Characters switching hands
chickenhed
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One of the things that annoyed me most about BG2 was the characters in the games switching between being right handed and left handed depending on which direction they faced. Didn't BG:EE use the 1pp mod? And if so, (and I could be wrong here) did it not fix that issue back when it was made for TuTu/BGT/BG2?
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But, I'm a southpaw myself, and so am use to being neglected by society.
Is your grandfather very right handed now or ambidextrous? I'm terribly right handed. When I try to right with my left hand it's not even recognizable as writing. Not that my right hand can say much better:)
@SharGuidesMyHand I... don't think I understand...
But what do I know.
If you reversed the hands and fought a right-handed opponent, which would be most of them, each person would have their swords and shields lined up, sword to sword and shield to shield. That would render the shields worthless. You'd be much better off leaving your right hand, which is your off hand if you're a southpaw, free to either grapple or hold a smaller close-in weapon like a dagger. So, dual-wielding would be practical for a left-handed person, and you'd possibly have an advantage doing it.
There could also be an advantage for southpaws in two-handed technique, especially if your opponent didn't notice that your hands were reversed in their top-bottom positions. What they'd be expecting to be your weaker backhand attack would actually be your strong forehand attack. It might take them a minute to realize that you're preferring to swing your slash attack to their left instead of to their right as they expect, and that minute could be fatal to them.
Given that I learn to do a lot of things in life using my right hand, and have a mixed-up kind of ambidexterity at many tasks, as I think that many southpaws do, you could probably learn to mix some left and right techniques. But sword-and-board with shield on the right hand would be out of the question. You'd have to learn to use the sword in right hand, and you'd be forever disadvantaged fighting with your weak side against most other people fighting with their strong side.
In boxing and othed ceremonial combat (mma, dueling, etc), any significant difference from the norm will result in an advantage, and curiously enough, unless your are training vs a leftie occaisionally, more training will likely leave you less prepared to fight a leftie. In contrast, the leftie is probably used to facing righties, but if he isnt facing lefties, he'll have problems vs a leftie too!
On a pitched battlefield though, such as a phalanx or maniple formation, sticking out period on the front line is very, very dangerous. Part of just how badass Centurions were expected to be, they were known to wear silver plated armour and always wore special helms to stand out in battle.