Offhand Equip Slot

[zelbone]

I am not sure if this is a bug or not, but I am trying to equip a dagger in my off-hand slot. I right-click to bring up the context menu and select equip dagger. But then it removes my sword from my main hand and equips the dagger, while leaving my off-hand equipment slot empty.

Am I missing something or is this a bug? Thanks!

[Ellis_Cake]

might need to drag the dagger to the offhand slot (if your char should be able to), clicking might only interact with the "primary slot"

[Ellis_Cake]

also i think only certain types works as onehanded primary that allows using offhand slot

[zelbone]

I figured it out.

Now, in order to not become a meme. I had to right click, select off-hand, and then select a primary weapon and then a secondary weapon from the weapon popup menu. What threw me off was the UI made it seem like I was selecting a weapon for my off hand only.

[Vrath]

Nah I cant equip it no matter what i try it just goes to my main hand.

[Vrath]

Originally posted by zelbone:

I figured it out.

Now, in order to not become a meme. I had to right click, select off-hand, and then select a primary weapon and then a secondary weapon from the weapon popup menu. What threw me off was the UI made it seem like I was selecting a weapon for my off hand only.

this solution doesnt work when your main hand cant be selected as an offhand. two daggers is fine but to get a rapier or long sword and a dagger isnt working right now...

[Asa Shigure]

It's because, for some odd reason, you can only dual wield light weapons and the rapier isn't a light weapon.

It's a rather big disappointment.

[Vrath]

Originally posted by Asa Shigure:

It's because, for some odd reason, you can only dual wield light weapons and the rapier isn't a light weapon.

It's a rather big disappointment.

wait really? Thats not a dang rule??? What a dumb choice!

[Y'shtola]

This seems really stupid. I just literally hit this myself. I get a rapider, it's not a light weapon (seriously...?)

5e really has some poor design.
You know it's a dumb decision when:

Scimitar is 1.35 lbs and is Light, perfect to use with a Dagger.
Rapier is 0.9 lbs and is not Light.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by TreborsTactics:

wait really? Thats not a dang rule??? What a dumb choice!

It is a 5E rule. The 5E rules are quite explicit that you can only dual wield if both weapons are "light". This is from the actual PnP rules:

"Two-Weapon Fighting

When you take the Attack action and attack with a light melee weapon that you're holding in one hand, you can use a bonus action to attack with a different light melee weapon that you're holding in the other hand. You don't add your ability modifier to the damage of the bonus attack, unless that modifier is negative."

If you want a rapier as your main hand weapon and to still dual wield, you need a feat which removes the light weapon restriction.

Rapier is not a light weapon in the 5E ruleset.

Like it or not, Larian just followed the game rules.

[TheRedBaron]

Just so you guys know, there is a feat, "dual wielder" that allows you to dual wield one handers that aren't considered "light".

There still isn't a way in 5e to dual wield heavy weapons like you could in older DnD editions which is sad, but hope this helps.

[❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃]

Originally posted by zelbone:

I am not sure if this is a bug or not, but I am trying to equip a dagger in my off-hand slot. I right-click to bring up the context menu and select equip dagger. But then it removes my sword from my main hand and equips the dagger, while leaving my off-hand equipment slot empty.

Am I missing something or is this a bug? Thanks!

You cannot equip off-hand with light weapons unless you have DUELIST feat. Only Finesse weapons can do it (such as Scimitar + Dagger and Short Sword + Dagger iirc). Some weapon also stated Main Hand Only meaning no Off-hand slot available

[Bastard Operator]

Weird, because the Rapier in game is marked as light.

[alanc9]

Really? Mine aren't.

[TheClosetSkeleton]

You can only equip small weapons in both hands to dual wield. If you were using a longsword, you can't equip an additional dagger in the off hand.

However you still can use shields with one hand large weapons, like longswords or hammers.

If you want to equip an off-hand dagger, you need to be wielding either a dagger, as shortsword or a finnesse weapon that isn't a rapier.