SRD:Two-Weapon Fighting

Two-Weapon Fighting
If you wield a second weapon in your off hand, you can get one extra attack per round with that weapon. You suffer a –6 penalty with your regular attack or attacks with your primary hand and a –10 penalty to the attack with your off hand when you fight this way. You can reduce these penalties in two ways:


 * If your off-hand weapon is light, the penalties are reduced by 2 each. (An unarmed strike is always considered light.)


 * The Two-Weapon Fighting feat lessens the primary hand penalty by 2, and the off-hand penalty by 6.

Table: Two-Weapon Fighting Penalties summarizes the interaction of all these factors.

{| class="zebra d20"

Table: Two-Weapon Fighting Penalties
! align="left" | Circumstances!!Primary Hand!!Off Hand
 * align="left" | Normal penalties ||–6 ||–10
 * align="left" | Off-hand weapon is light ||–4 ||–8
 * align="left" | Two-Weapon Fighting feat ||–4 ||–4
 * align="left" | Off-hand weapon is light and Two-Weapon Fighting feat ||–2 ||–2
 * }
 * align="left" | Two-Weapon Fighting feat ||–4 ||–4
 * align="left" | Off-hand weapon is light and Two-Weapon Fighting feat ||–2 ||–2
 * }
 * }

Double Weapons
You can use a double weapon to make an extra attack with the off-hand end of the weapon as if you were fighting with two weapons. The penalties apply as if the off-hand end of the weapon were a light weapon.

Thrown Weapons
The same rules apply when you throw a weapon from each hand. Treat a dart or shuriken as a light weapon when used in this manner, and treat a bolas, javelin, net, or sling as a one-handed weapon.