Ambidexterity

Ambidexterity was the mundane ability or trait to proficiently use both hands in any given task, having equal amounts of coordination and skill with either, rather than having a primary left or right hand. Those who possessed the trait were referred to as ambidextrous.
Some considered it possible for the trait to be "learned" later in life through regularly training someone to use their less dominant hand. Possession of this trait was considered by many to be essential for fighting in a dual-weapon style, such as the drow martial art draa velve.
==Magic==
Ambidexterity could be artificially obtained by certain magic items, such as wearing the gloves of the balanced hands, the Nightthief's Nimbleknife, or wielding both of the silver sickles of Soranth. However, when these magic items ceased to be worn or wielded, the user would cease to be ambidextrous.
==Society==
Ambidexterity was most commonly exhibited among rogues and warriors. Some particular types of rogues or warriors known for exhibiting this trait included acrobats, assassins, duelists, sharpshooters, and swashbucklers, and weapon masters. And many of the fighter-rogue slavers of the Xanathar's Thieves' Guild were known to be ambidextrous.
Other types of adventurers in the Realms that were commonly seen to exhibit this trait included blades, bladesingers, and breachgnomes.
Beyond humans and demihumans, for whom ambidexterity was not an innate trait to all members of a given race and could even be rather rare, there were some creatures in the Realms for whom all members were naturally ambidextrous. These included alaghi, chitines, desmodus, drider vampires, greater doppelgangers, hadozee, malenti, and thri-kreen. For some races ambidexterity was quite common, but not an absolute certainty, such as being exhibited by most tieflings and wang-liang. Some undead were gifted with this trait regardless of whether or not the person they were in life was ambidextrous, such as deathbringers.
==History==
When Nymorah, an annual peace festival and tournament in Ravens Bluff that was enacted by Lord Mayor Sirrus Melandor, was first held one of the teams that competed was Pure and Passionate, a group of Tormtar women from Tantras. Among their numbers were three half-elf rangers that were all ambidextrous.
==Known Ambidextrous People==
* Aldamair Galashar.
* Ambron Larksong.
* Amraith, a moon elf fighter adventurer.
* Artemis Entreri.
* Berden Akavian.
* Blade, a Night Parader fighter.
* Boridin, a Zhent rogue that operated in Thesk.
* Cesna, a blackguard Night Parader.
* Douglas Fairbanks, a man who was known for his extreme ambidexterity. Whether or not this was solely due to him owning a pair of gloves of the balanced hands was unknown.
* Dove Falconhand.
* Drizzt Do'Urden, a drow fighter that was a master of the draa velve fighting style.
* Elaith Craulnober.
* Florin Falconhand.
* Fox-at-Twilight.
* Gant.
* Illistyl Elventree.
* Jarlaxle Baenre.
* Jax, an assassin and son of a minor Procampuran noble.
* Kane.
* Kelnozz Faen Tlabbar.
* Keriyeh bin Osta.
* Kestrel.
* Kohrlac, a pirate that sailed the Inner Sea.
* Kirssulass, a lizardfolk ranger on the Malatran Plateau.
* Lanseril Snowmantle.
* Lethandur.
* Limarin Desheers.
* Merith Strongbow.
* Miklos Selkirk.
* Mirt "the Moneylender".
* Myrmeen Lhal, the Lady Lord of Arabel, who was known to occasionally dual-wield crossbows.
* Palance Delina, a Mielikkian cleric and ranger in the Forest of Lethyr.
* Sardak, a half-elf lasher and bandit leader.
* Selinah Varhast, a human Psionic assassin that hailed from Zhentil Keep.
* Sharantyr.
* Sheenra Duth.
* Tahlulah.
* Teldar.
* Thistle Thwom, a gnome cleric.
* Valandrin Telenna.
* Zedarr T'sarran.
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Category:Biology