Dual-Weapon Defense

Hard

Defaults: prerequisite skill Block-1 or Parry-1.
Prerequisite: Any combat skill that gives a Block or Parry
score; cannot exceed prerequisite Block or Parry.
You’re normally at -1 to defend against a Dual-Weapon
Attack (p. B417). This technique lets you buy off that penal-
ty. To ward off both attacks, you must make two defense
rolls simultaneously: a parry with either hand or a parry
with one hand and a block with the other. Roll against Dual-
Weapon Defense for the weapon or shield in each hand.
You can also learn Dual-Weapon Defense for use with a
two-yard or longer Polearm, Spear, Staff, or Two-Handed
Sword weapon. This lets you buy off the -1 to parry both
halves of a Dual-Weapon Attack with a single parry; see
Parrying with Two-Handed Weapons (p. 123).