I'm quite new to D&D. As the group I'm playing with recently finished our first adventure with preset characters, we want to play the next one with characters we made ourselves. We would start at level 1 in the new adventure.
I want my character to be a Dragonborn Renegade with two weapons. I'm not quite sure if it should be a Barbarian or a Fighter. In my imagination, this fits best with holding two weapons at the same time. And because I love longswords, I would like him to have two at the same time. So I want him to have Two-Weapon Fighting and the Dual Wielder feat, but in D&D Beyond's character builder, I can't find a way to combine the two skills.
How can I make this character that can use Two-Weapon Fighting and the Dual Wielder feat?
Best Answer
You can have what you want when you get to 4th level
You want a Dragonborn who fights with two longswords. OK, here's how to make that work. If you start as a Fighter at level 1, you can choose Two-Weapon Fighting for the Fighting Style feature (PHB, p. 72):
But that only works with light weapons, per the general Two-Weapon Fighting rules. You can do the same thing as a Barbarian, but your second weapon won't get the Strength bonus to damage, since you won't get the Fighting Style feature.
The general Two-Weapon Fighting rules, which any character can use to wield two weapons at the same time, state (PHB, p. 195):
At level 4, you gain the Ability Score Improvement feature, and can take the Dual Wielder feat (PHB, p. 165):
Once you gain this feat, you can upgrade the two light weapons you've been wielding to longswords.
You will be using your bonus action to attack with the second weapon in any case.
To get this at level 1, switch race to Variant human
If you are willing to switch your PC's race to Variant Human (PHB, p. 31), you gain a feat at character creation. This means you can wield two longswords (by choosing the Dual Wielder feat) and the same Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style, starting at level 1.