sneak attack build.

[frakeer]

Subject: Rogue (Knife master archetype) Soulknife (cut throat Archetype)
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If I forge an edge weapon out of iron it is not a weapon that qualifies for weapon focus/specialization. It needs to be declared a longsword, rapier, dagger etc. I get to choose that.
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As far as I can tell, declaring that I am forming a dagger out of psychic energy gives it the "Dagger" and the "formed weapon" qualities which would qualify it for the d8 sneak attack damage.
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Am I missing a rule somewhere? The rule that says "When she makes a sneak attack with a dagger, kerambit, kukri, punching daggers, starknife, or swordbreaker dagger, (made only from wood, bone, glass, metal, stone or something other than psychic energy) she uses d8s to roll sneak attack damage instead of d6s.

[James Risner]

You formed a weapon from psychic energy and are asking if you can use it with an ability that says it can not be used with psychic energy weapons?

[frakeer]

No that was a re-write of the existing rule... the "made from" text within brackets doesn't exist.
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I guess a more concise question would be: when I form a mind blade, would declaring it a dagger qualify it as a dagger. Being made of materials like Mithral or iron doesn't change the fact that I am holding a dagger. Why should making a dagger out of energy be any different.

[Xethik]

I'm not familiar with DSP's Soulknife or the Cutthroat archetype, but you would NOT deal d8s if it is worded like the 3.5 Soulknife. In 3.5, the Mindblade is treated as its own weapon type for things like Weapon Focus and I would guess here.

I don't think most DMs allowing Dreamscarred Press would be fine with counting the Mindblade as a dagger if it is a light weapon, as TWFing daggers (even if they deal 1d6 instead of 1d4) is not the most optimal build out there.

[frakeer]

Ahhh! there are actual "mind daggers" available in the blade skills. Problem solved. :D