ohako |
So, I have this idea in my head of a tengu dual-wielding an aldori dueling sword and a sawtooth sabre...that seems neat, but the sabre can't benefit from Weapon Finesse, which I would kinda want, what with a big Dex investment to pull off TWF!
Are there any weapons that give you a bonus for wielding it in the off-hand, or if you happen to be using Combat Expertise or fighting defensively or what have you? A light weapon would be best, and something esoteric that happens to be sword-like or dagger-like would be even better.
Some kind of parrying dagger or main gauche?
Athaleon |
You can use the new Slashing Grace feat with dual Sawtooth Sabres. Until they errata that feat to use Light weapons, it's the only real choice for an off-hand weapon usable with that feat.
In most cases, the "best off-hand" is simply "the same weapon that's in your main hand". Weapon Focus (a prerequisite for Slashing Grace) and other feats and effects specific to a single weapon would then apply to both weapons.
You could TWF with a Light Shield with a spike on it, but this requires an even higher investment in feats and wealth, and as a Piercing weapon, Slashing Grace does not apply to a Shield Spike.
cnetarian |
I knew I saw this somewhere and my search-fu has for once suceeded:
just make sure to use the right version of sawtooth sabre and pfft it is a finessable weapon.
if you use two aldori dueling swords you are effectively -2 to hit versus a dueling sword & a light weapon but this isn't such a terrible thing because you only need weapon focus (dueling sword) to get +1 to both weapons.
ohako |
A one level dip in Swashbuckler would let you Finesse both of them, though dual wielding isn't the best for a pure Swashbuckler.
Wazikashi is a decent offhand, since it's basically a short sword with a higher crit range.
Oh, I see. Use Slashing Grace to make sawtooth sabres count as piercing, and then Swashbuckler Finesse lets you use Weapon Finesse with them.
That other way to Weapon Finesse sawtooth sabres, man, I could cut tomatoes with the rules sliced like that (or something).
wakizashi is good, yeah.
While it's not defensive, a sica woulld be good for my concept (+1 to hit dudes with shields...it's situational, but I'll still take it).
The reason I'm going with TWF with a dueling sword in the main hand is for Improved Two-Weapon Feint and Dueling Cloak Adept: basically, a dueling sword is the best weapon to feint with. If there was such a thing as a 'double dueling sword' I'd use that. But, there isn't.