#PATHFINDER EFFORTLESS LACE PC#

Lead blades gets it to 4d8, and enlarge person gets it to 6d8, and impact would hit that juicy 8d8 that you can also get with guns, though you're hitting regular AC, not touch. Makes vital striking pretty amsuing as you whomp for 16d8 each round at 6bab, 24d8 at 11 bab, and 32d8 at 16 bab.įor melee weapons though, two handing a huge bastard sword with effortless lace gets you to 3d8 for a -2 penalty (effortless lace brings the huge down to large which you can two hand), that makes it a -2 penalty for 1d8+2, a bit of a more decent tradeoff.

Even better if you can toss gravity bow on top upping it to 6d8, and enlarge person bringing it up to 8d8. I'd recommend muleback cords to actually be able to carry it though, since a huge rifle would weigh 48lb. Makes hauling around a huge gun for -4 to hit quite amusing, like wielding a 50cal sniper rifle as you shoot for 4d8 per shot. In most cases, a Large or larger creature can use a siege firearm as a two-handed firearm, but the creature takes a –4 penalty for using it this way because of its awkwardness. The size of a firearm never affects how many hands you need to use to shoot it, the exception being siege firearms and Large or larger creatures. If you are not proficient with the firearm, a –4 nonproficiency penalty also applies. A cumulative –2 penalty applies on attack rolls for each size category of difference between your size and the size of the firearm. Inappropriately Sized Firearms: You cannot make optimum use of a firearm that is not properly sized for you. For a greatsword, that would be 8d6 damage.ĮDIT: My phone thinks the word wield is weird. In theory, a Tiefling Titan Fighter with oversized limbs could wield a huge great sword as a base weapon, then get Enlarged via Enlarge Person (with the Pass For Human alternate racial trait) and use an impact enchanted weapon to wield the equivalent of a colossal weapon. There's also Titan Fighter and Titan Mauler Barbarians that have similar abilities, though they stack insane penalties to your attack rolls for doing so. Tieflings can sometimes do this if your GM is very generous.

You can however still wield a weapon that is naturally one size too big, assuming you have an ability to do so. Similarly, you cannot stack lead blades on to a weapon with the impact enhancement. This means you can combine Enlarge Person (actual size increase) with Lead Blades (virtual size increase), but not any other spells that increase your actual size like monstrous physique. Size stacking in Pathfinder is limited by a FAQ that states a character can only have one 'actual' and one 'virtual' weapon size increase. I hear there is a Trait that would help with that, but which one is it?Īny other archetypes, feats, items that I haven't heard of yet?

I've also seen a 3PP feat that reduces Handedness by 1 step, thus allowing you to use a Large Greatsword as base, but again - third party. Also, I'm not sure if it would even stack with Lead Blades. There's also the 'Impact' weapon property, which however at +2 Bonus for just +1 size category is WAY overpriced.

Of course this could be casted off a Wand with UMD. There's the Ranger Spell 'Lead Blades' which increases effective size category by 1. It gets a bit better with Effortless Lace (reduces penalties by 2). Normal: every size category up increases 'Handedness' by one step and incurs a cumulative -2 penalty.Ĭompare the gimpy iconic Amiri, who expends a feat (EWP Bastard Sword) to effectively trade -2 attack for +2 damage (2d8 compared to the 2d6 of a regular-sized Greatsword), which of course is a terrible deal.

#PATHFINDER EFFORTLESS LACE PC#

Does PF (official material only) offer any methods that allow a normal (medium-sized) PC to significantly improve their weapon damage?

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