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Hey James, you were one of the designers for Guide to Korvosa. I always wondered: why do Korvosans hate unions? It pops up rather frequently but I'm not entirely certain -why-.

The main problem is that in improved two weapon fighting specifically says you can make them with it.

So the belief they have is that when you choose to do two weapon fighting, you can quick draw a second weapon for the iterative attack, but must use it for the second iteration.

It's because those rules which you posted stated you are "locked in" to using the same weapon for primary first and iterative, and the mace for the iterative.

Using the longsword/mace example, if you use two-weapon fighting you actually have fewer options than if you aren't. Your options are (ignoring the primary/off hand penalties):

(A') primary longsword at +6, primary longsword at +1, off hand mace at +6
(B') primary mace at +6, primary mace at +1, off hand longsword at +6
In other words, once you decide you're using two-weapon fighting to get that extra attack on your turn (which you have to decide before you take any attacks on your turn), that decision locks you in to the format of "my primary weapon gets my main attack and my iterative attack, and my off hand weapon only gets the extra attack, and I apply two-weapon fighting penalties."

I believe it is b&$@+~+s, and only finds a bit of logic to complicate the game more, but still.

So there's an argument I'm having with other DM's concerning Improved Two Weapon Fighting.

Benefit: In addition to the standard single extra attack you get with an off-hand weapon, you get a second attack with it, albeit at a –5 penalty.

They're focusing on the word "it" here. So they're saying that when you have two weapons in your hands, the second iterative attack MUST be used with the same weapon.

Example I have of a scenario.

> Start attack.
> Choose to do two weapon fighting with two daggers.
> Throw main hand weapon, throw off hand weapon.
> Quick draw two new daggers.
> Can throw with the new main hand weapon, but can't throw with the second dagger.

Thoughts? I say that if you can draw a second dagger, you can throw that dagger since you have a second iterative attack.

They also say that if you have a blinkback belt or something, or something that can bring the same dagger thrown back into your off-hand, you can use the second iterative attack with that dagger.