A bit of a tangent, but while I don't mind the rules around off hand weapons for 5e/BG3 I don't find the interface for managing a dual wielding character very fluid in the game.

They just don't feel swashbuckling and nimble, at least the way I've been doing it which is to left click to attack with main weapon then select the offhand weapon from my toolbar and then click the enemy again to attack with my other hand, while Astarion or whoever does a little twirl as I move my mouse around.

Is there any way to bind attacking with an off hand weapon to a key, like Shove is to V or Jump is to Z by default, so that you can hover over a character and press it to get the option to attack with the off hand rather than main hand? Or any other quick way to attack with the off hand other than selecting the icon from the toolbar ? (Without toggling dual wielding on, that is.)

I think if you could left click attack with your main hand, then press some other key and left click again to attack with your offhand, it would feel so much more dynamic.

It'll be embarrassing if I've not noticed a way to do something like this given how many hours I've played the game, but I'm still hoping there is one!


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