Greater Sword of Station builds?


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It's a PFS item off a chronicle sheet. Won't say from which scenario to not spoil, but from tier 6-7, you get access to it for 4120 gp.

It gives you a +5 competence bonus to Sense Motive, and allows you to draw it deliver a single word command, as per the spell [CL 1st]. Treat as an improvised club when used in combat. Belt slot, so no belt of Dex or Str or Con.

Wasn't impressed when I got access to it for my character, but just now as I'm going over chronicles I had the thought that this might be good for something, to the right character. And then I thought Monk. There's some cool stuff monks can do with Sense Motive, right? And, some monks at least don't need Dex or Str that badly, so wouldn't miss the belt slot THAT much, if Sense Motive really gave them something. And, if unarmed, the monk could draw the sword to issue the Command as part of a move action and then free action drop it to continue on unarmed, perhaps attacking somebody who's now prone. What would be the DC of the Will save?

Any thoughts?

Put this in advice because it's a hypothetical build question more that a PFS question. Who could best utilize a given item. Though this may be general discussion, I don't know.


Ya if u take the snake style feet change, u end up being able to roll ur sense motive (d20+sense motive modifiers), as ur AC. The last feat lets u attack in response to opponents attack.


DC's are alway calculated from the minimum statistic to cast a spell, unless otherwise stated.

Command: 1st level
Minimum casting statistic: 11
DC = 10 + Spell Level + Attribute Bonus = 10 + 1 + 0 = 11

Specifically scrolls/items/wands usally have saves of:
Level 1 DC 11
Level 2 DC 13
Level 3 DC 14
Level 4 DC 16
Level 5 DC 17
Level 6 DC 19
Level 7 DC 20
Level 8 DC 22
Level 9 DC 23


So, as you can't get it until level 6-7, a free like 10% chance of Command 3x per day, not great but not bad, if you can use the +5 Sense Motive.

Not saying it's a good value just yet, filling your belt slot and spending 4120gp, but it's usually expensive if you can get it at all to get +5 to a skill. Worth it for snake style?

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