Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Dual Wielding and Bonus Actions

Thanks for the math!

I wonder if dual wielding would be better if you would separate it from Bonus Action entirely. Give a free off-hand attack but also a -2 attack penalty for both hands, like in previous editions. I think that would be much easier to balance than if items give you extra attacks and more fun since then you wouldn't have to trade the off-hand attack for other Bonus Actions. Since Larian homebrew seems to be going for players always using that Bonus Action for something, it would probably work a lot better in the grand scheme of things.

I would also experiment with giving an extra off-hand attack with extra attack and see if that -2 would be enough to keep it in check. The power builds would be a big problem though.