Prehensile hair witch ability


Rules Questions


I have seen a number of dual wielding gunslinger builds taking a level in witch for the Prehensile hair Hex in order to provide an extra limb to reload. While i would love to use this as a concept it seems to violate the (cannot manipulate weapons)portion of the description unless there is some ruling that ammunition is OK. Is anyone aware of a official word on the legality of doing this?

Prehensile Hair: The witch can instantly cause her hair (or even her eyebrows) to grow up to 10 feet long or to shrink to its normal length, and can manipulate her hair as if it were a limb with a Strength score equal to her Intelligence score. Her hair has reach 10 feet, and she can use it as a secondary natural attack that deals 1d3 points of damage (1d2 for a Small witch). Her hair can manipulate objects (but not weapons) as dexterously as a human hand. The hair cannot be sundered or attacked as a separate creature. Pieces cut from the witch's elongated hair shrink away to nothing. Using her hair does not harm the witch's head or neck, even if she lifts something heavy with it. The witch can manipulate her hair a number of minutes each day equal to her level; these minutes do not need to be consecutive, but must be spent in 1-minute increments. A typical male witch with this hex can also manipulate his beard, moustache, or eyebrows.


It would in fact violate the "but not weapons" clause. Ask your DM however, maybe he thinks it's cool and ok.


I don't know, I don't think the bullet can be considered as a weapon after all its just ammo, so the which wouldn't need to manipulate the weapon per se one of her other hands could open the chamber.

Shadow Lodge

Hmm...

IMHO Ammo is most certainly a weapon, this wouldn't fly in my game. However, this is merely opinion and not an informed statement of rules, so take it for what its worth. I do find it an interesting side note that a witch with this ability can dual wield and cast spells. Because the hair is as dexterous as a human hand, it should be able to perform somatic components.


The weakness is that a Witch has to use a standard action to activate the prehensile hair.

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