ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

just a couple ideas. I'm finding it rather unbelievable that nothing except a shield or knife can go in the other hand.

1) empty hand = grapple opportunity, or chance to punch for stun/daze on main hand hit, or grab to disarm
2) in addition to knife, hand axe, cudgel, or chain/net, with hand axe and cudgel getting bonuses from weapon mastery, chain maybe its own thing/exotic weapon, and cudgel also maybe special for stun/daze chance
3) an ambidexterity tree that allows full size weapons in the offhand

1. Brawlers grapple and punch, not really anyone else.
2. Weapon Mastery is powerful enough...
3. Reavers man, reavers.

Some exotic offhand weapons would be cool. Trident + net, anyone? I think a one-handed + empty hand talent category would be interesting, too, especially if it focused on disarms and redirecting attacks. Ambidexterity would really step on Reaver's toes.

Also, as I noted in an earlier topic, daggers seem to get the shaft when it comes to drops (since all item types drop at the same rate but all one-handed and two-handed weapons are roughly interchangeable). Really annoying and apparent for rogues. Adding new offhand weapons would help this somewhat, though it would also put more of a burden on classes that don't use them. All I know is that I'm lucky to find an upgrade dagger before the Assassin Lord.