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Originally Posted by jtsmith1287
"Normally, you are at -4 to attack with two weapons at once unless you make an All-Out Attack. This technique lets you “buy off” that penalty. (Note that you must still learn Off-Hand Weapon Training, p. 232, to reduce the -4 for using the “off” hand!) For detailed rules, see Dual-Weapon Attacks (p. 417)." P.230
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that 'normally' is the penitently form a Dual Weapon Attcak option. as refracted on B417.
This attack options lets you with buying ANYTHING [so doesn't need Extra Attack] lets you keep your defenses [instead of using AoA(Double)], plus a -1 penitently to their defense if it the same target, though multiple targets are limited to adjacent targets. at the cost of -4.
However if you Buy Extra Attack to get your second attack you don't NEED to take the Dual-Weapon Attack Option , which means no -4 penilty to hit, no limit to adjacent targets and you can keep you defences, However you don't get -1 penalty to enemy defenses because you did not take the Dual-Weapon Attack option
Extra Attack will and an additional penalized attack to any maneuver that grants you attack already. However unless you have multistrike it must be with a so far unused weapon/limb/striker
AoA(Double) lets you make an addational attack with no limitation on which attack it can be, the cost of loosing all your defences.
These do Stack, some with Extra Attack(multistrike), Ambidexterity/Off-hand weapon traing and 4 levels of the approprate Dual-Weapon Technic, may make 4 attacks with no penilty, two of which will be at -1 to defend if they are against the same target, if not two of those swing need to be at adjacent targets. Hoover you will get no defences.
the math works like Base AoA(Double) 2 attacks + 1 For Extra Attack (Multi), now one of those 3 attacks can be used with Dual-Weapon Attack option to convert them into swapped out attack for 2 attacks that meat the DWA restrictions.