My son & I have played PACG a few times now. He really believes that "his" character Valeros is a complete B.A. We have both learned the rules more and more with each play session and recently I was asked a question. We both know the rules said no, but he asked why. So, I am posing the why question here for feedback.
Why can't certain characters dual-wield appropriate 1-handed weapons?
We know the rules on Page 11 spell out one card only of each type can be played...yadda yadda yadda.
But, he thought it would be cool to have Valeros with two swords, or the thief (forget her name at the moment) with two daggers. We knew a shield would not be available for defense during that turn. He even thought maybe using an off-handed weapon could be a discard or recharge that weapon type situation.
So, has anyone else had this thought? Why is it not possible? Does it just make a player too powerful? Not sure, because I think a similar mechanic is in place for Sajan and using blessings.
What do you think?
Daggers have a rule to do just this. It has to be discarded though.
Awesome. Can you tell we have not had a chance to read all the cards yet?
Thank you.
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Exactly. The dagger is built for your second weapon in a two weapon combat style.
As for why you can't with other weapons....because then players like Valeros and Amiri who have a lot of weapon cards and weapon proficiency would be too powerful. Being able to you any two weapon cards each combat is too much. Fortunately, the Dagger gives a smaller bonus to balance this out.
According to Vic's post here, you can use multiple daggers after you use a weapon, so thematically, it doesn't really seem to gel with the dual-wield concept. The fact that you discard Daggers when you use them in this way suggests to me that you're throwing them, not Off-handing them. Granted, this is based on personal interpretation, and you could definitely assume the Dagger is being off-handed if that makes thematic sense to you. But I think the Dagger's mechanic doesn't quite match what I would expect for a dual-wield mechanic.
I don't recall having anything that models two-weapon fighting in this set...I see what you did there. :)
Me too. Lol. Thank you for all the replies.