Clarification on Two Weapon fighting: Will two weapon fighting allow for a character to use martial block for one "attack" and counterstrike all in one phase?

[Talon46]

My concept is to fight defensively by waiting for an opponent to attack and then using martial block with one weapon to set up a counterstrike with the other.  I know that this is normally a two phase procedure but will two weapon fighting allow one "attack" to be allocated to the martial block and a second attack allocated to counterstrike?

 

Thought?

[Derek Hiemforth]

No.  6E2, page 74, Under Usable Attacks, says, "...a character cannot use defensive maneuvers or Actions (such as Block, Dodge, or Deflection) as part of a Multiple Attack."  Two-Weapon Fighting just offsets the first -2 OCV of a Multiple Attack when using two weapons. It does not change the restriction on using defensive maneuvers that's already built into a Multiple Attack.