Hand of the Apprentice - Wizard Universal School


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Do you think this ability is effected by weapon proficiencies or the size of the wizard? Can a halfling wizard wield a medium longsword without penalty?

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Jubal Breakbottle wrote:

Do you think this ability is effected by weapon proficiencies or the size of the wizard? Can a halfling wizard wield a medium longsword without penalty?

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For hand of the apprentice it doesn't matter what the mage hand wields. It does INT + BAB damage regardless of what weapon it removes from your person. So I don't think the weapon profeciencies enter into it. The effect different weapons have is their differing damage types as far as I can tell.

And no, a halfling regardless of class cannot wield a medium anything without penalty. It is not properly sized, so the halfling takes a -2 penalty for every size category different it is (for a medium longsword its a -2).

Liberty's Edge

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Should be able to do it just fine.. remember though that the spell has a weight limit. ;)


Pretty sure Jason mentioned something about limiting weapon choice by imposing penalties for non-proficiency and size in future releases.

Though I may be mis-remembering


Thanks. I meant to specify a halfling wizard using Hand of the Apprentice to attack with a longsword (5 lb limit) without penalty to BAB + Int bonus.

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I don't have the second version of Pathfinder in front of me, so I don't know if this has been addressed.

Not only is there the 5 lb. limit to mage hand, but I believe that you can only manipulate non-magical items. This, in my opinion will limit the ability at higher APLs.

Eric


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Jason mentioned that he was considering removing (or at least modifying) the no magical item restriction.

I do believe that the intent is to allow the hand to use magical weapons, but not be able to activate wands and such.

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