Weapon finesse?

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Weapon finesse?

Post by Grom » Sun May 20, 2007 3:48 am

Does weapon finesse only apply to daggers or does it apply to things like sabres and rapiers as well?
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Post by Rawlys » Sun May 20, 2007 4:54 am

Here's a bump for this thread as I would also like some clarification on what weapons this feat would apply to.
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Post by Kelemvor » Sun May 20, 2007 10:56 am

Why are you 'bumping' a thread which is only an hour old? :shock:
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Post by Laitaine » Sun May 20, 2007 1:12 pm

This was mentioned here.

It's not a difinitive yay or nay per se though, but I'd be happy to take Kelemvor's say so until such time someone checks the actual mechanics of the feat.
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Post by Emrys » Sun May 20, 2007 11:02 pm

If the feat mimics the 3e feat, a light weapon is one that is at least one category smaller than the wielder. So for a medium-sized character, any weapon that is small or tiny would be considered a light weapon.
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Post by Kelemvor » Mon May 21, 2007 9:20 am

I was advised that 'light' in the context of code means of a weight 4lbs or less. How consistent that is with weapon types I can't be sure of, since I dont fancy 'Ostat'ing 100s of items to find out :)
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Post by Tempus » Mon May 21, 2007 9:25 pm

It's actually a bit more tricky than just the weight of the item - it depends on the weight set for the 'prototype' of that weapon type, which should be strictly less than 4lbs for the feat to work. For most weapons of normal materials, I would think that checking the actual weight of the weapon would be sufficient to determine whether it is likely to be counted as a 'light' weapon or not.
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Post by Tortus » Tue May 22, 2007 7:26 am

Wouldn't 'light' weapons be thrusting blades and short blades, maybe thrown projectiles and, on a stretch, whips as well?
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