Followers and Dual Weilding

For followers, are they considered to always take the +2 penalty when dual attacking? I can see it being the case with the Stormcloak Soldier Dual Wielding Swords, since he is using swords, and I found the Iron Sword had the same stats as their attacks, and the Iron Swords do not have the Lightweight keyword.

The Khajiit Thief Adventurer-For-Hire, however I can’t find any weapon to share any stats with. The closest I can find are the Steel Sword and Steel Dagger, but he is missing the “Dragonborn: Restore 1 Stamina” for the sword, and “Dragonborn: Yellow Dice; Keyword: Lightweight”, and instead has “Dragonborn: Piercing (1)” on his second attack.

Thanks for the help!

~VA

Followers (and Adversaries) have abstracted attacks that don’t always correspond directly to equipment for simplicity’s sake. They are subject to the +2 penalty for the Dual Wield second strike, as per page 22 of the core rules.

That makes sense. Thanks for the help, Gavin!