You might consider ducking out of the whole Dual Weapon Attack thing by taking Extra Attack instead. One Extra Attack (without the Multistrike enhancement) is considered not too unrealistic for a human. Just a possibility.
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Originally Posted by AllySanders
1) does she have to purchase dual weapon attack for the weapon she plans to use in each hand, or only once?
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The Dual Weapon Attack technique (like most Techniques) is by skill. It buys off the penalty for making Dual Weapon Attacks with the skill it's bought for only. So if you use two weapons that are used with different skills, you need to buy the technique for each skill separately.
(Of course, you can use Dual Weapon Attack without the technique, you just take the entire -4 penalty.)
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Originally Posted by AllySanders
2) does she need to purchase offhand weapon training for both weapons, or only for the weapon to be used in the off hand?
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Only for the weapon you're using in the off hand.
Also, in case you didn't know, the Technique from basic is replaced with a Perk in Martial Arts that buys off the whole penalty for a single skill for just one point. The price of the original Technique made no sense compared to the price of the Ambidextrous advantage.
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Originally Posted by AllySanders
Say she has a short sword in the right hand and a dagger in her left, so she has purchased offhand weapon training for the dagger only to get rid of the -4 penalty. She loses the dagger at one point in combat and is now down to only the short sword in the right hand. On the next turn, her enemy cripples her right arm, so she switches the short sword to her left hand. If she does not have offhand weapon training short sword, would this mean that she must take the -4 penalty now?
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Off Hand Weapon Training is by skill, again, so if you have Off Hand Weapon Training (Knife) that has no bearing on your use of the Short Sword skill. So, yeah, you wind up with the full off-hand penalty. If you want to be able to change up with all your weapons without penalty, buy Off Hand Weapon Training with every applicable skill, or Ambidexterity.