How do I make dual wield work with mace and short sword?

[Hurricane]

I got a legendary one handed mace in act 1 and damn i wanna use it, also really cool short sword, I play fighter but I was thinking about resp to Paladin, can I make it work with dual wielding? I read somewhere that I need some special skills for this but not sure which one:/

[Yagger]

dual wield feat required

[Crimsomrider]

At level 4 you can unlock the dual-wielding feat that allows you have non-light weapons in each hand.

[Hurricane]

Ok thanks guys!! Love

[Grumpy Old Guy]

Definetly get at least 3 levels of Rogue for the Thief subclass ability fast hands. Gives you two bonus actions, both of which can be offhand attacks.

[Hans]

Originally posted by Crimsomrider:

At level 4 you can unlock the dual-wielding feat that allows you have non-light weapons in each hand.

My characters refuse to dual wield even if I put a dagger in their off hand. It seems like you need the perk, or to presumably play a Ranger.

[Keith 'Blood' Hanson]

Without the feat, you can only dual wield two light weapons. Unfortunately you can't say, dual wield a rapier and a dagger without said feat.

[TheMasterBlaster]

Originally posted by Hans:

Originally posted by Crimsomrider:

At level 4 you can unlock the dual-wielding feat that allows you have non-light weapons in each hand.

My characters refuse to dual wield even if I put a dagger in their off hand. It seems like you need the perk, or to presumably play a Ranger.

you can dual wield a pair of short swords immediately without any requirements.