Dual-Wielding

Cost: 6
Ability Type: Passive Ability
Related Skill: Melee Combat
Prerequisites: Melee Combat 4, and Offhand Proficiency or Ambidextrous

You are skilled in the use of two weapons at a time, and when attacking with both weapons you suffer a -2 AM to both weapons instead of the normal -3 Multiple Attack Penalty. When defending you can reduce the normal cumulative Multiple Defence Penalty from -3 to -2 by alternating parries between your two weapons, or you can use both weapons at once to perform a single improved Parry (averaging the Parry modifiers of both weapons, and adding a further +1 AM).