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Dual Wielding Enhanced

Every main-hand attack gives a free off-hand attack to characters with Two-Weapon Fighting or the Dual Wielder feat.

by KintaroModding · for Baldur's Gate 3

  • MIT · open source
  • 0
  • v1.0.0.2
  • Updated 5 hours ago
  • Gameplay
Description

Dual Wielding Enhanced

Every main-hand attack gives a free off-hand attack to characters with Two-Weapon Fighting or the Dual Wielder feat.

What it does

Dual wielders get more off-hand attacks. For characters with the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style or the Dual Wielder feat:

  • Each main-hand weapon attack gives a free off-hand attack, up to 3 per turn. With Extra Attack, every attack of the Attack action gives one.
  • A free off-hand attack costs no bonus action; its icon glows while one is ready.
  • Works with melee weapons and with ranged off-hand weapons (hand crossbows).
  • No free attack after attacks with a two-handed weapon, melee attacks with a shield, opportunity attacks and other reactions, or attacks that cost a bonus action.
  • Free attacks that are not used expire after one turn.
  • Dual Wielder feat: while you hold a melee weapon in each hand, basic melee attacks with the main hand and the off-hand deal extra damage equal to half the proficiency bonus.

For every dual wielder, enemies included:

  • The game's attack with both weapons (the dual-wield toggle, on by default) costs no bonus action.
  • After an off-hand hit (an off-hand attack, or the off-hand hit of the toggle), the normal off-hand attack (bonus action) is blocked until the next turn, unless a free off-hand attack is still open. The bonus action stays free for other things.

No Script Extender needed.

Screenshots

Dual Wielding Enhanced cover

How to install

  1. Download bg3_dualwieldingenhanced.pak from the latest release on GitHub.
  2. Copy it to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Mods.
  3. Enable Dual Wielding Enhanced in your mod manager (BG3 Mod Manager or the in-game mod manager).

To update the mod, replace the .pak with the one from the new release. To remove it, disable it in the mod manager and delete the .pak. Saves made with the mod can then show a warning about a missing mod.

How to use

Nothing to set up. Give a character two weapons and attack with the main hand: the off-hand attack then glows and costs no bonus action.

Compatibility

  • Game version: Patch 8
  • The mod changes the basic attacks (Target_MainHandAttack, Target_OffhandAttack, Projectile_MainHandAttack, Projectile_OffhandAttack) and the passives FightingStyle_TwoWeaponFighting and DualWielder_PassiveBonuses. Mods that change the same entries conflict with it: the mod that loads last wins.

Known issues

None yet.

How to build

Anyone can build this mod from its source code and check that the download matches it.

  1. Install the tools: Windows PowerShell 5.1 (part of Windows) and LSLib v1.20.4. Put LSLib into a folder _tools\lslib\ above the repository, or set BG3_TOOLS to the folder that holds lslib\.
  2. Build it: powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\build.ps1
  3. Find the file: dist\bg3_dualwieldingenhanced.pak

Credits

Made by Kintaro. MIT license: you may use, change and share this mod.