. Unless your character possesses the Ambidextrous Merit she takes the usual -2 penalty for using a weapon in her off-hand. Neither weapon can be above Size 2 for performing these maneuvers.

• Balanced Grip:

Your character knows how to use her weapons so they're not awkward to hold. Your character does not add 1 to her initiative penalty as long as her off-hand weapon's rating is the same or the lower of the two.

•• Protective Striking:

Your character uses her off-hand weapon to deflect attacks. She adds her off-hand weapon's bonus to her Defense for the first attack made against her in a turn. If her off-hand weapon has no bonus then add +1 instead. Drawback: Take a penalty equal to the off-hand weapon's damage bonus to contested Disarm rolls during any turn this maneuver was used.

••• Dual Swipe:

Your character attacks with both of her weapons simultaneously against one target. Add her off-hand weapon's bonus to her attack roll. If her off-hand weapon has no bonus then add +1 instead.

•••• Double Strike:

Your character attacks two different targets simultaneously. Spend a point of Willpower and designate two targets in close range to your character for each of her weapons. She can split her total pool to attack between targets however she chooses, but takes a -2 penalty to each. This maneuver cannot be used with Dual Swipe

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