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Main Gauche (literally "left
hand") is the skill one must have in order to fight with a different
hand-to-hand weapon in each hand simultaneously (effectively making
each action a character has two actions — this is the only exception
to the Initiative rules). The aggregate weight (in kilograms)
of both weapons cannot exceed 30 percent of the character's
Strength
attribute. The "left-hand" or secondary weapon may either be
used to conduct an attack or to block, but it cannot do both in the
same round. Therefore, at the beginning of the round, a
character using the Main Gauche skill must declare whether he is
attacking or blocking with the secondary weapon.
A character with Main Gauche skill
must have at least one skill level in both of the weapons being
used. At Main Gauche 1, the character uses his main weapon at
his full skill level with that weapon. He uses the secondary
weapon as though his skill level was zero.
For every additional level of Main
Gauche skill, the secondary weapon may be used at one skill level
higher. Therefore a character with Main Gauche 3 could use his
main weapon at his full skill level with that weapon. He could
use the secondary weapon a a maximum skill level of 2.
Note the use of the secondary
weapon may never exceed the skill level actually possessed by the
character. So, if in the example above, the character only had
a skill level of 1 in his secondary weapon, he could not take
advantage of the maximum allowed skill level of 2.
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