Can Paladin dual wield or should I restart....

[karmazyn1]

.....the game? Could you also advise which stats to lvl up? It will be strength right?

[KnuckleHead]

You can find a character that will allow you to respec so if you don't want to restart you don't need to.

[['w']]

cha & str
https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/g7poh8/paladin_strength_vs_charisma/

guess dualwield is bugged
never got my stat modifier as bonus damage, with or without dualwield

[sevensided]

Originally posted by KnuckleHead:

You can find a character that will allow you to respec so if you don't want to restart you don't need to.

This.

Dual wielding is not recommended for Paladin. You will want to raise strength, and to some degree, charisma.

[Szorrin]

Can you? Yes, anyone can.
Is it good? Not really, nowhere near as good as 2h or 1h+shield.
Play however you want though.

As for what stats to level, that depends on if you're multiclassing or not. If not, then you'll want to get strength up, but also charisma for spells. If you're multiclassing Warlock (at least 3 levels for Pact of the Blade) you can ignore strength.

[LordAnubis]

There's nothing wrong with dual wielding on a Paladin, however Paladins have a lot they can do with their bonus action, so if you are 'wasting' your bonus action on an offhand attack every round, you'll be missing out on a lot Paladin can offer. 1h+shield (for super tanky) or 2h is usually the way to go. That being said, you can absolutely dual wield a Paladin. Just build it like a normal STR Paladin (start with 17 STR 16 CHA) and use two Scimitars.

Edit: Paladins do not get access to the two-weapon fighting style, so you'd need to multiclass into Fighter 1 or Ranger 2 in order to add your ability modifier to your offhand attack.

[Enigmatory]

Dueal wield is garbage option for anyone exept pure rogue.

[Morgian]

Then you do it wrong :)

There is a pair of gloves that will add your stat modifier to your second weapon, too. but not at the beginning. Starting as fighter 1 is probably the best solution. You obviously want to look out for items that add to damage, especially for dual-wielding. There is one that adds 2 acid damage to each attack for example. You should always check out the xxxxxxx items that give reverberating, heat, or whatever to see which one will benefit you damagewise.

[Zwei/Levi]

The people who say 2 handing as a paladin is better then duel wield it isn't
Now if you want to do duel wielding you need to take 1 level ln fighter for the dex to damage with off hand

Now on to why 2handing isn't the one true way to play.

So far in BG3 i seen a ♥♥♥♥ load and i mean a ♥♥♥♥ load of insanely good 1 handed swords that arent even long swords, and a lot of them can infact output the same damage as a two handing sword can do. Able to deal 1d6 extra damage on hit on a lot of them

On top of that duel wielding means you get 3 hits and later up to so much more compare to two handing

So the people who think paladin should only be played as a 2 handing class don't understand BG3

BG3 was made in mind for those who want to play any style and with a bit of work any duel can get gross damage