Two-Weapon Fighting

Obsidian has mentioned the dual-wielding concept as well as it being a core DnD mechanic. This means two-weapon fighting is likely to be included in NWN2.

3.5 Two-weapon fighting
Type: General

Prerequisite: Dexterity 15.

Benefit: Your penalties on attack rolls for fighting with two weapons are reduced. The penalty for your primary hand lessens by 2 and the one for your off hand lessens by 6.

Normal: If you wield a second weapon in your off hand, you can get one extra attack per round with that weapon. When fighting in this way you suffer a –6 penalty with your regular attack or attacks with your primary hand and a –10 penalty to the attack with your off hand. If your off-hand weapon is light the penalties are reduced by 2 each. (An unarmed strike is always considered light.)

Special: A 2nd-level ranger who has chosen the two-weapon combat style is treated as having two-weapon fighting, even if he does not have the prerequisite for it, but only when he is wearing light or no armor.

NWN comparison

 * Rangers in NWN gain a seperate feat which produced the same affects as this feat. The difference being that the ranger feat had the ranger-specific armor restrictions.

External resources

 * NWNWiki:Two-Weapon Fighting
 * NWNWiki:Dual-wield (feat)