Weapon Finesse - Scimitar

[pinkfloyd9193]

I could swear this used to work before. I just started a new Sword Saint w/ new DLC and Weapon Finesse isn't giving me Dex to Hit w/ Scimitar anymore? Am I remembering this wrong?

[forkofspite]

Need slashing grace as well.

Weapon Finesse gives dex to melee attack rolls (rather than str) for all light weapons and a limited selection of other weapons (such as rapiers). Scimitars are not one of those limited weapons, but after taking slashing grace, you should get dex to attack and damage rolls.

[Jiroa]

Scimitars are not Finness wielding weapons.

[hilburnashua]

I think people (and I am guilty of this) think scimitars are finesse weapons do to Drizzt Do'Urden.

[MattStriker]

Originally posted by hilburnashua:

I think people (and I am guilty of this) think scimitars are finesse weapons do to Drizzt Do'Urden.

Drizzt's build would still kind of work in PF because he's got a lot of fighter levels in there (in-universe he started out as a fighter and only started taking ranger levels once he hit the surface after decades of living and fighting underground) and can probably take Fighter's Finesse.

[belangf]

Scimitars are finesse weapons in D&D 5th edition. I know they work with Dex in Solasta so maybe you are just confusing with another game you played in the past.

[gmwaddington]

Slashing Grace gives dex to hit and damage with scimitars. It has a prerequisites of Weapon Focus (scimitar) and Weapon Finesse.

My halfling uses this combination to wield Dawnflower's Kiss, a +5 Holy Scimitar. I also have the Trickster improved Critical feats, for an 55% crit range with x4 damage.

[SmallGespenst]

I'm literally currently running a Finesse/slashing grace scimitar using Sword saint mercenary, it absolutely should be working for you.

[SmallGespenst]

Right, I just booted up the game to check and Scimitars are not finesse weapons, but I have dex->attack roll anyway~ I assume it's an interaction with the Slashing Grace "treat the chosen weapon as a one handed piercing weapon for feats that require it" since all one handed piercing weapon do have finesse, might be unintended but I'm not about to complain~
Edit: tridents are one handed and piercing, but not finesse so *shrug*

[gmwaddington]

Scimitars and Slashing Grace is a special case, I think. The table top rules allow you to achieve the same thing with the Dervish Dance feat, but that's not in the Computer game,

[SmallGespenst]

Originally posted by gmwaddington:

Scimitars and Slashing Grace is a special case, I think. The table top rules allow you to achieve the same thing with the Dervish Dance feat, but that's not in the Computer game,

from what I read when looking it up it's literally any one handed slashing weapon, there was mention of someone using Slashing grace for both with a bastard sword in Kingmaker
edit: which is quite an inviting possibility to respec my SS for~

[pinkfloyd9193]

The reason I brought it up is because my char sheet isn't adding the dex bonus to hit. I haven't tried testing it in combat, just assumed it was broken. I could swear this has always worked in the past even if it may not be faithful to the rules. This is why I was asking if it was fixed recently.

[SmallGespenst]

Originally posted by pinkfloyd9193:

The reason I brought it up is because my char sheet isn't adding the dex bonus to hit. I haven't tried testing it in combat, just assumed it was broken. I could swear this has always worked in the past even if it may not be faithful to the rules. This is why I was asking if it was fixed recently.

Well it kinda works in that Scimitars don't get the bonus from Weapon Finesse on it's own, once you pick up Slashing Grace it'll add in combat and on the sheet.