In the description for the Dawnflower Dervish in Inner Sea World Primer, it suggests weapon finesse as a feat for the Dawnflower Dervish arcehtype. The archtype is meant to use the scimitar. However, I can't find any mention that the weapon finesse feat would actually apply to the scimitar. Does it? If not, why make that as a suggested feat for the archetype?
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In the description for the Dawnflower Dervish in Inner Sea World Primer, it suggests weapon finesse as a feat for the Dawnflower Dervish arcehtype. The archtype is meant to use the scimitar. However, I can't find any mention that the weapon finesse feat would actually apply to the scimitar. Does it? If not, why make that as a suggested feat for the archetype?
Dervish Dance will let you use DEX for attack and damage with a scimitar. However, if you find youself facing something with DR/bludgeoning (for example), you're going to want a backup weapon that's not a scimitar. Or you might have some other reason for using another weapon, like if you needed to sneak a dagger somewhere without anyone knowing. If you don't have Weapon Finesse, you'll be very ineffective with those weapons.
It is a prerequisite feat for Dervish Dance. A feat that allows you to use dex for attack rolls and damage when using a scimitar in one hand.Note that Dawnflower Dervish gives you Dervish Dance without having to meet prereqs.
That is actually in the Bard Dawnflower Dervish archetype. The one I was referring to was the Fighter Dawnflower Dervish archetype. (Not that I specified.) However, the fighter could just extend two feats to get there. Not too difficult. Or I could multiclass between the two, get the extra skill set and the perform abilities. Not a bad combination actually.